18th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 18th Army was a World War II field army in the German Wehrmacht.
Formed in November 1939 in Military Region VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands and Belgium during Fall Gelb and later moved into France in 1940. The 18th Army was then moved East and participated in Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
The Army was a part of the Army Group North until early 1945, when it was subordinated to Army Group Kurland. In October 1944, the army was encircled by the Red Army offensives and spent the remainder of the war in the Courland Pocket.Commanders
Chiefs of the Generalstab
10 May 1940
