List of World War II military units of Germany

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This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht).

Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II.

Army commands (Oberbefehlshaber)

OB stands for Oberbefehlshaber or Supreme Command

OB Niederlande – Netherlands – (7 April 1945 – 6 May 1945)
OB Nord – North Reich – (2 May – 8 May 1945)
OB Nordwest – Northwest Reich – (11 November 1944 – 4 May 1945)
OB Ost (Oberost) – East – (3 October 1939 – 21 July 1940)
OB Oberrhein – Upper Rhine – (26 November 1944 – 25 January 1945)
OB Süd – Mediterranean and North African theatre – (2 December 1941 – 16 November 1943)
OB Südost – Balkans and Greece – (1 January 1943 – 8 May 1945)
OB Südwest – Italy – (21 November 1943 – 2 May 1945)
OB West – France, Low countries, Western Germany – (10 October 1940 – 22 April 1945)

Army groups

Heeresgruppen

Army Group A
Army Group B
Army Group C
Army Group D
Army Group E (Heeresgruppe Löhr)
Army Group F
Army Group G
Army Group H
Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
Army Group Don
Army Group Courland (Heeresgruppe Kurland))
Army Group Liguria (Heeresgruppen Ligurien)
Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte)
Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord)
Army Group North Ukraine (Heeresgruppe Nordukraine)
Army Group Upper Rhine (Heeresgruppe Oberrhein)
Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd)
Army Group South Ukraine (Heeresgruppe Südukraine)
Army Group Tunisia (Heeresgruppe Tunis)
Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel)
Army Group West – See OB West

Armeegruppen

These were temporary groupings of armies below the formal army group level.

Armies (Armeeoberkommando)

1st Panzer Army
2nd Panzer Army
3rd Panzer Army
4th Panzer Army
5th Panzer Army
6th Panzer Army
1st Parachute Army
1st Army
2nd Army (as Armeeoberkommando Ostpreussen in 1945)
3rd Army
4th Army
5th Army
6th Army
7th Army
8th Army
9th Army
10th Army
11th Army
12th Army
14th Army
15th Army
16th Army
17th Army
18th Army
19th Army
20th Mountain Army
21st Army
24th Army
25th Army
Panzer Army Africa (also known as the Deutsch-Italienische Panzer-Armee during 1942-43)
Army East Prussia
Lappland Army (redesignated as the 20th Mountain Army)
Armeeoberkommando Norwegen

Armored groups (Panzergruppe)

1st Panzer Group
2nd Panzer Group
3rd Panzer Group
4th Panzer Group
Panzer Group Africa
Panzer Group Guderian (see 2nd Panzer Group/2nd Panzer Army)
Panzer Group Hoth (1940)
Panzer Group Kleist (see 1st Panzer Group/1st Panzer Army)
Panzer Group West (see 5th Panzer Army)

Army commands (Oberbefehlshaber)

Army groups

Heeresgruppen

Armeegruppen

Armies (Armeeoberkommando)

Armored groups (Panzergruppe)

Corps

Divisions

Brigades

See also