Army Group North (Russian Front)

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In the Operation Barbarossa German invasion of what became the Russian Front, Army Group North was one of the three major strategic-operational forces. It went through several changes of command.

## Contents

* 1 Initial composition
* 1.1 Army
* 1.2 Air (Luftwaffe)
* 1.3 Schutzstaffel (SS)
* 2 Commanders

## Initial composition[edit]

The invasion force consisted of 20 divisions plus supporting units, under the command of Wilhelm von Leeb.

### Army[edit]

* Eighteenth German Army (Georg von Kuechler))
* IV Panzergruppe (Erich von Hoepner)
* Sixteenth German Army (Ernst Busch)

### Air (Luftwaffe)[edit]

* Luftflotte I (Alfred Keller)

### Schutzstaffel (SS)[edit]

* Einsatzgruppe A (Franz Walter Stahlecker)

## Commanders[edit]

Von Leeb was replaced by von Kuechler, who, in turn, was relieved by Walter Model. The reliefs all came directly from Adolf Hitler.