20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht)
Appearance
(Redirected from German Lapland Army)
20th Mountain Army | |
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German: 20. Gebirgs-Armee | |
Active | January 1942–1945 |
Country | |
Branch | |
Size | Field army |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Eduard Dietl Lothar Rendulic |
The 20th Mountain Army, initially known as the Lapland Army, was a field army-level military formation of the German Army during World War II.
The 20th Mountain Army was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was formed in June 1942 by renaming the Lapland Army command, which had been formed in January. On 18 December 1944, the 20th Mountain Army took over the role of Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Norwegen from the dissolved Army Norway.
Commanders
[edit]Commander-in-chiefs
[edit]No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Eduard Dietl (1890–1944) | Generaloberst14 January 1942 | 23 June 1944 † | 2 years, 161 days | |
2 | Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971) | Generaloberst25 June 1944 | 21 January 1945 | 210 days | |
3 | Franz Böhme (1885–1947) | General der Gebirgstruppe21 January 1945 | 8 May 1945 | 107 days |
Chiefs of staff
[edit]- Generalleutnant Ferdinand Jodl (22 June 1942 – 1 March 1944)
- Generalleutnant Hermann Hölter (1 March 1944 – 8 May 1945)
Units
[edit]April 1942
- 2nd Mountain Division
- 6th Mountain Division
- 7th Mountain Division
- 163rd Infantry Division
- 169th Infantry Division
- 210th Infantry Division
- SS Division Nord
- Finnish 3rd Division
Supporting Units ~
See also
[edit]References
[edit]This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (December 2015) |
- "Armee Lappland / 20. Gebirgs-Armee". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved 12 April 2005.