1st Panzer Army

1st Panzer Army
1. Panzerarmee
Insignia
Active16 November 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy (Wehrmacht)
TypePanzer
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeArmy
1 July 1942 (start of Case Blue):
226,688[1]
1 November 1943 (Battle of the Dnieper):
282,175[2]
1 March 1944 (Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive):
211,545[3]
1 May 1944 (after the battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket)
172,541[4]
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Ewald von Kleist

The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command.[5]

  1. ^ Liedtke, Gregory. Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943. Wolverhampton Military Studies, 2016, p. 228.
  2. ^ OKH Org.Abt. I Nr. I/5645/43 g.Kdos. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.11.43. NARA T78, R528, F768.
  3. ^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/161628/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.3.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 12.
  4. ^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/17246/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.5.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 18.
  5. ^ Nipe 2012.