Military history

German Order of Battle September 1939

Army Group North

Army Group North

General Fedor von Bock. Objectives: Capture the ‘Polish corridor’ (4th and drive southwards towards Warsaw from East Prussia (3rd Army)

Army Group Reserve Troops

10th Panzer Division – General Ferdinand Schaal

4th Panzer Brigade

10th Motorised Rifle Brigade

73rd Infantry Division – General Friedrich von Rabenau

170th, 186th, and 213th Infantry Regiments

206th Infantry Division – General Hugo Höfl

301st, 312th, and 413rd Infantry Regiments

208th Infantry Division – General Moritz Andreas

309th, 337th, and 338th Infantry Regiments

4th Army

General Günther von Kluge. Headquarters Western Pomerania

4th Army Reserves

23rd Infantry Division – General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt

9th, 67th, and 68th Infantry Regiments

218th Infantry Division – General Woldemar Freiherr Grote

323rd, 386th, and 397th Infantry Regiments

Frontier Guard Command

207th Infantry Division – General Karl von Tiedemann

322nd, 368th, and 374th Infantry Regiments

XIX Corps - General Heinz Guderian

3rd Panzer Division – General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg

3rd Panzer Brigade and 3rd Motorized Rifle Brigade

2nd Motorized Division – Commanded by General Paul Bader

5th, 25th, and 92nd Motorised Infantry Regiments

20th Motorized Division – Commanded by General Mauritz von Wiktorin

69th, 76th and 80th Motorised Infantry Regiments

Panzer Lehr Battalion

Reconnaissance Demonstration Battalion

II Corps - General Adolf Strauß

3rd Infantry Division – General Walter Lichel

8th, 29th, and 50th Infantry Regiments.

32nd Infantry Division – General Franz Böhme

4th, 94th, and 96th Infantry Regiments

III Corps – General Curt Haase

50th Infantry Division – General Konrad Sorsche

121st, 122nd, and 123rd Infantry Regiments

‘Netze’ Infantry Brigade – General Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz

3rd Army

General Georg von Kuckler. Headqaurters in East Prussia

3rd Army Reserves

1st Cavalry Brigade – Commanded by General Kurt Feldt.

217th Infantry Division – General Richard Baltzer

311th, 346th, and 389th Infantry Regiments.

XXVI Corps

1st Motorised Division

XXI Corps – General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst

21st Infantry Division – General Hans-Kuno von Both

3rd, 24th, and 45th Infantry Regiments

228th Infantry Division – General Hans Suttner

325th, 356th, and 400th Infantry Regiments

I Corps – General Walter Petzel

Panzer-Division Kempf – General Werner Kempf

7th Panzer Regiment, and the ‘Großdeutschland’ Motorised Infantry Regiment

11th Infantry Division – Commanded by General Max Bock

2nd, 23rd, and 44th Infantry Regiments

61st Infantry – Commanded by General Siegfried Hänicke

151st, 162nd, and 176th Infantry Regiments

‘Wodrig’ Corps – Commanded by General Albert Wodrig [Later renamed XXVI Corps]

1st Infantry Division – General Joachim von Kortzfleisch

22nd, and 43rd Infantry Regiment

12th Infantry Division – General Ludwig von der Leyen

27th, 48th, and 89th Infantry Regiments

‘Brand’ Corps – Commanded by General Fritz Brand

‘Lötzen’ Infantry Brigade – General Offenbacher

161st and 162nd Landwehr Infantry Regiments

‘Goldap’ Infantry Brigade – Commanded by General Notle

Army Group South

Army Group South

Colonel General Gerd von Rundstedt: Objectives to spearhead 8th and 10th armies from Silesia towards Warsaw and for the 14th army to smash the Polish forces around Krakow.

Army Group Reserve Troops

62nd Infantry Division – General Walter Keiner

164th, 183rd, and 190th Infantry Regiments

213th Infantry Division – General Rene de l'Homme de Courbiere

318th, 354th, and 406th Infantry Regiments

221st Infantry Division – General Johann Pflugbeil

350th, 360th, and 375th Infantry Regiments

VII Corps – General Eugen Ritter von Schobert

27th Infantry Division – General Friedrich Bergmann

40th, 63rd, and 91st Infantry Regiments

68th Infantry Division – General Georg Braun

169th, 188th, and 196th Infantry Regiments

1st Mountain [Gebirgsjäger] Division – General Ludwig Kübler

98th, 99th, and 100th Mountain Jäger Regiments

8th Army

General Johannes Blaskowitz. Headquarters in northern Silesia

X Corps – General Wilhelm Ulex

24th Infantry Division – General Friedrich Olbricht

31st, 32nd, and 102nd Infantry Regiments

30th Infantry Division – General Kurt von Briesen

6th, 26th, and 46th Infantry Regiments

XIII Corps – General Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs

10th Infantry Division – Commanded by General Conrad von Cochenhausen

20th, 41st, and 85th Infantry Regiments

17th Infantry Division – General Herbert Loch. Consisted of the 21st, 55th, and 95th Infantry Regiments

SS-Division (mot.) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Motorized Infantry Regiment – Josef ‘Sepp’ Dietrich

10th Army

General Walter von Reichenau. Headquarters in southern Silesia

10th Army Reserves

1st Light Division – General Friedrich-Wilhelm von Löper

11th Panzer Regiment and 6th Rifle Brigade

3rd Light Division – General Adolf Kuntzen

10th Panzer Regiment and 8th Rifle Brigade

XI Corps – General Emil Leeb

18th Infantry Division – General Friedrich-Karl Cranz

30th, 51st, and 54th Infantry Regiments

19th Infantry Division - General Günther Schwantes

59th, 73rd, and 74th Infantry Regiments

XVI Corps – General Erich Höpner

1st Panzer-Division – General Rudolf Schmidt

1st Panzer Brigade and 1st Motorized Rifle Brigade

14th Infantry Division – General Peter Weyer

11th, 53rd, and 116th Infantry Regiments

31st Infantry Division – General Rudolf Kämpfe

12th, 17th, and 82nd Infantry Regiments

IV Corps – General Viktor von Schwedler

4th Infantry Division – General Eric Hansen

10th, 52nd, and 103rd Infantry Regiments

46th Infantry Division – General Paul von Hase

42nd, 72nd, and 97th Infantry Regiments

XV Corps – General Hermann Hoth

2nd Light Division - General Georg Stumme

25th Panzer Regiment and 7th Rifle Brigade

XIV Corps – General Gustav von Wietersheim

4th Panzer Division - General Georg-Hans Reinhardt

7th Panzer Brigade and 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade.

13th Motorized Division - General Moritz von Faber du Faur

33rd, 66th, and 93rd Motorized Infantry Regiments

29th Motorized Division - General Joachim Lemelsen

15th, 86th, and 71st Motorized Infantry Regiments

14th Army

Colonel General Wilhelm List. Headquarters in Moravia and Slovakia

XXII Corps – General Ewald von Kleist

2nd Mountain Division – Commanded by General Valentin Feurstein

136th, 137th, and 140th Mountain Jäger Regiments

VIII Corps – Commanded by General Ernst Busch

5th Panzer Division – General Heinrich von Viettinghoff-Scheel

8th Panzer Brigade and 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade

8th Infantry Division – General Rudolf Koch-Erpach

28th, 38th, and 84th Infantry Regiments.

28th Infantry Division – General Hans von Obstfelder

7th, 49th, and 83rd Infantry Regiments.

239th Infantry Division – General Ferdinand Neuling

444th Infantry Regiments

SS ‘Germania’ Motorised Infantry Regiment – General Karl-Maria Demelhuber

XVII Corps – General Werner Kienitz

7th Infantry Division – General Eugen Ott

19th, 61st, and 62nd Infantry Regiments.

44th Infantry Division – General Albrecht Schubert

131st, 132nd, and 134th Infantry Regiments

45th Infantry Division – General Friedrich Materna

130th, 133rd, and 135th Infantry Regiments

XVIII Corps – Commanded by General Eugen Beyer

2nd Panzer-Division – General Rudolf Veiel

2nd Panzer Brigade and 2nd Motorised Rifle Brigade

4th Light Division – Dr. Alfred Ritter von Hubicki

33rd Panzer Regiment and 9th Rifle Brigade

3rd Mountain Division – General Eduard Dietl

138th and 139th Mountain Jäger Regiments

Luftwaffe

1st Air Fleet – Supporting Army Group North

4th Air Fleet – Supporting Army Group South

Kriegsmarine – Navy Group East

Battleship ‘Schleswig-Holstein’

Battleship ‘Schlesien’

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