Army Group Courland was a German Army Group on the Eastern Front. It was created from remnants of the Army Group North, isolated in the Courland Peninsula by the advancing Soviet Army forces during the 1944 Baltic Offensive of the Second World War. The army group remained isolated in the Courland Pocket until the end of World War II in Europe. All units of the Army Group were ordered to surrender by the capitulated Wehrmacht command on 8 May 1945.
Stamp used in Courland pocket (1945)
German civilians and soldiers of Army Group Courland evacuate via Windau (Ventspils), 19 October 1944.
Soviet ultimatum
Ultra decrypt of a message from Berlin to Army Group Courland, 14 February 1945
Army Group North was the name of three separate army groups of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Its rear area operations were organized by the Army Group North Rear Area.
Fedor von Bock, commander of Army Group North in September 1939
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1977 120 11, Fedor von Bock
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 L08126, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R63872, Georg von Küchler