Unit Name: | 10th Army |
Native Name: | German: 10. Armee |
Dates: | August 6, 1939 – October 10, 1939 August 15, 1943 – May 2, 1945 |
Branch: | German army (Wehrmacht) |
Type: | Field army |
Battles: | World War II |
Disbanded: | October 10, 1939 May 2, 1945 |
The 10th Army was a World War II field army of the German: [[Wehrmacht]] (Germany).
A new 10th Army was activated in 1943 in response to the Allied invasion of Italy. It saw action notably in late 1943 and early 1944 along the "Winter Line" at the Battle of San Pietro Infine and the Battle of Monte Cassino, before finally surrendering near the Alps. Among its troops at Cassino were the XIV Panzer Corps and Parachute divisions of the Luftwaffe.[1]