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Abstract Return, German Army, 16 September 1944 German Army 16 September 1944 ARMY GROUP SOUTHERN UKRAINE Army Troops: Kampfgruppe 23rd Panzer Division 22nd SS Cavalry Division LXXII Corps z.b.V. II Panzer Corps XXIX Corps Group: Attached: 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Polizei" IV Hungarian Corps: 4th Hungarian Ersatz Division 8th Hungarian Ersatz Division 20th Hungarian Infantry Division 1st Hungarian Panzer Division VII Hungarian Corps: 4th Hungarian Reserve Division 12th Hungarian Reserve Division Lakatos Brigade Army Group Fretter-Pico (6th Army: 2nd Hungarian Army: II Hungarian Corps: 1st Hungarian Ersatz Mountain Brigade 2nd Hungarian Ersatz Mountain Brigade von Kessel Special Unit (det 20th Panzer Division) 2nd Hungarian Panzer Division 7th Hungarian Reserve Division 9th Hungarian Reserve Division 25th Hungarian Infantry Division Siebenbürgen Group: 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" LVII Panzer Corps: Group Winkler Group Breith 4th Mountain Division Remains 76th Infantry Division Det/20th Panzer Division 8th Army Army Troops: IX Hungarian Corps 27th Hungarian Light Division Abraham Group: 46th Infantry Division Det/20th Panzer Division 2nd Hungarian Ersatz Division XVII Corps: 3rd Mountain Division 8th Jäger Division Welker Group ARMY GROUP NORTHERN UKRAINE Army Troops Det/8th Panzer Division (refreshing) 1 1st Hungarian Army Attached 2nd Hungarian Mountain Brigade VI Hungarian Corps 1st Hungarian Mountain Brigade 10th Hungarian Infantry Division III Hungarian Corps 24th Hungarian Infantry Division 16th Hungarian Infantry Division XXXXIX Mountain Corps: 100th Jäger Division 101st Jäger Division 13th Hungarian Infantry Division 6th Hungarian Infantry Division XI Corps: 168th Infantry Division 254th Infantry Division 96th Infantry Division XXIX Panzer Corps: 68th Infantry Division 75th Infantry Division Püchler Group: 208th Infantry Division 357th Infantry Division 1st Panzer Division Bulk of 8th Panzer Division 17th Army: Army Troops: 24th Panzer Division (en route) XXXXVIII Panzer Corps: 304th Infantry Division 97th Jäger Division 16th Panzer Division 20th Panzer Grenadier Division XXXXII Corps: 1st Ski Jäger Division 17th Panzer Division 88th Infantry Division 72nd Infantry Division 291st Infantry Division LVI Panzer Corps: 342nd Infantry Division 253rd Infantry Division 214th Infantry Division Army Group Center Army Troops: XXXXVI Panzer Corps 9th Army Army Troops: 25th Panzer Division II Hungarian Reserve Corps VIII Corps 17th Infantry Division 6th Grenadier Division 45th Grenadier Division 2 "Hermann Göring" Fallschirmjäger Panzer Division Corps Detachment "E" 1132nd Grenadier Brigade Sikenius Group: 5th Hungarian Reserve Division IV SS Panzer Corps: Gruppe von dem Bach 19th Panzer Division 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" Remains 73rd Infantry Division 1st Hungarian Cavalry Division 2nd Army: Army Troops: 102nd Panzer Brigade 3rd Panzer Division (en route) XX Corps: 35th Infantry Division 542nd Infantry Division 1131st Grenadier Brigade 104th Panzer Brigade 5th Panzer Division 7th Infantry Division XXIII Corps: 211th Infantry Division 6th Panzer Infantry Division 541st Grenadier Division 292nd Infantry Division Cavalry Corps: 3rd Cavalry Brigade 4th Cavalry Brigade 14th Infantry Division 129th Infantry Division 102nd Infantry Division 4th Army: Army Troops: 103rd Panzer Brigade LV Corps: 28th Jäger Division 367th Infantry Division 203rd Security Division 562nd Grenadier Division VI Corps 286th Security Division 50th Infantry Division Danz Group XXXXI Panzer Corps: 299th Infantry Division 558th Grenadier Division 170th Infantry Division XXVII Corps: 131st Infantry Division 547th Grenadier Division 561st Grenadier Division 3 XXVI Corps: 549th Grenadier Divisoin Schirmer Group (16th Fallschirmjäger Division) + Hermann Göring Escort Brigade Cavalry Detachment "D" 1st Infantry Division + Det/390th Security Division von Erthern Panzer Grenadier Brigade 3rd Panzer Army: Army Troops: 390th Security Division 391st Security Division 212th Infantry Division von Rothkirch Group IX Corps: 69th Infantry Division 252nd Infantry Division Cavalry Detachment "H" XII SS Corps: 548th Grenadier Division Staff/18th Panzer Brigade + Det/7th Panzer Division XXXX Panzer Corps (or Decker Group): 551st Grenadier Division 201st Security Division Bulk/5th Panzer Division XXXIX Panzer Corps: 4th Panzer Division + Det/5th Panzer Division 7th Panzer Division (less detachments) 12th Panzer Division "Grossdeutschland" Panzer Grenadier Division Group Staff Hirthes ARMY GROUP NORTH Army Troops: "Nord" Recruit & Training Division 16th Army: von Keffel Group: 93rd Infantry Division 81st Infantry Division I Corps: 281st Security Division 263rd Infantry Division 290th Infantry Division 101st Panzer Brigade (Panzer Unit von Lauchert) 215th Infantry Division 205th Infantry Division XXXXIII Corps: 58th Infantry Division 225th Infantry Division 389th Infantry Division 18th Army: Army Troops: 23rd Infantry Division 4 XCorps: 24th Infantry Division 132nd Infantry Division 121st Infantry Division 329th Infantry Division 14th Panzer Division L Corps: 126th Infantry Division 122nd Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division VI SS Freiwillge Corps: 19th Waffen SS Grenadier Division 218th Infantry Division XXXVIII Corps: 83rd Infantry Division 227th Infantry Division 21st Luftwaffe Field Division XXVIII Corps: 31st Grenadier Division 21st Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division 61st Infantry Division 12th Luftwaffe Field Division Narwa Army Group (LIV)\ II Corps: 563rd Grenadier Division 87th Infantry Division Kampfgruppe 207th Security Division III SS Panzer Corps: Division z.b.V. 300 20th Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Estonian) + Det/285th Security Division 11th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Nordland" 4th SS Brigade "Nederland" 5th SS Brigade "Wallonien" 6th SS Brigade "Langenmarck" Attached Coastal Defense East (Staff/2nd Flak Division) Coastal Defense West 20th Mountain Army XVIII Mountain Corps: 7th Mountain Division 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" Division z.b.V. 140 XXXVI MOuntain Corps 163rd Infantry Division 169th Infantry Division XIX Mountain Corps 6th Mountain Division 388th Grenadier Brigade 2nd Mountain Infantry Division 210th Garrison/Static Division Divisional Group "Rossi" 193rd Grenadier Brigade 503rd Grenadier Brigade 5 AOK Norwegen Army Troops: 560th Infantry Division (forming) LXXI Corps 230th Garrison/Static Division 270th Garrison/Static Division 199th Infantry Division XXXIII Corps 14th Luftwaffe Field Division 702nd Infantry Division 295th Garrison/Static Division LXX Corps: 280th Garrison/Static Division 274th Garrison/Static Division 269th Infantry Division 710th Infantry Division Army Command Denmark 416th Infantry Division 160th Reserve Division 166th Reserve Division 233rd Reserve Panzer Division Army Group D Army Troops II Fallschirmkorps LXXXIV Corps 348th Garrison/Static Division 107th Panzer Brigade (enroute) 108th Panzer Brigade (enroute) 183rd Volks Grenadier Division Army Group B 319th Garrison/Static Division II SS Panzer Corps 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (refreshing) 15th Army: Army Troops: Kampfgruppe 226th Garrison/Static Division Det/59th Garrison/Static Division Det/70th Garrison/Static Division Det/245th Garrison/Static Division LXXXIX Corps: 245th Garrison/Static Division (less dets) 64th Garrison/Static Division LXXXVI Corps: 59th Garrison/Static Division (less dets) 712th Garrison/Static Division LXVII Corps: Kampfgruppe 346th Garrison/Static Division 711th Garrison/Static Division + Remains 17th Luftwaffe Field Division + Remains 331st Infantry Division + Remains 344th Garrison/Static Division 6 1st Fallschirmjäger Army: LXXXVIII Corps: 719th Garrison/Static Division 85th Infantry Division + Remains 84th Infantry Division + Remains 89th Infantry Division 6th Fallschirmjäger Division Division No. 176 Remains, 353rd Infantry Division 7th Army: Army Troops 12th Infantry Division (enroute) LXXXI Corps: 275th Infantry Division Remains, 49th Garrison/Static Division Kampfgruppe 116th Panzer Division +105th Panzer Brigade Kampfgruppe 9th Panzer Division I SS Panzer Corps: Kampfgruppe 1st SS Panzer Division "Adolph Hitler" Kampfgruppe 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Jugend" Kampfgruppe 2nd SS Panzer Division "Reich" Kampfgruppe 2nd Panzer Division Division No. 172 XXV Corps: 265th Garrison/Static Division 266th Garrison/Static Division Remains, 343rd Garrison/Static Division Remains, 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division Army Group G Army Troops: 30th SS Waffen Grenadier Division (2nd Russian) LVIII Panzer Coprs 1st Army LXXX Corps: 5th Fallschirmjäger Division 48th Garrison/Static Division Kampfgruppe Panzer Lehr Division LXXXII Corps: 19th Grenadier Division 36th Grenadier Division 559th Grenadier Division XIII SS Corps: Division No. 462 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division Det/15th Panzer Grenadier Division 553rd Grenadier Division 106th Panzer Brigade 5th Panzer Army: XXXXVIII Corps 111th Panzer Brigade 112th Panzer Brigade 7 113th Panzer Brigade 21st Panzer Division (less detachments) 19th Army: LXVI Corps: 15th Panzer Grenadier Division (less detachments) Det/21st Panzer Division LXIV Corps; 716 Garrison/Static Division Remains, 189th Reserve Division IV Luftwaffe Field Corps: 338th Garrison/Static Division 159th Reserve Division 198th Infantry Division LXXXV Corps z.b.V. 11thpanzer Infantry Division Army Group C (formerly OB Southwest) Ligurian Army: Army Troops: 34th Infantry Division (less detachments) 3rd "Brandenburg" Regiment
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