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| 6th Army | |
|---|---|
| German: 6. Armee | |
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| Active | 10 October 1939 – 2 February 1943 5 March 1943 – 9 May 1945 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  German Army |
| Type | Field army |
| Size | Battle of Stalingrad 1942/43: 360,000[1] –124,000 (18 December 1942–February 1943 March 11,000 soldiers )[2] 9 October 1943 (Battle of the Dnieper): 217,857[3] 1 February 1944 (Nikopol-Krivoy Rog offensive) 260,000[4] 1 March 1944 (Dnieper-Carpathian offensive): 286,297[5] 1 April 1944 (Odessa Offensive): 188,551[6] |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Walther von Reichenau Friedrich Paulus Maximilian Fretter-Pico Hermann Balck |
The 6th Army (German: 6. Armee) was a field army of the German Army during World War II. It is widely known for its defeat by and subsequent surrender to the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. It committed war crimes at Babi Yar while under the command of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau during Operation Barbarossa.
The 6th Army was reformed in March 1943, and participated in fighting in Ukraine and later Romania, before being almost completely destroyed in the Second Jassy-Kishinev Offensive in August 1944. Following this it would fight in Hungary, attempting to relieve Budapest, and subsequently retreating into Austria in the Spring of 1945. 6th Army surrendered to US Army forces on 9 May 1945.
- ^ Shirer 1960, p. 838.
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 69.
- ^ Armeeoberkommando 6, IVa. Betr.: Verpflegungsstärken. Stand: 9.10.43. NARA T312, R1481, F000177.
- ^ Frieser, Karl-Heinz. The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts. Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 467.
- ^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/161628/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.3.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 12.
- ^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/17245/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.4.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 16.