This article lists divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Waffen-SS active during World War II, including divisions of the Heer (army), Luftwaffe...
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Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. It had been one of the original infantry divisions of the Reichswehr. The staff of the 1st Infantry Division was initially assembled...
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initially known as the LXVI Reserve Corps (‹See Tfd›German: LXVI. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps...
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Gebirgsjäger (redirect from Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger)
Division 7th Mountain Division (previously 99th Light Infantry Division) 8th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 157, 157th Reserve Division,...
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Infantry Division.: 295f. The 205th Infantry Division was formed on 1 January 1940 from the redesignation of the 14th Landwehr Division.: 191 In the...
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effectiveness of the Wehrmacht formations. With this Army Group South withdrew to the line of the Dnieper. Personnel losses in August for the division were even...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 100th Brigade (Wehrmacht))
Tfd›Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191 after first army flak artillery detachments had started...
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initially known as the LXVII Reserve Corps (‹See Tfd›German: LXVII. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps...
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Gelenowka (IR 191). Between the divisional borders of the 99th Light Division and the 95th Infantry Division, the 71st Infantry Division stormed the southern...
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anti-guerrilla operations conducted by the Wehrmacht during the war. After the capitulation of Italy, the division operated alongside another Croatian Legion...
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707th Engineer Company 707th Signal Company 707th Divisional Supply Troops War crimes of the Wehrmacht Citations Bonn 2005, p. 255. Nafziger, p. 53. Shepherd...
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Gottlob Berger (section Friction with the Wehrmacht)
and five reserve divisions. Berger created a recruiting structure throughout the Reich, mirroring that of the Army, but while the Wehrmacht, which controlled...
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a ratio of 1:6. Despite German unit performance, the Wehrmacht was now lacking strategic reserves. In late 1943 just 25 per cent of Luftwaffe day fighters...
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division was officially designated as the 130th Panzer Division; however, it is usually referred to as the Lehr Division. It was the only Wehrmacht Panzer...
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The 4th Army (‹See Tfd›German: 4. Armee) was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II. The 4th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General...
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (A) (redirect from Adolf Abel (Wehrmacht officer))
Waffen-SS refer to nomenclature used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. According to Scherzer as Leutnant of the Reserves and Staffelkapitän and technical officer...
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Heinz Guderian (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
writings promoted several post-war myths, including that of the "clean Wehrmacht". In his autobiography, Guderian portrayed himself as the sole originator...
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German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was...
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also came from the 94th and 137th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 141st Reserve Division. The division was dispatched to the Eastern Front in March...
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Tessin, Georg (1977). "21. Infanterie-Division". Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg...
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of the well-equipped Großdeutschland Division from Belgorod to Karachev could not counteract it, and the Wehrmacht began a withdrawal from Orel (retaken...
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Tfd›German: Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks] ), he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar...
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discovered the movement of several German reserve units and realised that the attack had been opposed by two German divisions, not the one expected, indicating...
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Aufstellungswelle (redirect from Deployment wave (Wehrmacht))
In the German Wehrmacht before and during World War II, infantry divisions were raised as part of a designated Aufstellungswelle (deployment wave) or Welle...
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Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the 1./Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves...
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the Reserve Police Battalion 101, committed horrendous massacres of Jewish, Romani, and other targeted ethnic groups while serving with the Wehrmacht and...
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LIV Army Corps (redirect from LIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht))
The LIV Army Corps (‹See Tfd›German: LIV. Armeekorps) was a Wehrmacht army corps during World War II. It was formed in June 1941. After February 1944...
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Infantry Division, into the assault. The Soviet forces enjoyed local air superiority and armored reserves. They also outnumbered the attacking Wehrmacht. In...
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Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well...
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divisions and six armored divisions from the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht strategic reserve.[citation needed] On the Eastern Front, the Soviets' Operation...
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