Army Group A

Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.

Western Front, 1940
During the German invasion of the Low Countries and France Army Group A was under the command of General Gerd von Rundstedt, and was responsible for the break-out through the Ardennes. It was composed of 45½ divisions, including the 7 panzer divisions of Panzer Group Kleist.

Eastern Front, 1942
In 1942, Army Group South was in southern Russia on the Eastern Front. For Case Blue (Fall Blau), the summer offensive of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), Army Group South was split into Army Group A and Army Group B. Army Group A was ordered south to capture the oil fields in the Caucasus.

Army Group A included the following armies:
 * German 1st Panzer Army
 * German 11th Army
 * German 17th Army
 * Romanian 4th Army

Eastern Front, 1945
On the 25 January 1945 Hitler renamed three army groups. Army Group North became Army Group Courland; Army Group Centre became Army Group North and Army Group A became Army Group Centre.

Commanders
Info comes from the German Wikipedia:


 * Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt (October 1939 - June 1941)
 * Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List (July - September 1942)
 * Generalfeldmarschall Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (September 1942 - March 1944)
 * Col. Gen. Ferdinand Schörner (April - September 1944)
 * Col. Gen. Josef Harpe (September 1944 - January 1945)