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Wehrmacht, 4 October 1943
Heer
Army Group C (Heeresgruppe C) - from 21 September to 10 April 1945 Field-Marshal A. Kesselring and general Heinrich Scheel von Vietinghoff
HQ in Verona
Area of Responsibility: Slovenia (without Stajerske, Gorenje and Prekmurja), Istra and Croatian Littoral.
2nd SS Panzer Corps from Eastern front general Vili Bitrih
Area of Responsibility: Ljubljana region, Istra, Slovenian and Croatian Littoral.
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)Generalfeldmarschall 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 Balkans, 1 Panzer Division (mobile reserve), 1 Gebirgs Division (reserve in Greece)2nd Armored Army (2. Panzerarmee)
former Serbia CommandPanzerarmeeoberkommando 2, Lieutenant-General Lothar Rendulić
HQ in Kragujevac
Area of Responsibility: entire German occupation area without Slovenia, Istra and Croatian Littoral
15th Mountain Corps General der Infanterie Rudolf Lüters
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 (forming) Grenadier-Regt (Mot.) 92 1 Jäger Replacement-Regt SS-Police Regt 14 11th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division "Nordland" (forming - sent to Eastern Front Nov 43) 100th Jäger D. (forming) 181 I.D. (in process of transporting to Yugoslavia from Norway) Military Commander South-East at the same time Military Commander Serbia - Belgrade
(Militarbefehlshaber Südost zugleich Militär befehlshaber Serbien)General der Infanterie Hans Gustav Felber
117th Jäger Division Landesschutzen battalions 447, 823, 923, 924, 925 Bulgarian 1st Occupation Corps Serbian Volunteer Corps Russian Defence Corps Army Group E (Heeresgruppe E) HQ in Salonika, Luftwaffe General Lohr
Luftwaffe - 20 October
Air Force Command South-East (Luftwaffenkommando Süd-Ost) 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
Fl. Fü. Croatia NASt. Kroatien 15./KG 53 17 Do17Z-2 Air Force Command South (Luftwaffenkommando Süd, from 28 October until December 1943) CO: general Maximilian Pohl
HQ in Verona
Area of Responsibility (beside Italy): Istra, Slovenian and Croatian Littoral
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