The 20th Mountain Army was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was formed in June 1942 by renaming the Lapland army command, which had been formed in January. On 18 December 1944, the 20th Mountain Army took over the role of Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Norwegen from the dissolved Army of Norway.
20th, mountain, army, wehrmacht, 20th, mountain, army, initially, known, lapland, army, field, army, level, military, formation, german, army, during, world, 20th, mountain, armygerman, gebirgs, armeeactivejanuary, 1942, 1945country, nazi, germanybranchgerman,. The 20th Mountain Army initially known as the Lapland Army was a field army level military formation of the German army during World War II 20th Mountain ArmyGerman 20 Gebirgs ArmeeActiveJanuary 1942 1945Country Nazi GermanyBranchGerman army Wehrmacht SizeField armyNickname s Army LaplandEngagementsWorld War II Eastern FrontCommandersNotablecommandersEduard DietlLothar Rendulic The 20th Mountain Army was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II It was formed in June 1942 by renaming the Lapland army command which had been formed in January On 18 December 1944 the 20th Mountain Army took over the role of Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Norwegen from the dissolved Army of Norway Contents 1 Commanders 1 1 Commander in chiefs 1 2 Chiefs of staff 2 Units 3 See also 4 ReferencesCommanders editCommander in chiefs edit No Portrait Commander Took office Left office Time in office1 nbsp Dietl Eduard GeneraloberstEduard Dietl 1890 1944 14 January 194223 June 1944 2 years 161 days2 nbsp Rendulic Lothar GeneraloberstLothar Rendulic 1887 1971 25 June 194421 January 1945210 days3 nbsp Bohme Franz General der GebirgstruppeFranz Bohme 1885 1947 21 January 19458 May 1945107 daysChiefs of staff edit Generalleutnant Ferdinand Jodl 22 June 1942 1 March 1944 Generalleutnant Hermann Holter 1 March 1944 8 May 1945 Units editApril 1942 2nd Mountain Division 6th Mountain Division 7th Mountain Division 163rd Infantry Division 169th Infantry Division 210th Infantry Division SS Division Nord Finnish 3rd DivisionSupporting Units 211th Panzer Battalion 741st StuG Battalion 742nd StuG BattalionSee also editArmy Norway Wehrmacht References editThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Armee Lappland 20 Gebirgs Armee German language article at www lexikon der wehrmacht de Retrieved 12 April 2005 Portals nbsp Military of Germany nbsp World War II nbsp This German World War II article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 20th Mountain Army Wehrmacht amp oldid 1178235953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
