Manteuffel made negotiations with British generals including Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery at Hagenow on so that he with 300,000 German soldiers would surrender to the British rather than Soviet forces. On 25 April the Soviets broke through 3rd Panzer Army's line around the bridgehead south of Stettin and crossed the Randow Swamp.įollowing the defeat at Stettin, 3rd Panzer Army was forced to retreat into the region of Mecklenburg - the headquarters of 3rd Panzer Army.
They then faced an overwhelming Soviet attack launched by General Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front during the Battle of Berlin. On 10 March 1945, General Hasso-Eccard von Manteuffel was made the commander of the 3rd Panzer Army, which was assigned to defend the banks of the Oder River, north of the Seelow Heights, thus hampering Soviet access to Western Pomerania and Berlin. In February 1945 the 3rd Panzer Army was one of the armies that made up the new Army Group Vistula. Surviving units retreated through Lithuania before reforming a line near Courland, fighting and being defeated during the Battle of Memel in late 1944. Panzer Corps 2 - Complete Edition 107.92 Other DLC. ĭuring Operation Bagration in July 1944, 3rd Panzer Army became part of the encirclement at Tekino, the Duna and Vitebsk, where it was largely destroyed. Click on it, after which you will be taken to the store website where you can buy Panzer Corps 2: General Edition Upgrade. The civilians were deported to Germany for use as forced labor. In March 1944, the 3rd Panzer Army took part in the forced assembly and deportation of Russian civilians in the Borisov area. 110.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Ernst Seifertģrd Panzer Army was formed by redesignating 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942.26.Infanterie-Division under Major General Walter Weiß.6.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Helge Auleb.VI Corps under General of Engineers Otto-Wilhelm Förster.14.Infanterie-Division (Mot.) under Major General Friedrich Fürst.7.Panzer-Division under Major General Hans Freiherr von Funck.6.Panzer-Division under Major General Franz Landgraf.LVI Motorized Corps under General of Panzer Troops Ferdinand Schaal.36.Infanterie-Division (Mot.) under Lieutenant General Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher.1.Panzer-Division under Lieutenant General Friedrich Kirchner.XLI Motorized Corps under General of Panzer Troops Georg-Hans Reinhardt.Chief of Staff: Colonel Walther von Hünersdorff.Commander: Colonel General Hermann Hoth.
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