Army Group Vistula

Army Group Vistula
German: Heeresgruppe Weichsel
Active	24 January – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Army
Size	104,162 combat troops (1 April 1945)[1]
Engagements	Eastern Front Operation Solstice Battle of Berlin
Commanders
Notable commanders	Heinrich Himmler Gotthard Heinrici

Army Group Vistula (German: Heeresgruppe Weichsel) was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been put together from elements of Army Group A (shattered in the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive), Army Group Centre (similarly largely destroyed in the East Prussian Offensive), and a variety of new or ad hoc formations. It was formed to protect Berlin from the Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River.