Wehrmacht, May 1941
Heer
OKH Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch
2nd Army (until it left for East Front, from 6 April to 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
2. Panzerdivision - left for East Front 5. Panzerdivision - left for East Front 8. Panzerdivision parts of 9. Panzerdivision stayed until June 11. Panzerdivision 14. Panzerdivision 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, Erich Heinemann
HQ in Kragujevac, Belgrade and Sarajevo
704th Infantry Division - Valjevo (Serbia) 2 Infantry Regiments (3 battalions each) three-battery artillery battalion cycle-reconnaissance, engineers, signals companies 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
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 (from 6 April to 31 December 1942)
Armeeoberkommando 12, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm ListHQ in Samokov, 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
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