Saturday, August 6, 2011
Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland
History
The roots of the Division can be traced to 1921, and the formation of the initial guard units in Berlin that would become Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland. The Regiment saw action in France in 1940, and was attached to Panzer Group 2 in the opening phases of Barbarossa, being all but annihilated in the fighting outside of Moscow in late 1941. On the last day of February 1942, Rifle Battalion GD (all that was left of the original Regiment) was disbanded and two battalions formed a new GD Regiment out of reinforcements arriving from Neuruppin. The Regiment moved to Orel after a period in the front line, and on 1 Apr 1942, arising out of the need for new motorized formations for the summer offensives of 1942, an announcement was made at a regimental parade at Rjetschiza:
"Effective immediately the former Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland is expanded to the Infantry Division Großdeutschland."
While resting and refitting near Orel, the Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland reorganized and expanded to become Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland (mot). The existing Regiment became Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland 1, and was joined by the newly formed Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland 2. Supporting units in the form of a Panzer battalion, an assault gun battalion and increased flak, artillery and engineers were added with the upgrade to divisional status.
After the reorganization, the Großdeutschland Division was assigned to XLVIII. Panzerkorps during the opening phases of Fall Blau, the assault on Stalingrad. The division took part in the successful attacks to cross the upper Don river and to capture Voronezh. In August, the division was pulled back to the north bank of the Donets and held as a mobile reserve and fire-brigade counterattack force. During the combined Soviet winter offensives Operation Uranus and Operation Mars, the Division was involved in heavy winter fighting near Rzhev. The Division sustained heavy losses in the Rzhev salient, effectively making the division combat ineffective. It was pulled out of the lines and refitted.
In January-February 1943, Großdeutschland and XLVIII.Panzerkorps, along with the II SS Panzer Corps took part in the Third Battle of Kharkov. The division fought alongside the 1.SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 2.SS Division Das Reich and 3.SS Division Totenkopf during these battles. After the fall of Kharkov, the Großdeutschland was again pulled back and refitted. At this time, the division was equipped with a company of Tigers, an unusual addition making GD the only Panzergrenadier division to have its own heavy tanks, and the only non-Waffen SS division at that time to have its own Tigers (they were normally deployed in independent heavy tank battalions).
In June 1943, with the addition of armoured personnel carriers and Tigers the division was redesignated Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland, though in reality it now had more armoured vehicles than most full scale panzer divisions.
The newly re-equipped division was attached to the German Fourth Panzer Army of Generaloberst Hermann Hoth, and was to take a major role (again paired with the SS-Panzerkorps) in Operation Citadel, the battles to sever the Kursk salient. During the buildup period, a brigade of two battalions of new Panther Ausf. D tanks came under the operational control of Großdeutschland. After the launch of Citadel, the division was heavily engaged in the fight to penetrate the southern flank of the salient. The new Panthers were plagued by technical problems, suffering from engine fires and mechanical breakdowns, many before reaching the battle. Contrary to popular belief, GD did not take part in the epic tank battle of Prokhovrovkha, and the Panther tanks were not engaged as most were broken down by the time the battle started. However they witnessed the battle as they were held in reserve. The division fought on until it was pulled back to Tomarovka on 18 July 1943.
After the canceled Kursk offensive, the division was transferred back to Heeresgruppe Mitte, and resumed its role as mobile reserve. The Tiger tank company was expanded to an entire battalion, becoming the III. Bataillon of the Panzer Regiment. GD saw heavy fighting around Karachev before being transferred back to XLVIII Panzerkorps in late August. For the rest of 1943, Großdeutschland was engaged in the fighting withdrawal from the eastern Ukraine, taking part in battles around Kharkov, Belgorod, and finally on the Dnieper, ending the year fighting strong enemy forces near Michurin-Rog, east of Krivoi-Rog. It was during this period that the division earned the nickname "die Feuerwehr" (The Fire Brigade).
Großdeutschland continued fighting in the area of Krivoi-Rog early in January 1944 until it was transferred west for rest and refit. During this period, 1./Panzer Regiment 26 (Panther) joined the Panzer Regiment GD, and GD's I. Bataillon moved to France to refit and train with the new tanks; they did not rejoin the Division until after the Normandy invasion.
Over the next months, the division continued moving from crisis-point to crisis-point across the front. Panzer Regiment Großdeutschland saw action in the battles to relieve the Cherkassy pocket in late January 1944 while the rest of the division was involved in heavy fighting from the Dniester to Northern Bessarabia. On 4 March 1944 the First, Second and Third Ukrainian Fronts launched a major attack on the north, central and southern flanks of Army Group South, and GD moved to Kirovgrad, bolstering weak parts of the line until withdrawn to Rovnoye to the southwest. On 16 March the division began the move to the Dniester River, and by the end of March had entered Romania.
In April 1944, GD, as a part of LVII.Panzerkorps, fought defensive battles near Iaşi, including the First Battle of Târgu Frumos, slowly retreating to Târgul Frumos in Moldavia. Fighting in the region raged for over a month. A renewed Soviet offensive began on 2 May, aimed at breaking through GD and onto the Romanian oil fields.
In mid May, the infantry and reconnaissance components of the division were equipped with armored personnel carriers (Schützenpanzerwagen) and other armoured vehicles. The Füsilier regiments were downsized from four battalions to three. The division was then sent back to the front, where it was involved in the fighting around Podul Iloaiei. After a brief rest in early July, the division was again committed to heavy fighting in northern Romania.
In late July, the division was transferred to East Prussia. Over the next months, Großdeutschland was involved in heavy fighting in both East Prussia, including a successful counter-attack on Wilkowischken and the Baltic States, suffering immense casualties in both men and materiel. The division was virtually annihilated during the battles in the Memel bridgehead.
In November 1944, while the division retained its status as a Panzergrenadier division, several attached units were expanded to divisional status, and the Panzerkorps Großdeutschland was formed.
The Corps was made up primarily of two Divisions - Großdeutschland and the Brandenburg Division, which had a lineage which was strongly linked to the Großdeutschland.
By March 1945, the Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland had been reduced to around 4,000 men. These escaped by ferry from the collapsing Memel bridgehead. They landed at Pillau and were put straight back into combat. By 25 April 1945, the division ceased to exist, having been completely destroyed in the battles around Pillau. Of the survivors only a few hundred were able to make their way to Schleswig-Holstein and surrendered to British forces. The majority of the men were left behind and were forced to surrender to the Russians where they often faced a fatal and indefinite amount of time in Russian Labor Camps.
Panzergrenadier Division Kurmark had been created out of Großdeutschland remnants in early 1945 and had fought throughout the last months of the war. Men of both the Brandenburg and Kurmark units were entitled to wear Großdeutschland insignia.
Area of Operations
Eastern Front, Army Group South (May 1943 - Feb 1944)
Romania (1944)
Germany (1945)
Commanders
General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck (19 May 1943 - 30 June 1943)
General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein (30 June 1943 - 1 Feb 1944)
General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel (1 Feb 1944 - 1 Sep 1944)
Generalmajor Karl Lorenz (1 Sep 1944 - 1 Feb 1945)
Generalmajor Hellmuth Mäder (1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945)
Order of battle (Sep 1943)
Staff
Großdeutschland Panzer Regiment
Großdeutschland Panzergrenadier Regiment
Großdeutschland Fusilier Regiment
Großdeutschland Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
Großdeutschland Panzerjäger Battalion
Großdeutschland Sturmgeschütz Battalion
Großdeutschland Artillery Regiment
Großdeutschland Flak Battalion
Großdeutschland Feldersatz Battalion
Großdeutschland Pioneer Battalion (mot)
Großdeutschland Panzer Signals Battalion
Supply & Support Units
Tiger tank of III Battalion, Russia 1943.
Oberst Karl Lorenz Commander of the Großdeutschland regiment, meeting with the crew of a Panther in south Russia.
Mechanised troops of Großdeutschland, Russia 1943.
General Hasso von Manteuffel, conducts an officers meeting, Lithuania, August 1944.
Panthers of the division in Rumania, 1944.
Großdeutschland Division soldiers, Kursk, July 1943.
10. Panzer Dvision
History
10. Panzer-Division was formed in April 1939 in Prague. It took part in the 1940 campaign in the West and remained in France until February 1941 when it returned to Germany. It fought with Army Group Center on the Eastern front until May 1942 when it was transferred to Amiens, France, for refitting and remained in France until December 1942 when it was sent to Tunisia. It was destroyed in Tunis 12 May 1943 and was formally disbanded in June 1943.
Area of Operations
Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - Feb 1941)
Germany (Feb 1941 - Jun 1941)
Eastern Front, Army Group Center (Jun 1941 - May 1942)
France (May 1942 - Dec 1942)
Tunisia (Dec 1942 - May 1943)
Commanders
Generalmajor Georg Gawantka (01 May 1939 - 14 Jul 1939)
Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schaal (16 Jul 1939 - 04 Sep 1939)
Generalmajor Horst Stumpff (05 Sep 1939 - 26 Sep 1939)
Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schaal (27 Sep 1939 - 02 Aug 1941)
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Fischer (02 Aug 1941 - 01 Feb 1943)
Generalleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von Broich (01 Feb 1943 - 12 May 1943)
Order of battle
HQ
7. Panzer Regiment
69. Panzergrenadier Regiment
86. Panzergrenadier Regiment
10. Motorcycle Battalion
90. Artillery Regiment (mot)
90. Panzerjäger Battalion
49. Pioneer Battalion
90. Signals Company
14 / 104. Panzergrenadier Regiment
Supply & Support Units
Friday, August 5, 2011
2. SS Panzer Division Das Reich
History
Das Reich was formed in October 1939 from the Deutschland, Germania and Der Führer regiments of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT). The regiment Germania was removed from the division in 1940 to form the 5. SS Wiking Division.
It took part in the campaign in the West in 1940 and after spending some time guarding the border with Vichy France, it was transferred to the Netherlands. It took part in the campaign in the Balkans where a small detachment led by SS-Hauptsturmführer Klingenberg managed to get the mayor of Belgrade to surrender the city without a fight.
Das Reich took part in the invasion of the USSR and fought on the frontlines until August 1941 when it was withdrawn for refitting. It was sent back to the front in September and in December 1941 it took part in the failed offensive against Moscow. It was transferred to France in March 1942, with the exeption of a small Kampfgruppe, where it was upgraded to a SS Panzergrenadier Division. It was sent back to the Eastern front in January 1943 where it took part in the capture and recapture of Kharkov as well as fighting at Kursk.
Das Reich was transferred back to France, this time to be upgraded to an SS Panzer Division, and was sent to Normandy when the Allies invaded in June 1944. It took part in the heavy fighting around Normandy before being pulled back to Germany. It later took part in the fighting in the Ardennes, Hungary, and Austria.
Before surrendering to the US Army on May 10, 1945, elements of Das Reich helped large numbers of civilians in Prague escape the Red Army.
Lineage
Panzer-Division Kempf (Sep 1939 - Oct 1939)
SS-Division Verfügungstruppe (Oct 1939 - Apr 1940)
SS-Division Deutschland (Apr 1940 - Dec 1940)
SS-Division (mot) Reich (Dec 1940 - May 1942)
SS-Division (mot) Das Reich (May 1942 - Nov 1942)
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich (Nov 1942 - Oct 1943)
2. SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich (Oct 1943 - May 1945)
Area of Operations
Czechoslovakia & Germany (Oct 1939 - May 1940)
Netherlands & France (May 1940 - Apr 1941)
Romania, Yugoslavia, Austria & Poland (Apr 1941 - June 1941)
Eastern front, central sector (June 1941 -June 1942)
Germany (June 1942 - July 1942)
France (July 1942 - Jan 1943)
Eastern front, central sector (Jan 1943 - Feb 1944)
France, Belgium & Western Germany (Feb 1944 - Dec 1944)
Ardennes (Dec 1944 - Jan 1945)
Hungary & Austria (Jan 1945 - May 1945)
Commanders
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Paul Hausser (19 Oct 1939 - 14 Oct 1941)
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich (14 Oct 1941 - 31 Dec 1941)
SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (31 Dec 1941 - 19 Apr 1942)
SS-Obergruppenführer George Keppler (19 Apr 1942 - 10 Feb 1943)
SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl (10 Feb 1943 - 18 Mar 1943)
SS-Oberführer Kurt Brasack (18 Mar 1943 - 29 Mar 1943)
SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger (29 Mar 1943 - 23 Oct 1943)
SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding (23 Oct 1943 - 24 Jul 1944)
SS-Standartenführer Christian Tychsen (24 Jul 1944 - 28 Jul 1944)
SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum (28 Jul 1944 - 23 Oct 1944)
SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding (23 Oct 1944 - 20 Jan 1945)
SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz (20 Jan 1945 - 29 Jan 1945)
SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff (29 Jan 1945 - 09 Mar 1945)
SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann (09 Mar 1945 - 13 Apr 1945)
SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz (13 Apr 1945 - 08 May 1945)
Notable Members
Ernst Barkmann (usually credited with 82+ destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)
Hermann Behrends (SS-Gruppenführer, Reichstag deputy, deupty head of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, VOMI, Höhere SS und Polizeiführer Serbien, Sandschack und Montenegro 1944)
Fritz Darges (Adjutant to Adolf Hitler 1943-1944 and to Martin Bormann 1936-1939)
Rudolf Lehmann (one of the four Waffen-SS divisional commanders who started the war as a platoon commander)
Arno Giesen (usually credited with 111 destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)
Ludwig Kepplinger (received the Knight's Cross on 4 September 1940 as the first Waffen-SS NCO)
Roland Paul (usually credited with 37+ destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)
Erich Rossner (panzerjäger usually credited with 16+ destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)
Emil Seibold (usually credited with 69 destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)
Franz Six (served in Das Reich in 1941, SS-Brigadeführer, head of Sonderkommando 7c/Vorkommando Moskau of Einsatzgruppe B, head of Amt VII of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), appointed as head of the planned state police operations in German-occupied UK)
Oberst i.G. Peter Sommer (with the right of wearing the uniform of a SS-Standartenführer, was of partial Jewish descent and served as chief of staff)
Hilmar Wäckerle (first SS commandant of Dachau)
Order of battle - SS-Division Verfügungstruppe (1939-1941)
SS.VT-Standarte Der Führer
SS.VT-Standarte Deutschland
SS.VT-Standarte Germania
SS.VT-Artillerie-Standarte
SS.VT-Artillerie-Standarte
SS.VT-Aufklärung-Abteilung
SS.VT-Panzerjäger Bataillon
SS.VT-Flak-Abteilung
SS.VT-Pioneer-Abteilung
SS.VT-Nachrichten-Abteilung
SS.VT-Panzerabwehr-Abteilung
SS.VT-Flak-Abteilung
SS-Ersatz-Abteilung
Order of battle - SS-Division Reich (1941-1942)
SS-Infanterie Regiment Deutschland
SS-Infanterie Regiment Der Führer
SS-Infanterie Regiment 11
Artillerie Regiment
Sturmgeschütz Batterie Messbatterie
Krad Schützen Bataillon
Aufklärungs Abteilung
Leichte Aufklärungskolonne
Panzerjäger Abteilung
Pionier Abteilung
Brückenkolonne
Leichte Pionier Kolonne
Nachrichten abteilung
Leichte Nachrichten Kolonne
Wirtschafts Bataillon
Verpflegungsamt
Bäckerie Kompanie
Schlachterie Kompanie
Nachschubdienste
Nachschubkompanie
Instandsetzungsdienst
Ersatz Kolonne
Sanitätsabteilung
Order of battle - SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich (1942-1943)
SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Deutschland
SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Der Führer
Artillerie Regiment
Kradschützen Bataillon Langemarck
Panzer Regiment
Schwere Panzer Kompanie
Panzer Pionier Kompanie
Panzer Werkstatt Kompanie
Sturmgeschütz Abteilung
Aufklärungs Abteilung
Leichte Aufklärungskolonne
Panzerjäger Abteilung
Flak Abteilung
Leichte Artillerie Kolonne
Pionier Abteilung
Brückenkolonne
Leichte Pionier Kolonne
Nachrichten Abteilung
Leichte Nachrichten Kolonne
Wirtschafts Bataillon
Verpflegungsamt
Bäckerie Kompanie
Schlachterie Kompanie
Nachschubdienste
Nachschubkompanie
Waffen Werkstattkompanie
Instandsetzungsdienst
Ersatz Kolonne
Sanitätsabteilung
Stabskompanie
Feldgendarmerie Kompanie
Feldpostamt
Kriegsberichter Kompanie
Order of battle - SS-Panzer Division Das Reich (1943-1945)
SS-Panzer Regiment 2
SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Deutschland
SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Der Führer
SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 2
SS-Kradschützen Bataillon 2
SS-Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 2
SS-Aufklarungs Abteilung 2
Leichte Aufklärungskolonne
SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 2
SS-Flak Abteilung 2
Leichte Artillerie Kolonne
SS-Panzer Pionier Abteilung 2
Brückenkolonne
Leichte Pionier Kolonne
SS-Nachrichten Abteilung 2
Leichte Nachrichten Kolonne
SS-Wirtschafts Bataillon 2
Verpflegungsamt
Bäckerie Kompanie
Schlachterie Kompanie
SS-Nachschubdienste 2
Nachschubkompanie
Waffen Werkstattkompanie
Ersatz Kolonne
2. SS-Sanitätsabteilung
Stabskompanie
Feldgendarmerie Truppe
Feldpostamt
SS-Kriegsberichter Zug 2
XLII. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Engineers W. Kuntze
Order of Battle
87. Infanterie Divisionen
102. Infanterie Divisionen
129. Infanterie Divisionen
General of the Engineers W. Kuntze
Order of Battle
87. Infanterie Divisionen
102. Infanterie Divisionen
129. Infanterie Divisionen
XX. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Infantry W. Materna
Order of Battle
162.Infanterie Divisionen
256. Infanterie Divisionen
70. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
606. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
613. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
210. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
II./62 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
151. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./51. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./38 schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
II./39. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
635. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
624. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
512. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
632. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
42. Kdr. der Bautruppen
18. Bau Btl.
123. Bau Btl.
General of the Infantry W. Materna
Order of Battle
162.Infanterie Divisionen
256. Infanterie Divisionen
70. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
606. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
613. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
210. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
II./62 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
151. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./51. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./38 schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
II./39. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
635. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
624. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
512. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
632. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
42. Kdr. der Bautruppen
18. Bau Btl.
123. Bau Btl.
VIII. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Artillery W. Heitz
Order of Battle
8. Infanterie Divisionen
28. Infanterie Divisionen
161. Infanterie Divisionen
627. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
677. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
783. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
801. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
802. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
184. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
445. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
634. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
IV./109. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./44. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
III./111. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
646. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
808. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
860. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
861. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
862. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
641. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
815. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
I./84. 24cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
680. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
517. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
43. (Sturm) Pionier Btl. (mot.)
746. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
753. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
34. Kdr. der Bautruppen
39. Kdr. der Bautruppen
57. Bau Btl.
59. Bau Btl.
91. Bau Btl.
137. Bau Btl.
208. Bau Btl.
1. Nebelwerfer Rgt. Stab (mot.)
3. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
5. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
103. Entgiftungs Abt. (28/32cm sWG 40)
607. leichte Flak Abt.
5./48 leichte Flak Kp.
3./66. leichte Flak Kp.
General of the Artillery W. Heitz
Order of Battle
8. Infanterie Divisionen
28. Infanterie Divisionen
161. Infanterie Divisionen
627. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
677. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
783. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
801. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
802. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
184. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
445. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
634. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
IV./109. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./44. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
III./111. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
646. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
808. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
860. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
861. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
862. 21cm Mörser Abt (t. mot.)
641. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
815. 30.5cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
I./84. 24cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
680. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
517. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
43. (Sturm) Pionier Btl. (mot.)
746. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
753. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
34. Kdr. der Bautruppen
39. Kdr. der Bautruppen
57. Bau Btl.
59. Bau Btl.
91. Bau Btl.
137. Bau Btl.
208. Bau Btl.
1. Nebelwerfer Rgt. Stab (mot.)
3. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
5. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
103. Entgiftungs Abt. (28/32cm sWG 40)
607. leichte Flak Abt.
5./48 leichte Flak Kp.
3./66. leichte Flak Kp.
LVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
June 22, 1941
General of Panzer Troops A. Kuntzen
Order of Battle
12., Panzer Divisionen
19. Panzer Divisionen
18. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
427. Gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./55. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
816. 21cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
504. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
47. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
75. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
85. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
I./29 Flak Abt. (gem.) (LW)
General of Panzer Troops A. Kuntzen
Order of Battle
12., Panzer Divisionen
19. Panzer Divisionen
18. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
427. Gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
II./55. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
816. 21cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
504. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
47. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
75. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
85. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
I./29 Flak Abt. (gem.) (LW)
XXXIX. Armeekorps (mot.)
June 22, 1941
General of Panzer Troops R. Schmidt
Order of Battle
7. Panzer Divisionen
20. Panzer Divisionen
14. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
20. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
II./70. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
733. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
620. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
614. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
Lehr Pionier Btl. (mot.)
1. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
51. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (d) (mot.)
643. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
1./8 Panzerjäger Kp. (8.8cm Sfl.)
605. leichte Flak Btl.
101. Flammpanzer Abt.
74., 84. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
I./36 Flak Abt. (LW)
General of Panzer Troops R. Schmidt
Order of Battle
7. Panzer Divisionen
20. Panzer Divisionen
14. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
20. Infanterie Divisionen (mot.)
II./70. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
733. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
620. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
614. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
Lehr Pionier Btl. (mot.)
1. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
51. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (d) (mot.)
643. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
1./8 Panzerjäger Kp. (8.8cm Sfl.)
605. leichte Flak Btl.
101. Flammpanzer Abt.
74., 84. Leichte Flak Abt. (LW)
I./36 Flak Abt. (LW)
VI. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Engineers O-W. Foerster
Order of Battle
6. Infanterie Divisionen
26. Infanterie Divisionen
II./57. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
848. Schwere Feldhaubitzen-Abt. (mot.)
742. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
743. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
754. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
10. Kdr. der Bautruppen
22. Bau Btl.
80. Bau Btl.
320. Bau Btl.
321. Bau Btl.
1./46. leichte Flak-Kp.
6./47. leichte Flak-Kp.
General of the Engineers O-W. Foerster
Order of Battle
6. Infanterie Divisionen
26. Infanterie Divisionen
II./57. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
848. Schwere Feldhaubitzen-Abt. (mot.)
742. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
743. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
754. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
10. Kdr. der Bautruppen
22. Bau Btl.
80. Bau Btl.
320. Bau Btl.
321. Bau Btl.
1./46. leichte Flak-Kp.
6./47. leichte Flak-Kp.
V. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Infantry R. Ruoff
Order of Battle
5. Infanterie Divisionen
35. Infanterie Divisionen
842. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
847. Schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
745. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
104. Kdr. der Bautruppen
154. Bau Btl.
218. Bau Btl.
General of the Infantry R. Ruoff
Order of Battle
5. Infanterie Divisionen
35. Infanterie Divisionen
842. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
847. Schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
745. Pionier Btl. (besp.)
104. Kdr. der Bautruppen
154. Bau Btl.
218. Bau Btl.
XLVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
June 22, 1941
General of the Panzer Troops J. Lemelsen
Order of Battle
17. Panzer Divisionen
18. Panzer Divisionen
29. Infanterie Division (mot.)
167. Infanterie Division
792. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
831. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./71. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
422. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
604. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
413. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
42. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
53. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (d) (mot.) (ohne I. Abt.)
611. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
100. Flammpanzer Abt.
General of the Panzer Troops J. Lemelsen
Order of Battle
17. Panzer Divisionen
18. Panzer Divisionen
29. Infanterie Division (mot.)
167. Infanterie Division
792. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
831. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./71. gemischter Artillerie Abt. (mot.)
422. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
604. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
413. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
42. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
53. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (d) (mot.) (ohne I. Abt.)
611. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
100. Flammpanzer Abt.
XII. Armeekorps
June 22, 1941
General of the Infantry W. Schroth
Order of Battle
31. Infanterie Divisionen
34. Infanterie Divisionen
45 Infanterie Divisionen
617. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
788 Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
192. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
201. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
430. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
709. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./66 schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
845. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
II./109. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
854. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
507. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
215. Pionier Btl (besp.)
750. Pionier Btl (besp.)
24. Kdr. der Bautruppen
11. Bau Btl.
46. Bau Btl.
402. Bau Btl.
4. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (mot.)
6. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
8. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.) (28/32cm sWG 40)
105. Entgiftungs Abt. (28/32cm sWG 40)
654. Panzerjäger Abt. (3.7cm mot.)
610. leichte Flak Btl.
3./31. leichte Flak Kp.
General of the Infantry W. Schroth
Order of Battle
31. Infanterie Divisionen
34. Infanterie Divisionen
45 Infanterie Divisionen
617. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
788 Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
192. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
201. Sturmgeschütz Abt.
430. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
709. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./66 schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
845. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
II./109. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
854. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
507. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
215. Pionier Btl (besp.)
750. Pionier Btl (besp.)
24. Kdr. der Bautruppen
11. Bau Btl.
46. Bau Btl.
402. Bau Btl.
4. Nebelwerfer Rgt. (mot.)
6. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.)
8. Nebelwerfer Abt. (mot.) (28/32cm sWG 40)
105. Entgiftungs Abt. (28/32cm sWG 40)
654. Panzerjäger Abt. (3.7cm mot.)
610. leichte Flak Btl.
3./31. leichte Flak Kp.
XLVI. Armeekorps (mot.)
June 22, 1941
General of the Panzer Troops H. von Vietinghoff
Order of Battle
10. Panzer Division
SS-Infanterie Division (mot.) (2. SS Panzer Division Das Reich)
Infanterie Rgt. (mot.) Groß-Deutschland
513. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
85. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
General of the Panzer Troops H. von Vietinghoff
Order of Battle
10. Panzer Division
SS-Infanterie Division (mot.) (2. SS Panzer Division Das Reich)
Infanterie Rgt. (mot.) Groß-Deutschland
513. Pionier Rgt. Stab (mot.)
85. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
XXIV. Armeekorps (mot.)
June 22, 1941
General of Panzer Troops Geyr von Schweppenburg
Order of Battle
3. Panzer Divisionen
4. Panzer Divisionen
10. Infanterie Division (mot.)
1. Kavallerie Division
267. Infanterie Division
623. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
515. Pionier Rgt. (mot.)
45. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
521. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm mot.)
II./69. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./42. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
616. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
I./53 Nebelwerfer Abt. (d.) (mot.)
Lehr-Auflkärungs Abt. (mot.)
10cm Kanone Zug (gep. Sfl.)
General of Panzer Troops Geyr von Schweppenburg
Order of Battle
3. Panzer Divisionen
4. Panzer Divisionen
10. Infanterie Division (mot.)
1. Kavallerie Division
267. Infanterie Division
623. Artillerie Rgt. Stab (mot.)
515. Pionier Rgt. (mot.)
45. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
521. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm mot.)
II./69. 10cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
II./42. schwere Feldhaubitzen Abt. (mot.)
616. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
I./53 Nebelwerfer Abt. (d.) (mot.)
Lehr-Auflkärungs Abt. (mot.)
10cm Kanone Zug (gep. Sfl.)
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4. Armee
June 22, 1941
General Feld Marshal Gunther Hans von Kluge
Order of Battle
VII. Armeekorps
IX. Armeekorps
XIII. Armeekorps
XLIII. Armeekorps
Support
286. Sicherungs Division
3 Batteries 21cm Mörser
768. 21cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
41. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
10. Oberbaustab
33. Kdr. der Bautruppen
37. Bau Btl.
133. Bau Btl.
248. Bau Btl.
274. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
276. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
153. Flak Rgt. Stab (LW)
II./14. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./24. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./26. Flak-Abt. (LW)
I./231. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./704. Flak Abt. (LW)
General Feld Marshal Gunther Hans von Kluge
Order of Battle
VII. Armeekorps
IX. Armeekorps
XIII. Armeekorps
XLIII. Armeekorps
Support
286. Sicherungs Division
3 Batteries 21cm Mörser
768. 21cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
41. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
10. Oberbaustab
33. Kdr. der Bautruppen
37. Bau Btl.
133. Bau Btl.
248. Bau Btl.
274. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
276. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
153. Flak Rgt. Stab (LW)
II./14. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./24. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./26. Flak-Abt. (LW)
I./231. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./704. Flak Abt. (LW)
9. Armee
June 22, 1941
Colonel General A. Strauss
Order of Battle
VIII. Armeekorps
XX. Armeekorps
XLII. Armeekorps
Support
630. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
1. Minenräum Abt.
17. Oberbaustab
135. Bau Btl.
214. Bau Btl.
406. Bau Btl.
561. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
271. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
273. Heeres-Flak Abt. (gem.)
125. Flak-Rgt. Stab (LW)
I./Lehr Flak Abt. (LW)
II./4. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./52. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./401. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./701. Flak Abt. (LW)
Colonel General A. Strauss
Order of Battle
VIII. Armeekorps
XX. Armeekorps
XLII. Armeekorps
Support
630. Pionier Btl. (mot.)
1. Minenräum Abt.
17. Oberbaustab
135. Bau Btl.
214. Bau Btl.
406. Bau Btl.
561. Panzerjäger Abt. (4.7cm Sfl.)
271. Heeres-Flak Abt. (8.8cm)
273. Heeres-Flak Abt. (gem.)
125. Flak-Rgt. Stab (LW)
I./Lehr Flak Abt. (LW)
II./4. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./52. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./401. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./701. Flak Abt. (LW)
3. Panzergruppe
June 22, 1941
Colonel General H. Hoth
Order of Battle
V. Armeekorps
VI. Armeekorps
XXXIX. Armeekorps (mot.)
LVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
Support
149. Flak Rgt. Stab (LW)
1 Batterie I./36. Flak Abt. (LW)
Colonel General H. Hoth
Order of Battle
V. Armeekorps
VI. Armeekorps
XXXIX. Armeekorps (mot.)
LVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
Support
149. Flak Rgt. Stab (LW)
1 Batterie I./36. Flak Abt. (LW)
2. Panzergruppe
June 22, 1941
Colonel General Heinz Guderian
Order of Battle
XXIV. Armeekorps (mot.)
XLVI. Armeekorps (mot.)
XLVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
XII. Armeekorps
Support
255. Infanterie Division
817. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
740. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
5. Machinengewehr Btl. (mot.)
602. leichte Flak Btl.
101. Flak Rgt. Stab. (LW)
104. Flak Rgt. Stab. (LW)
77. leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
91. leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
94 leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
I./11. Flak Abt. (LW)
II./11. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./12. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./22. Flak Abt. (LW)
Colonel General Heinz Guderian
Order of Battle
XXIV. Armeekorps (mot.)
XLVI. Armeekorps (mot.)
XLVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
XII. Armeekorps
Support
255. Infanterie Division
817. 21cm Mörser Abt. (mot.)
740. 15cm Kanonen Abt. (mot.)
5. Machinengewehr Btl. (mot.)
602. leichte Flak Btl.
101. Flak Rgt. Stab. (LW)
104. Flak Rgt. Stab. (LW)
77. leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
91. leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
94 leichte Flak Btl. (LW)
I./11. Flak Abt. (LW)
II./11. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./12. Flak Abt. (LW)
I./22. Flak Abt. (LW)
Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Sud)
June 22, 1941
Gerd von Runstedt
6. Armee
11. Armee
17. Armee
Panzergruppe 1
2nd Hungarian Army
3rd Hungarian Army
3rd Romanian Army
4th Romanian Army
Luftflotte 4
Gerd von Runstedt
6. Armee
11. Armee
17. Armee
Panzergruppe 1
2nd Hungarian Army
3rd Hungarian Army
3rd Romanian Army
4th Romanian Army
Luftflotte 4
Army Group Center (Heeresgruppe Mitte)
June 22, 1941
General Feld Marshal Fedor von Bock
4. Armee
9. Armee
2. Panzergruppe
3. Panzergruppe
Luftflotte 2
537 Signal Regiment
General Feld Marshal Fedor von Bock
4. Armee
9. Armee
2. Panzergruppe
3. Panzergruppe
Luftflotte 2
537 Signal Regiment
Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord)
June 22, 1941
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
18. Armee
Panzergruppe 4
16. Armee
Signals Regiment 537
Signals Regiment 639
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
18. Armee
Panzergruppe 4
16. Armee
Signals Regiment 537
Signals Regiment 639
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