Army Group South
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Army Group South was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II.
Briefing at the headquarters of Army Group South at Poltava on 1 June 1942
Soldiers of the Army Group South crossing the Soviet border in Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa
Meeting between Adolf Hitler (left) and officers in the headquarters of Army Group South at Poltava. 1 June 1942
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Gerd von Rundstedt
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Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was a German Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer of Nazi Germany and Oberbefehlshaber West during World War II. At the end of the war, aged 69, with over 52 years of servic
Army Group South
…It was first used in the 1939 September Campaign, along with Army Group North to invade Poland. In the invasion of Poland, Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein. Two years later, Army Group South became one of three army groups into which Germany organised their forces…
Rundstedt in 1932
Rundstedt, Werner von Fritsch and Werner von Blomberg at a memorial service, Unter den Linden, Berlin 1934
Rundstedt, Hitler, Göring, Himmler, Milch, Stumpff, Wagner and Körner in Neustadt in Oberschlesien, during their visitation of the Sudetenland in 1938
Rundstedt by Venus de Milo while touring The Louvre, occupied France, October 1940