One of those units subordinated to the 19th Army was the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, before it was withdrawn to Germany in December 1944 after sustaining heavy losses.

[1]: 442 During Operation Dragoon, the 19th Army was trapped in an enormous encirclement, suffering 7,000 killed or missing, 20,000 wounded, 130,000-140,000 captured and was largely destroyed as a fighting force.

After the debacle in Southern France, the 19th Army was recreated with poorly trained conscripts and tasked with defending the west bank of the Rhine, and the city of Strasbourg.

Once again its headquarters survived capture and was rebuilt largely from Volkssturm and hastily trained replacement troops in early 1945.

Formal surrender was accepted by Maj. General Edward H. Brooks, Commander of the U.S. Army's VI Corps.