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| 15th Army | |
|---|---|
| German: 15. Armee | |
 15th Army troops in Normandy in fall of 1944 | |
| Active | 15 January 1941 – 17 April 1945 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  German army (  Wehrmacht) |
| Size | Field army |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | |
The 15th Army (German: 15. Armee) was a field army of the German army in World War II.
The 15th Army was activated in occupied France on 15 January 1941 with General Curt Haase in command. It was tasked with occupation and defensive duties in the Pas de Calais area.
The Allies landed further west, in Operation Overlord, during June 1944. Afterwards, the 15th Army was withdrawn to the Netherlands, where it fought the Allies during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
It suffered defeat against the First Canadian Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during which the Army Headquarters at Dordrecht was subject to a mass attack by Hawker Typhoons of the Second Tactical Air Force on 24 October 1944. Two generals and 70 other staff officers were killed in the attack. [1]
During October 1944 the 15th Army continued to resist against the Canadian First Army and British Second Army as they pushed west from the Nijmegen/Eindhoven salient in Operation Pheasant.
The British Second Army cleared the 15th Army from the Roer Triangle during Operation Blackcock, pushing it back over the Rur and Wurm rivers. It was involved in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest before finally surrendering along the Ruhr river in 1945.
Today, the former HQ of the 15th Army, in Tourcoing, which is just north of Lille in France, is a museum: Musée du 5 juin 1944 .
| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generaloberst Curt Haase | 15 January 1941 | 30 November 1942 | |
| 2 | Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff | 1 December 1942 | 7 August 1943 | |
| 3 | Generaloberst Hans von Salmuth | 8 August 1943 | 24 August 1944 | |
| 4 | General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen | 25 August 1944 | 17 April 1945 |
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