1st Panzer Army

1st Panzer Army
1st Panzer Army
1. Panzerarmee
	Insignia
Active	16 November 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Army; 1 July 1942 (start of Case Blue):; 226,688; 1 November 1943 (Battle of the Dnieper):; 282,175; 1 March 1944 (Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive):; 211,545; 1 May 1944 (after the battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket); 172,541
Engagements	World War II Battle of France; Yugoslavia; Operation Barbarossa Brody/Dubno; Battle of Uman; Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle of Rostov (1941); ; 2nd Kharkov; Case Blue Battle of Rostov (1942); Battle of the Caucasus; ; 3rd Kharkov; Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943) Izyum-Barvenkovo offensive; ; Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943); Battle of the Dnieper; Dnieper-Carpathian offensive Zhitomir-Berdichev offensive; Korsun-Cherkassy pocket; Kamenets-Podolsky pocket; ; Lvov-Sandomierz offensive; Western Carpathian offensive; Moravia–Ostrava offensive; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ewald von Kleist

The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command.^[5]

^ Liedtke, Gregory. Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943. Wolverhampton Military Studies, 2016, p. 228.
^ OKH Org.Abt. I Nr. I/5645/43 g.Kdos. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.11.43. NARA T78, R528, F768.
^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/161628/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.3.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 12.
^ OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/17246/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.5.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 18.
^ Nipe 2012.

[1] Liedtke, Gregory. Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943. Wolverhampton Military Studies, 2016, p. 228.

[2] OKH Org.Abt. I Nr. I/5645/43 g.Kdos. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.11.43. NARA T78, R528, F768.

[3] OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/161628/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.3.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 12.

[4] OKH Organisationsabteilung (I). Nr. I/17246/44 g.Kdos. Notiz. Iststärke des Feldheeres Stand 1.5.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 2/1341, fol. 18.

[FOOTNOTENipe2012-5] Nipe 2012.

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1st Panzer Army
1. Panzerarmee
Insignia
Active	16 November 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Army 1 July 1942 (start of Case Blue): 226,688^[1] 1 November 1943 (Battle of the Dnieper): 282,175^[2] 1 March 1944 (Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive): 211,545^[3] 1 May 1944 (after the battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket) 172,541^[4]
Engagements	World War II Battle of France Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Brody/Dubno Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Rostov (1941) 2nd Kharkov Case Blue Battle of Rostov (1942) Battle of the Caucasus 3rd Kharkov Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943) Izyum-Barvenkovo offensive Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943) Battle of the Dnieper Dnieper-Carpathian offensive Zhitomir-Berdichev offensive Korsun-Cherkassy pocket Kamenets-Podolsky pocket Lvov-Sandomierz offensive Western Carpathian offensive Moravia–Ostrava offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Ewald von Kleist