Campaigns- Occupation of France 1941-1944
- Western Campaign 1944-1945
HistoryThe 15. Armee was established on 15 January 1941 in France. Initially they serve as the security forces on the Channel Coast. They were destroyed in the Ruhr Pocket on 18 April 1945. The command was stationed in the west during the entire war and was in existence a total of 1,555 days. OrganizationArmee-Nachrichten-Regiment 509
Kdr der Armee-Nachschubtruppen 590 CommandersCurt Haase 1.15.1941
Heinrich von Vietinghoff, gennant Scheel 12.1.1941
Hans von Salmuth 8.8.1943
Gustav-Adolf von Zangen 8.25.1944 Calendar of Battles and Engagements| Western Campaign Calendar ofBattles and Engagements |
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| 1. | Securityin Northern France and Belgium. [OKH Reeserve] | 1.15.1941 | 4.30.1941 | 106 | | 2. | Securityof the Channel Coast in Belgium and North France. | 5.1.1941 | 8.16.1944 | 1,204 | | 3. | Fightingon the Seine, Somme and retreat to the Schelde. | 8.17.1944 | 9.11.1944 | 26 | | a. | Defenseof Le Havre. | 8.17.1944 | 9.12.1944 | 27 | | b. | Defenseof Boulogne. | 9.13.1944 | 9.22.1944 | 10 | | c. | Defenseof Calais. | 9.23.1944 | 10.1.1944 | 8 | | d. | Defenseof Dünkirchen. | 10.2.1944 | 5.8.1945 | 218 | | 4. | Battle byEindhoven. | 9.11.1944 | 10.6.1944 | 26 | | 5. | Battlefor the Schelde Delta. | 10.7.1944 | 11.14.1944 | 39 | | a. | Loss ofWalchern. | 11.1.1944 | 11.1.1944 | 1 | | 6. | ThreeBattles for Aachen. | 11.16.1944 | 12.14.1944 | 29 | | 7. | PositionFighting on the Roer River. | 12.15.1944 | 2.22.1945 | 70 | | 8. | RetreatFighting Between the Roer and Rhein Rivers. | 2.23.1945 | 3.7.1945 | 13 | | 9. | PositionFighting on the Rhein River and inthe Ruhr Pocket. | 3.8.1945 | 4.17.1945 | 41 | | 10. | Capitulationin the Ruhr Pocket. | 4.18.1945 | 4.18.1945 | 1 |
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
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