10th Army (Wehrmacht)

10th Army
German: 10. Armee
Insignia of the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht.
Active	August 6, 1939 – October 10, 1939 August 15, 1943 – May 2, 1945
Disbanded	October 10, 1939 May 2, 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German army ( Wehrmacht)
Type	Field army
Engagements	World War II

The 10th Army (German: 10. Armee) was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht (Germany).

A new 10th Army was activated in 1943 in response to the Allied invasion of Italy. (Nothing to do with Adolf Hitler's last stand which came later.) It saw action notably in late 1943 and early 1944 along the "Winter Line" at the Battle of San Pietro Infine and the Battle of Monte Cassino, before finally surrendering near the Alps. Among its troops at Cassino were the XIV Panzer Corps and Parachute divisions of the Luftwaffe.^[1]

Commanders

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Reichenau, WalterGeneraloberst Walter von Reichenau (1884–1942)	6 August 1939	10 October 1939	65 days
2		Vietinghoff, HeinrichGeneraloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887–1952)	15 August 1943	24 October 1944	1 year, 70 days
3		Lemelsen, JoachimGeneral der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (1888–1954)	24 October 1944	15 February 1945	114 days
4		Herr, TraugottGeneral der Panzertruppe Traugott Herr (1890–1976)	15 February 1945	2 May 1945	76 days

See also

• 10th Army (German Empire) for the equivalent formation in World War I

References

• Walter Görlitz, "Reichenau," in Correlli Barnett ed., Hitler's Generals (New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989), pp. 208–18.

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