For the Wehrmacht defeat Conquering , the commander of Army Group South Erich von Manstein and the commander of Army Group A Ewald von Kleist were dismissed by Hitler and replaced Change_of_leadership by Walther Model and Ferdinand Schörner respectively .

For the Wehrmacht defeat Conquering , the commander of Army Group South Erich von Manstein and the commander of Army Group A Ewald von Kleist were dismissed Dispersal by Hitler and replaced Change by Walther Model and Ferdinand Schörner respectively .

Against them , the German Army Group A , led by Colonel-General Josef Harpe ( soon replaced Change_of_leadership by Colonel-General Ferdinand Schörner ) , was outnumbered 5:1 .