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1943-1945</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 typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/16px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/24px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/32px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="439" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German army</a> (<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balkenkreuz.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/16px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/24px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/32px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>30 August 1943</b> (start of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a>):<br />159,598<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>7 April 1944</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_offensive" title="Dnieper–Carpathian offensive">Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive</a>):<br />230,000<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Polish Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgorod%E2%80%93Kharkov_offensive_operation" title="Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation">Belgorod-Kharkov offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_offensive" title="Dnieper–Carpathian offensive">Dnieper-Carpathian offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kirovograd_offensive" title="Kirovograd offensive">Kirovograd offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korsun%E2%80%93Cherkassy" title="Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy">Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uman%E2%80%93Boto%C8%99ani_offensive" title="Uman–Botoșani offensive">Uman-Botoșani offensive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="First Jassy–Kishinev offensive">First Jassy-Kishinev offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">Second Jassy-Kishinev offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debrecen" title="Battle of Debrecen">Battle of Debrecen</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>8th Army</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">8. Armee</i>) was a <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> field army. It existed twice during the war, in the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion of Poland</a> in 1939, and on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a> from 1943 onwards. </p><p>The 8th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz" title="Johannes Blaskowitz">Johannes Blaskowitz</a> in command. In 1939 it was part of <a href="/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt" title="Gerd von Rundstedt">Gerd von Rundstedt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_South" title="Army Group South">Army Group South</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a>. It consisted of two corps, <a href="/wiki/X_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="X Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">X. Armeekorps</a> and <a href="/wiki/XIII_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="XIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">XIII. Armeekorps</a>, and was responsible for the northern part of Army Group South's front. The army saw heavy combat during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bzura" title="Battle of the Bzura">Battle of the Bzura</a>. After the conclusion of the Polish campaign, it was reorganized into the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Army (Wehrmacht)">2nd Army</a> which took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> in 1940. </p><p>In 1943 it was reformed after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a> from <a href="/wiki/Army_Detachment_Kempf" title="Army Detachment Kempf">Army Detachment Kempf</a>. After fierce defensive battles throughout 1943, 1944 and the first months of 1945, it finally surrendered in <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> in 1945. It fought in Hungary, Romania, and Austria in 1944 and 1945. </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=8th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=1" 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:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05,_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Johannes Blaskowitz"><img alt="Johannes Blaskowitz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-004-05%2C_Johannes_Blaskowitz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Blaskowitz, Johannes</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz" title="Johannes Blaskowitz">Johannes Blaskowitz</a></b><br /><small>(1883–1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1939</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 October 1939</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001800000000000000♠"></span>80 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_Bild_183-2007-0313-500,_Rum%C3%A4nien,_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Otto Wöhler"><img alt="Otto Wöhler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-0313-500%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Otto_W%C3%B6hler_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="349" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wöhler, Otto</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Otto_W%C3%B6hler" title="Otto Wöhler">Otto Wöhler</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1987)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 August 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 December 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002473000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 107 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:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013,_Hans_Kreysing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hans Kreysing"><img alt="Hans Kreysing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0013%2C_Hans_Kreysing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kreysing, Hans</span><i>General der Gebirgstruppe</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hans_Kreysing" title="Hans Kreysing">Hans Kreysing</a></b><br /><small>(1890–1969)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 December 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 May 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002131000000000000♠"></span>131 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <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-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Übersicht über den Zustand der Divisionen und gep. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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