Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin

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This is the order of battle that took place on April 16, 1945, in the end stages of World War II, between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. This battle took place before the start of the Battle of the Oder–Neisse and concluded with the Battle in Berlin. Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South before the start of the Battle of the Seelow Heights.

Germans[1][]

Army Group Vistula[]

Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici

Third Panzer Army[]

General of Panzer Hasso von Manteuffel

- General of Infantry
2nd Naval Division
XXXII Corps - General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack
281st Infantry Divisions
549th Volksgrenadier Division
- Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
XXXXVI Panzer Corps - General of Infantry Martin Gareis
1st Naval Division

Ninth Army[]

General of Infantry Theodor Busse

CI Corps - General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin
5th Jäger Division
309th Berlin Infantry Division
25th Panzergrenadier Division
Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights
LVI Panzer Corps - General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling
9th Fallschirmjäger Division
18th Panzergrenadier Division (Originally with OKW)
20th Panzergrenadier Division
Müncheberg Panzer Division
XI SS Panzer Corps - Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
303rd ‘Döberitz’ Infantry Division
169th Infantry Division
712th Infantry Division
Kurmark Panzergrenadier Division
V SS Mountain Corps - Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln
286th Infantry Division
32nd SS Grenadier Division

Army Group Reserve[]

III SS Panzer Corps - Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner

(Divisions later allocated to the 9th Army)

11th SS Panzergrenadier Division
23rd SS Panzergrenadier Division

(Divisions later allocated to the 3rd Panzer Army)

27th SS Grenadier Division
28th SS Grenadier Division

Army Group Centre[]

Feldmarshal Ferdinand Schörner

Fourth Panzer Army[]

General of Panzer Fritz-Hubert Gräser

(Later transferred to the 9th Army)

V Corps - General of Artillery
35th SS Police Grenadier Division
36th SS Grenadier Division
275th Infantry Division
342nd Infantry Division
21st Panzer Division

Twelfth Army[]

General of Panzer Walther Wenck

XX Corps - General of Cavalry Carl-Erik Koehler
Theodor Körner RAD Infantry Division
Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division
Ferdinand von Schill Infantry Division
Scharnhorst Infantry Division
XXXIX Panzer Corps - Lt. Gen. Karl Arndt

(12 – 21 April 1945 under OKW with the following structure)

Clausewitz Panzer Division
Schlageter RAD Division
84th Infantry Division

(21 – 26 April 1945 under 12th Army with the following structure)

Clausewitz Panzer Division
84th Infantry Division
XXXXI Panzer Corps - Lt. Gen. Rudolf Holste
199th Infantry Division
XLVIII Panzer Corps - General of Panzer Maximilian von Edelsheim

Soviets[2][]

2nd Belorussian Front[3][]

Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky

1st Belorussian Front[4][]

Marshal Georgy Zhukov

1st Ukrainian Front[5][]

Marshal Ivan Konev

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand Year Reich . Osprey Publishing. 2005. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-84176-915-8.
  2. ^ Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand Year Reich . Osprey Publishing. 2005. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84176-915-8.
  3. ^ http://niehorster.org/012_ussr/45-04-03_Berlin/_Front_2-Byelorussian.html
  4. ^ http://niehorster.org/012_ussr/45-04-03_Berlin/_Front_1-Byelorussian.html
  5. ^ http://niehorster.org/012_ussr/45-04-03_Berlin/_Front_1-Ukrainian.html
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