Order of battle of the German Ninth Army, October 1941

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Order of battle of the German Ninth Army, October 1941 represents the order of battle for the German Ninth Army during Operation Typhoon as part of the German Army Group Center as it attempted to capture Moscow during World War II.

Ninth Army

Commander: Colonel General Adolf Strauss

Chief of Staff: Colonel Kurt Weckmann

Army reserves:

161.Infanterie-Division under Major General Heinrich Recke

V Corps under General of Infantry Richard Ruoff

5.Infanterie-Division under Major General Karl Allmendinger

35.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Walther Fischer von Weikersthal

106.Infanterie-Division under Major General Ernst Dehner

129.Infanterie-Division under Major General Stephan Rittau

VII Corps under General of Artillery Wilhelm Fahrmbacher

8.Infanterie-Division under Major General Gustav Höhne

28.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Johann Sinnhuber

87.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Bogislav von Studnitz

XXIII Corps under General of Infantry Albrecht Schubert

102.Infanterie-Division under Major General John Ansat

206.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Hugo Höfl

251.Infanterie-Division under Major General Karl Burdach

256.Infanterie-Division under Major General Gerhard Kauffmann

XXVII Corps under General of Infantry Alfred Wäger

86.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Joachim Witthöft

162.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Hermann Franke

255.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant General Wilhelm Wetzel

References

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