• 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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  • Armeekorps), initially known as the LXVI Reserve Corps (German: LXVI. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was...
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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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  • Armeekorps), initially known as the LXVII Reserve Corps (German: LXVII. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was...
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    Division 7th Mountain Division (previously 99th Light Infantry Division) 8th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 157, 157th Reserve Division,...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • (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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    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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    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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  • 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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    The 4th Army (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 Günther...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    the revocation of citizenship for Polish Jews living abroad. The German Wehrmacht (armed forces) invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, triggering declarations...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm)
    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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