Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps and
other commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, 1st September 1939 to 8th May
1945.
The first
comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops, from the invasion of
Poland to the destruction of
the last remnants of Germany’s Wehrmacht and Waffen
SS
This massive new reference work is broken up into sections presenting
a detailed analysis of each corresponding order of battle for every German field
formation above division. Additional new ground is broken by describing the
orders of battle of the myriad German and Axis satellite formations assigned to
security commands throughout occupied Europe and the combat zones, as well as
those attached to fortress commands and to the commanders of German occupation
forces in Eastern and Western Europe. An accompanying narrative describes the
career of each field formation and includes the background and experience of
many of their most famous commanding officers.
Unlike similar works, these orders of battle are dynamic, and so
account for the continuously changing character of Germany’s ground
forces at war. For the first time, readers can follow the career of every German
division, corps, army, and army group as the German armed forces shifted units
to and from theatres of war, from the period of triumphant successes to the
years of grinding defensive warfare and eventual
defeat.
