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This is the order of battle that took place on April 16, 1945, in the end stages of World War II, between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. This battle took place before the start of the Battle of the Oder–Neisse and concluded with the Battle in Berlin. Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South before the start of the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
Contents
Army Group Vistula
Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici
Third Panzer Army
General of Panzer Hasso von Manteuffel
Swinemunde Corps - General of Infantry John Ansat 2nd Naval Division 402nd Naval Division XXXII Corps - General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack Voigt Infantry Divisions 281st Infantry Divisions 549th Volksgrenadier Division Oder Corps - Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Klossek Infantry Divisions 610th Infantry Divisions XXXXVI Panzer Corps - General of Infantry Martin Gareis 547th Volksgrenadier Division 1st Naval DivisionNinth Army
General of Infantry Theodor Busse
CI Corps - General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin 5th Jäger Division 309th Berlin Infantry Division 25th Panzergrenadier Division Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights LVI Panzer Corps - General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling 9th Fallschirmjäger Division 18th Panzergrenadier Division (Originally with OKW) 20th Panzergrenadier Division Müncheberg Panzer Division XI SS Panzer Corps - Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 303rd ‘Döberitz’ Infantry Division 169th Infantry Division 712th Infantry Division Kurmark Panzergrenadier Division V SS Mountain Corps - Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln 286th Infantry Division 32nd SS Grenadier Division 391st Security DivisionArmy Group Reserve
III SS Panzer Corps - Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner(Divisions later allocated to the 9th Army)
(Divisions later allocated to the 3rd Panzer Army)
Army Group Centre
Feldmarshal Ferdinand Schörner
Fourth Panzer Army
General of Panzer Fritz-Hubert Gräser
(Later transferred to the 9th Army)
V Corps - General of Artillery Kurt Wäger 35th SS Police Grenadier Division 36th SS Grenadier Division 275th Infantry Division 342nd Infantry Division 21st Panzer DivisionTwelfth Army
General of Panzer Walther Wenck
XX Corps - General of Cavalry Carl-Erik Koehler Theodor Körner RAD Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division Ferdinand von Schill Infantry Division Scharnhorst Infantry Division XXXIX Panzer Corps - Lt. Gen. Karl Arndt(12 – 21 April 1945 under OKW with the following structure)
(21 – 26 April 1945 under 12th Army with the following structure)
XXXXI Panzer Corps - Lt. Gen. Rudolf Holste Von Hake Infantry Division 199th Infantry Division V-Weapons Infantry Division XLVIII Panzer Corps - General of Panzer Maximilian von Edelsheim 14th Flak Division Kampfgruppe Leipzig Kampfgruppe Halle2nd Belorussian Front
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
1st Belorussian Front
Marshal Georgy Zhukov
1st Ukrainian Front
Marshal Ivan Konev