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German Orders of Battle September 1, 1939
'Kriegsgliederung', strength of the Army divisions and tank inventory of the Wehrmacht at time of campaign in Poland |
 The German Orders of Battle at the time of the campaign in Poland and the resulting outbreak of World War 2.
In 1939 Germany was divided into 13 geographical districts known as Wehrkreise, each of which was a depot for a number of divisions and formed a 'home-base' for their regiments. On moblisation there were 51 active divisions: 39 infantry divisions (including four motorised), 5 panzer divisions (plus a panzer brigade), 4 light divisions and 3 mountain divisions. When Germany mobilised, the system was rapidly expanded to include 16 reserve, 21 territorial (Landwehr) and 14 training divisions (Ergänzungsdivisionen).
For the Polish Campaign the OKW created two army groups (deployment see map): Army Group North (divided into two armies each of three corps) consisted of one panzer division, one mixed Army/SS panzer division, two motorised divisions, 16 infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade. Army Group South (10 corps in three armies) consisted of four panzer divisions, four light, 21 infantry and three mountain divisions. Two of XVII Army Corp's infantry divisions were Slovak, while attached to XIII Army Corps was the motorised SS infantry regiment Leibstandarte (Bodyguard Regiment) Adolf Hitler. |
Schematic layout of the German Wehrmacht from September 1st, 1939 |
Army Group |
Army |
Corps |
Divisions |
| Army Group South (v.Rundstedt) in Silesia, Czechoslovakia and Slovakia |
14 Army (List)
in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia |
VIII Corps
XVII Corps
XVIII Corps
XXIII Corps
Border Guard Command 3 |
2 Panzer Division
5 Panzer Division
4 Light Division
7 Infantry Division
8 Infantry Division
28 Infantry Division
44 Infantry Division
45 Infantry Division
239 Infantry Division
1 Mountain Division
2 Mountain Division
3 Mountain Division
Border Guard unit 30 |
10 Army (v.Reichenau)
in Lower Silesia |
XIV Panzer Corps
XV Panzer Corps
XVI Panzer Corps
IV Corps
VII Corps
XI Corps |
1 Panzer Division
4 Panzer Division
1 Light Division
2 Light Division
3 Light Division
13 motorised Infantry Division
29 motorised Infantry Division
4 Infantry Division
14 Infantry Division
18 Infantry Division
19 Infantry Division
27 Infantry Division
31 Infantry Division
46 Infantry Division
62 Infantry Division
68 Infantry Division
213 Infantry Division
221 Infantry Division |
8 Army (Blaskowitz)
in Upper Silesia |
X Corps
XIII Corps
Border Guard Command 13
Border Guard Command 14 |
10 Infantry Division
17 Infantry Division
24 Infantry Division
30 Infantry Division |
Army Group North (v.Bock)
in Pomerania and East Prussia |
4 Army (v.Kluge) in Pomerania
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XIX Panzer Corps
II Corps
III Corps
Border Guard Command 1
Border Guard Command 2
Border Guard Command 12 |
3 Panzer Division
10 Panzer Division
2 motorised Infantry Division
20 motorised Infantry Division
3 Infantry Division
23 Infantry Division
32 Infantry Division
50 Infantry Division
73 Infantry Division
207 Infantry Division
208 Infantry Division
218 Infantry Division |
3 Army (v.Küchler)
in East Prussia |
I Corps
XXI Corps
Commanding General Wodrig
Garrison Commander Königsberg
Garrison Commander Lötzen
Army unit Danzig
Group Army unit 15 |
Tank unit East Prussia (4 Tank Brigade)
1 Cavalry Brigade
1 Infantry Division
11 Infantry Division
12 Infantry Division
21 Infantry Division
61 Infantry Division
206 Infantry Division
217 Infantry Division
228 Infantry Divison |
Army Group C (v.Leeb)
in West Germany
(Reserves: 22 Infantry Division, 87 Infantry Division, 209 Infantry Division, 216 Infantry Division, 223 Infantry Division, 225 Infantry Division, 251 Infantry Division, 253 Infantry Division, 254 Infantry Division) |
5 Army |
VI Corps
Commanding General Eifel |
16 Infantry Division
26 Infantry Division
69 Infantry Division
86 Infantry Division
211 Infantry Division
227 Infantry Division
Aachen garrison troops
Border Guard unit Trier |
| 1 Army |
IX Corps
XII Corps
Commanding General Saarpfalz |
6 Infantry Division
9 Infantry Division
15 Infantry Division
25 Infantry Division
33 Infantry Division
34 Infantry Division
36 Infantry Division
52 Infantry Division
71 Infantry Division
79 Infantry Division
214 Infantry Division
231 Infantry Division
246 Infantry Division
Combat group St.Wendel |
7 Army
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Border Guard Commando Oberrhein |
5 Infantry Division
35 Infantry Division
78 Infantry Division
212 Infantry Division
215 Infantry Division
14 Landwehr (Homeguard) Division |
subordinated to OKW (Headquarter of the Wehrmacht), Reserves |
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56 Infantry Division
57 Infantry Division
58 Infantry Division
75 Infantry Division
76 Infantry Division
252 Infantry Division
257 Infantry Division
258 Infantry Division
260 Infantry Division
262 Infantry Division
263 Infantry Division
267 Infantry Division |
Reserve Army and Commander of the army armament |
(all divisions in preparation) |
four infantry divisions |
Approximate organisation strength of the major types of the German Army divisions in 1939:
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Infantry Division |
motorised Infantry Division |
Mountain Division |
Panzer Division |
Light Division |
| Units total |
87 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
| Officers |
500 |
500 |
? |
400 |
400 |
| Officials |
100 |
100 |
? |
100 |
100 |
| NCOs |
2,500 |
2,500 |
? |
2,000 |
1,600 |
| Privates |
13,400 |
13,400 |
? |
9,300 |
8,700 |
| Total men |
16,500
(35 divisions from first wave 18,000) |
16,500 |
? |
11,800
|
10,800 |
| Infantry Regiments |
3 with 3,000 men each |
3 with 3,000 men each |
2 with 3,000 men each |
2 with 3,000 men each |
1 or 2 with 2,000 or 3,000 men each |
| Machine guns MG34 |
500 |
500 |
220 |
220 |
460 |
| Mortars |
140
(54 x 8.1cm, others 5cm) |
140
(54 x 8.1cm, others 5cm) |
90 |
50 |
60 |
| Infantry guns |
25
(6 x 15cm, others 7.5cm) |
25
(6 x 15cm, others 7.5cm) |
14
(2 x 15cm, 12 x 7.5cm) |
10 |
10 |
| AT Pak 3,7 cm |
75 |
75 |
48
(6 x 4.7cm) |
50 |
50 |
| Howitzers and guns |
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28 |
|
| AA Flak 2 cm |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
| Armored Cars |
3 |
30 |
- |
100 |
100 |
| Tanks |
- |
- |
- |
324 |
86 |
| Trucks |
500 |
1,700 |
- |
1,400 |
1,400 |
| Cars |
400 |
1,000 |
- |
560 |
600 |
| Motorcycles |
500 |
1,300 |
- |
1,300 |
1,100 |
| Sidecars |
200 |
600 |
- |
700 |
600 |
| Horses |
5,000 |
- |
? |
- |
- |
| Horse-drawn carriages |
1,000 |
- |
? |
- |
- |
Inventory of armored fighting vehicles on September 1, 1939:
German Forces total:
3,706,104 men (103 divisions), 3,478 tanks, over 7,000 guns
4,093 planes (inc. 1,176 bombers, 1,179 fighters, 335 dive-bombers)
- see Luftwaffe Orders of Battle
2 old battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 3 pocket battleships, 8 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 56 submarines |
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