Schematic war organization of the Wehrmacht on June 22, 1941

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The schematic war organization of the Wehrmacht on June 22, 1941 shows the formation of the army and the air force of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the attack on the Soviet Union . The army was divided into three army groups . The air force was divided into three air fleets, which were independent, but should work closely with the respective army group. The divisions of the army belonged to different deployment waves , with the divisions of the 1st and 2nd deployment waves being the best equipped in terms of personnel and material.

army

Army Group North

18th Army

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Georg von Küchler
  • Chief of the General Staff: Major General Kurt Waeger
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Lieutenant Colonel i. G. Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz
directly subordinated 291st Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
XXVI. Army Corps 61st Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
217th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
XXXVIII. Army Corps 58th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
I. Army Corps 11th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
1st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
21st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment

Panzer Group 4

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Erich Hoepner
  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel i. G. Walter Chales de Beaulieu
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Lieutenant Colonel i. G. Joachim von Schön-Angerer
XXXXI. Army Corps (motorized) 1st Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
145 armored combat vehicles (43 P II , 71 P III , 20 P IV , 11 armored command vehicles)
269th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
6th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
258 armored fighting vehicles (53 P II, 167 P 38t , 30 P IV, 15 armored command vehicles )
36th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
LVI. Army Corps (motorized) 290th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
8th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
212 armored fighting vehicles (49 P II, 118 P 38t, 30 P IV, 15 armored command vehicles)
3rd Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
reserve SS Division Totenkopf Armed SS

16th Army

X Army Corps 30th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
126th Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
XXVIII. Army Corps 122nd Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
123rd Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
II Army Corps 121st Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
12th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
32nd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
reserve 253rd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment

Reserves

XXIII. Army Corps 254th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
251st Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
206th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
L. Army Corps 86th Infantry Division (until June 26th) 2nd wave of deployment
Police Division (until July 1st) Order police

Commander Rear Army Area 101

207. Security Division
281. Security Division
285th Security Division

Army Group Center

Panzer Group 3

VI. Army Corps 26th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
6th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XXXIX. Army Corps (motorized) 14th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
20th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
20th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
229 armored fighting vehicles (44 PI, 31 P II, 121 P 38t, 31 P IV, 2 tank command vehicles)
7th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
265 armored fighting vehicles (53 P II, 167 P 38t, 30 P IV, 15 armored command vehicles)
V. Army Corps 35th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
5th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
LVII. Army Corps (motorized) 18th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
19th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
228 armored combat vehicles (42 PI, 35 P II, 110 P 38t, 30 P IV, 11 armored command vehicles)
12th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
220 armored fighting vehicles (40 PI, 33 P II, 109 P 38t, 30 P IV, 8 armored command vehicles)

9th Army

VIII Army Corps 161st Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
28th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
8th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XX. Army Corps 256th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
162nd Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
XXXXII. Army Corps 129th Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
102nd Infantry Division 12. Wave of installation
87th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment

4th Army

  • Commander in Chief: Field Marshal General Günther von Kluge
  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel i. G. Günther Blumentritt
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Lieutenant Colonel i. G. Horst von Zitzewitz
VII Army Corps 258th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
23rd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
7th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
268th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
XIII. Army Corps 17th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
78th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
IX. Army Corps 263rd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
137th Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
292nd Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
XXXXIII. Army Corps 252nd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
134th Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
131st Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment

Panzer Group 2

XXXXVI. Army Corps (motorized) Infantry Regiment Greater Germany 1st wave of deployment
10th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
182 armored fighting vehicles (45 P II, 105 P III, 20 P IV, 12 armored command vehicles)
SS Division Das Reich Armed SS
XXXXVII. Army Corps (motorized) 29th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
167th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
17th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
202 armored combat vehicles (12 PI, 44 P II, 106 P III, 30 P IV, 10 armored command vehicles)
18th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
218 armored fighting vehicles (6 PI, 50 P II, 114 P III, 36 P IV, 12 armored command vehicles)
XII. Army Corps 31st Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
45th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
34th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XXIV Army Corps (motorized) 10th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
3rd Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
215 armored fighting vehicles (58 P II, 110 P III, 32 P IV, 15 armored command vehicles)
4th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
177 armored fighting vehicles (44 P II, 105 P III, 20 P IV, 8 armored command vehicles)
1st Cavalry Division 1st wave of deployment
267th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
reserve 255th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment

Reserves

LIII. Army Corps 293rd Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
Higher command XXXV 52nd Infantry Division (until June 26th) 2nd wave of deployment
197th Infantry Division (until June 26th) 7th wave of deployment
15th Infantry Division (until July 3rd) 1st wave of deployment
112th Infantry Division (until July 1) 11th wave of deployment
XXXXII. Army Corps 110th Infantry Division (until June 26th) 12. Wave of installation
106th Infantry Division (until July 1) 12. Wave of installation
Training Brigade 900 (motorized)

Commander Rear Army Area 102

403. Security Division
221st Security Division
286th Security Division

Army Group South

  • Commander in Chief: Field Marshal General Gerd von Rundstedt
  • Chief of the General Staff: General of the Infantry Georg von Sodenstern
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Lieutenant Colonel i. G. August Winter
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Ukraine, Southern Russia, Caucasus

Panzer Group 1

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Ewald von Kleist
  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel i. G. Kurt Zeitzler
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Major i. G. Ernst Stübichen
XIV Army Corps (motorized) SS division "Wiking" Armed SS
16th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment ,
146 armored fighting vehicles (45 P II, 71 P III, 20 P IV, 10 armored command vehicles)
9th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
143 armored vehicles (8 PI, 32 P II, 71 P III, 20 P IV, 12 armored command vehicles)
III. Army Corps (motorized) 14th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
147 armored fighting vehicles (45 P II, 71 P III, 20 P IV, 11 armored command vehicles)
298th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
44th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
XXIX. Army Corps 299th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
111th Infantry Division 12. Wave of installation
XXXXVIII. Army Corps (motorized) 11th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
143 armored fighting vehicles (44 P II, 71 P III, 20 P IV, 8 armored command vehicles)
75th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
57th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
Reserves 16th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
25th Infantry Division (motorized) 1st wave of deployment
13th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment,
147 armored fighting vehicles (45 P II, 71 P III, 20 P IV, 13 armored command vehicles)
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Armed SS

6th Army

  • Commander in Chief: Field Marshal General Walter von Reichenau
  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel i. G. Ferdinand Heim
  • 1st General Staff Officer: Colonel i. G. Helmuth Voelter
XVII. Army Corps 56th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
62nd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
XXXXIV. Army Corps 297th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
9th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
Reserves LV. Army Corps
168th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment

17th Army

IV Army Corps 262nd Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
24th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
295th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
296th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
71st Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
XXXXIX. Mountain Corps 1st Mountain Division 1st wave of deployment
68th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
257th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
LII. Army Corps 101st light division 12. Wave of installation
Reserves 100th light division 12. Wave of installation
97th light division 12. Wave of installation

11th Army

Army Mission Romania 72nd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
Romanian Mountain Corps 4th Romanian Mountain Brigade
1st Romanian Mountain Brigade
2nd Romanian Mountain Brigade
8th Romanian cavalry brigade
7th Romanian Infantry Division
XI. Army Corps 239th Infantry Division 3rd wave of deployment
76th Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
6th Romanian Infantry Division
8th Romanian Infantry Division
6th Romanian cavalry brigade
XXX. Army Corps 5th Romanian cavalry brigade
14th Romanian Infantry Division
198th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
LIV. Army Corps 170th Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
50th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
Reserves Romanian Cavalry Corps
22nd Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment

Reserves

Higher Command XXXIV 4th Mountain Division
125th Infantry Division 11th wave of deployment
113th Infantry Division (until June 29th) 12. Wave of installation
132nd Infantry Division (until July 4th) 11th wave of deployment
LI. Army Corps (coming in from June 20) 79th Infantry Division (until June 27th) 2nd wave of deployment
95th Infantry Division (until July 3) 5th wave of erection
99th light division 12. Wave of installation

Commander Rear Army Area 103

213. Security Division
444th Security Division
454th Security Division

Reserves of the Army High Command

Army High Command 2 (AOK 2)
XXXX. Army Corps (motorized)
60th Infantry Division (motorized) 2nd wave of deployment
46th Infantry Division 1st wave of deployment
93rd Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
96th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
98th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
260th Infantry Division 4th wave of deployment
94th Infantry Division 5th wave of erection
183rd Infantry Division 7th wave of deployment
73rd Infantry Division 2nd wave of deployment
294th Infantry Division 8th wave of deployment
2nd Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment
5th Panzer Division 1st wave of deployment

air force

Air fleet 1

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Alfred Keller
  • Chief of the General Staff: Major General Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Area of ​​Army Group North
  • Actual strength: 592 aircraft, 453 of which are operational (66 reconnaissance aircraft, 271 combat aircraft, 203 fighter aircraft, 62 transport aircraft)
directly subordinated Long-range reconnaissance squadron 2./Ob.dL 22 reconnaissance aircraft (22 Dornier Do 215 )
Weather investigation relay 1 7 weather planes (2 Heinkel He 111 H , 2 Junkers Ju 88 A , 2 Dornier Do 17 Z , 1 Junkers Ju 52)
Combat group z. b. V. 106 53 transport aircraft (53 Junkers Ju 52 )
Pilot in the Baltic Sea Reconnaissance Group 125 27 reconnaissance aircraft (9 Heinkel He 60, 9 Heinkel He 114 , 9 Arado Ar 95)
Coastal Aviation Group 806 30 fighter planes (30 Junkers Ju 88 A)
9th emergency team
I. Air Corps 5th / Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 11 reconnaissance aircraft (9 Junkers Ju 88 A, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 1 60 fighter planes (59 Junkers Ju 88 A, 1 Heinkel He 111 H)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 76 90 fighter planes (90 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 77 91 fighter planes (91 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Staff, I. II. And III./Jagdgeschwader 54 , II./Jagdgeschwader 53 159 fighters (159 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)

Air fleet 2

  • Commander in Chief: Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
  • Chief of the General Staff: Colonel i. G. Hans Seidemann
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Area of ​​Army Group Center
  • Actual strength: 1367 aircraft, of which 994 are operational (46 reconnaissance aircraft, 299 combat aircraft, 425 dive combat aircraft, 98 destroyers, 384 fighters, 115 transport aircraft)
directly subordinated Staff and 2nd / Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 15 reconnaissance aircraft (8 Junkers Ju 88 A, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110, 2 Messerschmitt Bf 109)
Weather investigation relay 26 12 weather planes (5 Messerschmitt Bf 110, 3 Heinkel He 111 H, 4 Dornier Do 17 Z)
Staff, I. and III./Jagdgeschwader 53 79 fighters (79 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)
VIII. Air Corps 2./remote reconnaissance group 11 12 reconnaissance aircraft (12 Dornier Do 17 P)
Staff, I. and III./Kampfgeschwader 2 87 combat aircraft (87 Dornier Do 17 Z)
Staff, II. And III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 87 dive fighters (81 Junkers Ju 87 B, 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, I. and III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 , II./Lehrgeschwader 2 , 10./Lehrgeschwader 2 143 dive / attack aircraft (38 Junkers Ju 87 B, 39 Junkers Ju 87 R, 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110, 38 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E, 22 Henschel Hs 123 )
Staff, II. And III./Zerstörergeschwader 26 76 destroyers (76 Messerschmitt Bf 110 C / E)
Staff, II. And III./Jagdgeschwader 27 , II./Jagdgeschwader 52 123 fighters (84 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E, 39 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)
II. Air Corps 1./ Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 10 reconnaissance aircraft (7 Junkers Ju 88 A, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Combat group z. b. V. 102 , 105 106 transport aircraft (106 Junkers Ju 52)
Staff, I. and II./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 92 high-speed combat aircraft (92 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 3 127 fighter planes (81 Junkers Ju 88 A, 46 Dornier Do 17 Z)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 53 86 combat aircraft (84 Heinkel He 111 H, 2 Heinkel He 111 P)
Staff, I., II. And III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 123 dive combat aircraft (115 Junkers Ju 87 B, 8 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, I., II., III. and IV./Jagdgeschwader 51 120 fighters (120 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)
I. Flak Corps Staff Flak Regiment 101 with I./FlakRgt. 12, I./FlakRgt. 22, leiFlakAbt. 77
Stab Flakregiment 104 with I. and II./FlakRgt. 11, leiFlakAbt. 91

Air fleet 4

  • Commander in Chief: Colonel General Alexander Löhr
  • Chief of the General Staff: Major General Günther Korten
  • Area of ​​responsibility: Area of ​​Army Group South
  • Actual strength: 887 aircraft, of which 694 are operational (46 reconnaissance aircraft, 360 combat aircraft, 366 fighter aircraft, 115 transport aircraft)
directly subordinated 4th / Remote Reconnaissance Group 122 11 reconnaissance aircraft (8 Junkers Ju 88, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Weather investigation relay 76 14 weather planes (6 Heinkel He 111 H, 5 Junkers Ju 88 A, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Combat group z. b. V. 50 , 104 106 transport aircraft (106 Junkers Ju 52)
V. Air Corps 4th / Remote Reconnaissance Group 121 9 reconnaissance aircraft (9 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 55 92 fighter planes (92 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Staff, I. and II./Kampfgeschwader 54 71 fighter planes (71 Junkers Ju 88 A)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 51 84 combat aircraft (82 Heinkel He 111 H, 2 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, I., II. And III./Jagdgeschwader 3 109 fighters (109 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)
IV. Air Corps 3rd / Remote Reconnaissance Group 121 13 reconnaissance aircraft (10 Junkers Ju 88 A, 3 Messerschmitt Bf 110)
Staff, I., II. And III./Kampfgeschwader 27 , II./Kampfgeschwader 4 111 combat aircraft (111 Heinkel He 111 H)
Staff, II. And III./Jagdgeschwader 77 , I./Lehrgeschwader 2 111 fighters (111 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E)
German Air Force Mission Romania Staff and III./Jagdgeschwader 52 47 fighters (47 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F)
II. Flak Corps Staff Flak Regiment 6 with I./FlakRgt. 7, II./FlakRgt. 26, I./FlakRgt. 24, leiFlakAbt. 93
Staff Regiment (motorized) Hermann Göring with I. and IV./Rgt. HG , II./FlakRgt. 43, leiFlakAbt. 74, 83, 84

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Percy E. Schramm : War Diary of the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1940–1941 Part 1 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, ISBN 3-7637-5933-6 , p. 118.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Thomas L. Jentz : Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 190.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Thomas L. Jentz: Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 191.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Percy E. Schramm: War Diary of the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1940–1941 Part 1 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, ISBN 3-7637-5933-6 , p. 119 .
  5. ↑ a b Thomas L. Jentz: Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 193.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Thomas L. Jentz: Die deutsche Panzertruppe, Volume 1 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0623-9 , p. 192.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Horst Boog, p. 318.
  8. ↑ a b c Horst Boog, p. 313.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Ulf Balke: The Air War in Europe 1939–1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 416 (1057 pp.).
  10. ^ Leo Niehorster : German Air Force Order of Battle, 1st Air Fleet, June 22, 1941 , accessed on June 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ulf Balke: The air war in Europe 1939–1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 417 (1057 pp.).
  12. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ulf Balke: The air war in Europe 1939–1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 418 (1057 pp.).
  13. ↑ Leo Niehorster: German Air Force Order of Battle, 2nd Air Fleet, II Air Corps, June 22, 1941 , accessed on June 28, 2019.
  14. ^ Leo Niehorster: German Air Force Order of Battle, 4th Air Fleet, June 22, 1941 , accessed on June 28, 2019.
  15. ↑ a b c d e f Ulf Balke: The air war in Europe 1939–1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 419 (1057 pp.).