Army Group North Ukraine
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The Army Group North Ukraine (German: Nordukraine) was a major ground force formation of the German armed forces. It was created on the 1 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South on trial basis, in the course of the separation of troops under command of general field marshal Erich von Manstein and general field marshal Walter Model. In April 1944 it consisted of 1st Panzer Army and 4th Panzer Army. In the summer of 1944 it opposed the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front during the Lvov-Sandomir strategic offensive operation (13.07-29.08.1944). In August 1944 the 4th Panzer Army and the 17th Army defended between Carpathian mountains and the Pripyet swamps in Galicia. In September 1944 it was renamed Army Group A.
