Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation. In September 1941, the Spanish Blue Division was assigned to Army Group North. Northern Russia offensive operation Composition: October 1941 16th Army 18th Army Nevsky Pyatachok Operation Nordlicht Northern Russia defensive campaign Commander in Chief 17 January 1942: GFM Georg von Küchler Composition: September 1942 11th Army 16th Army 18th Army December 1942 16th Army 18th Army Demyansk Pocket Kholm Pocket Soviet Toropets-Kholm Operation Battle of Velikiye Luki Battle of Krasny Bor Baltic defensive campaign Commander in Chief 9 January 1944: Field marshal Walter Model Commander in Chief 31 March 1944: Generaloberst Georg Lindemann Commander in Chief 4 July 1944: Generaloberst Johannes Frießner Commander in Chief 23 July 1944: GFM Ferdinand Schörner March 1944 Army detachment "Narwa" 16th Army 18th Army Battle of Narva, consisting of: Battle for Narva Bridgehead and Battle of Tannenberg Line Combat in South Estonia, 1944 Soviet Baltic Offensive Battle of Porkuni Battle of Vilnius (1944) Battle of Memel After becoming trapped in the Courland Cauldron after 25 January 1945, the Army Group was renamed Army Group Courland. On the same day, in East Prussia, a new Army Group North was created by renaming Army Group Center. On the 2 April 1945, the army group was dissolved, and the staff formed the 12th Army headquarters. Campaign in East Prussia Army Group North (old Army Group Centre), was driven into an ever smaller pocket around Königsberg in East Prussia. On April 9, 1945 Königsberg finally fell to the Red Army, although remnants of Army Group units continued to resist on the Heiligenbeil & Danzig beachheads until the end of the war in Europe. October 1944 16th Army Armee-Abteilung Grasser 18th Army November 1944 16th Army Armee-Abteilung Kleffel 18 Armee December 1944 16th Army 18th Army Soviet East Prussian Offensive Battle of Königsberg Heiligenbeil pocket Campaign in West Prussia Commander in Chief 27 January 1945: Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic Commander in Chief 12 March 1945: Walter Weiß Composition: February 1945 Armee-Abteilung Samland 4th Army Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive Battle of Kolberg Courland Pocket On the 25 January 1945 Hitler renamed three army groups. Army Group North became Army Group Courland, more appropriate as it had been isolated from Army Group Centre and was trapped in Courland, Latvia; Army Group Centre became Army Group North and Army Group A became Army Group Centre. Commanders See also Army Group South Army Group Centre German order of