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Which operational formation did Kleist command during the Battle of France, the Battle of Belgium, the Invasion of Yugoslavia and Operation Barbarossa?
1st Panzer Army
2nd Panzer Army
Army Group B
3rd Panzer Army
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The 1st Panzer Army was a German armored formation that was formed in 1939 and commanded by Generaloberst Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist during the Battle of France, the Battle of Belgium, the Invasion of Yugoslavia, and Operation Barbarossa. The army was disbanded in 1945 after the end of the war.
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