The 9. Armee was established on 15 May 1940 and participated in the Western Campaign from 15 May 1940 to 25 June 1940 and then in the occupation of France from 26 June 1940 through 17 April 1941. From 18 April 1941 through 21 June 1941 they relocated to Eastern Frontier. The 9 Armee was in existence for 1,813 days of which 1,410 were spent fighting in the Eastern Campaign mostly in the central section.
| Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 1. | AdvanceAcross Luxemburg, Belgium and North France. | 5.15.1940 | 5.30.1940 | 16 |
| 2. | Marchnorth of the Somme, Aisne and Oise Rivers Establishing a Bridgehead. | 5.31.1940 | 6.4.1940 | 5 |
| 3. | Fightingfor the Oise-Aisne Canal and Chemin des Dames. | 6.5.1940 | 6.6.1940 | 2 |
| 4. | Fightingfor the Aisne Area and Pursuit to the Marne River. | 6.7.1940 | 6.10.1940 | 4 |
| 5. | Fightingfor the Marne and Pursuit to the Seine River. | 6.11.1940 | 6.14.1940 | 4 |
| 6. | Pursuitfrom the Seine River to the Loire River. | 6.15.1940 | 6.17.1940 | 3 |
| 7. | Pursuitfrom the Loire River to the Cher River. | 6.18.1940 | 6.20.1940 | 3 |
| 8. | Securityon the Demarcation Line. | 6.21.1940 | 7.2.1940 | 13 |
| 9. | SecurityPositions in Belgium and Northern France [Seelöwe] | 7.3.1940 | 4.17.1941 | 289 |
| 10. | March tothe Eastern Border | 4.18.1941 | 6.21.1941 | 65 |
| Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 1. | Doublebattle for Bialystok and Minsk. | 6.22.1941 | 7.11.1941 | 20 |
| a] | Breakthroughof the Frontier Position. | 6.22.1941 | 6.24.1941 | 3 |
| b] | Battlenear Grodno. | 6.23.1941 | 6.27.1941 | 5 |
| c] | Battle ofBialystok-Slonim. | 6.24.1941 | 7.11.1941 | 18 |
| d] | PursuitBattles toward the Duna.. | 6.24.1941 | 7.11.1941 | 18 |
| e] | Breakthroughof the Duna Position. | 7.2.1941 | 7.9.1941 | 8 |
| 2. | Battle ofSmolensk | 7.8.1941 | 8.5.1941 | 29 |
| a] | Battlesof Vitebsk-Smolensk. | 7.11.1941 | 8.5.1941 | 26 |
| b] | Conquestof Smolensk. | 7.14.1941 | 7.20.1941 | 7 |
| c] | Fightingby the Newel and Velikiye Luki. | 7.15.1941 | 7.29.1941 | 15 |
| 3. | DefensiveBattle at Yelnia and Smolensk. | 7.26.1941 | 10.1.1941 | 68 |
| a] | Battlefor Velikiye Luki. | 7.30.1941 | 8.21.1941 | 23 |
| b] | DefensiveFighting at the Düna and Mjesha. | 8.1.1941 | 10.1.1941 | 62 |
| 4. | Battlefor Velikiye Luki. | 8.22.1941 | 8.27.1941 | 6 |
| 5. | DoubleBattle for Vjasma and Bryansk. | 10.2.1941 | 10.20.1941 | 19 |
| a] | Fightingover Byeloy. | 10.2.1941 | 10.5.1941 | 4 |
| b] | Battle nearVjasma. | 10.5.1941 | 10.13.1941 | 9 |
| c] | Advanceon Gshatsk. | 10.8.1941 | 10.17.1941 | 10 |
| 6. | Advanceon Moscow. | 10.4.1941 | 12.5.1941 | 63 |
| a] | Breakthroughof the Moscow Defensive Position. | 10.14.1941 | 10.26.1941 | 13 |
| b] | Pursuitto Kalinin. | 10.21.1941 | 11.17.1941 | 28 |
| c] | Advancefrom Lama to Klin. | 11.15.1941 | 11.23.1941 | 9 |
| 7. | DefensiveFighting near Kalinin. | 11.18.1941 | 12.14.1941 | 27 |
| 8. | DefensiveBattle Before Moscow. | 12.5.1941 | 4.18.1942 | 135 |
| a] | DefensiveBattles for Klin, | 12.6.1941 | 12.19.1941 | 14 |
| b] | DefensiveBattles Between Kalinin and the Winter Positions. | 12.15.1941 | 12.24.1941 | 10 |
| c] | DefensiveFighting in the Winter Positions of the 9. Armee. | 12.25.1941 | 4.18.1942 | 115 |
| d] | WinterBattle of Rzhev. | 1.4.1942 | 2.20.1942 | 48 |
| e] | DefensiveFighting in the Velish-Velikiye Luki Sector. | 1.18.1942 | 4.18.1942 | 91 |
| 9. | PositionalFighting in the Zone of Heeresgruppe Mitte. | 4.19.1942 | 7.4.1943 | 442 |
| a] | DefensiveBattles in the aAea by Rzhev. | 7.30.1942 | 9.26.1942 | 59 |
| b] | Battlesin the Area of Sytschevka-Rzhev-Belyi. | 11.25.1942 | 12.15.1942 | 21 |
| c] | Retreatto the Line Spas Demensk-Dorogobush-east of Velish. | 3.1.1943 | 3.31.1943 | 31 |
| 10. | DefensiveFighting in the East in 1943 | 7.5.1943 | 12.15.1943 | 164 |
| a] | Assaultin the Area of Kursk. [Operation Zitadelle] | 7.5.1943 | 7.12.1943 | 8 |
| b] | DefensiveBattles in Central Russia and Withdrawal to the Gomel-Orscha Line. | 7.13.1943 | 10.10.1943 | 90 |
| c] | DefensiveFighting at Bryansk and Withdrawal to Ssosh. | 9.3.1943 | 10.2.1943 | 30 |
| d] | DefensiveFighting on the Dniepr River and Ssosh. | 9.30.1943 | 12.15.1943 | 77 |
| 11. | DefensiveFighting in Pripjet Area and in White Russia. | 12.16.1943 | 4.19.1944 | 126 |
| a] | DefensiveBattle at Berezina. | 1.16.1944 | 3.9.1944 | 54 |
| b] | DefensiveBattles at Rogatschev and Bychoff. | 2.21.1944 | 3.3.1944 | 12 |
| c] | DefensiveBattle South of Tschaussy. | 3.25.1944 | 3.31.1944 | 7 |
| 12. | PositionalFighting in the Zone of Heeresgruppe Mitte. | 4.20.1944 | 6.21.1944 | 63 |
| 13. | DefensiveBattles and Withdrawal Battles from the Russian Summer Offensive. [Pocket byBobruisk] | 6.22.1944 | 7.5.1944 | 14 |
| 14. | Fightingon the Weichsel in the Area of Warsaw. | 7.27.1944 | 9.16.1944 | 52 |
| a] | Destructionof the Warsaw Uprising. | 8.1.1944 | 10.2.1944 | 63 |
| 15. | PositionalFighting Near the Weichsel and in the Varka Bridgehead. | 9.17.1944 | 1.12.1945 | 118 |
| 16. | WithdrawalBetween the Weichsel and the Oder. | 1.13.1945 | 1.31.1945 | 19 |
| a] | Defenseof Warsaw | 1.13.1945 | 1.18.1945 | 6 |
| b] | Defenseof Posen | 1.22.1945 | 2.23.1945 | 33 |
| 17. | PositionalFighting on the Oder and the Fortresses of Frankfurt and Küstrin. | 2.15.1945 | 4.16.1945 | 61 |
| 18. | Battle onthe Oder and Withdrawal to the Area South of Berlin [Halbe pocket]. | 4.17.1945 | 5.1.1945 | 15 |
