18th Army (Wehrmacht)

18th Army
German: 18. Armee
Georg Lindemann visiting the trenches at Leningrad
Active	4 November 1939 – 8 May 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	German Army (Heer)
Type	Field Army
Size	Field army
Engagements	World War II

The 18th Army (German: 18. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army.

Formed in November 1939 in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands (Battle of the Netherlands) and Belgium (Battle of 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.