Army Group South
Army Group South was a German military force during World War II on the German Eastern Front 1941-1945. Its principal objective was to capture Kiev in the Ukraine and the Ukraine (the center of Soviet industry and mining) itself. Then to advance up to the Volga River, subsequently draining a portion of the Red Army and thus clearing the way for the Army Group North and the Army Group Center on their approach to Leningrad and Moscow respectively.
Part of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion into the Ukraine can also be seen as a manifestation of Hitler's Lebensraum, or hope to expand Germany's 'living space'.
Army Group South was charged with clearing the Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa; it disposed of Panzer Group 1, the German 16th, 17th and 18th Armies and the 3rd and 4th Romanian Armies. The two Romanian armies were of dubious quality when compared to their German allies.
The German 6th Army, which fought in the destructive Battle of Stalingrad, was later made part of Army Group South.
Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South.
In this campaign Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff von Manstein.
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