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Bojova Sestava ORGANIZACE NÌMECKÝCH VOJSK - FRANCIE 1940 Operace Fall Gelb, stav k 1. èervnu 1940 SKUPINA ARMÁD A velitel skupiny armád: generálplukovník Karl Gerd von Rundstedt náèelník štábu skupiny armád: generálporuèík Georg von Sodenstern SKUPINA ARMÁD A 2. armáda VI. armádní sbor 2. armáda IX. armádní sbor velitel armády: generál jezdectva Max svobodný pán von Weichs z Glon XXVI. armádní sbor náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Rudolf Konrad 12. armáda III. armádní sbor VI. armádní sbor XIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál ženijních jednotek Otto Wilhelm Förster XVII. armádní sbor XXIII. armádní sbor IX. armádní sbor 16. armáda velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Hermann Geyer VII. armádní sbor XXXI. armádní sbor XXVI. armádní sbor XXXVI. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál dìlostøelectva Albert Wodrig Guderianova tanková skupina XXXIX. motorizovaný sbor XLI. motorizovaný sbor 12. armáda velitel armády: generálplukovník Wilhelm List Kleistova tanková skupina náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Eberhard von Mackensen XIV. motorizovaný sbor XVI. motorizovaný sbor III. armádní sbor 3. letecká armáda velitel sboru: generál dìlostøelectva Kurt Haase I. letecký sbor II. letecký sbor V. letecký sbor XIII. armádní sbor I. sbor protiletadlového dìlostø. velitel sboru: generálporuèík Heinrich Gottfried von Vietinghoff XVII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Werner Kienitz XXIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Albrecht Schubert 16. armáda velitel armády: generál pìchoty Ernst Busch náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Walter Model VII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Eugen von Schobert XXXI. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál letectva Leonhard Kaupish XXXVI. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Kurt von Gienanth stránka 1 ORGANIZACE NÌMECKÝCH VOJSK - FRANCIE 1940 Operace Fall Gelb, stav k 1. èervnu 1940 Guderianova tanková skupina velitel skupiny: generál tankových jednotek Heinz Guderian náèelník štábu skupiny: plukovník Walther Nehring SKUPINA ARMÁD A 2. armáda XXXIX. motorizovaný sbor VI. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál tankových jednotek Rudolf Schmidt IX. armádní sbor XXVI. armádní sbor XLI. motorizovaný sbor 12. armáda velitel sboru: generál tankových jednotek Hans Reinhardt III. armádní sbor XIII. armádní sbor XVII. armádní sbor Kleistova tanková skupina XXIII. armádní sbor velitel skupiny: generál jezdectva Ewald von Kleist náèelník štábu skupiny: generálmajor Ernst Felix Fäckenstedt 16. armáda VII. armádní sbor XXXI. armádní sbor XIV. motorizovaný sbor XXXVI. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Gustav von Wietersheim Guderianova tanková skupina XXXIX. motorizovaný sbor XVI. motorizovaný sbor XLI. motorizovaný sbor velitel sboru: generál jezdectva Erich Höpner Kleistova tanková skupina XIV. motorizovaný sbor 3. letecká armáda XVI. motorizovaný sbor velitel armády: generál letectva Hugo Sperrle 3. letecká armáda náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Maximilian von Pohl I. letecký sbor II. letecký sbor I. letecký sbor V. letecký sbor velitel sboru: generál letectva Ulrich Grauert I. sbor protiletadlového dìlostø. II. letecký sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Bruno Lörzer V. letecký sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Robert rytíø von Greim I. sbor protiletadlového dìlostøelectva velitel sboru: generál protiletadlových jednotek Hubert Weisse stránka 2 ORGANIZACE NÌMECKÝCH VOJSK - FRANCIE 1940 Operace Fall Gelb, stav k 1. èervnu 1940 SKUPINA ARMÁD B velitel skupiny armád: generálplukovník Fedor von Bock náèelník štábu skupiny armád: generálporuèík Hans von Salmuth SKUPINA ARMÁD B 4. armáda 4. armáda II. armádní sbor XV. motorizovaný sbor velitel armády: generálplukovník Hans Günther von Kluge XXXVIII. armádní sbor náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Kurt Brennecker 6. armáda II. armádní sbor IV. armádní sbor V. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Karl Heinrich von Stülpnagel XXXIV. armádní sbor XL. armádní sbor XV. motorizovaný sbor 9. armáda velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Hermann Hoth I. armádní sbor VIII. armádní sbor XXXVIII. armádní sbor XVIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Erich von Manstein XLII. armádní sbor XLIII. armádní sbor 6. armáda 2. letecká armáda IV. letecký sbor velitel armády: generálplukovník Walter von Reichenau VIII. letecký sbor náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Friedrich Paulus II. sbor protiletadlového dìlostø. IV. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Viktor von Schwedler V. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Richard Ruoff XXXIV. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Ferdinand Schaal XL. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Georg Stumme 9. armáda velitel armády: generál Adolf Strauss náèelník štábu armády: generál Karl Adolf Hollidt I. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Kuno Hans von Both VIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál dìlostøelectva Walter Heitz XVIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál pìchoty Eugen Beyer XLII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál ženijních jednotek Walter Kuntze stránka 3 ORGANIZACE NÌMECKÝCH VOJSK - FRANCIE 1940 Operace Fall Gelb, stav k 1. èervnu 1940 XLIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Franz Böhme SKUPINA ARMÁD B 2. letecká armáda 4. armáda velitel armády: generál letectva Albert Kesselring II. armádní sbor náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Wilhelm Speidel XV. motorizovaný sbor XXXVIII. armádní sbor IV. letecký sbor 6. armáda velitel sboru: generál letectva Alfred Keller IV. armádní sbor V. armádní sbor VIII. letecký sbor XXXIV. armádní sbor XL. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálmajor Wolfram svobodný pán von Richthofen 9. armáda II. sbor protiletadlového dìlostøelectva I. armádní sbor VIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Otto Dessloch XVIII. armádní sbor XLII. armádní sbor XLIII. armádní sbor 2. letecká armáda IV. letecký sbor VIII. letecký sbor II. sbor protiletadlového dìlostø. stránka 4 ORGANIZACE NÌMECKÝCH VOJSK - FRANCIE 1940 Operace Fall Gelb, stav k 1. èervnu 1940 SKUPINA ARMÁD C velitel skupiny armád: generálplukovník Wilhelm rytíø von Leeb náèelník štábu skupiny armád: generálporuèík Hans Gustav Felber SKUPINA ARMÁD C 1. armáda XII. armádní sbor 1. armáda XXIV. armádní sbor velitel armády: generálplukovník Erwin von Witzleben XXX. armádní sbor náèelník štábu armády: generálmajor Karl Hilpert XXXVII. armádní sbor 7. armáda XII. armádní sbor XXV. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Gotthard Heinrici XXXIII. armádní sbor XXIV. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál jezdectva Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg XXX. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generál dìlostøelectva Otto Hartmann XXXVII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Alfred Böhm-Tettenbach 7. armáda velitel armády: generál dìlostøelectva Friedrich Dollmann náèelník štábu armády: generálporuèík Walter Fischer von Weikersthal XXV. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Karl rytíø von Prager XXXIII. armádní sbor velitel sboru: generálporuèík Georg Brandt stránka 5.
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