Balkans Campaign German order of battle

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During World War II, Operation Marita was the German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941.

Order of Battle for Operation Marita

6 April 1941 – 3 May 1941

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 (Generaloberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr Von Weichs zu Glon)

49th Mountain Corps (General der Gebirgstruppen Ludwig Kübler)

1st Mountain Division (Generalmajor Hubert Lanz)

51st Army Corps (General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard)

132nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Sintzenich)

183rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Benignus Dippold)

46th 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:

52nd 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)

12th Army (Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List)

40th 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)

18th 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

30th Army Corps (General der Artillerie Otto Hartmann)

50th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Karl-Adolf Hollidt)

164th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Johannes Folttmann)

12th Army reserve

50th 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)

14th 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)

41st 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)

11th 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)

References

Balkans Campaign German order of battle Wikipedia

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