Development of Yugoslav Partisans
Belgrade operation - Allied - Order of Battle
Belgrade operation
18th (Croatian) Eastern Bosnian brigade
Operation ZIETHEN
Wehrmacht, June 1941
Adolf Hitler
Whermachtbefehlshaber im Südosten
(Armed Forces commander Southeast from 9 June)
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm ListHeer
2nd Army (until it left for East Front on 16 June 1941)
Armeeoberkommando 2, Generaloberst Maximilian von WeichsHQ 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 Stahl717th 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 ListHQ 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
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