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Panzer Group 1 (1st Panzer Army)

Existed: 16 Nov 1940 – 8 May 1945

Commanders

  • Ewald von Kleist 16 Nov 1940 – 21 Nov 1942
  • Eberhard von Mackensen 22 Nov 1942 – 29 Oct 1943
  • Hans-Valentin Hube 29 Oct 1943 – 21 Apr 1944

Positions (approximate)

  1. 9 July 1941Towards Uman
  2. 30 September 1941Dnieper bend
  3. 5 December 1941Rostov — first German withdrawal
  4. 18 November 1942Terek (as 1st Panzer Army)
  5. 15 May 1944Galicia after escaping the Kamianets-Podilskyi pocket

Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.

Sources

  1. [1]
    1st Panzer Army

    Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia

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