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Wehrmacht, June 1941

Adolf Hitler

Whermachtbefehlshaber im Südosten
(Armed Forces commander Southeast from 9 June)
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List

Heer
2nd Army (until it left for East Front on 16 June 1941)
Armeeoberkommando 2, Generaloberst Maximilian von Weichs

HQ in Graz, Maribor, Zagreb, Belgrade

Area of Responsibility: North-Western part of Yugoslavia to line Prizren - Sofija
  8. Panzerdivision - left for East Front
parts of 9. Panzerdivision - left for East Front
11. Panzerdivision - left for East Front
14. Panzerdivision - left for East Front
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)
Military Commander Serbia (Militärbefehlshaber Serbien)

Co: Luftwaffe General Helmuth Förster until 4 June replaced Flak General Ludwig von Schroder
  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
12th Army (Wehrmacht Command South-East)
Armeeoberkommando 12, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List

HQ in Athens

Area of Responsibility: area South from line Prizren - Sofija, on 16 June expanded to entire German occupation area in Yugoslavia except Slovenia

Luftwaffe
4th Air Army (Luftflotte 4, from 6 April to June 1941)

Luftflottenkommando 4, Aleksandar Lohr

HQ in ?

Area of Responsibility: entire Yugoslavia
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