to Wehrkreis VI.: 32  Wehrkreis VII was headquartered at Munich and contained the south of the modern-day German state of Bavaria.: 2  Wehrkreis VII...

division was headquartered in Vienna, in the German military district Wehrkreis XVII. Originally raised from Austrian forces annexed into Germany before...

service and placed him in charge of a military district in Austria (Wehrkreis XVII), and he held the latter post for fourteen months. On 25 October 1940...

existed only in Germany and Austria and generally conformed to the existing Wehrkreis (Military Districts) of the Wehrmacht. During the Second World War, additional...

Command XXXXIV. Armee Korps was established on 15 April 1940 in the Wehrkreis XVII (Vienna) and took part in the Battle of France in the section of the...

Friedensgarnisonen 1932–1939 und Stationierungen im Kriege 1939–1945: Wehrkreise XVII, XVIII, XX, XXI und besetzte Gebiete Ost und Südost. Verbände und Truppen...

various Landesschützen and infantry units in Ulm and Rinteln across Wehrkreis IX and Wehrkreis XI, drawing personnel from parts of the 214th Infantry Division...

district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main...

was dissolved. Its dissolution was carried out in its home district Wehrkreis XVII. The battalions I./642, II./642, III./642, I./643, III./643 as well...

Neustadt, V Flak Corps was also placed in charge of the air defenses of Wehrkreis XVII, including 24th Flak Division in Vienna and 7th Flak Brigade in Linz...

II. The LI Mountain Corps was formed on 15 August 1943 at Vienna in Wehrkreis XVII. Its staff came from the LI Army Corps, which had been destroyed in...

Anti-Partisan operations Size Division (14,000 men) Garrison/HQ Stockerau, Wehrkreis XVII Nickname(s) Devil's Division Motto(s) Što Bog da i sreća junačka "By...

5th SS Police Regiment Country  Nazi Germany Branch Schutzstaffel Type Security Size Regiment Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XVII...

19th SS Police Regiment Country  Nazi Germany Branch Schutzstaffel Type Security Size Regiment Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XVII...

areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (military district, sometimes translated as corps area). The military...

Aufstellungswelle on 15 November 1940. The division was assembled in Wehrkreis XVII (Vienna) from seven infantry battalions of the seventh Aufstellungswelle...

was to complete deployment in the Nitra area in Wehrkreis XVII (Vienna), using recruits from Wehrkreis XII (Wiesbaden). The division's structure in late...

25th deployment wave. It was first assembled on 15 January 1944 in Wehrkreis XVII (Vienna) in the town of Nikolsburg. It, like the other divisions of...

World War II. The 262nd Infantry Division was formed in Mistelbach in Wehrkreis XVII on 26 August 1939, the day of German mobilization, as a division of...

three regiments hailed from Wehrkreis VI, Wehrkeis XVII, and Wehrkreis IX, respectively. Grenadier Regiment 451 from Wehrkreis IX was the only infantry regiment...

President) of a Prussian province. (The Commissioners of the two Austrian Wehrkreis would be elevated to the rank of Reichstatthalter in April 1940.) One...

time all of their soldiers came from the military district of Nuremberg (Wehrkreis XIII). On 20 October 1943, Generalleutnant Walter Scheller took over the...

In 1935, the Wehrmacht designated Königsberg as the Headquarters for Wehrkreis I (under the command of General der Artillerie Albert Wodrig), which took...

District) administrative district within the various military districts (Wehrkreis). Jagdgeschwader: (Hunt Squadron) a Fighter Air Wing and is abbreviated...

in the German Wehrmacht. Formed in November 1939 in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands (Battle...

Luftwaffe was organized into Luftgaue (Air Districts), based on the army's Wehrkreis ("military districts"). A Luftgau was responsible for all administrative...

1939, Bürckel was named as Reich Defense Commissioner for Wehrkreis (Military District) XVII which included his Reichsgau Vienna as well as Reichsgau Lower...

(1919–1926) The post-war German government assembled cartridges at the Wehrkreis ("Defense District") arsenals. War industries were reduced to monopolies:...

and Police Leader (HSSPF) Commands in the German Reich (By Wehrkreis) SS Designation Wehrkreis Area HQ HSSPF Dates Nordost I East Prussia Königsberg Wilhelm...

He also succeeded Bürckel as Reich Defense Commissioner of Wehrkreis (Military District) XVII, which, in addition to his own Reichsgau, included Reichsgau...