21st Army (Wehrmacht)

21st Army
German: 21. Armee
On the outskirts of Berlin, April 1945, the Volkssturm takes anti-tank guns into combat position
Active27 April – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch German army ( Wehrmacht)
SizeField army
Commanders
Only commanderKurt von Tippelskirch

The 21st Army (German: 21. Armee) was a German field army in World War II.

On 27 April 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe, the 21st Army was formed from Headquarters, 4th Army[1] as part of Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel) and fought until 8 May 1945.

  1. ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 485.

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