German order of battle in the Balkans campaign (1941)
Appearance
During World War II, the Axis invasions of Greece (Operation Marita) and Yugoslavia both commenced on 6 April 1941 and ended 3 May 1941.
Oberkommando des Heeres reserves
[edit]Reserves directly commanded by the Oberkommando des Heeres
- 4th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp)
- 12th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Josef Harpe)
- 19th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Otto von Knobelsdorff)
- 100th Light Division (Generalleutnant Werner Sanne)
- 101st Light Division (Generalleutnant Erich Marcks)
Second Army
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Generaloberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr Von Weichs zu Glon
XXXXIX Mountain Corps
General der Gebirgstruppen Ludwig Kübler
- 1st Mountain Division (Generalmajor Hubert Lanz)
LI Army Corps
General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
- 132nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Sintzenich)
- 183rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Benignus Dippold)
XXXXVI Army Corps (motorized)
General der Panzertruppen Heinrich von Vietinghoff gennant Scheel
- 8th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Erich Brandenberger)
- 14th Panzer Division, (Generalmajor Friedrich Kuhn)
- 16th Infantry Division (motorized), (Generalmajor Sigfrid Henrici)
Second Army Reserve
- LII Army Corps
- General der Infanterie Kurt von Briesen
- 169th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Kurt Dittmar)
- 197th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Hermann Meyer-Rabingen)
- 125th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm Schneckenburger)
Twelfth Army
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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List
XXXX Army Corps (motorized)
Generalleutnant Georg Stumme
- 9th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Alfred Ritter von Hubicki)
- 1st SS Brigade (motorized) Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (SS-Obergruppenführer Josef Dietrich)
- 73rd Infantry Division (Generalmajor Bruno Bieler)
XXXVIII Mountain Corps
General der Infanterie Franz Böhme
- 2nd Panzer Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Veiel)
- 5th Mountain Division (Generalleutnant Julius Ringel)
- 6th Mountain Division (Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schörner)
- 72nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Franz Mattenklott)
- 125th Infantry Regiment
XXX Army Corps
General der Artillerie Otto Hartmann
- 50th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Karl-Adolf Hollidt)
- 164th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Josef Folttmann)
Twelfth Army reserve
- L Army Corps
- General der Kavallerie Georg Lindemann
- 46th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Karl Kriebel)
- 16th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Hans-Valentin Hube)
- Panzer Group 1
- Generaloberst Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
- XIV Army Corps (motorized)
- General der Infanterie Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
- 5th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant Gustav Fehn)
- 11th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant Ludwig Crüwell)
- 4th Mountain Division (Generalleutnant Karl Eglseer)
- 294th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Otto Gabke)
- XXXXI Army Corps (motorized)
- Generalleutnant Georg-Hans Reinhardt
- 2nd SS Division Das Reich (SS-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser)
- Infantry Regiment (motorized) Großdeutschland (Oberst Wilhelm-Hunold von Stockhausen)
- XI Army Corps
- General der Infanterie Joachim von Kortzfleisch
- 60th Infantry Division (motorized) (Generalmajor Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt)
- 76th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Maximilian de Angelis)
- 198th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Otto Röttig)