4th Army (Wehrmacht)
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4. Armee German 4th Army |
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4th Army Insignia
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| Active | 1939–45 |
| Country |
 Nazi Germany
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field army |
| Size | 165,000 (June 1944) 60,000 (March 1945) |
| Engagements |
World War II |
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World War II
The 4th Army (German: 4. Armee) was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
The 4th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Günther von Kluge in command. It took part in the Invasion of Poland of September 1939 as part of Army Group North, which was under Field Marshal Feodor von Bock. The 4th Army contained the II Corps and III Corps, each with two infantry divisions, the XIX Corps with two motorized and one panzer divisions, and three other divisions, including two in reserve. Its objective was to capture the Polish Corridor, thus linking mainland Germany with East Prussia.
During the attack on the Low Countries and France, the 4th Army, as part of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group A, invaded Belgium from the Rhineland. Along with other German armies, the 4th Army penetrated the Dyle Line and completed the trapping of the Allied forces in France. The then Major-General Erwin Rommel, who was under Kluge, contributed immensely to his victories. Kluge, who had been General of the Artillery, was promoted to Field Marshal along with many others on 19 July 1940.
The 4th Army took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941 as part of Bock's Army Group Center and took part in the Battle of Minsk and the Battle of Smolensk. On 19 December 1941, Kluge resigned along Bock and Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch. Kluge was replaced by General Ludwig Kübler.
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