German ground forces in the West
June 1st, 1944
Battle of Normandy
Discover the battle order of the German army present or engaged in the west and in Normandy, from D-Day and until the end of August 1944. You also have access to the battle order of these units.
Unit | Commander (6 June 1944) | Headquarter |
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| Oberbefehlshaber West | Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | ||||
| Heeresgruppe B | Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel | La Roche-Guyon | ||||
| 7. Armee | Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann | Le Mans | ||||
| (25) XXV. Armee-Korps | General der Artillerie Wilhelm Fahrmbacher | Pontivy | ||||
| 265. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Walther Duevert | Quimperlé | ||||
| 275. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Hans Schmidt | Redon | ||||
| 343. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Erwin Rauch | Landerneau | ||||
| 353. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Paul Mahlmann | Huelgoat | ||||
| (74) LXXIV. Armee-Korps | General der Infanterie Erich Straube | Guingamp | ||||
| 77. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Rudolf Stegmann | Dinan | ||||
| 266. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Karl Spang | Belle-Isle-en-Terre | ||||
| (84) LXXXIV. Armee-Korps | General der Artillerie Erich Marcks | Saint Lô | ||||
| 91. Luftlande-Division | Generalmajor Wilhelm Falley | Haut de Bernaville | ||||
| 243. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich | Château de Malassis | ||||
| 319. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Graf Rudolf von Schmettow | Guernesey | ||||
| 352. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss | Littry | ||||
| 709. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Wilhelm von Schlieben | Château de Chiffrevast | ||||
| 716. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter | La Folie-Couvrechef | ||||
| II. Fallschirm-Korps | Generalleutnant Eugen Meindl | Quintin | ||||
| 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division | General der Fallschirmtruppe Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke | |||||
| 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division | Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf | Saint-Lô | ||||
| 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division | Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke | Rennes | ||||
| 15. Armee | Generaloberst Hans von Salmuth | Tourcoing | ||||
| - | (67) LXVII Armee-Korps | General der Infanterie von Weikersthal | Naours | |||
| 344. Infanterie-Division | General der Infanterie Felix Schwalbe | |||||
| 348. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Paul Seyffardt | Château de Friville-Escarbotin | ||||
| - | (81) LXXXI Armee-Korps | General der Panzertruppen Kuntzen | Rouen | |||
| 17. Feld-Division (L) | Generalleutnant Hans Kurt Höcker | Le Havre | ||||
| 245. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Erwin Sander | Calais | ||||
| 711. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Josef Reichert | Vauville | ||||
| - | (82) LXXXII Armee-Korps | General der Artillerie Sinnhuber | Aire sur la Lys | |||
| 18. Feld-Division (L) | Generalleutnant Joachim von Tresckow | Dunkerque | ||||
| 47. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Otto Elfeldt | Calais | ||||
| 49. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz | Boulogne-sur-Mer | ||||
| - | (89) LXXXIX Armee-Korps | General der Infanterie Werner von Gilsa | Anvers | |||
| 19. Feld-Division (L) | Generalleutnant Erich Baessler | Italie | ||||
| 48. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Karl Casper | Paris | ||||
| 84. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Erwin Menny | Dieppe | ||||
| 85. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Kurt Chill | Dieppe | ||||
| 326. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Viktor von Drabich-Wächter | |||||
| 331. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Karl-Ludwig Rhein | Calais | ||||
| 346. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Erich Diestel | Le Havre | ||||
| 712. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann | Zeebruges | ||||
| 182. Reserve-Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Richard Baltzer | |||||
| Panzergruppe West | General der Panzertruppen Geyr von Schweppenburg | La Caine | ||||
| - | I. SS-Panzerkorps | SS-Obergruppenfüher Josef "Sepp" Dietrich | Septeuil | |||
| s. SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 | SS-Oberführer Heinz von Westerhagen | Beauvais | ||||
| 1. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Brigadeführer Theodor Wisch | Belgique | ||||
| 12. SS Panzer-Division | Fritz Witt puis Kurt Meyer | Acon | ||||
| 17. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Brigadeführer Werner Ostendorff | Thouars | ||||
| - | (58) LVIII. Reserve-Panzerkorps | General der Panzertruppe Walter Krüger | ||||
| Panzer-Lehr-Division | Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein | Nogent-le-Rotrou | ||||
| 16. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon | Italie | ||||
| 21. Panzer-Division | Generalmajor Edgar Feuchtinger | Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives | ||||
 Artillery |
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| Combined Land and Maritime Command | ||||||
| Miscellaneous |
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| Other German units (military police, support) | ||||||
| Reinforcements after 6 June 1944 |
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Unit | Commander | Involvement |
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| 89. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs | July 1944 | ||||
| 271. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Paul Danhauser | June 1944 | ||||
| 276. Infanterie-Division | Generalleutnant Kurt Badinski | June 1944 | ||||
| 277. Infanterie-Division | General der Nachrichtentruppen Albert Praun | June 1944 | ||||
| 708. Infanterie-Division | Generalmajor Edgar Arndt | July 1944 | ||||
| s. SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 | SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Weiss | 7 July 1944 | ||||
| 2. Panzer-Division | General Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz | July 1944 | ||||
| 9. Panzer-Division | Generalleutnant Erwin Jolasse | August 1944 | ||||
| 116. Panzer-Division | Generalleutnant Graf von Schwerin | 30 July 1944 | ||||
| 2. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding | 16 June 1944 | ||||
| 9. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Oberführer Thomas Müller | 26 June 1944 | ||||
| 10. SS Panzer-Division | SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Harmel | July 1944 | ||||
| 16. Feld-Division (L) | Generalmajor Karl Sievers | July 1944 | ||||
| 272. Infanterie-Division | General der Infanterie Friedrich-August Schack | July 1944 | ||||
| Panzer Abteilung 503 | Hauptmann Rolf Fromme | June 1944 | ||||
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