Army Group B
After the stabilisation of the front on the Winter Line south of Rome by Kesselring's Army Group C, and the creation of the Salo Republic in Northern Italy, Army Group B was moved to Northern France on 26 November 1943. Army Group B participated in the Battle of Normandy. On 19 July 1944, Field Marshal Günther von Kluge took command from the injured Rommel. During the Allied offensive in August when the Falaise Pocket threatened to completely encircle Army Group B Kluge was replaced by Field Marshal Walter Model on 17 August. Kluge was recalled to Berlin and on 19 August committed suicide out of fear he was implicated in the July 20 plot against Hitler. Army Group B escaped across the Seine but lost around 60,000 troops and much of its equipment.