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Wehrmacht in Yugoslavia

around March 20, 1945

Army Group E (Heeresgruppe E)

Taking over from Army Group F on March 26.

• Commander: Luftwaffe Generaloberst Alexander Löhr
• HQ in Zagreb, Area of Responsibility: remaining part of Yugoslavia including Slovenia, Istria and Croatian Littoral
• 91st Army Corps for Special Purposes, HQ in NaÅ¡ice, moved to Karlovac on April 10, deployed along Drava river from Dalj to ÄŒaÄ‘avica village
• Corps Artillery 169
• 491st Corps Communication Battalion
• 11th Luftwaffe Field Division - transferred to 34th Corps in early April
• 297th Infantry Division - transferred to Hungary in early April
• Battle Group Fisher - transferred to 69th Corps in early April
• 68th Reconnaissance Battalion
• two engineer battalions from Assault Brigade South-East
• 3rd Police Battalion from 18th SS Police Regiment
• tank section
• several batteries
• Battle Group Geiger - several volunteer police regiments and security unit guarding communications north of Brod - transferred to 34th Corps in early April
• 15th SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, Major-General von Pannwitz, HQ in Podravska Slatina, deployed along Drava river from ÄŒaÄ‘avica village to Virovitica
• 115th SS Corps Communication Battalion
• 1st Cossack Division
• 2nd Cossack Division
• 18th ROA Division ??
• several police battalions
• 34th Army Corps, HQ in NuÅ¡tar, deployed along Danube, Syrmian front, Brčko and Bijeljina
• 434th Corps Communication Battalion
• 22nd Volksgrenadier Division
• 117th Jager Division - transferred to Hungary in early April
• 41st Infantry Division
• Police Division Stefan - transferred to ? in early April
• 963rd Fortress Brigade
• Regimental Group Skenderbeg
• NDH troops under corps command:
• 3rd HOS division
• 12th HOS division
• 21th Mountain Army Corps, HQ in Sarajevo, deployed in Sarajevo and Bosna river valley
• 421st Corps Communication Battalion
• 421st Corps Supply Unit
• 7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
• 181st Infantry Division
• 369th Infantry Division
• 964th Fortress Brigade
• 969th Fortress Brigade
• several police security battalions
• NDH troops under corps command:
• 8th HOS division
• 9th HOS division
• 17th HOS division
• 15th Mountain Corps, HQ in OstroÅ¡ac village near Bihać, deployed in Una river valley, Lika, Gorski Kotar and Kordun
• 415th Corps Communication Battalion
• 104th Jager Division
• 373rd Infantry Division
• 392nd Infantry Division
• NDH troops under corps command:
• 10th HOS division
• 11th HOS division
• 69th Reserve Corps, HQ in Zagreb, deployed along Drava river from Virovitica to Ormož, area of Kutina, Jastrebarsko, Karlovac and Generalski stol
• 469th Corps Communication Battalion
• Infantry Brigade Plastun
• Assault Brigade South-East
• Battle Group Fisher
• Battle Group Hammerschmidt
• Reinforced 20th Reserve Jager Regiment from 91st Corps
• other police units mostly for guarding communications
• NDH troops under corps command:
• 13th HOS division
• 16th HOS division

Army Group C (Heeresgruppe C)

• 97th Army Corps, HQ in Spesa, under Army Group C until 25 April, covering Istria and Slovenian Littoral to Soča river
• 497th Corps Communication Battalion
• 188th Mountain Division - Triste, Postojna, Gorica
• 237th Infantry Division - Istira
• 710th Infantry Division - Pordenone, Portgurano (Italy)
• 24th SS Mountain Division Karstjagers - Videm-Ponteba
• 10th MAS Division arriving to Istria on ?

Other

Rear area formations and units under SS-Obergruppenführer Erwin Rösener in Ljubljana

• 14th SS Grenadier Division - Maribor area
• 438th Division for Special Purposes - Lower Styria, Carinthia and Carniola
• 184th Landschutze Regiment in Kranj
• 18th Landschutze Regiment in Celje

• 19th Air Defense Division - Zagreb, under 5th Air Defense Corps
• 11th Security Division - Gulfs of Trieste and Kvarner

Luftwaffe 6th Air Army (Luftflotte 6) - from March to May 1945

Luftflottenkommando 6, Otto Dessloch

HQ in Wiena and Prague

Area of Responsibility: beside Austria and Hungary, remains of German occupation area in Yugoslavia

Kriegsmarine Main Naval Command South - until 1 May 1945 (Marineoberkommando S?)

Admiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

HQ in ?

Area of Responsibility: remaining part of Northern Adriatic