Army Group Don
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Army Group Don was a short-lived German army group during World War II
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Army Group Don was created from the headquarters of the Eleventh Army in the southern sector of the Eastern Front
on 22 November 1942. The army group only lasted until February 1943 when it was combined with Army Group B
and was made into the new Army Group South
. The one commander of Army Group Don was Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erich von Manstein
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It was created to hold the line between Army Group A
and Army Group B
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It consisted of the Sixth Army (Germany) in the Stalingrad pocket, which included the encircled elements of the 4th Panzer Army, together with some remnants of the 4th Romanian army and the reconstituted 4th Panzer Army which was augmented by 4 weak Panzer divisions.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Army Group Don was created from the headquarters of the Eleventh Army in the southern sector of the Eastern Front
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
on 22 November 1942. The army group only lasted until February 1943 when it was combined with Army Group B
Army Group B
Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.-Battle for France:The first was involved in the Western Campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam...
and was made into the new Army Group South
Army Group South
Army Group South was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.- Poland campaign :Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South...
. The one commander of Army Group Don was Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erich von Manstein
Erich von Manstein
Erich von Manstein was a field marshal in World War II. He became one of the most prominent commanders of Germany's World War II armed forces...
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It was created to hold the line between Army Group A
Army Group A
Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.-Western Front, 1940:During the German invasion of the Low Countries and France Army Group A was under the command of General Gerd von Rundstedt, and was responsible for the break-out through the Ardennes...
and Army Group B
Army Group B
Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.-Battle for France:The first was involved in the Western Campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam...
.
It consisted of the Sixth Army (Germany) in the Stalingrad pocket, which included the encircled elements of the 4th Panzer Army, together with some remnants of the 4th Romanian army and the reconstituted 4th Panzer Army which was augmented by 4 weak Panzer divisions.