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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
- Army Group FGeneralfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs took command of Army Group F on the 12th of August 1943. The unit was established at Bayreuth within the WK XIII…
- Army Group CentreAdolf Hitler issued Führer Directive 21 on the 18th of December 1940. This order commanded German forces to prepare for an attack on Soviet Russia in 1941.
- Home ArmyOn the 27th of September 1939, General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski established the Service for Poland's Victory just as German and Soviet forces completed…
- Army Group AOn the 26th of October 1939, the German military renamed Army Group South to Army Group A. This new formation took its place along the France, Germany border…
- Army Group EOn the 1st of January 1943, Army Group E emerged from the ashes of the 12th Army. This new command structure spread its reach across Albania, Greece, Serbia…
- Army Group NorthThe staff of Army Group North assembled on the 2nd of September 1939. It emerged from the headquarters of the 2nd Army, which had activated just days earlier…
- 2nd Panzer ArmyThe 2nd Panzer Army emerged from the ashes of a rapid campaign in France. On the 5th of October 1941, German high command officially renamed Panzer Group 2…
- Yugoslav PartisansOn the 6th of April 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded from all sides by Axis powers. German forces led the assault while Italian, Hungarian and…
- Imperial Japanese ArmyOn the 27th of January 1868, Tokugawa Yoshinobu marched on Kyoto with a force of 15,000 men. These troops included units trained by French military advisers.
- Imperial Japanese NavyIn 1576, the daimyō Oda Nobunaga commissioned six iron-covered warships known as Oatakebune. These vessels represented one of the earliest attempts at…
- Kwantung ArmyIn 1906, the Kwantung Garrison began as a small security force of 14,000 men. It guarded the Kwantung Leased Territory on the Liaodong Peninsula and…
- German Army (1935–1945)Adolf Hitler announced the German rearmament programme in 1935. Only 17 months later, the army reached its projected goal of 36 divisions.