Campaigns- Westwall 1939
- Western Campaign 1940
- Occupation of France 1940-1944
- French Campaign 1944
- West Wall 1944-1945
HistoryThe 1.Armee was established on 26 August 1939. The command was stationed and fought entirely on the Western Front. It was in existence from 29 August 1939 till its surrender on 4 May 1945, a total of 2,079 days. OrganizationKorück 590
Armee-Nachschubführer 591
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 596 for the remainder of the war in the west Höherer Arko 318
Korück 535
Kdr. der Armee-Nachschubtruppen 512
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 512 CommandersErwin von Witzleben 8.26.1939
Johannes Blaskowitz 10.24.1940
Joachim Lemelsen 5.3.1944
Kurt von der Chevallerie 6.4.1944
Otto von Knobelsdorf 9.6.1944
Hans von Obstfelder 11.30.1944
Hermann Förtsch 2.28.1945 Calendar of Battles and Engagements| Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 1. | SecurityPositions in the Western Fortifications[Saarpfalz]. | 8.26.1939 | 6.13.1940 | 293 | | 2. | Battlefor France. | 6.14.1940 | 6.24.1940 | 11 | | a. | Breakthroughof the Maginot Line south from Saarpflaz. | 6.14.1940 | 6.16.1940 | 3 | | b. | Fightingto Encircle the Maginot Line between Mosel and Warndt. | 6.16.1940 | 6.24.1940 | 9 | | c. | Attackover the Seille and the Rhein-Marne-Kanal. | 6.17.1940 | 6.20.1940 | 4 | | d. | Breakthroughof the Maginot Line north of Wörth. | 6.19.1940 | 6.20.1940 | 2 | | e. | DestructiveFighting in the Mosel and the Vogesen Regions. | 6.21.1940 | 6.24.1940 | 4 | | 3. | Occupationof France | 6.26.1940 | 7.31.1944 | 1,497 | | a. | Securityon the Demarkation Line. | 6.26.1940 | 5.21.1942 | 695 | | b. | Securityon the Atlantic Coast in Southwestern France and the Pyrennes. | 5.22.1942 | 7.31.1944 | 802 | | 4. | Fightingin the Loire and Retreat Fighting in the Champagne and in Lothringen. | 8.1.1944 | 9.20.44 | 51 | | a. | DefensiveFighting for Metz. | 9.11.1944 | 9.20.1944 | 10 | | 5. | PositionalFighting in Lothringen. | 9.20.1944 | 11.8.1944 | 50 | | 6. | RetreatFighting in Lothringen to the Westwall. | 11.9.1944 | 12.15.1944 | 37 | | a. | Defenseof Metz. | 11.9.1944 | 11.23.1944 | 15 | | 7. | PositionalFighting on the Westwall Between the Saar and the Rhein River. | 12.16.1944 | 3.15.1945 | 90 | | 8. | Encirclementin the Saarpflanz by Kaiserslautern and St. Wendel. | 3.15.1945 | 3.25.1945 | 11 | | 9. | Breakoutof the Pocket and Retreat Fighting from the Rhein Reiver to the DonauRiver. [Regensburg-Donauwörth] | 3.26.1945 | 4.25.1945 | 31 | | 10. | Destructionin the Area between the Donau Riverand the Alps. | 4.26.1945 | 5.4.1945 | 9 |
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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