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Axis order of battle at the Battle of Stalingrad

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The Axis order of battle at Stalingrad is a list of the significant land units that fought in the Battle of Stalingrad on the side of the Axis Powers between September 1942 and February 1943.

Apart from the twenty divisions of the German Wehrmacht, eighteen Romanian divisions took part in the battle on the Axis side as well.

Order of battle

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Map of the Stalingrad pocket, following Operation Uranus, showing all Axis divisions and major Soviet field armies

Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus, commanding the 6th Army[1]
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Arthur Schmidt[2]

German

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6th Army [3]

4th Panzer Army

  • XXXXVIII Panzer CorpsGeneral der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel until November 1942, followed by many other commanders
    • 14th Panzer Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 29th Motorized Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 24th Panzer Division, transferred to the 6th Army
  • IV Army Corps - General der Infanterie Viktor von Schwedler
    • 94th Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 371st Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 297th Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
  • Romanian 6th Corps - Lieutenant General Corneliu Dragalina, transferred to the Romanian 4th Army

Romanian

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Army Group Antonescu

See also

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References

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  1. ^ promoted to Generalfeldmarschall in January 1943
  2. ^ promoted to Generalleutnant in January 1943
  3. ^ Haupt, Werner (1998). Army Group South: The Wehrmacht in Russia 1941-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0-7643-0385-6.
  4. ^ a b promoted to Brigadier general in January 1943
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