Battle of Berlin order of battle

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Berlin operation

The Battle of Berlin was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin.

Contents

Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South on 16 April.

Northern Sector

German forces

Order of battle on April 16 [1]
ArmyCommanderCorpsDivisions
3rd Panzer Army General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel Swinemünde Corps402nd Infantry Division
2nd Marine Division
XXXII Corps Voigt Infantry Division
549th Volksgrenadier Division
Stettin Garrison
281st Infantry Division
Oder Corps610th Infantry Division
Klossek Infantry Division
XXXXVI Panzer Corps 547th Volksgrenadier Division
1st Naval Division

3rd Panzer Army

Swinemünde Corps
(General of Infantry Ansat)
2nd Marine Division
402nd Naval Division [a]
522nd Grenadier Training Regiment Stab
27/172 Füsilier Training Battalion Rostock
94th Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock
4/222 Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock
48/374 Grenadier Training Battalion Neubrandenburg
89/368 Grenadier Training Battalion Schwerin
85th Hungarian Regiment Stab
Hungarian infantry school Várpalota
Brigade Kopp
Alarm Regiment 4
Alarm Regiment 5
Stab Artillery Training Regiment 2 Schwerin
257th Artillery Ausbildung Battalion
12/32 Artillery Battalion
38/2 Artillery Battalion Schwerin
22nd Flak Training Battalion
XXXII Corps
General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack
1st Panzerjägd Battalion
Kampfgruppe Voigt
Volkssturm Battalion 244
Volkssturm Battalion 26/50
Volkssturm Battalion 26/52
Volkssturm Battalion 26/62
281st Infantry Division
379th Regiment (I. Battalion)
1098th Regiment (I. & II. battalions)
Battalion Creuz
Volkssturm Battalion Hessen Nassau
One Fortress Alarm Battalion
549th Volksgrenadier Division
1097th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions)
1099th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions)
1549th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)
Other units
1549th Pioneer Battalion
549th Replacement Battalion
549th Füsilier Battalion
549th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies)
929th Heeres Artillery Battalion (2 heavy batteries with 2 guns each)
3rd Flak Regiment
605th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries)
325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries)
474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion - 10.5 cm x 8 guns)
437th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries)
Regiment Pommern 4 (II. & III. battalions)
Marine Alarm Battalion
Recce battalion of the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
one battalion of 5th Jäger Division
one Hitler Youth Battalion
Volkssturm Battalion 26/11
Volkssturm Battalion 26/29
Volkssturm Battalion 26/70
Another battalion
SS Latvian Feldersatz Depot
SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 1 (I.-IV. Battalions) - detached in Swinemünde
SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 2 (I.-IV. Battalions, IV. Battalion with only 72 men)
SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 3 (I.-III. Battalions)
Fortress Stettin
418th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) from 281st Security Division
281st Füsilier Battalion from 281st Security Division
1st Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 43rd Fortress Regiment (with 1453rd & 1454th Fortress battalions)
2nd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 44th Fortress Regiment (with 1455th & 1457th Fortress battalions)
3rd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Over & Roy Alarm battalions
4th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Benner & Laase Alarm battalions
5th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 1st Marine Infantry Battalion & Feldersatz Battalion + police company
85th Fortress M.G. Battalion
Stettin A Fortress M.G. Battalion
Fortress Pioneer Battalion
3132nd Artillery Regiment (II. (3., 4., 7., 8. batteries every one with 5 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) & III. (9.& 10. batteries every one with 4 x 15 cm & 11. & 12. batteries, every one with 6 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) battalions)
3156th Fortress Flak Battalion (3147th (6 x 10,5 cm (French)) & 3148th (6 x 12,2 cm (Russian) Fortress Flak batteries)
3158th Fortress Flak Battalion (1., 2. & 3. Batteries every one with 4 x 15,2 cm (Russian))
VIII Fortress Pak Regiment
XVI Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 4, 7, 8, 10)
XXVII Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 1-6, 8 & 10)
725th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies)
555th z.v.B. Pioneer Regiment
Fire security Battalion (3 companies)
96th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies)
254th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies)
IV/ Waffen SS Grenadier Regiment (3 companies)
Oder Corps
Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
Fs E. u. A. Regiment 1
284th Sturmgeschütze Brigade
Infantry Group Klossek
1604th (Russian) Regiment (2 battalions)
89/IV Hungarian Battalion
Volkssturm Battalion Genssen
one Battalion F.A. Oder
II./3 SS Regiment
610th Infantry Division
1. SS Police Brigade [b]
Volkssturm Battalion Hamburg
Volkssturm Battalion Brandenburg
Volkssturm Battalion

Soviet forces

Order of battle [2]
FrontCommanderArmy
2nd Belorussian Front Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky 19th
49th
65th
70th
2nd Shock
5th Guard Tank

2nd Shock Army

65th Army

70th Army

49th Army

19th Army

5th Guards Tank Army

Front Reserve

  • Front Reserve
    • 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps
    • 1st Guards Tank Corps
      • 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
      • 15th Guards Tank Brigade
      • 16th Guards Tank Brigade
      • 17th Guards Tank Brigade
    • 3rd Guards Tank Corps
      • 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
      • 3rd Guards Tank Brigade
      • 18th Guards Tank Brigade
      • 19th Guards Tank Brigade
    • 8th Motorized Corps
      • 66th Motorized Rifle Brigade
      • 67th Motorized Rifle Brigade
      • 68th Motorized Rifle Brigade
      • 116th Tank Brigade

Center Sector

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Georgi Zhukov

Army Group Vistula

Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici

Ninth Army

General of Infantry Theodor Busse

Sturm Battalion AOK
Hitlerjugend Nahkampf Brigade (I. to IV. Battalions each w 4 companies).
CI Corps
General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin
406th Volksartilleriekorps (I. to V. Battalions II. & IV. each w 2 companies, the others w 3 companies)
111th Sturmgeschütz Lehr-Brigade
Parachute Panzerjägd Brigade "Pirat" (from 541st Volksgrenadier Division)
15th Schweres werfer Regiment (II. Battalion (3 companies - each 6 x 15 cm))
53rd Flak Regiment (336th Battalion - 7/751 (2 x 8,8 cm), 1/185 (4 x 10,5 cm), 4/336 (4 x 10,5 cm), 2/336 (4 x 10,5), RAD 3/785 (3 x 10,5 cm), 1/339 (6 x 8,8cm + 3 x 2cm), 1/876 (3 x 3,7 cm), RAR (6 x 3,7 cm), FKT (3 x 3,7 cm) 2/871 (15 x 3,7 cm)) I./13 Battalion - 8 companies, 402nd Battalion - 10 companies)
182nd Flak Regiment (I./19 Battalion (3 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x 3,7 + 12 x 2 cm), I./54 Battalion (4 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x ? cm + 2 x 2 cm), leichte 87 Battalion (1 company 12 x 3,7 cm + 1 company 18 x 2 cm + 1 company ? x 2 cm )
16/69 Volkssturm Battalion
16/128 Volkssturm Battalion
4 Volkssturm companies (16/75, 16/123, 16/511, 16/67/1)
5th Jäger Division
56th Jäger regiment
75th Jäger regiment
5th Jäger artillery regiment
606th Division Stab z.b.V.
Schatten Regiment A (I. & II. Battalions + 14. Company)
Regiment Sator (battalions Bählkow, Gorny & Spandau)
Regiment Rohrde (Battalion Potsdam & Alarm? Battalion 67)
Police Landschützen Battalion Bremen (606th Füsilier Battalion? (3 companies))
606th Artillery Regiment (III. (2 light batteries - each 4 guns & 1 heavy battery with 4 guns) & IV. (2 heavy batteries each with 6 guns + 1 heavy battery 5 x 15,2 (Russian guns))
1606th Panzerjäger company (7 PaK 75 mm)
3rd Panzer A. u. E. Battalion (3 companies - armored cars)
309th Berlin Infantry Division
Wachregiment GrossDeutschland (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies)
652nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
653rd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
309th Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies with 3,4 & 4 10,5 cm), I./301 (1-3 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), III./707 (1-2 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), IV./234 (10-11 & IV (bod) companies each 4 x 15 cm))
309th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies (one of them motorised))
309th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies - with 12 PaK 75mm & 10/8 ready StuG III)
1234th Fhj Regiment "Potsdam" (I. & II. Battalions)
16./1129th PanzerJägd Battalion (from Kurmark Division) with 15/10 ready Jägpanzer 38.
4 Volkssturm Battalion (Alarm battalions Brandenburg, 323rd Potsdam, Spandau, 338th z.b.V.)
25th Panzergrenadier Division
5th Panzer Battalion
35th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
119th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. (Half-tracks) & II. & III. Battalions)
25th Pioneer Battalion (5 companies)
25th Panzerjäger Battalion
125th Reconnaissance Battalion
292nd Heeres Flak Battalion
25th Panzergrenadier Artillery Regiment (I. (3 batteries - every one with 5 x 10,5 cm), II. (3 batteries - with 5,6 & 5 guns x 10,5 cm & III. (1 battery 4 x 10,5 cm, 2 batteries 5 x 15 cm) Battalions)
Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights
LVI Panzer Corps
General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling
Heeres 920th StuG Lehr Brigade
9th Fallschirmjäger Division
25th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions)
26th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions)
9th Parachute Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
9th Parachute Rocket battalion (3 companies)
9th Parachute Pioneer battalion (3 companies)
18th Panzergrenadier Division [c]
118th Panzer Battalion
30th Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions)
51st Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot)
18th Artillery Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions)
118th Reconnaissance Battalion
20th Panzergrenadier Division
8th Panzer Battalion
76th Panzergrenadier Regiment (3 battalions)
90th Panzergrenadier Regiment (3 battalions)
20th artillery regiment (3 battalions)
Müncheberg Panzer Division
Panzer Battalion Müncheberg (3 companies)
1st Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions)
2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions)
Panzerjäger company Müncheberg
Panzerpioneer company Müncheberg
Artillery Regiment Müncheberg (I. Battalion (3 companies each with 6 guns), II. (Flak Battalion) (2 batteries each 4 x 8,8 cm + 1 battery 4 x 3,7 cm))
XI SS Panzer Corps
Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
404th Volksartillerie Corps
(I.(1-3 batteries), II.(4-6 batteries), III.(7-9 batteries), IV.(10-11 batteries), V.(12-13 batteries), VI.(14-16 batteries)
1240th Fhj Regiment (I. & II. battalions)
303rd ‘Döberitz’ Infantry Division
300th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
301st Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
302nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
303rd Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies each 4 x 10,5 cm), II. (4-6 companies ? x 10,5), III. (7-9 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm/before was I./216 LW - Luftwaffe)
303rd Füsilier Battalion (3 companies)
303rd Pioneer Battalion (3 companies)
303rd Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies - Stug III)
169th Infantry Division (9 battalions)
378th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
392nd Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
1242nd Fhj Regiment (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies)
230th Pioneer Battalion
230th Jagdpanzer Battalion (1. & 2. companies + 1230th Jägdpanzer company - 14 vehicles)
230th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV Battalions)
Festungs Pak Verband XXVI (6., 7. & 10. companies)
712th Infantry Division
Fhj Regiment 1239 (Wiener Neustadt) (I. & II. battalions)
Fhj Regiment 1241 (Güstrow) (I. & II. battalions)
Alarm Battalion Hauck
108th Volkssturm Battalion
Schatten Regiment B (2 Battalions)
1712th Artillery Regiment (III. (3 batteries? - each 3 x 10,5 cm?), IV. (2 batteries - each 6 x 15 cm))
Kurmark Panzergrenadier Division
Panzer Battalion Kurmark
Panzergrenadier Regiment Kurmark (I. & II. Battalions)
Artillery Battalion Kurmark (3 batteries, each with 4 guns)
Frankfurt der Oder Garrison
Generalmajor Ernst Biehler
Festungs Grenadier Regiment 1
Festungs Grenadier Regiment 2
Festungs Grenadier Regiment 3
Festungs Grenadier Regiment 4
Festungs M.G. Battalion 84 (4 companies - 1 w. every Grenadier Regiment)
Festungs KGr. 5 (Battalion size)
Festungs KGr. 6 (Festungs infantry Battalion 1449 + 1 Police company)
Festungs KGr. 7
Festungs KGr. 8
Festungs infantry Flak Battalion 829 (Part)
Festungs Pionier Sperr Battalion 952
Festungs PaK Verband XXVI (4 companies w. 39 8,8cm Pak43)
Heavy Flak Battalion 185
Heavy Flak Battalion 405
Festungs Artillery Stab 1320
Festungs Artillery Battalion 1325 (3 batteries)
Festungs Artillery Battalion 1326 (4 batteries)
Festungs Artillery Battalion 1327 (5 batteries - Before known w. number 3157)
12 Tank towers 7,5 cm
Panzer Jagd Battalion 2 (1 company)
V SS Mountain Corps
Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln
408th Volksartillerie Brigade (I.(1-3 batteries), II.(4-5 batteries), III.(7-9 batteries), IV. (10-11 batteries), V. (13-14 batteries))
15th SS Pz Jagd Company
2nd Pz Jagd Battalion(without one company)
561st SS Panzerjäger Battalion
286th Infantry Division
Regiment von Petersdorf (2 battalions)
1237th Fhj Regiment (2 battalions)
Alarm Battalion Brieskow
27/151 Volkssturn Battalion "Dresden"
7/108 Volkssturn Battalion "Mainfranken"
Volkssturn Battalion Oberdonau
verstärke Pionnier Battalion 275
32nd SS Grenadier Division
86th SS Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
87th SS Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
32nd SS Artillery Regiment (I. (2 batteries 10,5 cm x 4 guns), II. (2 batterie 10,5 cm x 4 guns), III. (1 battery 10,5 cm x 4 guns & 1 battery 15 cm x 4 guns)
Volkssturm Battalion Thüringen
391st Security Division [d]
1233rd Fhj Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. battalions - III. Battalion later became I./Grenadier Regiment Mueller z.b.V.)
95th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions - before designed as 62nd & 63rd Alarm Battalions)
239th Sicherungs Battalion (later became II./Grenadier Regiment Mueller z.b.V.)
Pioneer Battalion (Stab + 1. & 2. companies)
SS Sturm Battalion z.v.B.
8/16 Volkssturm Battalion
Rägener Division
SS Verband Fhr Schüle Arolsen (I. to III. Battalions)
Police Battalion Döring
Absorbed the 286th Security Division
Reserve
156th Infantry Division
1313th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
1314th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
1315th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
1456th Artillery Regiment (I. Battalion (1.-3. batteries), II. (4.-6. batteries)
1456th Pioneer Battalion

First Belorussian Front

Source: [3]

Marshal Georgy Zhukov

Sixty-First Army

Colonel General Pavel Belov

9th Guards Rifle Corps
75th Guards Rifle Division
12th Rifle Division
415th Rifle Division
80th Rifle Corps
212th Rifle Division
234th Rifle Division
356th Rifle Division
89th Rifle Corps
23rd Rifle Division
311th Rifle Division
397th Rifle Division

First Polish Army

Lieutenant General Stanislav Poplavsky

Polish 1st Infantry Division
Polish 2nd Infantry Division
Polish 3rd Infantry Division
Polish 4th Infantry Division
Polish 6th Infantry Division
Polish 1st Armoured Brigade

Forty-Seventh Army

Colonel General Franz Perkhorovich

77th Rifle Corps
185th Rifle Division
260th Rifle Division
328th Rifle Division
125th Rifle Corps
60th Rifle Division
76th Rifle Division
175th Rifle Division
129th Rifle Corps
82nd Rifle Division
32nd Rifle Division
143rd Rifle Division
6th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Third Shock Army

Colonel General Vasily Kuznetsov

7th Rifle Corps
146th Rifle Division
265th Rifle Division
365th Rifle Division
12th Guards Rifle Corps
23rd Guards Rifle Division
33rd Rifle Division
52nd Guards Rifle Division
79th Rifle Corps
150th Rifle Division
171st Rifle Division
207th Rifle Division
9th Tank Corps
8th Motorized Rifle Brigade
23rd Tank Brigade
95th Tank Brigade
108th Tank Brigade
4th Breakthrough Artillery Corps
5th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Fifth Shock Army

Colonel General Nikolai Berzarin

9th Rifle Corps
230th Rifle Division
248th Rifle Division
301st Rifle Division
26th Guards Rifle Corps
89th Guards Rifle Division
94th Guards Rifle Division
266th Rifle Division
32nd Rifle Corps
60th Guards Rifle Division
295th Rifle Division
416th Rifle Division
5th Breakthrough Artillery Corps
2nd Breakthrough Artillery Division
14th Breakthrough Artillery Division
11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade
67th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Eighth Guards Army

Colonel Generall Vasily Chuikov

4th Guards Rifle Corps
35th Guards Rifle Division
47th Guards Rifle Division
57th Guards Rifle Division
28th Guards Rifle Corps
39th Guards Rifle Division
79th Guards Rifle Division
88th Guards Rifle Division
29th Guards Rifle Corps
27th Guards Rifle Division
74th Guards Rifle Division
82nd Guards Rifle Division
8th Breakthrough Artillery Corps
18th Breakthrough Artillery Division
29th Breakthrough Artillery Division
7th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Sixty-Ninth Army

Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi

25th Rifle Corps
4th Rifle Division
77th Guards Rifle Division
61st Rifle Corps
134th Rifle Division
246th Rifle Division
247th Rifle Division
91st Rifle Corps
41st Rifle Division
312th Rifle Division
370th Rifle Division

Thirty-Third Army

Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev

16th Rifle Corps
323rd Rifle Division
339th Rifle Division
383rd Rifle Division
38th Rifle Corps
52nd Rifle Division
64th Rifle Division
89th Rifle Division
169th Rifle Division
62nd Rifle Corps
49th Rifle Division
222nd Rifle Division
362nd Rifle Division
2nd Guards Cavalry Corps
3rd Guards Cavalry Division
4th Guards Cavalry Division
17th Guards Cavalry Division

First Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Mikhail Katukov

8th Guards Mechanized Corps
19th Guards Mechanized Brigade
20th Guards Mechanized Brigade
21st Guards Mechanized Brigade
1st Guards Tank Brigade
11th Guards Tank Corps
27th Guards Mechanized Brigade
40th Guards Tank Brigade
44th Guards Tank Brigade
45th Guards Tank Brigade
11th Tank Corps
12th Motorized Rifle Brigade
20th Tank Brigade
36th Tank Brigade
65th Tank Brigade

Second Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Semyon Bogdanov

1st Mechanized Corps
19th Mechanized Brigade
35th Mechanized Brigade
37th Mechanized Brigade
219th Tank Brigade
9th Guards Tank Corps
33rd Guards Mechanized Brigade
47th Guards Tank Brigade
50th Guards Tank Brigade
65th Guards Tank Brigade
12th Guards Tank Corps
34th Guards Mechanized Brigade
48th Guards Tank Brigade
49th Guards Tank Brigade
66th Guards Tank Brigade

Third Army

Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov

35th Rifle Corps
250th Rifle Division
290th Rifle Division
348th Rifle Division
40th Rifle Corps
5th Rifle Division
129th Rifle Division
41st Rifle Corps
120th Rifle Division
269th Rifle Division

Front Reserves

2nd Guards Cavalry Corps
3rd Guards Cavalry Division
4th Guards Cavalry Division
17th Guards Cavalry Division
9th Tank Corps
23rd Tank Brigade
95th Tank Brigade
108th Tank Brigade
8th Motorized Brigade

Southern Sector

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Ivan Stepanovich Konev

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
69th SS and Police Grenadier regiment
70th SS and Police Grenadier regiment
71st SS and Police Grenadier regiment
35th SS and Police Füsilier battalion
35th SS Artillery regiment
29th SS Polizei-Schützen regiment
30th SS Polizei Schutzen regiment
Ausbildung Regiment 561
Corps MG Battalion 95
Alarm Regiment 94
Alarm Regiment 97
36th SS Grenadier Division
Pz Jagd Battalion 4
681st Heavy Antitank Battalion
1244th Fj Regiment (I. & II. Battalion)
72nd Waffen SS Grenadier regiment
73rd Waffen SS Grenadier regiment
36th Füilier company
36th SS artillery battalion
Tank battalion Standort 1
275th Infantry Division
342nd Infantry Division
21st Panzer Division

Twelfth 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. General Karl Arndt
12 – 21 April 1945 under OKW with the following structure:
Clausewitz Panzer Division
Schlageter RAD Division
84th Infantry Division
21 – 26 April 1945 under 12th Army with the following structure:
Clausewitz Panzer Division
84th Infantry Division
324th 'Hamburg' Reserve Infantry Division
588th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
589th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
324th Artillery Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
324th Füsilier Battalion
'Meyer' Infantry Division
Möller Infantry Regiment
Heising Infantry Regiment
XXXXI Panzer Corps
Lt. General Rudolf Holste
Von Hake Infantry Division
1st Von Hake Grenadier Regiment
2nd Von Hake Grenadier Regiment
199th Infantry Division
V-Weapons Infantry Division
901st z.b.V. Artillery regiment (I. w. 1-3 comp, IV.? w. 10-11 comp.)
902nd z.b.V. Artillery regiment
XLVIII Panzer Corps
General of Panzer Maximilian von Edelsheim
14th Flak Division
90th Flak Regiment
121st Heavy Flak Battalion
568th Heavy Flak Battalion
729th Light Flak Battalion
43/IV Homeland Flak Battalion
120th Flak Regiment
307th Heavy Flak Battalion
323rd Heavy Flak Battalion
357th Heavy Flak Battalion
662nd Heavy Flak Battalion
525th E heavy Flak Battalion
80/XIII Homeland Flak Battalion
140th Flak Regiment
432nd Heavy Flak Battalion
722nd Light Flak Battalion
728th Light Flak Battalion
664th Lsp.Flak Battalion
19th Sw. EA Flak Battalion
73rd Searchlight Regiment
199th Searchlight Battalion
258th Searchlight Battalion
328th Searchlight Battalion
367th Searchlight Battalion
500th Searchlight Battalion
510th Searchlight Battalion
134th Luftnachrichten Battalion
Kampfgruppe Leipzig (Volkssturm Battalion Leipzig I. to VIII. and some flak batteries)
Kampfgruppe Halle (8 Volkssturm battalions and 1 Ersatz battalion)

Berlin garrison

9 defensive sectors created A to H and Z "Zentrum".
Volkssturm battalions and 1st Flak Division's
batteries were assigned to these sectors.
Assignment of the batteries in Sector A to H is dated
on 15 April.

Wacht Regiment Berlin
SS Wachbataillon Reichführer SS (600 men)
Fortress regiments [e]
57th Fortress Regiment (3/121 VB as I. Battalion 3/115 VB as II. Battalion + Wehrmacht Bat + Warnholz Police Bat) - Sector Anton
58th Fortress Regiment
59th Fortress Regiment - Sector Caesar
60th Fortress Regiment (at least II.) - Sector Dora
61st Fortress Regiment
62nd Fortress Regiment (Outside Berlin with Kampgruppe Steiner)
63rd Fortress Regiment
64th Fortress Regiment
65th Fortress Regiment
1st Flak Division
126th Flak Regiment (Nord)
202nd Heavy Flak Battalion
530th Heavy Flak Battalion
5./437 (5 x 10,5cm) Dahlem Staats
7./437 (5 x 10,5cm) Eichkamp
9./212 (6 ital.) Trabrennd Ruhleben
4./605 (6) Grunewald
4./126 (5 x 10.5cm) Ruhleben
2./422 (8 ital.) Jungfernheide
3./211 (6) Blumeshof
3./126 (6 x 10,5cm) Tegel: Schiesspl.
2./215 v (4 x 41) Dreipfuhl
3./215 v (3 x 10,5cm) Sven-Hedin Strasse
123rd Heavy Flak Battalion (Turm)
1./123rd battery (4 x 12,8cm) Friedrichshain
2./123rd battery (4 x 12,8cm) Zoo
3. 123rd Battery (3 x 12,8cm) Humbolthain
733rd Light Flak Battalion
z.b.V. 6524 battery (6 x 3,7cm + 3 x 20 mm) Flh Brandenburg Briest
7./733 battery (12 x 3,7cm? + 3 x 20mm?) Flh Brandenburg Briest
1./755 battery (3 x 3,7cm + 12 x 20 mm?) Sector H
22nd Flak Regiment (Süd)
422nd Heavy Flak Battalion (List of batteries)
7./326 (ital.) in Hospital Schöneweide
9./326 in Zentralviehof
z.b.V. 10306 (RAD 4/174) in Laubenkolonie Weissensee
2./605 in Karlshorst, Pionierschule
5./326 in Trainierbahn Karlshorst
4./307 in Friedrichsfelde-Ost
6./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Hohenschönhausen II
7./126 (5 x 10,5 cm) in Friesdrichsfelde I
10./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Biesdorf
126th Heavy Flak Battalion
4./422 in Oberspree
5./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Schöneberg
10./326 in Treptower Park II
8./211 (RAD 4./145) in Stellung Treptower Park II
z.b.V. 10359 in Sportplatz Baumschulenweg
3./458 (4 x ?) in Tempelhofer Feld
2./326 (RAD 3./52) in Stellung Bosporusweg
5./211 (8 x ?) in Johannifer Stift
7./605 in Gradestrasse
6./307 (RAD 7./95) in Sportplatz Grenzallee
979th Light Flak Battalion
z.b.V. 14040 Battery (3 x 3,7cm 43 + 3 x 3,7cm) Sector C
z.b.V. 6524 Battery (3 x 3,7cm?) Sector C
1./733 Battery (15 x 3,7cm ZW) Schönefeld
Sector Caesar

in construction

z.B.V. 10234 in Hospital Oberschöneweide
z.b.V. 10224 in Spertplatz Herzberge
233/III in Biesdorf I
Sector Dora
5./126 in Schöneberg
5./211 in Sportplatz Lichterfelde

Volkssturm Battalions

Volkssturm battalions [f]
3/2 Volkssturm Battalion
3/3 Volkssturm Battalion
3/9 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/11 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/19 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/21 Volkssturm Battalion
3/24 Volkssturm Battalion
3/30 Volkssturm Battalion
3/36 Volkssturm Battalion
3/49 Volkssturm Battalion
3/91 Volkssturm Battalion
3/101 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/105 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/107 Volkssturm Battalion
3/109 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/110 Volkssturm Battalion
3/111 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/112 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/113 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/115 "Siemensdorf" Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/119 Volkssturm Battalion
3/121 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/155 Volkssturm Battalion
3/164 Volkssturm Battalion
3/181 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/185 Volkssturm Battalion
3/191 Volkssturm Battalion
3/201 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/203 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/205 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/208 Volkssturm Battalion
16/209 Volkssturm Battalion
209 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/215 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/216 Volkssturm Battalion
268 Volkssturm Battalion
3/277 Volkssturm Battalion
3/301 Volkssturm Battalion
3/303 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D
3/305 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)
3/306 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D
3/307 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D
3/309 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/311 Volkssturm Battalion
3/312 Volkssturm Battalion
3/313 Volkssturm Battalion
3/314 Volkssturm Battalion
3/316 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D
3/320 Hitlerjugend Volkssturm Battalion
3/355 Volkssturm Battalion
3/403 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/405 Volkssturm Battalion
3/407 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/421 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/424 Volkssturm Battalion
3/425 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E
3/427 Volkssturm Battalion
3/511 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/513 Volkssturm Battalion
3/515 Volkssturm Battalion
3/517 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/521 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C
3/550 Volkssturm Battalion
3/556 Volkssturm Battalion
3/569 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/603 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/607 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/609 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F
3/611 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/615 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)
3/617 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G
3/628 Volkssturm Battalion
3/691 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/707 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)
3/709 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)
3/713 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H
3/714 Volkssturm Battalion
3/715 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow (Fought in February east of the Oder)
3/725 Volkssturm Battalion -
3/803 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H
3/804 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/805 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/806 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/811 Volkssturm Battalion
3/812 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/813 Volkssturm Battalion "Hummel" - Sector A
3/815 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/817 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
·/869 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H
3/885 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
mot 3/891 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
mot 3/892 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
mot 3/894 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A
3/909 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B
3/917 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B?
3/919 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B
3/921 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow
3/922 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow
Volkssturm company Reichkanzeil - Sector Z
10 "nominal" Volkssturm Pionier Battalions with 2.019 men
Abschnitt A 3 companies - 364 men
Abschnitt B 1 company - 152 men
Anschnitt C 1 company - 160 men
Abschnitt D 1 company - 130 men
Abschnitt E 4 companies - 366 men
Abschnitt F 1 company - 143 men
Abschnitt G 3 companies - 256 men
Abschnitt H 1 company - 169 men
Abschnitt Z 1 company - 205 men
Reserve 1 company - 64 men
And:
Landeschutzen Battalion 320 - Sector A
213th Sicherungs Battalion
Festungs PAK Ausbildungs- und Ersatz Einheit 101 (1. to 5. companies)
Festungs PAK Verband XXI (1. & 2. companies - at least)

Reinforcements directed to Berlin

57th French SS Battalion "Fenet" from the 33rd SS Grenadier Division
15th SS Füsilier Battalion from the 15th SS Latvian Division

Bautzen Garrison

27/32 Volkssturm Bataillon
27/33 Volksstrum Bataillon
27/34 Volkssturm Bataillon Divided between the other bataillons in April 1945
27/35 Volkssturm Bataillon Created in April 1945
27/36 Volkssturm Bataillon
27/37 Volkssturm Bataillon
27/40 NSKK Volkssturm Bataillon

Levies during the battle

Kampfgruppe Moltke (1 Begleit esquadron, 1 panzer comp. "Kummersdorf" w. 12 tanks, 1 panzerjäger comp. "Dresden" w. 6 guns and 250 soldiers) formed in Zossen on 19th April.
16/272 Volkssturm Battalion - Created on 19/04/45 in Velten (3 comp. w. 250 men)

First Ukrainian Front

Source: [4]

Marshal Ivan Konev

Third Guards Army

Colonel General Vasily Gordov

21st Rifle Corps
58th Rifle Division
253rd Rifle Division
329th Rifle Division
76th Rifle Corps
106th Rifle Division
187th Rifle Division
120th Rifle Corps
127th Rifle Division
149th Rifle Division
197th Rifle Division
25th Tank Corps
20th Motorized Rifle Brigade
111th Tank Brigade
162nd Tank Brigade
175th Tank Brigade

Thirteenth Army

Colonel General Nikolay Pukhov

24th Rifle Corps
121st Guards Rifle Division
395th Rifle Division
27th Rifle Corps
6th Guards Rifle Division
280th Rifle Division
350th Rifle Division
102nd Rifle Corps
117th Guards Rifle Division
147th Rifle Division
172nd Rifle Division
1st Guards Artillery Division

Fifth Guards Army

Colonel General Alexey Zhadov

32nd Guards Rifle Corps
13th Guards Rifle Division
95th Guards Rifle Division
97th Guards Rifle Division
33rd Guards Rifle Corps
9th Guards Airborne Division
78th Guards Rifle Division
118th Rifle Division
34th Guards Rifle Corps
14th Guards Rifle Division
15th Guards Rifle Division
58th Guards Rifle Division
3rd Artillery Division
4th Guards Tank Corps
3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
12th Guards Tank Brigade
13th Guards Tank Brigade
14th Guards Tank Brigade

2nd Polish Army

Lt General Karol Świerczewski

Polish 5th Infantry Division
Polish 7th Infantry Division
Polish 8th Infantry Division
Polish 9th Infantry Division
Polish 10th Infantry Division
Polish 1st Armored Corps

Fifty-Second Army

Colonel General Konstantin Koroteyev

48th Rifle Corps
116th Rifle Division
294th Rifle Division
73rd Rifle Corps
50th Rifle Division
111th Rifle Division
254th Rifle Division
78th Rifle Corps
31st Rifle Division
214th Rifle Division
373rd Rifle Division
7th Guards Mechanised Corps
24th Guards Mechanized Brigade
25th Guards Mechanized Brigade
26th Guards Mechanized Brigade
57th Guards Tank Brigade

Third Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Pavel Rybalko

9th Mechanized Corps
69th Mechanized Brigade
70th Mechanized Brigade
71st Mechanized Brigade
91st Tank Brigade
6th Guards Tank Corps
22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
51st Guards Tank Brigade
52nd Guards Tank Brigade
53rd Guards Tank Brigade
7th Guards Tank Corps
23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
54th Guards Tank Brigade
55th Guards Tank Brigade
56th Guards Tank Brigade
4th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Fourth Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko

5th Guards Mechanized Corps
10th Guards Mechanized Brigade
11th Guards Mechanized Brigade
12th Guards Mechanized Brigade
24th Guards Tank Brigade
6th Guards Mechanized Corps
16th Guards Mechanized Brigade
17th Guards Mechanized Brigade
35th Guards Mechanized Brigade
10th Guards Tank Corps
29th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
61st Guards Tank Brigade
62nd Guards Tank Brigade
63rd Guards Tank Brigade

Twenty-Eighth Army

Colonel General Alexander Luchinsky

20th Rifle Corps
20th Rifle Division
48th Guards Rifle Division
55th Guards Rifle Division
38th Guards Rifle Corps
50th Guards Rifle Division
54th Guards Rifle Division
96th Guards Rifle Division
128th Rifle Corps
61st Rifle Division
130th Rifle Division
152nd Rifle Division

Thirty-First Army

Lieutenant General Pyotr Shafranov

71st Rifle Corps
54th Rifle Division
88th Rifle Division
331st Rifle Division
44th Rifle Corps
62nd Rifle Division
174th Rifle Division
220th Rifle Division
36th Rifle Corps
352nd Rifle Division
173rd Rifle Division
176th Rifle Division

1st Guards Cavalry Corps

Lieutenant General Viktor Kirillovich Baranov
1st Guards Cavalry Division
2nd Guards Cavalry Division
7th Guards Cavalry Division

German Army Group Reserve

III SS Panzer Corps
Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner
Units later allocated to Ninth Army:
503rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
11th SS Panzergrenadier Division
11th SS Panzer Regiment "Hermann von Salza" (I. & II. Battalions)
23rd SS Grenadier Regiment (II. & III. Battalions)
24th SS Grenadier Regiment (II. & III. Battalions)
11th SS Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
11th SS Panzer Recce Battalion (3 companies)
British Free Corps
11th SS Pioneer Battalion
23rd SS Panzergrenadier Division
48th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
49th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
54th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)
Units later allocated to Third Panzer Army:
27th SS Grenadier Division
66th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
67th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
27th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)
28th SS Grenadier Division
69th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
70th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)
28th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)
28th SS Volunteer Pioneer Battalion

See also

Order of battle for the battle in Berlin
Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945

Notes

  1. ↑ Known as 402 Ausbildung Division
  2. ↑ I./SS Pol. Regiment 50 + I.(Hungarian), II., III./SS Pol. Regiment 8 + SS Ersatz Battalion 9 with only 2 companies
  3. ↑ Originally with OKW
  4. ↑ Renamed 337 Volksgrenadier Division before 21/4/45
  5. ↑ It seems they were formed in every defensive sector with 3 battalions.
  6. ↑ Up to 92 Volkssturm Battalions divided in different defensive areas.

References

  1. ↑ Bahm, Karl (2014-03-06). Berlin 1945: The Final Reckoning. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN   978-1-907446-88-7.
  2. ↑ "2nd Byelorussian Front, 03.04.45".
  3. ↑ "1st Byelorussian Front, 03.04.45".
  4. ↑ "1st Ukrainian Front, 03.04.45".

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