World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 20.07.2004

German Armed Forces

 

Mobilized Order of Battle 1 September 1939   The Army and Waffen-SS   The Navy   The Air Force (1) (1) Linked to "The Luftwaffe, 1933-45" by Michael Holm.   Fact Files

Operational Orders of Battle European Theater of Operations Invasion of Austria, 11 March 1938      Sonderfall Otto Scandinavian Campaign, April 1940      Weserübung French Campaign, May 1940      Fall Gelb Balkan Campaign, April 1941      Unternehmen Marita Southeastern Europe, 2 January 1942      12. Armee Southeastern Europe, 1 January 1943      Heeresgruppe E Southeastern Europe, 10 November 1943      Luftwaffenkommando Südost Southeastern Europe, 26 December 1943      Military and Civilian Administration      Heeresgruppe F Southeastern Europe, 16 September 1944      Heeresgruppe F East Front Campaign Barbarossa – 22 June 1941      The Army and Waffen-SS      The Air Force Fall Blau – 28 June 1942      The Army and Waffen-SS Mediterranean Theater of Operations Battle for Crete, 20 May 1941      Unternehmen Merkur North Africa, 23 October 1942      Battle of El Alamein North Africa, 11 November 1942      Torch

Military Organizations 1 September 1939   The German Army 10 May 1940   The German Army and Waffen-SS 22 June 1941   The German Army   The Waffen-SS 1942   The German Army 23 October 1942   Panzer-Division (Afrika)   Leichte Afrika Division (mot) 19 May 1943   Sturmdivision Rhodos 1 January 1944   SS-Panzerkorps 19 September 1944   Sturmdivision Rhodos 1 January 1945   Panzerarmee   Panzerkorps   Panzerkorps (neuer Art)   Panzerkorps Herman Göring