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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit of Nazi Germany</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Panzerarmee</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">16 November 1940 – 3 May 1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">German Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Panzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer">Panzer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured warfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Velikiye_Luki_(1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943)">Velikiye Luki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Memel" title="Battle of Memel">Memel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Berlin</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small><b>XXXII Corps</b></small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.519%;left:42.063%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="XXXXVI Pz Corps"><img alt="XXXXVI Pz Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small><b>XXXXVI<br />Pz Corps</b></small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:78.704%;left:44.048%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="XXVII Corps"><img alt="XXVII Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>XXVII Corps</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.037%;left:33.73%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CI Corps"><img alt="CI Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>CI Corps</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:50%;left:90.873%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="402nd Div"><img alt="402nd Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>402nd Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:95.37%;left:29.762%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Elements 12th Army"><img alt="Elements 12th Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>Elements<br />12th Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:50%;left:25%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="6th Airborne Div"><img alt="6th Airborne Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>6th Airborne Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:94.444%;left:15.476%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="8th Inf Div"><img alt="8th Inf Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>8th Inf Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:96.296%;left:17.46%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="29th Inf Div"><img alt="29th Inf Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>29th Inf Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.852%;left:19.048%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="82nd Airborne Div"><img alt="82nd Airborne Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>82nd Airborne Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:99.074%;left:27.778%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="(1)"><img alt="(1)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>(1)</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.778%;left:49.603%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="65th Army"><img alt="65th Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>65th Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.778%;left:80.556%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="2nd Shock Army"><img alt="2nd Shock Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>2nd Shock Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.889%;left:40.079%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="3rd Guards Tank Corps"><img alt="3rd Guards Tank Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>3rd Guards<br />Tank Corps</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.481%;left:47.222%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="49th Army"><img alt="49th Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>49th Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.481%;left:46.032%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="70th Army"><img alt="70th Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>70th Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:96.296%;left:50.794%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="3rd Guards Cav Corps"><img alt="3rd Guards Cav Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>3rd Guards<br />Cav Corps</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:50.926%;left:93.254%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="19th Army"><img alt="19th Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>19th Army</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:71.296%;left:11.905%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="5th Inf Div"><img alt="5th Inf Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>5th Inf Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.556%;left:0.397%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="15th Inf Div"><img alt="15th Inf Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>15th Inf Div</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.963%;left:3.175%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="11th Armd Div"><img alt="11th Armd Div" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><small>11th Armd Div</small></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern_location_map.svg" title="File:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Mecklenburg: Situation 2 May 1945</b><br />Red – Soviet forces, Orange – British forces, Green – U.S. forces, Grey – German forces<br />Sources: Tieke – p. 447, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/twelfthalliedarmygroup/1945/May/slides/2-5-45.html">Allied Situation Map</a>, Ustinow – Map 158<br />(1) – U.S. 84th Infantry Division, <b>Bold</b> units are 3rd Panzer Army</div></div></div></div> <p>The <b>3rd Panzer Army</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">3. Panzerarmee</i>) was a German <a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">armoured</a> formation during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="3rd_Panzer_Group">3rd Panzer Group</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Panzer_Army&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 3rd Panzer Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>3rd Panzer Group</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Panzergruppe 3</i>) was formed on 16 November 1940. It was a constituent part of <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Army Group Centre</a> and participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a> in late 1941 and early 1942. Later it served in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Typhoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Typhoon">Operation Typhoon</a>, where it was placed under operational control of the <a href="/wiki/9th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Army (Wehrmacht)">Ninth Army</a>. <i>Panzergruppe 3</i> was retitled the 3rd Panzer Army on 1 January 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orders_of_battle">Orders of battle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Panzer_Army&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Orders of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> the Group consisted of the XXXIX and LVII Army Corps (mot.). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34,_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd,_Panzer_V_(Panther).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34%2C_Ostfront-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption>Panther on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a>, 1944.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2_October_1941">2 October 1941</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Panzer_Army&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2 October 1941"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part of Army Group Centre. </p> <ul><li><b>Commander</b>: <a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Hoth" title="Hermann Hoth">Hermann Hoth</a></li> <li><b>Chief of Staff</b>: <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Walther_von_H%C3%BCnersdorff" title="Walther von Hünersdorff">Walther von Hünersdorff</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/German_41st_Motorized_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="German 41st Motorized Corps">XLI Motorized Corps</a></b> under <a href="/wiki/General_der_Panzertruppe" title="General der Panzertruppe">General of Panzer Troops</a> <a href="/wiki/Georg-Hans_Reinhardt" title="Georg-Hans Reinhardt">Georg-Hans Reinhardt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">1.Panzer-Division</a> under <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Kirchner" title="Friedrich Kirchner">Friedrich Kirchner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="36th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">36.Infanterie-Division (Mot.)</a> under Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Otto-Ernst_Ottenbacher" title="Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher">Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/LVI_Panzer_Corps" title="LVI Panzer Corps">LVI Motorized Corps</a></b> under <a href="/wiki/General_der_Panzertruppe" title="General der Panzertruppe">General of Panzer Troops</a> <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Schaal" title="Ferdinand Schaal">Ferdinand Schaal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">6.Panzer-Division</a> under <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Landgraf" title="Franz Landgraf">Franz Landgraf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">7.Panzer-Division</a> under Major General <a href="/wiki/Hans_Freiherr_von_Funck" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Freiherr von Funck">Hans Freiherr von Funck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">14.Infanterie-Division (Mot.)</a> under Major General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_F%C3%BCrst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Friedrich Fürst (page does not exist)">Friedrich Fürst</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/VI_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="VI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">VI Corps</a></b> under <a href="/wiki/General_der_Pioniere" title="General der Pioniere">General of Engineers</a> <a href="/wiki/Otto-Wilhelm_F%C3%B6rster" title="Otto-Wilhelm Förster">Otto-Wilhelm Förster</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="6th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">6.Infanterie-Division</a> under Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Helge_Auleb" title="Helge Auleb">Helge Auleb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="26th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">26.Infanterie-Division</a> under Major General <a href="/wiki/Walter_Wei%C3%9F" title="Walter Weiß">Walter Weiß</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/110th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="110th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">110.Infanterie-Division</a> under Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Seifert" title="Ernst Seifert">Ernst Seifert</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>3rd Panzer Army</b> was formed by redesignating 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. </p><p>On 19 September 1943, 3rd Panzer Army passed off one of its remaining corps, leaving the formation with VI Army Corps and <a href="/w/index.php?title=II_Luftwaffe_Field_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="II Luftwaffe Field Corps (page does not exist)">II Luftwaffe Field Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 313">: 313 </span></sup> </p><p>On 13 December 1943, the army was involved in the defensive against the Red Army's <a href="/wiki/Gorodok_offensive" title="Gorodok offensive">Gorodok offensive</a>, which began what in German parlance was called the "First Winter Battle of Vitebsk" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erste Winterschlacht von Witebsk</i></span>). The <a href="/wiki/1st_Baltic_Front" title="1st Baltic Front">1st Baltic Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ivan_Bagramyan" title="Ivan Bagramyan">Ivan Bagramyan</a>) attacked with four field armies, with a total of 33 rifle divisions and 17 armored formations, east of <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Vitebsk</a>, with another two field armies, with a total of 23 rifle divisions and 11 armored formations, had attacked in the north and northwest of Vitebsk for the purposes of an encirclement. The 3rd Panzer Army's war diary retrospectively claimed 1,205 tanks disabled for the entire of the First Winter Battle of Vitebsk (13 December 1943 – 17 January 1944), of which 1,114 were claimed as completely destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 315f.">: 315f. </span></sup> </p><p>Between 3 and 17 February, the Soviet <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vitebsk_Offensive_Operation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vitebsk Offensive Operation (page does not exist)">Vitebsk Offensive Operation</a> (in German parlance: "Second Winter Battle of Vitebsk" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Zweite Winterschlacht von Witebsk</i></span>)) attacked the Vitebsk sector again, which was by now enveloped by the Red Army on three sides. The 1st Baltic Front, supported by <a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Army" title="3rd Air Army">3rd Air Army</a>, attacked with the <a href="/wiki/4th_Shock_Army" title="4th Shock Army">4th Shock Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/11th_Guards_Army" title="11th Guards Army">11th Guards Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/43rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="43rd Army (Soviet Union)">43rd Army</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Western Front (Soviet Union)">Western Front</a>, with support by <a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Army" title="1st Air Army">1st Air Army</a>, joined the offensive with the <a href="/wiki/5th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Army (Soviet Union)">5th Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/33rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="33rd Army (Soviet Union)">33rd Army</a>, and <a href="/wiki/39th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="39th Army (Soviet Union)">39th Army</a>. In total, the Red Army forces on the offensive numbered 436,180 men. The direction of the offensive was aimed towards the flanks of Vitebsk's defenses, foregoing a frontal assault in favor of an encirclement. Soviet infantry attacked German defenses repeatedly in densely-packed assaults, recorded by the 3rd Panzer Army's war diary as a numerical 8:1 infantry superiority in the Soviet favor, which reached as high as 16:1 in some sectors. Having exhausted themselves in high casualties, the Soviet forces, with only small territorial gains, attempted a final breakthrough on 16 February 1944, but were again repulsed. After the Second Winter Battle of Vitebsk ended on 17 February 1944, 3rd Panzer Army counted 11,688 combat casualties (2,128 KIA, 1,071 MIA, 8,489 WIA). With an infantry strength of only 19,150 before the battle, these casualty figures were painfully high. Official Soviet casualties of the Vitebsk Offensive Operation (which in the Soviet definition lasted until 13 March, but only saw minor clashes after 17 February) counted 135,012 combat casualties, including 27,639 killed or missing. Soviet infantry had been over-exposed to German defensive fire due to a comparatively low willingness by Soviet officers to commit their armored forces to the battle; the 3rd Panzer Army nonetheless recorded 332 tanks destroyed and another 31 immobilized between 3 and 17 February 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 316f.">: 316f. </span></sup> </p><p>In March 1944, the 3rd Panzer Army took part in the forced assembly and deportation of Russian civilians in the <a href="/wiki/Barysaw" title="Barysaw">Borisov</a> area. The civilians were deported to Germany for use as forced labor.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a> in July 1944, 3rd Panzer Army became part of the encirclement at Tekino, the Duna and Vitebsk, where it was largely destroyed. Surviving units retreated through <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> before reforming a line near <a href="/wiki/Courland" title="Courland">Courland</a>, fighting and being defeated during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Memel" title="Battle of Memel">Battle of Memel</a> in late 1944. </p><p>In February 1945 the 3rd Panzer Army was one of the armies that made up the new <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Vistula" title="Army Group Vistula">Army Group Vistula</a>. On 10 March 1945, General <a href="/wiki/Hasso-Eccard_von_Manteuffel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasso-Eccard von Manteuffel">Hasso-Eccard von Manteuffel</a> was made the commander of the 3rd Panzer Army, which was assigned to defend the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Oder_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Oder River">Oder River</a>, north of the <a href="/wiki/Seelow_Heights" title="Seelow Heights">Seelow Heights</a>, thus hampering Soviet access to <a href="/wiki/Western_Pomerania" title="Western Pomerania">Western Pomerania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. They then faced an overwhelming Soviet attack launched by General <a href="/wiki/Rokossovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Rokossovsky">Rokossovsky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2nd_Belorussian_Front" title="2nd Belorussian Front">2nd Belorussian Front</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a>. On 25 April the Soviets broke through 3rd Panzer Army's line around the bridgehead south of Stettin<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and crossed the <a href="/wiki/Randow" title="Randow">Randow</a> Swamp. </p><p>Following the defeat at Stettin, 3rd Panzer Army was forced to retreat into the region of <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> – the headquarters of 3rd Panzer Army. Manteuffel made negotiations with British generals including Field Marshall <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein">Bernard Montgomery</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hagenow" title="Hagenow">Hagenow</a> on 3 May 1945 so that he with 300,000 German soldiers would surrender to the British rather than Soviet forces.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Panzer_Army&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Commander</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hermann_Hoth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hermann Hoth"><img alt="Hermann Hoth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Hermann_Hoth.jpg/100px-Hermann_Hoth.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Hermann_Hoth.jpg/150px-Hermann_Hoth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Hermann_Hoth.jpg/200px-Hermann_Hoth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="427" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hoth, Hermann</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Hoth" title="Hermann Hoth">Hermann Hoth</a></b><br /><small>(1885–1971)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 November 1940</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 October 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002324000000000000♠"></span>324 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BUNDESARCHIV,_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Georg-Hans Reinhardt"><img alt="Georg-Hans Reinhardt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg/100px-BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg/150px-BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg/200px-BUNDESARCHIV%2C_Georg-Hans_Reinhardt_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="236" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Reinhardt, Georg</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Georg-Hans_Reinhardt" title="Georg-Hans Reinhardt">Georg-Hans Reinhardt</a></b><br /><small>(1887–1963)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 October 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 August 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003104500000000000♠"></span>2 years, 315 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Erhard Raus"><img alt="Erhard Raus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Raus, Erhard</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Erhard_Raus" title="Erhard Raus">Erhard Raus</a></b><br /><small>(1889–1956)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 August 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 March 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002206000000000000♠"></span>206 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21,_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hasso von Manteuffel"><img alt="Hasso von Manteuffel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-143-21%2C_Hasso_von_Manteuffel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Manteuffel, Hasso</span><i>General der Panzertruppe</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hasso_von_Manteuffel" title="Hasso von Manteuffel">Hasso von Manteuffel</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1978)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001530000000000000♠"></span>53 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Panzer_Army&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Frieser_2007_Weißrußland_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFrieser,_Karl-Heinz2007" class="citation book cs1">Frieser, Karl-Heinz (2007). "Der Rückzug der Heeresgruppe Mitte nach Weißrußland bis Frühjahr 1944". In Frieser, Karl-Heinz; et al. (eds.). <i>Die Ostfront 1943/44: Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten</i>. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Vol. 8. Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 297–338. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783421062352" title="Special:BookSources/9783421062352"><bdi>9783421062352</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Der+R%C3%BCckzug+der+Heeresgruppe+Mitte+nach+Wei%C3%9Fru%C3%9Fland+bis+Fr%C3%BChjahr+1944&rft.btitle=Die+Ostfront+1943%2F44%3A+Der+Krieg+im+Osten+und+an+den+Nebenfronten&rft.place=Munich&rft.series=Das+Deutsche+Reich+und+der+Zweite+Weltkrieg&rft.pages=297-338&rft.pub=Deutsche+Verlags-Anstalt&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9783421062352&rft.au=Frieser%2C+Karl-Heinz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+Panzer+Army" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110928043947/http://www.verbrechen-der-wehrmacht.de/pdf/vdw_de.pdf">"Hamburger Institut für Sozial Forschung, <i>Verbrechen der Wehrmacht</i>, p. 18"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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title="4th Army (Wehrmacht)">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="5th Army (Wehrmacht)">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="6th Army (Wehrmacht)">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Army (Wehrmacht)">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="8th Army (Wehrmacht)">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Army (Wehrmacht)">9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10 – 19</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Army (Wehrmacht)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="11th Army (Wehrmacht)">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="12th Army (Wehrmacht)">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="14th Army (Wehrmacht)">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="15th Army (Wehrmacht)">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="16th Army (Wehrmacht)">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="17th Army (Wehrmacht)">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="18th Army (Wehrmacht)">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="19th Army (Wehrmacht)">19</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20 – 25</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/20th_Mountain_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht)">20 (Mountain)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="21st Army (Wehrmacht)">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="24th Army (Wehrmacht)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="25th Army (Wehrmacht)">25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Named</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Liguria" title="Army Liguria">Liguria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Norway_(Wehrmacht)" title="Army Norway (Wehrmacht)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_East_Prussia_(Wehrmacht)" title="Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)">East Prussia</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Army_Detachment" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Army Detachment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Army">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_SS_Panzer_Army" title="11th SS Panzer Army">11 (SS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Army_Africa" title="Panzer Army Africa">Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Parachute</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Parachute Army (Wehrmacht)">1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" 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