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
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 S37772, Gerd v. Rundstedt
Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troo
Army Group South
…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 for Operation Barbarossa. Army Group South's principal objective was to capture Soviet Ukraine and its capital Kiev. In September 1944, Army Group South Ukraine was renamed…
Clockwise from top-left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia German flamethrower crew burns down a house in the background German Panzer IV stuck in the snow with white camouflage paint Soviet Ilyushin Il-2s over German positions near Moscow Soviet POWs on the way to prison camps Soviet soldiers fire artillery
1939 German Diplomatic passport with its holder returning after the outbreak of war two years later and being evacuated on a special train out of the USSR.
Semyon Timoshenko and Georgy Zhukov in 1940
Army general (later Marshal) Zhukov speaking at a military conference in Moscow, September 1941