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Abstract Return, German Army, 30 April 1945 German Army 30 April 1945 Army Group E (South East) LXIX z.b.V. Corps: Sturm Brigade Südost XV Cossack Cavalry Corps 1st Cossack Division 2nd Cossack Division 11th Luftwaffe Field Division XXI Mountain Corps: 22nd Volks Grenadier Division 369th Croatian Division 7th SS Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" 41st Infantry Division 181st Infantry Division XV Mountain Division: 373th Croatian Division 639th Security Regiment LXXXXI z.b.V. Corps 104th Jager Division 20th Jager Regiment LXXXXVII z.b.V. Corps 237th Infantry Division 188th Mountain Division Remains/392nd Croatian Division Army Group South: Army Troops: 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" 9th Mountain Division (reforming) 2nd Panzer Army: LXVIII Corps: 71st Infantry Division 13th SS Mountain Division 118th Jäger Division "Handschar" XXII Mountain Corps: 297th Infantry Division Szentlaszlo Infantry Division I Cavalry Division: 23rd Panzer Division 3rd Cavalry Division 4th Cavalry Division 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "SS Reichsführer" 6th Army IV SS Panzer Corps Kampfgruppe 3rd Panzer Division Kampfgruppe 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" 14th SS Waffen Group (1st Ukranian) III Panzer Corps: 1st Volks Grenadier Division 1st Panzer Division 6th Panzer Army Army Troops: 1 117th Jäger Division I SS Panzer Corps 1st SS Panzer Division "Adolph Hitler" Kampfgruppe 356th Infantry Division 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Jugend" II SS Panzer Division: 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" 48th Volks Grenadier Division 8th Army XXXXIII Corps: 96th Infnatry Division 48th Volks Grenadier Division Kampfgruppe 101st Jäger Division Feldherrenhalle Panzer Corps Kampfgruppe 2nd Feldherrenhalle Panzer Division Kampfgruppe 211st Volks Grenadier Division 357th Infantry Division 25th Panzer Division Kampfgruppe 44th "Hoch und Deutschmeister" Division Army Group Center: 1st Panzer Army Army Troops: 304th Infantry Division XXIV Panzer Corps: 6th Panzer Division 89th Panzer Division 1st Feldherrenhalle Panzer Division Kampfgruppe 711th Division Kampfgruppe 182nd Division Kampfgruppe 46th Volks Grenadier Division 10th Fallschirmjäger Division XXIX Corps: 8th Jäger Division 19th Panzer Division Division "Olmütz Group" 271st Infantry Division LXXII Corps Kampfgruppe 15th Infantry Division Kampfgruppe 76th Infantry Division 601st Special Group Kampfgruppe 153rd Infantry Division XXXXIX Mountain Corps: 320th Volks Grenadier Division 253rd Infantry Division plus 16th Hungarian Division General Klatt Group 3rd Mountain Division 97th Jäger Division LIX Corps: 715th Infantry Division 544th Volks Grenadier Division 371st Infantry Division 75th Infantry Division 78th Strum Infantry Division 154th Infantry Division 2 XI Corps 4th Mountain Division 10th Panzer Grenadier Division 16th Panzer Division 254th Infantry Division 17th Panzer Division 17th Army Group: Army Troops: 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Horst Wessel" XXXX Panzer Corps: 1st Skijäger Division Kampfgruppe 45th Infantry Division 68th Infantry Division Kampfgruppe 168th Infantry Division Breslau Fortress: 609th Division Staff z.b.V. Fortress Command Breslau XVII Corps: 100th Jäger Division 17th Infantry Division 72nd Infantry Division Kohlsdorfen Group: 627th Special Duty Division Staff Division Nr. 464 unknown Kampfgruppe Grossdeutschland Corps: 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division "Herman Göring" Brandenburg Panzer Grenadier Division 20th Panzer Infantry Division General of Artillery Moser Corps Group: Division No. 193 Division No. 404 Herman Göring Fallschirm Panzer Corps: 2nd Fallschirm Panzer Division "Herman Göring" Frundsberg Kampfgruppe Remains of 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" 344th Führer Escort Regiment LXXXX Corps 404th Infantry Division 464th Infantry Division 469th Infantry Division Chemnitz Battle Command IV Corps: Dresden Battle Command OB West: Army Group G 24th Army Division Nr. 405 19th Army XVIII SS Corps 352nd Volks Grenadier Division 106th Infantry Division 719th Infantry Division 89th Infantry Division 3 LXXX Corps 47th Volks Grenadier Division 246th Volks Grenadier Division 559th Volks Grenadier Division 716th Infantry Division LXIV Corps 16th Volks Grenadier Division 189th Infantry Division 1st Army: XIII Corps: 198th Infantry Division 19th Volks Grenadier Division 553rd Volks Grenadier Division XIII SS Corps: 38th SS Infantry Division "Nibelungen" 212th Volks Grenadier Division 2nd Mountain Division 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" von Hobbe Division Group 350th Special Duty Division LXXXII Corps: 36th Infantry Division 416th Infantry Division Command Northwest MOk-West Kampfgruppe RAD Command Group IV XV Senior Pioneer Command Command Northeast Vert. Ber. Berchesgaden-Salzburg 7th Army Army Troop 2nd Panzer Division XII Corps: 347th Volks Grenadier Division 413th Infantry Division Bennicke Grenadier Division XIII Corps: 11th Panzer Division Recruit & Training Units 655th Pioneer Brigade LXXXV Corps: no troops Bork Kampfgruppe troops unknown IV Flak Corps: 508th Flak Brigade Army Group C (Southwest) Army Troops: 155th Infantry Division (forming) 20th Panzer Grenadier Division 90th Panzer Grenadier Division Army Group Ligeria Army Troops: 4th Italian Division "Monte Rosa" (1 regt detached) 4 LXXV Corps: 5th Mountian Division 2nd Italian Infantry Division 34th Infantry Division Lombardy Corps 3rd Italian Infantry Division 134th Pioneer Brigade 1 Regt, 4th Italian Mountain Division "Monte Rosa" 14th Army LI Mountain Corps 148th Infantry Division 1st Italian Infantry Division 232nd Infantry Division 114th Jäger Division XIV Panzer Corps: 334th Volks Grenadier Division 90th Infantry Division 8th Mountain Division 65th Infantry Division 10th Corps: 1st Fallschirm Corps 278th Volks Grenadier Division 305th Infantry Division 1st Fallschirmjäger Division 4th Fallschirmjäger Division 26th Panzer Infantry Division LXXVI Panzer Corps: 98th Volks Grenadier Division 362nd Infantry Division 42nd Jäger Division 162nd "Turkish" Infantry Division LXXIII Special Corps: Alarm Units Kreigstagbuch der Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht, 1940-1945, Frank- furt am Main, Bernard & Graefe, 1969. 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