19th Army | |
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German: 19. Armee | |
Active | 26 August 1943 – 21 April 1945 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | German Army ( Wehrmacht) |
Type | Field army |
Engagements |
The 19th Army (German: 19. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army. Active from 1943 to 1945 on the Western Front, it was tasked with defending southern France and before being pushed back to the French–German border during Operation Dragoon and then into southern Germany.