| Army Group South | |
|---|---|
| German: Heeresgruppe Süd | |
 Briefing at the headquarters of Army Group South at Poltava on 1 June 1942 | |
| Active | 1 September – 26 October 1939 22 June 1941 – 9 July 1942 9 February 1943 – 4 April 1944 23 September 1944 – 1 April 1945 |
| Country |  Germany |
| Branch |  Heer ( Wehrmacht) |
| Size | On 1 July 1942: 1,210,861 in total[1] |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Gerd von Rundstedt, Fedor von Bock, Walter von Reichenau, Erich von Manstein |
Army Group South (German: Heeresgruppe Süd) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II.
It was first used in the 1939 September Campaign, along with Army Group North to invade Poland. In the invasion of Poland, Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein.
Two years later, Army Group South became one of three army groups into which Germany organised their forces for Operation Barbarossa. Army Group South's principal objective was to capture Soviet Ukraine and its capital Kiev.[2]
In September 1944, Army Group South Ukraine was renamed Army Group South in Eastern Hungary. It fought in Western Hungary until March 1945 and retired to Austria at the end of the Second World War, where it was renamed Army Group Ostmark on 2 April 1945.
- ^ Liedtke, Gregory. Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941–1943. Wolverhampton Military Studies, 2016, p. 228.
- ^ Robert Kirchubel (2012). Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1): Army Group South. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 3–10. ISBN 978-1846036514. Illustrated.