Army Group H


Army Group H was a German army group in the Netherlands and in Nordrhein-Westfalen during World War II.
Army Group H was activated on 11 November 1944 in the Netherlands. It contained the 1st Parachute Army and the 15th Army. It garrisoned the Netherlands with twelve divisions. In March 1945 the army group became Heeresgruppe Nordwest under Ernst Busch the "Oberbefehlshaber Nordwest". After being pushed from the Rhine by Operation Varsity, on 4 May 1945 OB Nordwest capitulated on the Lüneburger Heide to Field Marshal Montgomery.

Commanders

Order of Battle (1944)