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German 5th Panzer Army 1943-1945 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 1 January 1943 10th Panzer Division General Göring Division 334th Division 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 3 February 1943 10th Panzer Division General Göring Division 334th Division Italian Superga Division 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 4 March 1943 10th Panzer Division 21st Panzer Division General Göring Division 334th Division Italian Superga Division 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 9 April1943 General Göring Division 334th Division Italian Superga Division 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 1 May 1943 Weber Corps Group 10th Panzer Division General Göring Division 334th Division At Army's Dispoal: von Manteuffel Division 5th German Panzer Army Afrika 30 June 1943 Disbanded 1 5th German Panzer Army February/June 1944 At the disposal of Army Group D 5th German Panzer Army 15 July 1944 XXXXVII Corps: 2nd Panzer Division 276th Division II SS Corps: 9th SS Division 10th SS Division 277th Division 271st Division I SS Corps: 1st SS Division 272nd Division LXXXVI Corps: 21st Panzer Division 12th SS Division 16th Luftwaffe Division 346th Division 711th Division 5th German Panzer Army 31 August 1944 II SS Corps: 9th SS Division 2nd SS Division 116th Panzer Division 9th Panzer Division LVIII Corps: 48th Division 47th Division 348th Division I SS Corps; 6th Fallschirmjäger Division 18th Luftwaffe Division LXXXI Corps: 49th Division 85th Division 353rd Division LXXIV Corps: 271st Division 331st Division 344th Division LXXXVI Corps: 346th Division 711th Division At Army's Disposal; 275th Division 2 5th German Panzer Army 16 September 1944 XXXXVII Corps 21st Panzer Division 111th Panzer Brigade 112th Panzer Brigade 113th Panzer Brigade 5th German Panzer Army 13 October 1944 XXXXVII Corps: 16th Division 21st Panzer Division LVII Corps: 15th Division 11th Panzer Division 5th German Panzer Army 5 November 1944 LXXXI Corps: 3rd Division 12th Division 246th Division XII SS Corps: 183rd Division 176th Division LXXXVI Corps: 180th Division 344th Division Erdmann Fallschirmjäger Division 107th Panzer Brigade At Army's Disposal: 526th Division 5th German Panzer Army 26 November 1944 LXXXI Corps: 47th Division 12th Division 3rd Division 340th Division XXXXVII Corps; 9th Panzer Division 183rd Division 15th Division XII SS Corps; 176th Division At Army's Disposal: 246th Division 526th Division 10th SS Division 3 5th German Panzer Army 31 December 1944 XXXIX Corps: 1st SS Division 3rd Division 26th Division XXXXXVII Corps: 15th Division Führer Escort Division Panzer Lehr Division LVIII Corps: 2nd Panzer Division 9th Panzer Division 116th Panzer Division At Army's Disposal: 340th Division 12th SS Division I SS Corps: Organization unknown 5th German Panzer Army 19 February 1945 LXVI Corps: 5th Fallschirmjäger Division 18th Division 246th Division LXVII Corps: 26th Division 89th Division 277th Division LXXIV Corps; 3rd Division 85th Division 272nd Division 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division 5th German Panzer Army 1 March 1945 LXVI Corps: 5th Fallschirmjäger Division Botsch Corps: 18th Division 26th Division LXVII Corps: 89th Division 277th Division LXXIV Corps: 272nd Division 85th Division 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division 4 5th German Panzer Army 12 April 1945 LVIII Corps: 12th Division 62nd Division 183rd Division 353rd Division 9th Panzer Division XII SS Corps: 59th Division 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division Witte Division 363rd Division Tessin, G., Verbänd und Truppen der detuschen Wermacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Biblo Verlag, Osnabruck, 1977. Copyright GFN 1991 5 .

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