List of World War II military units of Germany
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The List of World War II military units of Germany contains all military units to serve with the armed forces of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Major units above corps
Corps
A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...

 level are listed here. For smaller units, see List of German corps in WWII and List of German divisions in World War II.

Army Commands (Oberbefehlshaber)

OB stands for Oberbefehlshaber or Army Command
  • OB Niederlande - Netherlands
  • OB Nordost - Northeast Reich
  • OB Nord - North Reich
  • OB Nordwest - Northwest Reich
  • OB Ost (Oberost) - East
  • OB Süd
    OB Süd
    The German Army Command in the South The German Army Command in the South The German Army Command in the South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd (German: initials OB Süd) was the overall command of all the Luftwaffe units based in the Mediterranean and North African theatre of World War II.-Commanding officers:...

     - South Reich
  • OB Südost - Southeast Reich
  • OB Südwest - Southwest Reich
  • OB West
    OB West
    The German Army Command in the West The German Army Command in the West The German Army Command in the West (Oberbefehlshaber West (German: initials OB West) was the overall command of the Westheer, the German Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to...

     - West

Army Groups (Heeresgruppen)

See also List of German Army Groups in WWII
  • Army Group 1
  • Army Group 2
  • Army Group 3
  • Army Group 4
  • Army Group 5
  • Army Group 6
  • Army Group A
    Army Group A
    Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.-Western Front, 1940:During the German invasion of the Low Countries and France Army Group A was under the command of General Gerd von Rundstedt, and was responsible for the break-out through the Ardennes...

  • Army Group B
    Army Group B
    Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.-Battle for France:The first was involved in the Western Campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam...

  • Army Group C
    Army Group C
    Army Group C was an army group of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.-Career:Army Group C was set up from Heeresgruppenkommando 2 in Frankfurt on 26 August 1939...

  • Army Group D
    Army Group D
    Army Group D was a German Army Group which saw action during World War II.Army Group D was formed on 26 October 1940 in France, its initial cadre coming from the disbanded Army Group C....

  • Army Group E
    Army Group E
    Army Group E was a German Army Group active during World War II.Army Group E was created on 1 January 1943 from the 12th Army...

  • Army Group F
    Army Group F
    Army Group F was a strategic command formation of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. The commander of Army Group F served also as the Oberbefehlshaber Südost ....

  • Army Group G
    Army Group G
    The German Army Group G fought on the Western Front of World War II and was a component of OB West.When the Allied invasion of Southern France took place, Army Group G had eleven divisions with which to hold France south of the Loire...

  • Army Group H
    Army Group H
    The German Army Group H fought during World War II in the Netherlands and in Nordrhein-Westfalen.Army Group H was activated on November 11, 1944 in the Netherlands. It contained the 1. Fallschirmarmee and the 15. Armee . It garrisoned the Netherlands with twelve divisions...

  • Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
  • Army Group Don
    Army Group Don
    Army Group Don was a short-lived German army group during World War II.Army Group Don was created from the headquarters of the Eleventh Army in the southern sector of the Eastern Front on 22 November 1942. The army group only lasted until February 1943 when it was combined with Army Group B and...

  • Army Group Courland
    Army Group Courland
    Army Group Courland was a German Army Group on the Eastern Front which was created from remnants of the Army Group North, isolated in the Courland peninsula by the advancing Soviet Army forces during the 1944 Baltic Offensive of the Second World War. The army group remained isolated until the end...

      (Heeresgruppe Kurland))
  • Army Group Liguria
    Army Group Liguria
    Army Group Liguria was an army group formed for the National Republican Army . The ENR was the national army of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic...

     (Heeresgruppen Ligurien)
  • Army Group Centre
    Army Group Centre
    Army Group Centre was the name of two distinct German strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The first Army Group Centre was created on 22 June 1941, as one of three German Army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union...

     (Heeresgruppe Mitte)
  • Army Group North
    Army Group North
    Army Group North was a German strategic echelon formation commanding a grouping of Field Armies subordinated to the OKH during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached separate army corps, reserve formations, rear services and logistics.- Formation :The Army Group North...

     (Heeresgruppe Nord)
  • Army Group North Ukraine
    Army Group North Ukraine
    The Army Group North Ukraine was a major ground force formation of the German armed forces.It was created on the 1 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South on trial basis, in the course of the separation of troops under command of General Field Marshal Erich von Manstein and General Field Marshal...

     (Heeresgruppe Nordukraine)
  • Army Group Upper Rhine
    Army Group Oberrhein (Germany)
    The Upper Rhine High Command , also incorrectly referred to as Army Group Upper Rhine , was a short-lived headquarters unit of the German Armed Forces created on the Western Front during World War II. The Upper Rhine High Command was formed on 26 November 1944 and was inactivated on 25 January 1945...

     (Heeresgruppe Oberrhein)
  • Army Group Lohr
  • Army Group East Prussia
  • Army Group South
    Army Group South
    Army Group South was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.- Poland campaign :Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South...

     (Heeresgruppe Süd)
  • Army Group Southeast (Heeresgruppe Südost)
  • Army Group South Ukraine
    Army Group South Ukraine
    Army Group South Ukraine was a German army group on the Eastern Front during World War II.Army Group South Ukraine was created on 31 March 1944...

     (Heeresgruppe Südukraine)
  • Army Group Tunisia (Heeresgruppe Tunis)
  • Army Group Vistula
    Army Group Vistula
    Army Group Vistula was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on January 24, 1945. It was put together from elements of Army Group A , Army Group Centre , and a variety of new or ad-hoc formations...

     (Heeresgruppe Weichsel)
  • Army Group West - See OB West (Germany)

Armies (Armee-Oberkommando)

  • 1st Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 2nd Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 3rd Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 4th Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 5th Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 6th Panzer Army (Germany)
  • 1st Parachute Army (Germany)
  • 1st Army (Germany)
  • 2nd Army (Germany) (in 1945 as Armee-Oberkommando Ostpreussen)
  • 3rd Army (Germany)
  • 4th Army (Germany)
  • 5th Army (Germany)
  • 6th Army (Germany)
  • 7th Army (Germany)
  • 8th Army (Germany)
  • 9th Army (Germany)
  • 10th Army (Germany)
  • 11th Army (Germany)
    11th Army (Germany)
    The 11th Army was a World War I and a World War II field army.-World War I:The 11th Army was formed in early 1915. It briefly fought on the Western Front during the Battle of Ypres, holding the line against the allied attack...

  • 12th Army (Germany)
  • 14th Army (Germany)
  • 15th Army (Germany)
  • 16th Army (Germany)
  • 17th Army (Germany)
    17th Army (Germany)
    The German Seventeenth Army was a World War II field army.-Commanding officers:* General der Infanterie Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel * Generaloberst Hermann Hoth...

  • 18th Army (Germany)
  • 19th Army (Germany)
    19th Army (Germany)
    The 19th Army was a World War II field army of the German Army .-History:Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern France from Armeegruppe Felber The 19th Army (German: 19. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer).-History:Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern...

  • 20th Mountain Army (Germany) (20.Gebirgs-Armee-Oberkommando)
  • 21st Army (Germany)
    21st Army (Germany)
    The 21st Army was also known as the Armee Norwegen .The 21st Army was formed on 19 December 1940. The units of the army were absorbed by the 20th Mountain Army on 18 December 1944....

  • 24th Army (Germany)
    24th Army (Germany)
    The 24th Army was a World War II field army of the German Army.-History:The army was formed in October 1944 and was tasked with the defence of southern Germany. The army was commanded by General der Infanterie Hans Schmidt. Formed on the basis of the staff of the V. Armeekorps, between February...

  • 25th Army (Germany)
  • Panzer Army Africa
    Panzer Army Africa
    As the number of German armed forces committed to the North Africa Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps the Germans developed a more elaborate command structure and placed the now larger Afrika Korps, with Italian units under this new German command structure,...

     (during 1942-43 also known as the Deutsch-Italienischen-Panzer-Armee-Oberkommando)
  • Lappland Army redesignated 20th Mountain Army
  • Armee-Oberkommando Norwegen

Armored groups (Panzergruppe)

  • 1st Panzer Group (Germany)
  • 2nd Panzer Group (Germany)
  • 3rd Panzer Group (Germany)
  • 4th Panzer Group (Germany)
  • Panzer Group Africa
  • Panzer Group Guderian
  • Panzer Group Hoth (1940)
  • Panzer Group Kleist (after May 1941 see 1st Panzer Group)
  • Panzer Group West (see also 5th Panzer Army (Germany))
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