Schematic war organization of the Wehrmacht on May 10, 1940

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The schematic war organization of the Wehrmacht on May 10, 1940 , shows the formation of the army and air force of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the western campaign , which began with the attack on the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg . The army was divided into three army groups . The Luftwaffe was divided into two air fleets, which were independent but were supposed to work closely with the corresponding army units. The divisions of the army belonged to different formation waves . The divisions of the 1st and 2nd wave of formation, which were best equipped in terms of personnel and material, were mainly deployed in the central area of ​​the front, where the strategic breakthrough was to take place.

army

Army Group B

18th Army

  • Commander in Chief: General of the Artillery Georg von Küchler
  • Chief of the General Staff: Major General Erich Marcks
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Colonel i. G .: Arthur Schmidt
X Army Corps 207th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
227th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (motorized) Armed SS
XXVI. Army Corps 9th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 153 armored combat vehicles (30 PI , 54 P II , 41 P III , 16 P IV, 12 armored command vehicles)
254th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
256th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
reserve 1st Cavalry Division 1st wave of deployment
SS disposal division (motorized) Armed SS

6th Army

IV Army Corps 4th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 314 armored fighting vehicles (135 PI, 105 P II, 40 P III, 24 P IV, 10 armored command vehicles)
7th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
18th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
35th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
61st Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
IX. Army Corps 30th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
56th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
216 Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
XI. Army Corps 14th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
19th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
31st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XVI. Army Corps (motorized) 3rd Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 341 armored fighting vehicles (117 PI, 129 P II, 42 P III, 26 P IV, 27 armored command vehicles)
XXVII. Army Corps 253rd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
269th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
reserve 255th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment

reserve

I. Army Corps 1st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
11th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
223rd Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
20th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
208 Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
225th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
526th Infantry Division Renamed Border Guard Section Command 9

Army Group A

4th Army

II Army Corps 12th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
32nd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
263rd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
7th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 225 armored fighting vehicles (34 PI, 68 P II, 91 P 38t, 24 P IV, 8 armored command vehicles)
V. Army Corps 251st Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
VIII Army Corps 8th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
28th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
87th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
267th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
XV. Army Corps (motorized) 5th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 327 armored fighting vehicles (97 PI, 120 P II, 52 P III, 32 P IV, 26 armored command vehicles)
62nd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
reserve 211th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment

12th Army

III. Army Corps 3rd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
23rd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
VI. Army Corps 16th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
24th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XVIII. Army Corps 5th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
21st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
25th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
1st Mountain Division 1st wave of deployment

Panzer Group Kleist

XIV Army Corps (motorized) 13th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
29th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
XIX. Army Corps (motorized) 1st Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 256 armored fighting vehicles (52 PI, 98 P II, 58 P III, 40 P IV, 8 armored command vehicles)
2nd Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 256 armored vehicles (45 PI, 115 P II, 48 P III, 32 P IV, 16 armored command vehicles)
10th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 255 armored vehicles (44 PI, 113 P II, 48 P III, 32 P IV, 18 armored command vehicles)
Infantry Regiment Greater Germany 1st wave of deployment
XXXXI. Army Corps (motorized) 6th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 223 armored fighting vehicles (60 P II, 118 P 35t, 31 P IV, 14 armored command vehicles)
8th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment, 212 armored fighting vehicles (58 P II, 116 P 38t, 23 P IV, 15 armored command vehicles)
2nd Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
reserve Teaching Regiment 900 (motorized)

16th Army

VII Army Corps 36th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
68th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
XIII. Army Corps 15th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
17th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XXIII. Army Corps 34th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
58th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
76th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
reserve 26th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
52nd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
71st Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
73rd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment

reserve

XXXX. Army Corps 6th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
9th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
33rd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
4th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
27th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment

Army Group C

1st Army

XII. Army Corps 75th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
252nd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
258th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
125th Border Guard Section
XXIV Army Corps 257th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
262nd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
268th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
127th Border Guard Section
XXX. Army Corps 79th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
93rd Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
95th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
132nd Border Guard Section
Higher command XXXVII 215th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
246th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
129. Border Guard Section

7th Army

XXV. Army Corps 555th Infantry Division 9. Wave of erection
557th Infantry Division 9. Wave of erection
Higher Command XXXIII 554th Infantry Division 9. Wave of erection
556th Infantry Division 9. Wave of erection
reserve 96th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection

reserve

94th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
98th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection

Reserves of the Army High Command

Army High Command 2 (AOK 2)
XVII. Army Corps
XXXVIII. Army Corps
XXXIX. Army Corps
XXXII. Army Corps
10th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
22nd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
44th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
45th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
46th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
50th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
57th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
60th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
72nd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
78th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
81st Infantry Division 6th wave of erection
82nd Infantry Division 6th wave of erection
83rd Infantry Division 6th wave of erection
86th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
88th Infantry Division 6th wave of erection
161st Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
162nd Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
164th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
167th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
168th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
169th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
183rd Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
197th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
205th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
212th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
217th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
221st Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
260th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
290th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
291st Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
292nd Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
293rd Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
294th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
295th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
296th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
297th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
298th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
299th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
Police division Division made up of members of the order police
SS-Totenkopf-Division (motorized) Armed SS

air force

Air fleet 2

  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel Gerhard Bassenge
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Area of ​​Army Group B
  • Actual strength: 2197 aircraft (91 reconnaissance aircraft, 723 fighter aircraft, 299 dive fighter aircraft, 530 fighter aircraft, 145 destroyer aircraft, 409 transport aircraft)
directly subordinated Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 36 reconnaissance aircraft (24 Heinkel He 111H , 12 Junkers Ju 88A )
Weather exploration relay 2
IV. Air Corps 1st Squadron of Remote Reconnaissance Group 121 12 reconnaissance aircraft (9 Heinkel He 111H, 3 Junkers Ju 88A)
Staff, I., II. And III./LG 1 107 fighter planes (73 Heinkel He 111H, 34 Junkers Ju 88A)
Staff, I., II. And III./KG 30 105 warplanes (103 Junkers Ju 88 A, 2 Heinkel He 111H)
Stab, I., II. And III./KG 27 115 combat aircraft (114 Heinkel He 111P, 1 Heinkel He 111D)
VIII. Air Corps 2nd squadron of long-range reconnaissance group 123 12 reconnaissance aircraft (12 Dornier Do 17P )
Stab, I., II. And III./KG 77 113 combat aircraft (112 Dornier Do 17Z, 1 Dornier Do 17U)
Staff, I. and III./StG 2 , I./StG 76 123 dive combat aircraft (117 Junkers Ju 87B , 6 Dornier Do 17M)
Staff, I. and III./StG 77 , IV. (St) / LG 1, II. (S) / LG 2 176 dive combat aircraft (121 Junkers Ju 87B, 49 Henschel Hs 123 , 6 Dornier Do 17M)
Stab, I./JG 27 , I./JG 1 , I./JG 21 135 fighters (159 Messerschmitt Bf 109E )
Air Corps z. b. V. 2 Reconnaissance group z. b. V. 7 reconnaissance aircraft (5 Dornier Do 17M, 2 Heinkel He 111H)
Staff, I., II. And III./KG 4 140 combat aircraft (67 Heinkel He 111P, 36 Heinkel He 111H, 37 Junkers Ju 88A)
Stab, I., II. And III./KG 54 143 combat aircraft (142 Heinkel He 111P, 1 Heinkel He 111D)
Fighter pilot 2 Staff, I. and III./ZG 26 , I. and II./ZG 1 145 destroyer aircraft (145 Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D )
Staff, II. And III./JG 26, III./JG 3 130 fighters (130 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
Staff and I./JG 51 , II./JG 27 , I./JG 26, I./JG 20 186 fighters (186 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
German Bight Fighter Pilot Stab / JG 1, II. (J) / 186; I. (J) / LG 2; II. And IV./JG 2 214 fighters (147 Messerschmitt Bf 109E, 31 Messerschmitt Bf 109D, 36 Arado Ar 68 )
II. Flak Corps Stab Flak-Regiment 103 with I./Regiment General Göring, II./Regiment General Göring, IV./Regiment General Göring , I./FlakRgt 7, II./FlakRgt 43
Stab Flak-Regiment 201 with I./FlakRgt 6, II./FlakRgt 26, I./FlakRgt 64, leiFlakAbt. 73
Staff Flak Regiment 202 with I./FlakRgt 23, I./FlakRgt 37, I./FlakRgt 61, leiFlakAbt. 74
Airborne Corps 22nd Airborne Division
7th Aviation Division
Combat Squadron zbV 1 154 transport aircraft (154 Junkers Ju 52 / 3m )
Combat Squadron zbV 2 203 transport aircraft (203 Junkers Ju 52 / 3m)
Schwilden special season 12 seaplanes (12 Heinkel He 59D)
Reconnaissance Squadron II. Flk. 12 reconnaissance aircraft (12 Dornier Do 17M)
17./Kampfgruppe zbV 5 52 transport aircraft, 52 gliders (52 Junkers Ju 52 / 3m, 52 DFS 230)

Air fleet 3

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Hugo Sperrle
  • Chief of the General Staff: Major General Maximilian von Pohl
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Area of ​​Army Group A, C
  • Actual strength: 1810 aircraft (65 reconnaissance planes, 845 fighter planes, 125 dive fighter planes, 601 fighter planes, 174 destroyer planes)
directly subordinated Staff, 1st and 3rd Squadron of Remote Reconnaissance Group 123 26 reconnaissance aircraft (17th Dornier Do 17P, 9 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Weather investigation relay 51 5 weather planes (4 Heinkel He 111 H, 1 Dornier Do 17 Z)
I. Air Corps 5th Squadron of Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 11 reconnaissance aircraft (11 Dornier Do 17 P)
Stab, I., II. And III./KG 1 , III./KG 28 ; 143 combat aircraft (107 Heinkel He 111H, 36 Heinkel He 111P)
Stab, I., II. And III./KG 76 , III./StG 51 110 fighter planes, 39 dive fighters (142 Dornier Do 17Z, 1 Dornier Do 17U, 39 Junkers Ju 87 B)
Staff and II./ZG 76, II./ZG 26 71 destroyer aircraft (71 Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D)
Stab and I./JG 77 ; I./JG 3 98 fighters (98 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
II. Air Corps 3rd squadron of long-range reconnaissance group 121 11 reconnaissance aircraft (8 Heinkel He 111H, 3 Junkers Ju 88A)
Staff, I. II. And III./KG 2 , 116 combat aircraft (115 Dornier Do 17Z, 1 Dornier Do 17U)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 3 112 combat aircraft (112 Dornier Do 17Z)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 53 115 combat aircraft (115 Heinkel He 111H)
Staff and II./StG 1, I. (St) /Tr.Gr. 186 86 dive combat aircraft (80 Junkers Ju 87B, 6 Dornier Do 17M)
V. Air Corps 4th Squadron of Remote Reconnaissance Group 121 12 reconnaissance aircraft (10 Dornier Do 17P, 2 Junkers Ju 88A)
V. (Z) / LG 1 33 destroyer aircraft (33 Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D)
I./ZG 52 35 destroyer aircraft (35 Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D)
Staff, I. II. And III. Combat Squadron 51 137 fighter planes (113 Heinkel He 111H, 24 Junkers Ju 88A)
Staff, I. II. And III. Combat Squadron 55 112 combat aircraft (112 Heinkel He 111P)
Stab, I. and II./JG 52 91 fighters (91 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
Stab, I. and II./JG 54 88 fighters (88 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
Fighter pilot 3 Staff and I./ZG 2 35 destroyer aircraft (35 Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D)
Stab, I. and III./JG 2 , I./JG 76 137 fighters (137 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
Stab, I., II. And III./JG 53 , III./JG 52 187 fighters (187 Messerschmitt Bf 109E)
I. Flak Corps Stab Flak-Regiment 101 with I./FlakRgt. 12, I./FlakRgt. 22, I./FlakRgt 51, leiFlakAbt. 85, III./Regiment General Göring
Staff Flak Regiment 102 with I./FlakRgt. 18, I. and II./FlakRgt. 38, leiFlakAbt. 91
Stab Flak-Regiment 104 with I./FlakRgt 8, I. and II./FlakRgt. 11, leiFlakAbt. 75, III./FlakRgt. 9

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Thomas L. Jentz : Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 121.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Thomas L. Jentz : Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 120.
  3. ↑ Leo Niehorster : Battle for France, German Order of Battle, 2nd Air Force, May 10, 1940. November 11, 2010, accessed on May 5, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Leo Niehorster: Battle for France, German Order of Battle, 3rd Air Force, May 10, 1940. November 11, 2010, accessed on May 5, 2020 (English).