5th Panzer Army
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5th Panzer Army was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The army was re-formed in France in 1944, fought in Western Europe and surrendered in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.
5th Panzer Army
Image: Jurgen von Arnim
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1976 096 08, Heinrich Eberbach
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1976 096 08, Heinrich Eberbach
Ruhr pocket
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The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops were taken prisoner along with 24 generals. The Americans suffered 10,000 casualties including 2,000 killed or missing.
An American soldier at Rheinwiesenlager guards a massive crowd of German prisoners captured in the Ruhr pocket