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14th Army (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	14th Army
native_name
image	[[File:Insignia of the German 14. Armee (Wehrmacht).svg	200px]]
caption	Army insignia
dates	1 August – 13 October 1939
5 November 1943 – 2 May 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	[[File:Heer - decal for helmet 1942.svg	16px]] German Army ([[File:Balkenkreuz.svg	16px]] Wehrmacht)
size	Field army
battles
notable_commanders	Wilhelm List
Eberhard von Mackensen
Joachim Lemelsen

5 November 1943 – 2 May 1945

Second World War
- invasion of Poland
- Italian Campaign
  - Battle of Anzio
  - Battle of Monte Cassino
  - 1945 Spring offensive Eberhard von Mackensen Joachim Lemelsen

The 14th Army () was a German field army in World War II.

History

Poland

The 14th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command and saw service in Poland until the end of the Polish campaign on 13 October 1939.

Italy

The 14th Army was reactivated for the defence of Italy in late 1943 when its headquarters was created using the headquarters personnel of Army Group B which had been abolished when Albert Kesselring was given command of all Axis troops in Italy. 14th Army was initially responsible for the defence of Rome and dealing with any amphibious landings the Allies might make to the rear of the German 10th Army, which was fighting on the defensive lines south of Rome.

The 14th Army faced the Allied amphibious landings at Anzio in January 1944 and after the Allied breakthrough in May 1944 took part in the fighting retreat to the Gothic Line. The German armies in Italy finally surrendered on 2 May 1945 after being defeated during the Allies' Spring offensive.

Commanders

Notes

References

Carver, Field Marshal Lord. (2001). "The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Italy 1943-1945". Sidgwick & Jackson.
[[James Holland (author). James Holland]], ''Italy's Sorrow. A Year of War, 1944-1945'', London, 2008, Harper Press. {{ISBN. 978-0007176441

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