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Poland 1939 Italian Campaign 1943-1945
History The 10. Armee was established on 6 August 1939. It was involved in the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 till it was disbanded on 10 October 1939 after the completion of the Polish campaign.
The 10. Armee was re-established on 15 August 1943 for operations in the Italian Theater. It continued to fight in Italy until it’s surrender on 2 May 1945. It was in existence in the Italian theater for a total of 627 days.
Organization Korück 540
after reformation
Korück 594
Commanders Walter von Reichenau 8.26.1939
Calendar of Battles and Engagements
Polish Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements 1. BorderFighting in Western Poland. 9.1.1939 9.4.1939 4 a. ForestFighting south of Koschentin. 9.1.1939 9.1.1939 1 b. Battle byLublinitz 9.1.1939 9.1.1939 1 c. Fightingon the Liswarta. 9.1.1939 9.2.1939 2 d. Captureof Wislun. 9.2.1939 9.4.1939 3 2. Fightingon the Warthe Line. 9.2.1939 9.4.1939 3 a. Battle byJanow. 9.3.1939 9.4.1939 2 b. Captureof Tschenstochau. 9.3.1939 9.3.1939 1 c. ForestBattles north of Kzobuck. 9.2.1939 9.2.1939 1 d. Captureof Nowo-Radomsk. 9.3.1939 9.3.1939 1 3. Advanceon Warsaw. 9.4.1939 9.8.1939 5 a. Captureof Jedrzejow. 9.4.1939 9.4.1939 1 b. Captureof Kielce. 9.4.1939 9.4.1939 1 c. Fightingin Lysa-Gora. 9.5.1939 9.8.1939 4 d. Captureof Piotrkow. 9.5.1939 9.5.1939 1 e. Captureof Tomaszow. 9.6.1939 9.6.1939 1 f. Fightingfor Widawki Positions. 9.5.1939 9.5.1939 1 g. Push overMszeczonow to the outskirts of Warsaw. 9.8.1939 9.8.1939 1 4. Battle byRadom. 9.8.1939 9.12.1939 5 a. Fightingby Wirzbica and Radom. 9.8.1939 9.8.1939 1 b. Pursuitover Zwolen. 9.8.1939 9.8.1939 1 c. Fightingby Ilza. 9.9.1939 9.9.1939 1 d. Fightingfor Radom. 9.10.1939 9.12.1939 3 5. PursuitFighting Over the Weichsel River. 9.10.1939 9.20.1939 11 a. Fightingby Pulawy. 9.10.1939 9.10.1939 1 b. Crossingthe Weichsel River by Gora-Kalwarja. 9.10.1939 9.10.1939 1 c. Fightingby Osiek. 9.11.1939 9.11.1939 1 d. Captureof Annopol. 9.13.1939 9.13.1939 1 e. Captureof Deblin. 9.15.1939 9.15.1939 1 f. Fightingby Krasnystaw. 9.18.1939 9.18.1939 1 g. Captureof Lublin. 9.18.1939 9.18.1939 1 h. Battlefor Wieprz. 9.20.1939 9.20.1939 1 6. Fightingfor Warsaw and Modlin. 9.20.1939 9.28.1939 9 a. Encirclingof Warsaw. 9.20.1939 9.24.1939 5 b. Battle bySierakow. 9.20.1939 9.20.1939 1 c. Battle byLomianke-Mlociny. 9.21.1939 9.22.1939 2 d. Attack onWarsaw. 9.25.1939 9.27.1939 3 e. Encirclingof Modlin. 9.20.1939 9.20.1939 1 7. PursuitFighting East of the Weichsel River. 9.28.1939 10.7.1939 10 a. Battle byJanow-Lubelski. 9.28.1939 9.30.1939 3 b. BattleSoutheast and South of Lublin. 9.28.1939 10.2.1939 5 c. Battle byKock-Adamow. 10.2.1939 10.7.1939 6
Italian Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements 1. Occupationand securing the Apulien and Calabrien regions. 8.21.1943 9.9.1943 20 2. Occupationand securing central Italy. 8.21.1943 11.20.1943 92 a. Battlesin the area of Rome 9.8.1943 9.10.1943 3 b. Battlefor Salerno [Allied Bridgehead] 9.10.1943 9.18.1943 9 3. Defensivebattles in south Italy and withdrawal on to the Garigliano and Sangro Rivers. 9.19.1943 11.20.1943 63 4. Defensivebattles in central Italy. 11.21.1943 5.11.1944 173 a. Defensivebattles at the Sangro River. 11.28.1943 1.4.1944 38 b. Defensivebattles at the Garigliano and Rapido Rivers. 1.5.1944 1.24.1944 20 c. Firstdefensive battle for Cassino. 1.28.1944 3.4.1944 37 d. Seconddefensive battle for Cassino. 3.15.1944 3.24.1944 10 5. Defensivebattles in central Italy and rearguard actions on to the northern Appenin. 5.12.1944 8.25.1944 106 a. Thirddefensive battle for Cassino and at the Liri River. 5.12.1944 5.31.1944 21 b. Withdrawalfrom the Abruzzen region to the Trasimeno Lake and Chienti. 6.1.1944 6.23.1944 23 c. Defensivebattles at Trasimeno Lake and at the upper Arno and Tiber Rivers. 6.19.1944 8.25.1944 68 d. Defensivebattles at Ancona and withdrawal battles to the Adriatic Coast. 7.1.1944 8.25.1944 56 6. Defensivebattles in the northern Appenin Mountains and to the Adriatic Coast. 8.26.1944 10.26.1944 62 a. Defensivebattles for Rimini. 8.26.1944 9.21.1944 27 b. Defensivebattles north of Florence. 9.13.1944 10.26.1944 44 7. Positionalbattles between the northern Appenin Mountains and the Adriatic Coast [Ravenna]. 10.27.1944 4.8.1945 164 8. Rearguardbattles across the Po River and on to the Alps. 4.9.1945 5.2.1945 24
German Bibliography
Die deutschen Infanterie-Divisonen, Band 1-3, by Werner Haupt Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, Band 1-3, by Nobert Kannapin Die Pflege der Tradition der alten Armee in Reichsheer und im der Wehrmacht, by Schirmer/Wiener Die Truppenkennzeichen… der deutchen Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Band 1-4, by Schmitz/Thies Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Kartenbild, Band 1-3, by Klaus-Jurgen Thies Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939, by George Tessin Verbände und Truppen der deutchen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS…, Band 1-14, by Georg Tessin Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung 1815-1939, Teil 1, der deutschen Heer, Band 1-3, by Günter Wegner Die Deutsche Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Ihre Kommando. u. Grossverbände… im Zweiten Weltkrieg, author unknown Das Reichsheer und Seine Tradition, author unknown Deutsche Rote Kreuz Suchdienst, Divisionsschicksale, author unknown
