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Wehrmacht, July 1941

Adolf Hitler

Whermachtbefehlshaber im Südosten
(Armed Forces commander South-East)
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List

Heer

12th Army (Wehrmacht Command South-East)
Armeeoberkommando 12, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List

HQ in Athens

Area of Responsibility: entire German occupation area in Yugoslavia except Slovenia

65th High Command for special assignments (Höheres Kommando zur besonderen Verwendung LXV), often named 65th Corps - in charge of German occupation area in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia

General der Artillery Paul Bader

HQ in Kragujevac, Belgrade and Sarajevo

  704th Infantry Division - Valjevo (Serbia)
714th Infantry Division - Topola (Serbia)
Generalmajor Friedrich Stahl
717th Infantry Division - Niš (Serbia)
718th Infantry Division - Banja Luka (Bosnia)
Six platoons each with 5 Reno FT-17
12. Panzer Kompanie zur besonder Verwendung (12th amour company for special assignments) - Pz.Kp.z.b.V.12 - with 25 PzKpfW 35R-731 (f) - Reno R-35 - formed in August
Military Commander Serbia (Militärbefehlshaber Serbien)

Co: Flak General Ludwig von Schroder until 18 July when replaced by Luftwaffe General Heinrich Danckelmann

  Feldkomandantur 559 - Belgrade 562nd Landesschützen Garrison battalion
Feldkomandantur 610 - Pančevo 592nd Landesschützen Garrison battalion
Feldkomandantur 809 - Niš 920th Landesschützen Garrison battalion
Feldkomandantur 816 - Užice 266th Landesschützen Garrison battalion
Landesschützen battalions - guarding railway 447, 823, 923, 924, 925

Luftwaffe

Balkan Area Command (Befehlshaber im Luftgau Balkan, from June 1941 to 31 December 1942)

CO:?

HQ in Athens

Area of Responsibility: including German occupation are in Yugoslavia without Slovenia

Kriegsmarine

Naval command grupe South - from 1 July 1941 to September 1944 (Marinegruppenkommando Süd)

Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster later Kurt Fricke

HQ in Sofia (Bulgaria)

Area of Responsibility (for Yugoslavia): until 9 September 1943 Danube and navigable rivers, later entire Adriatic sea