The alignment of forces in Operation Barbarossa

The alignment of forces of the Soviet , German , Romanian , Hungarian and Slovak forces participating in Operation Barabarossa on June 22, 1941 is presented.

The article also indicates the Soviet, German and Finnish troops stationed in the northern theater ( Karelia , the Arctic ). The fighting began here on June 25 and this theater of operations is usually considered separately in historiography and does not apply to Operation Barbarossa.

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USSR

Ground Forces and Aviation

In the USSR, on the basis of military districts located on the western border , according to the decision of the Politburo of June 21, 1941, four fronts were created. On June 24, the Northern Front was created.

Northern Front

Commander: Markian Mikhailovich Popov

7th Army (Commander Lieutenant General F.P. Gorelenko )
- 54th Infantry Division
- 71st Infantry Division
- 168th Infantry Division
- 237th Infantry Division
- 55th Mixed Aviation Division
- 26th fortified area
14th Army (Commander Lieutenant General V. A. Frolov )
- 42nd Rifle Corps
  - 104th Infantry Division
  - 122nd Infantry Division
- 14th Infantry Division
- 52nd Infantry Division
- 1st Panzer Division
- 1st Mixed Aviation Division
- 23rd fortified area
23rd Army (Commander Lieutenant General P. S. Pshennikov )
- 19th Rifle Corps
  - 115th Infantry Division
  - 142nd Infantry Division
- 50th Rifle Corps
  - 43rd Infantry Division
  - 70th Infantry Division
  - 123rd Infantry Division
- 10th Mechanized Corps
  - 21st Panzer Division
  - 24th Panzer Division
  - 198th Motorized Division
- 5th Mixed Aviation Division
- 41st Bomber Aviation Division
- 27th fortified area
- 28th fortified area
formations and units of front submission
- 1st mechanized corps
  - 3rd Panzer Division
  - 163rd Motorized Division
- 2nd building (air defense)
- 177th Infantry Division
- 191st Infantry Division
- 8th Rifle Brigade
- 22nd fortified area
- 25th fortified area
- 29th fortified area

Northwest Front

Commander: Fedor Isidorovich Kuznetsov

8th Army
11th army
27th army

Western Front

Commander: Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov

3rd army
4th Army
10th Army

Southwestern Front

Commander: Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos

5th army
6th army
12th army
26th army

9th Separate Army

Navy

The Baltic Fleet (commander V.F. Tributs ) was located in the Baltic Sea . It included 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyer leaders, 19 destroyers, 65 submarines, 48 torpedo boats and other ships, 656 aircraft.
The Black Sea Fleet (commander F.S. Oktyabrsky ) was located in the Black Sea . It included 1 battleship, 6 cruisers, 16 leaders and destroyers, 47 submarines, 2 brigades of torpedo boats, several divisions of minesweepers, patrol and anti-submarine boats, over 600 aircraft.

Axis Countries

The deployment of troops on the night of June 22, 1941

Troops in the Arctic and Finland

Army Norway (Commander Nicolaus von Falkenhorst )
- Mountain Rifle Corps "Norway" (Commander Edward Dietl )
  - 2nd Mountain Division
  - 3rd Mountain Division
  - 192nd Infantry Division
  - 702nd Infantry Division
  - 388th Infantry Regiment of the 214th Infantry Division
- 36th Army Corps (Commander Otto Feige )
  - 169th Infantry Division
  - SS brigade combat group "Nord"
  - 40th Separate Tank Battalion
  - 211st Separate Tank Battalion
- 3rd Army Corps (Finland) (Commander Hialmar Siilasvuo )
  - 3rd Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 6th Infantry Division (Finland)
Karelian Army (Finland) (Commander Axel Eric Heinrichs )
- 14th Infantry Division (Finland)
- 6th Army Corps (Finland) (Commander Paavo Talvela )
  - 5th Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 11th Infantry Division (Finland)
- 7th Army Corps (Finland) (Commander Johan Voldemar Hagglund )
  - 7th Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 19th Infantry Division (Finland)
- Division group “O” (Finland) (commander V.Oinonen )
  - 1st Jäger Brigade (Finland)
  - 2nd Jäger Brigade (Finland)
  - Cavalry Brigade (Finland)
- Reserve
  - 1st Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 163rd Infantry Division
- 1st Army Corps (Finland) (commander Einar Mäkinen ) - headquarters formed in August
Southeast Army (Finland) (Commander Karl Gustav Mannerheim )
- 2nd Army Corps (Finland) (Commander Laatikainen )
  - 2nd Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 15th Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 18th Infantry Division (Finland)
- 4th Army Corps (Finland) (Commander Karl Lennart Ash )
  - 4th Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 8th Infantry Division (Finland)
  - 12th Infantry Division (Finland)
- Reserve
  - 10th Infantry Division (Finland)
Hanko Group (Finland)
- 17th Infantry Division (Finland)

Army Group North

Commander: Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

18th Army (commander - Colonel General Georg von Küchler )
- 291st Infantry Division (since August in the 42nd Army Corps )
- 26th Army Corps (Commander Albert Vodrig )
  - 61st Infantry Division (since August in the 42nd Army Corps)
  - 217th Infantry Division (since August in the 42nd Army Corps)
  - 93rd Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 1st Infantry Division of the 1st Army Corps (July to August)
- 1st Army Corps (commander Kuno von Bot ) - since September in the 16th Army
  - 1st Infantry Division (from July in the 26th Army Corps, from August in the 41st Corps of the 4th Panzer Group, from September in the 38th Army Corps)
  - 11th Infantry Division
  - 21st Infantry Division
- 38th Army Corps | 2nd tier | (Commander Friedrich-Wilhelm von Happius ) - from August in the 4th Panzer Group, from September again in the 18th Army
  - 58th Infantry Division
  - 254th Infantry Division (transferred to the 26th Army Corps in July)
  - 1st Infantry Division of the 41st Motorized Corps (since September)
- 42nd Army Corps (headquarters transferred in August from Army Group Center)
  - 61st Infantry Division of the 26th Army Corps
  - 217th Infantry Division of the 26th Army Corps
  - 254th Infantry Division of the 26th Army Corps
  - 291st Infantry Division from the 1st Army Corps
4th Panzer Group (commander - Colonel General Erich Hepner )
- 41st Motorized Corps (Commander Hans Reinhardt )
  - 1st Panzer Division
  - 6th Panzer Division
  - 36th Motorized Division
  - 269th Infantry Division
  - 1st Infantry Division of the 26th Army Corps (from August to September)
- 56th Motorized Corps (commander - infantry general Erich von Manstein )
  - 8th Panzer Division
  - 3rd Motorized Division
  - 290th Infantry Division
- Reserve
  - SS Motorized Division Totenkopf
- 38th Army Corps of the 18th Army (from August to September)
16th Army (Commander - Colonel General Ernst Bush )
- 10th Army Corps (commander Christian Hansen )
  - 30th Infantry Division
  - 126th Infantry Division
- 28th Army Corps (Commander Moritz von Quiz )
  - 122nd Infantry Division
  - 123rd Infantry Division
- 2nd Army Corps (commander Walter von Brockdorf-Alefeldt )
  - 12th Infantry Division
  - 32nd Infantry Division
  - 121st Infantry Division
- Reserve
  - 253rd Infantry Division
- 50th Army Corps (headquarters transferred in July 1941 from OKH reserve)
  - 96th Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 4th SS Police Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
- 1st Army Corps of the 18th Army (since September)
Army Group Reserve:
- 23rd Army Corps (commander Albrecht Schubert ) - since July in the 3rd Panzer Group.
  - 206th Infantry Division
  - 251st Infantry Division
101st rear protection command
- 207th Security Division
- 281st Security Division
- 285th Security Division
- Police Regiment "North"

Army Group Center

Commander: Field Marshal Fedor von Bock

3rd Panzer Group (commander - Colonel General Hermann Goth )
- 39th Motorized Corps (commander Rudolf Schmidt )
  - 7th Panzer Division
  - 20th Panzer Division
  - The 14th Motorized Division - since July in the 57th Motorized Corps.
  - 20th Motorized Division
- 57th Motorized Corps (commander - General of the Tank Forces Adolf Kunzen )
  - 12th Panzer Division - since July in the 39th Motorized Corps.
  - 19th Panzer Division
  - The 18th Motorized Division - since July in the 39th Motorized Corps.
- 900th Motorized Training Brigade
- 101st Flamethrower Tank Battalion
9th Army (Commander - Colonel General Adolf Strauss )
- 6th Army Corps (commander Otto Ferster ) - since June 23, initially operatively subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Group
  - 6th Infantry Division
  - 26th Infantry Division
- 5th Army Corps (commander Richard Ruoff ) - since June 23, initially operatively subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Group
  - 5th Infantry Division
  - 35th Infantry Division
- 8th Army Corps (commander Walter Heitz )
  - 8th Infantry Division
  - 28th Infantry Division
  - 161st Infantry Division
- 20th Army Corps (commander Friedrich Materna ) - since September in the 4th Army
  - 162nd Infantry Division
  - 256th Infantry Division
  - 7th Infantry Division of the 24th Motorized Corps (since September)
  - 78th Infantry Division of the 7th Army Corps (since September)
- 42nd Army Corps (commander Walter Kunze )
  - 87th Infantry Division
  - 102nd Infantry Division
  - 129th Infantry Division
  - 106th Infantry Division ???
  - 110th Infantry Division ???
4th Army (Commander - Field Marshal Günther von Kluge )
- 7th Army Corps (commander Wilhelm Farmbacher ) - from August in the 2nd Panzer Group, from September again in the 4th Army
  - 7th Infantry Division (from August in the 24th motorized corps of the 2nd tank group, from September in the 20th army corps)
  - 23rd Infantry Division
  - 221st Security Division
  - 258th Infantry Division
  - 268th Infantry Division
  - 78th Infantry Division of the 13th Army Corps (from August to September)
- 9th Army Corps (commander German Geyer )
  - 137th Infantry Division
  - 263rd Infantry Division
  - 292nd Infantry Division
  - 17th Infantry Division of the 13th Army Corps (July to August)
  - 15th Infantry Division of the 46th Motorized Corps (since September)
- 43rd Army Corps (commander Gotthard Heinrici ) - since July in the 2nd Army
  - 131st Infantry Division
  - 134th Infantry Division
  - 252nd Infantry Division
- 12th Army Corps (commander Walter Schrot ) - initially operatively subordinated to the 2nd Panzer Group, from August in the 2nd Army, from September again to the 4th
  - 31st Infantry Division
  - 34th Infantry Division
  - 45th Infantry Division (since July in the 53rd Army Corps of the reserve group, since August in the 35th Army Corps of the 2nd Army)
- 13th Army Corps | 2nd tier | (Commander Hans Felber ) - since August in the 2nd Army
  - 17th Infantry Division (since July in the 9th Army Corps, from August again in the 13th)
  - 78th Infantry Division (since August in the 7th Army Corps of the 2nd Tank Group, since September in the 20th Army Corps of the 4th Army)
- Reserve
  - 286th Security Division
- 20th Army Corps of the 9th Army (since September)
2nd Panzer Group (commander - Colonel General Heinz Guderian ; chief of staff - Colonel Baron von Liebenstein)
- 24th Motorized Corps (Commander Leo Geir von Schweppenburg )
  - 3rd Panzer Division
  - 4th Panzer Division
  - 10th Motorized Division
  - 1st Cavalry Division
  - 267th Infantry Division
  - 7th Infantry Division of the 7th Army Corps (since August)
- 47th Motorized Corps (commander - artillery general Joachim Lemelsen )
  - 17th Panzer Division
  - 18th Panzer Division
  - 29th Motorized Division
  - 167th Infantry Division
  - 255th Infantry Division
- 46th Motorized Corps | 2nd tier | (commander - General of the tank forces Heinrich von Fittinghof )
  - 10th Panzer Division
  - SS Motor Division Das Reich
  - infantry regiment "Great Germany"
  - 15th Infantry Division of the 35th Army Corps (from August to September)
- 100th Flamethrower Tank Battalion
- 7th Army Corps from the 4th Army (from August to September)
Army Group Reserve:
- 53rd Army Corps (commander Karl Weisenberger ) - since August in the 2nd Army
  - 293rd Infantry Division
  - 52nd Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 45th Infantry Division of the 12th Army Corps (July to August)
102nd rear protection command
- 403th Security Division
- Police Regiment "Center"
Reichsfuhrer SS Command
- 1st Motorized Brigade SS
- 2nd Motorized Brigade SS
- 1st and 2nd cavalry regiments of the SS (since July 27, the cavalry brigade of the SS )
- SS volunteer standard Hamburg
2nd Army (headquarters transferred in July from the OKH reserve)
- 35th Army Corps (headquarters transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 15th Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 112th Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 197th Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 45th Infantry Division of the 53rd Army Corps (since August)
- 43rd Army Corps of the 4th Army (since July)
- 12th Army Corps of the 4th Army (from August to September)
- 13th Army Corps of the 4th Army (since August)
- 53rd Army Corps from the reserve of the group (since August)

Army Group South

The alignment of forces in the band of Army Group "South" on the night of June 22, 1941

Commander: Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

6th Army (Commander - Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau )
- 17th Army Corps (commander - Infantry General Werner Kinitz)
  - 44th Infantry Division (from July in the 29th Army Corps, from August to 55th, from September again to 17th)
  - 56th Infantry Division (since September in the army reserve)
  - 62nd Infantry Division (since September in the army reserve)
  - 79th Infantry Division of the 51st Army Corps (from August to September)
- 29th Army Corps (Commander Hans von Obstfelder )
  - 111th Infantry Division
  - 299th Infantry Division
  - 44th Infantry Division of the 17th Army Corps (July to August)
  - 71st Infantry Division from reserve group (since August)
  - 75th Infantry Division of the 55th Army Corps (since September)
- 44th Army Corps (commander - infantry general Friedrich Koch) - since August in the 1st tank group
  - 297th Infantry Division
  - 9th Infantry Division of the 55th Army Corps (July to August)
  - 57th Infantry Division of the 55th Army Corps (July to August)
  - 24th Infantry Division (August to September)
- 55th Army Corps (commander - Infantry General Erwin Firov )
  - 9th Infantry Division (from July in the 44th Army Corps, from August in the 4th Army Corps, from September in the reserve of the 17th Army)
  - 57th Infantry Division (from July in the 44th Army Corps, from August in the 3rd Motorized Corps of the 1st Tank Group, from September in the reserve of the 17th Army)
  - 75th Infantry Division (since September in the 29th Army Corps)
  - 44th Infantry Division of the 29th Army Corps (from August to September)
- 168th Infantry Division
- 213th Security Division
- 298th Infantry Division (in reserve)
- 51st Army Corps (headquarters arrived in July from the OKH reserve)
  - 79th Infantry Division (arrived in July from the OKH reserve, since August in the 17th Army Corps, since September again in the 51st)
  - 95th Infantry Division (arrived in July from the OKH reserve)
  - 113th Infantry Division (arrived in July from the OKH reserve)
- 4th Army Corps of the 17th Army (since August)
  - The 9th Infantry Division from the 44th Army Corps was included in the corps.
1st Panzer Group (commander - Colonel General Ewald von Kleist )
- 3rd Motorized Corps (commander - cavalry general Eberhard von Mackensen )
  - 13th Panzer Division
  - 14th Panzer Division
  - 25th Motorized Division
  - 57th Infantry Division of the 44th Army Corps (from August to September)
- 14th Motorized Corps (commander - General of the Infantry Gustav von Withersheim )
  - 9th Panzer Division
  - SS Viking Motorized Division
- 48th Motorized Corps (commander - General of the Tank Forces Werner Kempf )
  - 11th Panzer Division
  - 16th Panzer Division
  - 16th Motorized Division
- Reserve
  - Motorized brigade SS "Leibstandart Adolf Hitler"
17th Army (commander - General of the Infantry Karl-Heinrich von Stulpnagel )
- 4th Army Corps (commander Victor von Schwedler ) - since August in the 6th Army
  - 24th Infantry Division (from August in the 44th Army Corps of the 1st Panzer Group, from September again in the 4th Army Corps)
  - 71st Infantry Division (since July in the reserve of the group, since August in the 29th Army Corps of the 6th Army)
  - 262nd Infantry Division
  - 295th Infantry Division
  - 296th Infantry Division
  - 125th Infantry Division (arrived in July 1941 from OKH reserve)
  - 68th Infantry Division of the 49th Mountain Corps (from August to September)
- 49th Mountain Rifle Corps (Commander Ludwig Kübler )
  - 1st Mountain Division
  - 68th Infantry Division (since August in the 4th Army Corps of the 6th Army, since September in the 44th Army Corps)
  - 257th Infantry Division
  - 4th Mountain Division (arrived in July 1941 from the OKH reserve)
- 52nd Army Corps (Commander Kurt von Briesen )
  - 101st light infantry division
- 103rd Rear Guard Command
  - 444th Security Division
  - 454th security division
- 44th Army Corps (since September)
  - 68th Infantry Division of the 4th Army Corps
  - 76th Infantry Division of the 11th Army Corps
- Reserve
- 97th light infantry division
- 100th light infantry division
- 9th Infantry Division of the 4th Army Corps (since September)
- 57th Infantry Division of the 3rd Motorized Corps (since September)
Army Group Reserve:
- 99th light infantry division
- Police Regiment "South"
- 34th Army Corps (headquarters transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
  - 132nd Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in July)
- 71st Infantry Division of the 4th Army Corps (July to August)

Troops of Slovakia, Hungary and Italy

Expeditionary Force (Slovakia) (Commander Ferdinand Chatlosh )
- 1st Infantry Division (Slovakia)
- 2nd Infantry Division (Slovakia)
Pilfusek Motorized Brigade (Slovakia) - created on the basis of the moving parts of the expeditionary force
8th Army Corps (Hungary) (commander ...)
- 1st Mountain Brigade (Hungary)
- 8th Frontier Brigade (Hungary)
Mobile Corps (Hungary) (commander ...)
- 1st Motorized Brigade (Hungary)
- 2nd Motorized Brigade (Hungary)
- 1st Cavalry Brigade (Hungary)
Expeditionary Force (Italy) (commander Francesco Zingales , then Giovanni Messe ) - from July 2
- 3rd Armored Cavalry Division “Prince Amedeo Duke of Aosta” (Italy)
- 9th Pasubio Infantry Division (Italy)
- 52nd Torino Infantry Division (Italy)

Troops in Romania (Nominee Commander Jon Antonescu )

3rd Army (Romania) (Commander Petre Dumitrescu )
- Mountain Corps (Romania)
  - 7th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 1st Mountain Brigade (Romania)
  - 2nd Mountain Brigade (Romania)
  - 4th Mountain Brigade (Romania)
- Cavalry Corps (Romania)
  - 5th Cavalry Brigade (Romania)
  - 6th Cavalry Brigade (Romania)
  - 8th Cavalry Brigade (Romania)
11th Army (commander - Colonel General Eugen von Schobert )
- 11th Army Corps (commander Joachim von Korzfläish )
  - 76th Infantry Division (since September in the 52nd Army Corps of the 17th Army)
  - 239th Infantry Division
  - 6th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 8th Infantry Division (Romania )
  - 22nd Infantry Division (July to September)
- 30th Army Corps (commander Hans von Salmouth )
  - 198th Infantry Division
  - 13th Infantry Division (Romania) ???
  - 14th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 46th Infantry Division (transferred from the OKH reserve in August)
- 54th Army Corps (Commander Eric Hansen )
  - 50th Infantry Division (since September in the army reserve)
  - 170th Infantry Division
  - 5th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 72nd Infantry Division (since August)
  - 73rd Infantry Division (transferred in July from the OKH reserve; in August it became part of the corps)
- Reserve
  - 22nd Infantry Division (from July in the 11th Army Corps, from September in the 30th)
  - 1st Tank Brigade (Romania)
- Romania military mission
  - 72nd Infantry Division (since August in the 54th Army Corps)
4th Army (Romania) (Commander Nicola Cuperca )
- 3rd Army Corps (Romania)
  - Royal Guard Division (Romania)
  - 11th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 15th Infantry Division (Romania)
  - 35th Reserve Division (Romania) ???
- 5th Army Corps (Romania)
  - 21st Infantry Division (Romania)
  - Border Division (Romania)
- 11th Army Corps (Romania)
  - 1st Fortress Brigade (Romania)
  - 2nd Fortress Brigade (Romania)
  - 17th Infantry Regiment (Romania)
2nd Separate Army Corps (Romania)
- 9th Infantry Division (Romania)
- 10th Infantry Division (Romania)
- Marine Corps Group (Romania)
- 7th Cavalry Brigade (Romania)
Reserve
- 1st Infantry Division (Romania) ???
- 2nd Infantry Division (Romania) ???
- 3rd Infantry Division (Romania) ???
- 10th Infantry Division (Romania) ???
- 18th Infantry Division (Romania) ???
- 1st Cavalry Brigade (Romania) ???
- 9th Cavalry Brigade (Romania) ???

Reserve OKH

Headquarters of the 2nd Army (commander - Colonel General Maximilian von Weichs ) - transferred in July to Army Group Center
34th Army Corps (transferred to Army Group South)
- 132nd Infantry Division
35th Army Corps (transferred in July to Center Army Group)
- 15th Infantry Division
- 112th Infantry Division
- 197th Infantry Division
The 40th Motorized Corps (commander - General of the tank forces Georg Stumme ) - transferred in September to Army Group Center
- 2nd Panzer Division
- 5th Panzer Division
50th Army Corps (commander Georg Lindeman ) - transferred in July to Army Group North
- 4th SS Police Infantry Division
- 96th Infantry Division
51st Army Corps (commander - Infantry General Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard) - transferred to Army Group South
- 79th Infantry Division
- 95th Infantry Division
- 113th Infantry Division
46th Infantry Division (transferred to the South Army Group in August)
52nd Infantry Division (transferred in July to Army Group Center)
73rd Infantry Division (transferred to the South Army Group in July)
86-я пехотная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Центр»)
93-я пехотная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Север»)
94-я пехотная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Юг»)
98-я пехотная дивизия (передана в группу армий «Юг»)
125-я пехотная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Юг»)
183-я пехотная дивизия
250-я пехотная дивизия (Испания)
258-я пехотная дивизия
260-я пехотная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Центр»)
294-я пехотная дивизия
4-я горнострелковая дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Юг»)
60-я моторизованная дивизия (передана в июле в группу армий «Юг»)

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