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This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II .
On 9 March 1943, Army Group B was renamed Army Group South. On 17 July 1943, a new Army Group B was formed in southern Germany and northern Italy. It was later sent to German-occupied France on 1 December 1943. On 26 July 1943, a new Army Group C was formed in Italy to manage the Italian campaign.
' army ') was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, [b] the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. [4] During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million volunteers and conscripts served in the German Army.
This is a list of German Army corps that existed during World War II. Army (Heer) Infantry corps. I–IX. I Army Corps ... List of World War II military units of Germany
The designation "Light" (leichte in German) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There were a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to help the Italians and ...
The Wehrmacht directed combat operations during World War II (from 1 September 1939 – 8 May 1945) as the German Reich's armed forces umbrella command-organization. After 1941 the OKH became the de facto Eastern Theatre higher-echelon command-organization for the Wehrmacht , excluding Waffen-SS except for operational and tactical combat purposes.
Field armies of Germany in World War II (1 C, 29 P) G. German heavy tank battalions (12 P) German panzerjäger battalions (3 P) German units in Africa (16 P)
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