Development of Yugoslav Partisans
Belgrade operation - Allied - Order of Battle
Belgrade operation
18th (Croatian) Eastern Bosnian brigade
Operation ZIETHEN
Wehrmacht, July 1941
Adolf Hitler
Whermachtbefehlshaber im Südosten
(Armed Forces commander South-East)
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm ListHeer
12th Army (Wehrmacht Command South-East)
Armeeoberkommando 12, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm ListHQ 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 Stahl717th 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
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