6.Armee-Oberkommando

Unit Emblems

Campaigns

Westwall 1939
Western Campaign 1940
Occupation of France 1940-1941
Eastern Front 1941-1943
Destroyed at Stalingrad, reformed 1943
Eastern Front 1943-1945

History

The 6.Armee was established on 10 October 1939. It was stationed on the Western frontier near the area of Kleve as security forces from 10 October 1939 through 9 May 1940. They were involved in the Western Campaign from 10 may 1940 through 19 June 1940 in Belgium, Holland and then France. From 26 June 1940 they were stationed along the Demarcation Line in France until 2 July 1940 and then on the Canal Coast in Normandy until 15 April 1941. From the end of April 1941 through 21 June 1941 they were relocated to the Eastern Frontier in Galicia. The 6. Armee then fought in the East until surrendering at Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. The 6.Armee was in existence for 1,212 days and they fought on the Eastern front for 552 days entirely in the southern sectors.

The 6.Armee was re-established on 6 March 1943 from Armeeabteilung Hollidt. They were in existence for 795 days all of which were on the Eastern Front and in the southern sectors.

Organization

Höherer Arko 310
Korück 585
Armee-Nachschubführer 541
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 541

after reformation

Korück 593
Armee-Nachschubführer 541
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 549
Höherer Arko 306

Commanders

Walter von Reichenau 10.10.1939
Friedrich Paulus 12.30.1941

after reformation

Karl Adolf Hollidt 3.5.1943
Maximilian de Angelis 4.8.1944
Maximilian Fretter-Pico 7.17.1944
Hermann Balck 12.23.1944

Calendar of Battles and Engagements

Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
1.	Securityof the Western Border in the Area of Kleve.	10.10.1939	5.9.1940	213
2.	Battle byMaastricht.	5.10.1940	5.12.1940	3
a.	Crossingthe Maas River.	5.10.1940	5.10.1940	1
b.	BreakthroughOver the Albert Canal in Western Maastricht.	5.11.1940	5.11.1940	1
c.	Removalof Fort Eben Emael.	5.11.1940	5.11.1940	1
3.	PursuitFighting in Eastern Belgium and Across the Albert Canal.	5.11.1940	5.13.1940	3
4.	Encirclementof the City of Lüttich.	5.13.1940	5.13.1940	1
5.	PanzerBattle by Hannut-Gembloux.	5.12.1940	5.16.1940	5
6.	Crossingthe Gette River.	5.13.1940	5.13.1940	1
7.	Breakthroughto the Dyle Positions.	5.15.1940	5.17.1940	3
8.	PursuitFighting Across Senette and Demdre.	5.18.1940	5.19.1940	2
9.	Removalof Forts of Lüttich.	5.13.1940	5.28.1940	16
10.	Removalof the Forts of Namur.	5.16.1940	5.19.1940	4
11.	Battleover the Schelde.	5.20.1940	5.23.1940	4
12.	Crossingof the Lys River.	5.24.1940	5.24.1940	1
13.	Fightingin West Flanders and Over Lille.	5.25.1940	5.30.1940	6
14.	BreakthroughBattle on the Somme and Oise Rivers.	6.5.1940	6.8.1940	4
15.	Crossingof the Aisne River.	6.8.1940	6.8.1940	1
16.	PursuitFighting across Oise and Ourcq.	6.9.1940	6.11.1940	3
17.	Breakdownand Pursuit into the Paris Defensive positions.	6.12.1940	6.12.1940	1
18.	CrossingOver the Marne River and Pursuit to the Seine River.	6.12.1940	6.15.1940	4
19.	CrossingOver the Seine River and Pursuit to the Indre River.	6.15.1940	6.22.1940	8
a.	Encirclementof Orléans.	6.16.1940	6.16.1940	1
b.	CrossingOver the Loire River.	6.17.1940	6.19.1940	3
20.	Securityon the Demarcation Line.	6.26.1940	7.2.1940	7
21.	Securityon the Canal Coast in Normandy.	7.3.1940	4.17.1941	289

Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles andEngagements
1.	FrontierBattles in Galicia-Volhynia.	6.22.1941	7.12.41	21
a]	FrontierBattles Between the Bug and Styr.	6.22.1943	6.28.1941	7
b]	BattlesBetween the Styr and the Stalin Line.	6.23.1941	7.12.1941	20
2.	Breakthroughat Kiev and Advance to the Dnieper.	7.2.1941	7.25.1941	24
a]	Breakthroughof the Stalin Line.	7.2.1941	7.25.1941	24
b]	Battle atCudnov-Berditchev.	7.8.1941	7.16.1941	9
c]	DefensiveBattle Near Zwiahel and Sokolov.	7.11.1941	7.14.1941	4
3.	Fightingin the Area North of Zitomir.	7.14.1941	8.21.1941	39
4.	PursuitFighting towards the Dnieper and attack across the Dnieper.	7.25.1941	10.5.1941	43
a]	PursuitBattles to the Dnieper.	7.26.1941	8.29.1941	35
b]	Fightingin the Area of Boguslav-Cherkassy.	8.8.1941	8.22.1941	15
5.	Battlenear Kiev.	8.21.1941	9.27.1941	38
a]	FightOver the Gornostaipol-Ostjer Bridgehead.	8.21.1941	9.9.1941	20
b]	CoveringFighting East of the Dnieper.	9.4.1941	9.16.1941	13
c]	Fight forKiev.	9.13.1941	9.19.1941	7
d]	Battle inthe Area east of Kiev.	9.14.1941	9.27.1941	14
6.	Pursuitto the Donets.	10.1.1941	11.21.1941	52
a]	PursuitFighting on the Psiol and the Vorskla.	10.1.1941	10.10.1941	10
b]	FightingNear Kharkov and Belgorod.	10.17.1941	10.25.1941	9
7.	Fightingon the Upper Donets and on the Don-Ssemina.	10.26.1941	6.29.1942	247
a]	FightingNear Oboyan and Rshava.	1.1.1942	1.16.1942	16
b]	DefensiveFighting North of Kharkov.	1.17.1942	5.11.1942	115
8.	SpringBattle Near Kharkov.	5.12.1942	6.26.1942	46
a]	DefensiveBattle near Kharkov.	5.12.1942	5.21.1942	10
b]	KesselBattle Southwest of Kharkov.	5.22.1942	5.27.1942	6
c]	Battle ofVoltchansk.	6.10.1942	6.16.1942	7
d]	Battle ofIzyum-Kupiansk.	6.22.1942	6.26.1942	5
9.	EasternOffense in 1942 [Case Blue]	6.28.1942	11.18.1942	144
a]	Breakthroughand Advance to the Central Don.	6.30.1942	7.25.1942	26
b]	Fightingin the Area of Kalatsch-Ostrowsky-Kljetzkaya.	7.26.1942	8.22.1942	28
c]	Assaulton Stalingrad.	8.17.1942	11.18.1942	94
10.	1942/1943Winter Defensive Battles.	11.19.1942	2.13.1943	87
a]	DefensiveFight for Stalingrad.	11.19.1942	11.21.1942	3
b]	Defenseof Fortress Stalingrad and Capitulation.	11.22.1942	2.2.1943	73

(reformed) Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
2.	Position Fighting in the Zone ofHeeresgruppe Sud..	4.1.1943	7.3.1943	94
a]	Defensive Fighting in theMius-Donez Positions.	4.1.1943	7.3.1943	94
3.	Defensive Fighting on the Mius.	7.4.1943	8.2.1943	30
4.	Defensive Battles on the Mius andon the Donets Bend.	8.18.1943	9.16.1943	29
5.	Defensive Battles in SouthernRussia and Retreat to the Dnieper.	9.17.1943	11.3.1943	48
a]	Defensive battles on the Mius andon the Donets Bend.	9.17.1943	9.20.1943	4
b]	Defensive Battle Southeast ofZaporozhe.	9.21.1943	10.8.1943	18
c]	Defensive Battle in the NogaizchenSteppe.	10.9.1943	11.3.1943	26
6.	Defensive Fighting on the LowerDnieper.	11.4.1943	12.31.1943	58
a]	First Defensive Battle for theNikopol Bridgehead.	11.20.1943	11.29.1943	10
b]	Second Defensive Battle for theNikopol Bridgehead and Northwest of Zaporozhe.	12.19.1943	12.25.1943	7
7.	Defensive Fighting in the SouthernUkraine.	1.1.1944	5.12.1944	133
a]	Position Fighting on the LowerDnieper.	1.1.1944	3.9.1944	69
b]	Defensive Battle for Krivoi Rogand Retreat From the Area of Nikopol.	2.3.1944	2.22.1944	20
c]	Defensive fighting on the Dnieperand the Ingulez.	2.23.1944	3.6.1944	13
d]	Defensive Battle North ofNikolayev and Withdrawal Fighting to the Bug.	3.7.1944	3.26.1944	20
e]	Retreat Through Transnistrien tothe Lower Dniester.	4.15.1944	5.12.1944	28
f]	Defensive Fighting on the LowerDniester.	5.10.1944	5.12.1944	2
8.	Position Fighting in theZone ofHeeresgruppe Südukraine.	5.13.1944	8.19.1944	99
a]	Fighting West of Grigoriopol.	5.14.1944	5.22.1944	9
b]	Assault North of Jassy.	5.30.1944	6.6.1944	8
c]	Position Fighting on the Dniester.	6.7.1944	8.20.1944	75
9.	Battle in Bessarabia [SmashingKischinew]	8.21.1944	8.24.1944	4
10.	Defensive Battle inSiebenbürgen [Klausenburg]	8.25.1944	9.27.1944	34
11.	Fighting in Eastern Hungary, TankBattle in Puszta.	9.28.1944	10.28.1944	31
12.	Fighting Between the Thieß and theDonau.	10.29.1944	12.18.1944	51
13.	Fighting Between the Lake Balatonand the Donau.	12.19.1944	3.5.1945	77
a]	Defense of Budapest.	12.24.1944	2.12.1945	51
14.	Tank Battle in the HungarianLowlands at Stuhlweißburg.	3.6.1945	3.23.1945	18
15.	Defense and Rearguard FightingSouth of the Donau to the Eastern Alps.	3.24.1945	5.8.1945	46

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