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Wehrmacht, August 1943
Heer
Army Group B (Heeresgruppe B) - from 19 August to 20 September Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
HQ in Minhen, Bohum, Verona
Area of Responsibility: Slovenia (without Stajerske and Prekmurja), Istra and Croatian Littoral.
Command of security troops for area of Army Group B - Corps Group Witthöfft (Kommandierender General der sicherungstruppen in Gebiet der Heeresgruppe B - Korpsgruppe Witthöfft) from 21.07.1943. to 07.09.1943. General der Infanterie Joachim Witthöfft.
HQ in Klagenfurt, Ljubljana, Udine.
Area of Responsibility: Slovenia (without Styria and Prekomurje), Istra and Croatian Littoral
2nd SS Panzer Corps from Eastern front general Vili Bitrih
1st SS Panzer Division "Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler" 44th Infantry Division 71st Infantry Division 162nd Infantry Division 1st Tank Regiment from "Herman Georing" division 901st Tank Regiment Whermachtbefehlshaber im Südosten
(Armed Forces Commander South-East)
Army Group F (Heeresgruppe F)
- from 26 August to 27 March 1945Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs
HQ in Belgrade
Area of Responsibility: entire German occupation area without Slovenia, Istra and Croatian Littoral
In command of all Axis troops in Balkans2nd Armored Army (2. Panzerarmee) Panzerarmeeoberkommando 2, Lieutenant-General Lothar Rendulić
HQ in Kragujevac
Area of Responsibility: entire German occupation area without Slovenia, Istra and Croatian Littoral
15th Mountain Corps Generalleutnant Rudolf Lüters
(former Croatia Command staff)114th Jäger Division 369th Infantry Division 'Devil's Division' 373rd Infantry Division 'Tiger Division' 7th SS Mountain Division 'Prinz Eugen' 69th Reserve Corps
Hans Dehner173th Reserve Infantry Division 187th Reserve Infantry Division 21st Mountain Corps Paul Bader
100th Jäger Division 118th Jäger Division 297th Infantry Division Military Commander South-East at the same time Military Commander Serbia - Belgrade (formed on 13 August) (Militarbefehlshaber Südost zugleich Militär befehlshaber Serbien) General der Infanterie Hans Gustav Felber
117th Jäger Division Landesschutzen battalions 447, 823, 923, 924, 925 Security battalions three Feldkomandantur 599 - Belgrade 610 - ÄŒaÄak 809 - NiÅ¡ 816 - Å abac Bulgarian 1st Occupation Corps Serbian Volunteer Corps Russian Defence Corps Pz.Kp.z.b.V.12 Military Commander Greece German General in Bulgaria Military attache in Bulgaria Zagreb FK-725, Slavonski Brod FK-605, Osijek FK-1033, Sarajevo FK-1034, Mostar FK-1035, Karlovac FK-1036, Split FK-1037, Bjelovar FK-1038, Banja Luka FK-1039.
Army Group E (Heeresgruppe E) - until 25 August Luftwaffe Generaloberst Alexander Loehr
HQ in Salonika
Luftwaffe
2nd Air Army (Luftflotte 2) - until 14 August 1943 Luftflottenkommando 2, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring
HQ in Rome
Area of Responsibility: Balkans (also Italy and Africa)
Air Force Command South-East (Luftwaffenkommando Südost) CO: general Otto Hoffmann.
HQ in Athens, Salonica, Belgrade, Zagreb
Area of Responsibility: entire German occupation area in Yugoslavia without Slovenia, Istra and Croatian Littoral
Air Command Croatia (Fliegerführer Kroatien) Generalleutnant Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski, until 22 August
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Erdmann, from 26 AugustHQ at Zagreb (Agram)
NASt. Kroatien 15 Hs126B-1 3 Do17P-2 15./KG 53 15 Do17Z-2 Stab/Fl.Fü.Kroatien Fi 156 Kriegsmarine
Naval command grupe South
(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