Army Group South Rear Area in the context of "Reichskommissariat Ukraine"

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⭐ Core Definition: Army Group South Rear Area

Army Group South Rear Area (Rückwärtiges Heeresgebiet Süd) was one of the three Army Group Rear Area Commands, established during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Commanded by General Karl von Roques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group South.

The Group South Rear Area's outward function was to provide security behind the fighting troops. It was also a site of mass murder during The Holocaust and other crimes against humanity targeting the civilian population. In the words of historian Michael Parrish, the army commander "presided over an empire of terror and brutality".

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👉 Army Group South Rear Area in the context of Reichskommissariat Ukraine

The Reichskommissariat Ukraine (RKU; lit. 'Reich Commissariat of Ukraine') was an administrative entity of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. It served as the German civilian occupation regime in the Ukrainian SSR and parts of the Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, and eastern Poland during the Eastern Front of World War II.

Reichskommissariat Ukraine was established after the early success of the Wehrmacht's Operation Barbarossa for territory under the military administration of Army Group South Rear Area. The German civil administration was based in Rovno (Rivne) with Erich Koch serving as the only Reichskommissar during its existence.

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Army Group Rear Area Command (Wehrmacht) → Operation Barbarossa → Karl von Roques → Wehrmacht → Army Group South → The Holocaust → Crimes against humanity →