Battle of Berlin order of battle

The Battle of Berlin was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin.

Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South on 16 April.

Northern Sector

German forces

Order of battle on April 16^[1]
Army	Commander	Corps	Divisions
3rd Panzer Army	General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel	Swinemünde Corps	402nd Infantry Division
		Swinemünde Corps	2nd Marine Division
		XXXII Corps	Voigt Infantry Division
			549th Volksgrenadier Division
			Stettin Garrison
			281st Infantry Division
		Oder Corps	610th Infantry Division
		Oder Corps	Klossek Infantry Division
		XXXXVI Panzer Corps	547th Volksgrenadier Division
		XXXXVI Panzer Corps	1st Naval Division

3rd Panzer Army

Swinemünde Corps

(General of Infantry Ansat)

2nd Marine Division

402nd Naval Division^[a]

522nd Grenadier Training Regiment Stab

27/172 Füsilier Training Battalion Rostock

94th Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock

4/222 Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock

48/374 Grenadier Training Battalion Neubrandenburg

89/368 Grenadier Training Battalion Schwerin

85th Hungarian Regiment Stab

Hungarian infantry school Várpalota

Brigade Kopp

Alarm Regiment 4

Alarm Regiment 5

Stab Artillery Training Regiment 2 Schwerin

257th Artillery Ausbildung Battalion

12/32 Artillery Battalion

38/2 Artillery Battalion Schwerin

22nd Flak Training Battalion

XXXII Corps

General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack

1st Panzerjägd Battalion

Kampfgruppe Voigt

Volkssturm Battalion 244

Volkssturm Battalion 26/50

Volkssturm Battalion 26/52

Volkssturm Battalion 26/62

281st Infantry Division

379th Regiment (I. Battalion)

1098th Regiment (I. & II. battalions)

Battalion Creuz

Volkssturm Battalion Hessen Nassau

One Fortress Alarm Battalion

549th Volksgrenadier Division

1097th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions)

1099th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions)

1549th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)

Other units

1549th Pioneer Battalion

549th Replacement Battalion

549th Füsilier Battalion

549th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies)

929th Heeres Artillery Battalion (2 heavy batteries with 2 guns each)

3rd Flak Regiment

605th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries)

325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries)

474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion - 10.5 cm x 8 guns)

437th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries)

Regiment Pommern 4 (II. & III. battalions)

Marine Alarm Battalion

Recce battalion of the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division

one battalion of 5th Jäger Division

one Hitler Youth Battalion

Volkssturm Battalion 26/11

Volkssturm Battalion 26/29

Volkssturm Battalion 26/70

Another battalion

SS Latvian Feldersatz Depot

SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 1 (I.-IV. Battalions) - detached in Swinemünde

SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 2 (I.-IV. Battalions, IV. Battalion with only 72 men)

SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 3 (I.-III. Battalions)

Fortress Stettin

418th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) from 281st Security Division

281st Füsilier Battalion from 281st Security Division

1st Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 43rd Fortress Regiment (with 1453rd & 1454th Fortress battalions)

2nd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 44th Fortress Regiment (with 1455th & 1457th Fortress battalions)

3rd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Over & Roy Alarm battalions

4th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Benner & Laase Alarm battalions

5th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 1st Marine Infantry Battalion & Feldersatz Battalion + police company

85th Fortress M.G. Battalion

Stettin A Fortress M.G. Battalion

Fortress Pioneer Battalion

3132nd Artillery Regiment (II. (3., 4., 7., 8. batteries every one with 5 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) & III. (9.& 10. batteries every one with 4 x 15 cm & 11. & 12. batteries, every one with 6 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) battalions)

3156th Fortress Flak Battalion (3147th (6 x 10,5 cm (French)) & 3148th ( 6 x 12,2 cm (Russian) Fortress Flak batteries)

3158th Fortress Flak Battalion (1., 2. & 3. Batteries every one with 4 x 15,2 cm (Russian))

VIII Fortress Pak Regiment

XVI Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 4, 7, 8, 10)

XXVII Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 1-6, 8 & 10)

725th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies)

555th z.v.B. Pioneer Regiment

Fire security Battalion (3 companies)

96th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies)

254th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies)

IV/ Waffen SS Grenadier Regiment (3 companies)

Oder Corps

Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

Fs E. u. A. Regiment 1

284th Sturmgeschütze Brigade

Infantry Group Klossek

1604th (Russian) Regiment (2 battalions)

89/IV Hungarian Battalion

Volkssturm Battalion Genssen

one Battalion F.A. Oder

II./3 SS Regiment

610th Infantry Division

1. SS Police Brigade^[b]

Volkssturm Battalion Hamburg

Volkssturm Battalion Brandenburg

Volkssturm Battalion

Soviet forces

Order of battle^[2]
Front	Commander	Army
2nd Belorussian Front	Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky	19th
		49th
		65th
		70th
		2nd Shock
		5th Guard Tank

2nd Shock Army

2nd Shock Army (Colonel General Ivan Fedyuninsky)
- 98th Rifle Corps
- 108th Rifle Corps
  - 46th Rifle Division
  - 90th Rifle Division
  - 372nd Rifle Division
- 116th Rifle Corps
  - 86th Rifle Division
  - 321st Rifle Division
  - 326th Rifle Division
  - 161st Fortified Region
- 8th Guards Tank Corps
  - 58th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 59th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 60th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 28th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

65th Army

65th Army (Colonel General Pavel Batov)
- 18th Rifle Corps
- 46th Rifle Corps
  - 108th Rifle Division
  - 186th Rifle Division
  - 413th Rifle Division
- 105th Rifle Corps

70th Army

70th Army (Colonel General Vasily Popov)
- 47th Rifle Corps
  - 71st Rifle Division
  - 136th Rifle Division
  - 162nd Rifle Division
- 96th Rifle Corps
  - 1st Rifle Division
  - 38th Guards Rifle Division
  - 165th Rifle Division
- 114th Rifle Corps

49th Army

49th Army (Colonel General Ivan Grishin)
- 70th Rifle Corps
  - 139th Rifle Division
  - 238th Rifle Division
- 121st Rifle Corps
  - 42nd Rifle Division
  - 199th Rifle Division
  - 380th Rifle Division

19th Army

19th Army (Colonel General Vladimir Romanovsky)
- 40th Guards Rifle Corps
- 132nd Rifle Corps
- 134th Rifle Corps
- 3rd Artillery Corps
  - 1st Artillery Division
  - 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division

5th Guards Tank Army

5th Guards Tank Army (Colonel General Vasily Volsky)
- 29th Tank Corps
  - 53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 25th Tank Brigade
  - 31st Tank Brigade
  - 32nd Tank Brigade

Front Reserve

Front Reserve
- 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps
  - 5th Guards Cavalry Division
  - 6th Guards Cavalry Division
  - 32nd Cavalry Division
  - 26th Artillery Division
- 1st Guards Tank Corps
  - 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 15th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 16th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 17th Guards Tank Brigade
- 3rd Guards Tank Corps
  - 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 3rd Guards Tank Brigade
  - 18th Guards Tank Brigade
  - 19th Guards Tank Brigade
- 8th Motorized Corps
  - 66th Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 67th Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 68th Motorized Rifle Brigade
  - 116th Tank Brigade

Center Sector

Gotthard Heinrici

Georgi Zhukov

Army Group Vistula

Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici

Ninth Army

General of Infantry Theodor Busse

Sturm Battalion AOK

Hitlerjugend Nahkampf Brigade (I. to IV. Battalions each w 4 companies).

CI Corps

General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin

406th Volksartilleriekorps (I. to V. Battalions II. & IV. each w 2 companies, the others w 3 companies)

111th Sturmgeschütz Lehr-Brigade

Parachute Panzerjägd Brigade "Pirat" (from 541st Volksgrenadier Division)

15th Schweres werfer Regiment (II. Battalion (3 companies - each 6 x 15 cm))

53rd Flak Regiment (336th Battalion - 7/751 (2 x 8,8 cm), 1/185 (4 x 10,5 cm), 4/336 (4 x 10,5 cm), 2/336 (4 x 10,5), RAD 3/785 (3 x 10,5 cm), 1/339 (6 x 8,8cm + 3 x 2cm), 1/876 (3 x 3,7 cm), RAR (6 x 3,7 cm), FKT (3 x 3,7 cm) 2/871 (15 x 3,7 cm)) I./13 Battalion - 8 companies, 402nd Battalion - 10 companies)

182nd Flak Regiment (I./19 Battalion (3 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x 3,7 + 12 x 2 cm), I./54 Battalion (4 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x ? cm + 2 x 2 cm), leichte 87 Battalion (1 company 12 x 3,7 cm + 1 company 18 x 2 cm + 1 company ? x 2 cm )

16/69 Volkssturm Battalion

16/128 Volkssturm Battalion

4 Volkssturm companies (16/75, 16/123, 16/511, 16/67/1)

5th Jäger Division

56th Jäger regiment

75th Jäger regiment

5th Jäger artillery regiment

606th Division Stab z.b.V.

Schatten Regiment A (I. & II. Battalions + 14. Company)

Regiment Sator (battalions Bählkow, Gorny & Spandau)

Regiment Rohrde (Battalion Potsdam & Alarm? Battalion 67)

Police Landschützen Battalion Bremen (606th Füsilier Battalion? (3 companies))

606th Artillery Regiment (III. (2 light batteries - each 4 guns & 1 heavy battery with 4 guns) & IV. (2 heavy batteries each with 6 guns + 1 heavy battery 5 x 15,2 (Russian guns))

1606th Panzerjäger company (7 PaK 75 mm)

3rd Panzer A. u. E. Battalion (3 companies - armored cars)

309th Berlin Infantry Division

Wachregiment GrossDeutschland (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies)

652nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

653rd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

309th Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies with 3,4 & 4 10,5 cm), I./301 (1-3 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), III./707 (1-2 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), IV./234 (10-11 & IV (bod) companies each 4 x 15 cm))

309th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies (one of them motorised))

309th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies - with 12 PaK 75mm & 10/8 ready StuG III)

1234th Fhj Regiment "Potsdam" (I. & II. Battalions)

16./1129th PanzerJägd Battalion (from Kurmark Division) with 15/10 ready Jägpanzer 38.

4 Volkssturm Battalion (Alarm battalions Brandenburg, 323rd Potsdam, Spandau, 338th z.b.V.)

25th Panzergrenadier Division

5th Panzer Battalion

35th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

119th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. (Half-tracks) & II. & III. Battalions)

25th Pioneer Battalion (5 companies)

25th Panzerjäger Battalion

125th Reconnaissance Battalion

292nd Heeres Flak Battalion

25th Panzergrenadier Artillery Regiment (I. (3 batteries - every one with 5 x 10,5 cm), II. (3 batteries - with 5,6 & 5 guns x 10,5 cm & III. (1 battery 4 x 10,5 cm, 2 batteries 5 x 15 cm) Battalions)

Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights

LVI Panzer Corps

General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling

Heeres 920th StuG Lehr Brigade

9th Fallschirmjäger Division

25th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions)

26th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions)

9th Parachute Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

9th Parachute Rocket battalion (3 companies)

9th Parachute Pioneer battalion (3 companies)

18th Panzergrenadier Division^[c]

118th Panzer Battalion

30th Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions)

51st Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot)

18th Artillery Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions)

118th Reconnaissance Battalion

20th Panzergrenadier Division

8th Panzer Battalion

76th Panzergrenadier Regiment ( 3 battalions)

90th Panzergrenadier Regiment ( 3 battalions)

20th artillery regiment (3 battalions)

Müncheberg Panzer Division

Panzer Battalion Müncheberg (3 companies)

1st Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions)

2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions)

Panzerjäger company Müncheberg

Panzerpioneer company Müncheberg

Artillery Regiment Müncheberg (I. Battalion (3 companies each with 6 guns), II. (Flak Battalion) (2 batteries each 4 x 8,8 cm + 1 battery 4 x 3,7 cm))

XI SS Panzer Corps

Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

404th Volksartillerie Corps

(I.(1-3 batteries), II.(4-6 batteries), III.(7-9 batteries), IV.(10-11 batteries), V.(12-13 batteries), VI.(14-16 batteries)

1240th Fhj Regiment (I. & II. battalions)

303rd ‘Döberitz’ Infantry Division

300th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

301st Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

302nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

303rd Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies each 4 x 10,5 cm), II. (4-6 companies ? x 10,5), III. (7-9 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm/before was I./216 LW - Luftwaffe)

303rd Füsilier Battalion (3 companies)

303rd Pioneer Battalion (3 companies)

303rd Panzerjäger Battalion ( 3 companies - Stug III)

169th Infantry Division (9 battalions)

378th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

392nd Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

1242nd Fhj Regiment (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies)

230th Pioneer Battalion

230th Jagdpanzer Battalion (1. & 2. companies + 1230th Jägdpanzer company - 14 vehicles)

230th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV Battalions)

Festungs Pak Verband XXVI (6., 7. & 10. companies)

712th Infantry Division

Fhj Regiment 1239 (Wiener Neustadt) (I. & II. battalions)

Fhj Regiment 1241 (Güstrow) (I. & II. battalions)

Alarm Battalion Hauck

108th Volkssturm Battalion

Schatten Regiment B (2 Battalions)

1712th Artillery Regiment (III. (3 batteries? - each 3 x 10,5 cm?), IV. (2 batteries - each 6 x 15 cm))

Kurmark Panzergrenadier Division

Panzer Battalion Kurmark

Panzergrenadier Regiment Kurmark (I. & II. Battalions)

Artillery Battalion Kurmark (3 batteries, each with 4 guns)

Frankfurt der Oder Garrison

Generalmajor Ernst Biehler

Festungs Grenadier Regiment 1

Festungs Grenadier Regiment 2

Festungs Grenadier Regiment 3

Festungs Grenadier Regiment 4

Festungs M.G. Battalion 84 (4 companies - 1 w. every Grenadier Regiment)

Festungs KGr. 5 (Battalion size)

Festungs KGr. 6 (Festungs infantry Battalion 1449 + 1 Police company)

Festungs KGr. 7

Festungs KGr. 8

Festungs infantry Flak Battalion 829 (Part)

Festungs Pionier Sperr Battalion 952

Festungs PaK Verband XXVI (4 companies w. 39 8,8cm Pak43)

Heavy Flak Battalion 185

Heavy Flak Battalion 405

Festungs Artillery Stab 1320

Festungs Artillery Battalion 1325 (3 batteries)

Festungs Artillery Battalion 1326 (4 batteries)

Festungs Artillery Battalion 1327 (5 batteries - Before known w. number 3157)

12 Tank towers 7,5 cm

Panzer Jagd Battalion 2 (1 company)

V SS Mountain Corps

Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln

408th Volksartillerie Brigade (I.(1-3 batteries), II.(4-5 batteries), III.(7-9 batteries), IV. (10-11 batteries), V. (13-14 batteries))

15th SS Pz Jagd Company

2nd Pz Jagd Battalion(without one company)

561st SS Panzerjäger Battalion

286th Infantry Division

Regiment von Petersdorf (2 battalions)

1237th Fhj Regiment (2 battalions)

Alarm Battalion Brieskow

27/151 Volkssturn Battalion "Dresden"

7/108 Volkssturn Battalion "Mainfranken"

Volkssturn Battalion Oberdonau

verstärke Pionnier Battalion 275

32nd SS Grenadier Division

86th SS Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

87th SS Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

32nd SS Artillery Regiment (I. (2 batteries 10,5 cm x 4 guns), II. (2 batterie 10,5 cm x 4 guns), III. (1 battery 10,5 cm x 4 guns & 1 battery 15 cm x 4 guns)

Volkssturm Battalion Thüringen

391st Security Division^[d]

1233rd Fhj Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. battalions - III. Battalion later became I./Grenadier Regiment Mueller z.b.V.)

95th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions - before designed as 62nd & 63rd Alarm Battalions)

239th Sicherungs Battalion (later became II./Grenadier Regiment Mueller z.b.V.)

Pioneer Battalion (Stab + 1. & 2. companies)

SS Sturm Battalion z.v.B.

8/16 Volkssturm Battalion

Rägener Division

SS Verband Fhr Schüle Arolsen (I. to III. Battalions)

Police Battalion Döring

Absorbed the 286th Security Division

Reserve

156th Infantry Division

1313th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

1314th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

1315th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

1456th Artillery Regiment (I. Battalion (1.-3. batteries), II. (4.-6. batteries)

1456th Pioneer Battalion

First Belorussian Front^[3]

Marshal Georgy Zhukov

Sixty-First Army

Colonel General Pavel Belov

9th Guards Rifle Corps

75th Guards Rifle Division

80th Rifle Corps

234th Rifle Division

89th Rifle Corps

First Polish Army

Lieutenant General Stanislav Poplavsky

Polish 1st Infantry Division

Polish 2nd Infantry Division

Polish 3rd Infantry Division

Polish 4th Infantry Division

Polish 6th Infantry Division

Polish 1st Armoured Brigade

Forty-Seventh Army

Colonel General Franz Perkhorovich

77th Rifle Corps

185th Rifle Division

260th Rifle Division

328th Rifle Division

125th Rifle Corps

60th Rifle Division

76th Rifle Division

175th Rifle Division

129th Rifle Corps

82nd Rifle Division

32nd Rifle Division

143rd Rifle Division

6th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Third Shock Army

Colonel General Vasily Kuznetsov

7th Rifle Corps

146th Rifle Division

265th Rifle Division

365th Rifle Division

12th Guards Rifle Corps

23rd Guards Rifle Division

33rd Rifle Division

52nd Guards Rifle Division

79th Rifle Corps

150th Rifle Division

171st Rifle Division

207th Rifle Division

9th Tank Corps

8th Motorized Rifle Brigade

23rd Tank Brigade

95th Tank Brigade

108th Tank Brigade

4th Breakthrough Artillery Corps

5th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Fifth Shock Army

Colonel General Nikolai Berzarin

9th Rifle Corps

230th Rifle Division

248th Rifle Division

301st Rifle Division

26th Guards Rifle Corps

89th Guards Rifle Division

94th Guards Rifle Division

266th Rifle Division

32nd Rifle Corps

60th Guards Rifle Division

295th Rifle Division

416th Rifle Division

5th Breakthrough Artillery Corps

2nd Breakthrough Artillery Division

14th Breakthrough Artillery Division

11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

67th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Eighth Guards Army

Colonel Generall Vasily Chuikov

4th Guards Rifle Corps

35th Guards Rifle Division

47th Guards Rifle Division

57th Guards Rifle Division

28th Guards Rifle Corps

39th Guards Rifle Division

79th Guards Rifle Division

88th Guards Rifle Division

29th Guards Rifle Corps

27th Guards Rifle Division

74th Guards Rifle Division

82nd Guards Rifle Division

8th Breakthrough Artillery Corps

18th Breakthrough Artillery Division

29th Breakthrough Artillery Division

7th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Sixty-Ninth Army

Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi

25th Rifle Corps

4th Rifle Division

77th Guards Rifle Division

61st Rifle Corps

134th Rifle Division

246th Rifle Division

247th Rifle Division

91st Rifle Corps

41st Rifle Division

312th Rifle Division

370th Rifle Division

Thirty-Third Army

Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev

16th Rifle Corps

38th Rifle Corps

62nd Rifle Corps

222nd Rifle Division

2nd Guards Cavalry Corps

3rd Guards Cavalry Division

4th Guards Cavalry Division

17th Guards Cavalry Division

First Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Mikhail Katukov

8th Guards Mechanized Corps

19th Guards Mechanized Brigade

20th Guards Mechanized Brigade

21st Guards Mechanized Brigade

1st Guards Tank Brigade

11th Guards Tank Corps

27th Guards Mechanized Brigade

40th Guards Tank Brigade

44th Guards Tank Brigade

45th Guards Tank Brigade

11th Tank Corps

12th Motorized Rifle Brigade

20th Tank Brigade

36th Tank Brigade

65th Tank Brigade

Second Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Semyon Bogdanov

1st Mechanized Corps

19th Mechanized Brigade

35th Mechanized Brigade

37th Mechanized Brigade

219th Tank Brigade

9th Guards Tank Corps

33rd Guards Mechanized Brigade

47th Guards Tank Brigade

50th Guards Tank Brigade

65th Guards Tank Brigade

12th Guards Tank Corps

34th Guards Mechanized Brigade

48th Guards Tank Brigade

49th Guards Tank Brigade

66th Guards Tank Brigade

Third Army

Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov

35th Rifle Corps

40th Rifle Corps

129th Rifle Division

41st Rifle Corps

120th Rifle Division

269th Rifle Division

Front Reserves

2nd Guards Cavalry Corps

3rd Guards Cavalry Division

4th Guards Cavalry Division

17th Guards Cavalry Division

9th Tank Corps

23rd Tank Brigade

95th Tank Brigade

108th Tank Brigade

8th Motorized Brigade

Southern Sector

Ferdinand Schörner

Ivan Stepanovich Konev

Army Group Centre

Feldmarshal Ferdinand Schörner

Fourth Panzer Army

General of Panzer Fritz-Hubert Gräser

(Later transferred to the 9th Army)

V Corps

General of Artillery Kurt Wäger

35th SS Police Grenadier Division

69th SS and Police Grenadier regiment

70th SS and Police Grenadier regiment

71st SS and Police Grenadier regiment

35th SS and Police Füsilier battalion

35th SS Artillery regiment

29th SS Polizei-Schützen regiment

30th SS Polizei Schutzen regiment

Ausbildung Regiment 561

Corps MG Battalion 95

Alarm Regiment 94

Alarm Regiment 97

36th SS Grenadier Division

Pz Jagd Battalion 4

681st Heavy Antitank Battalion

1244th Fj Regiment (I. & II. Battalion)

72nd Waffen SS Grenadier regiment

73rd Waffen SS Grenadier regiment

36th Füilier company

36th SS artillery battalion

Tank battalion Standort 1

275th Infantry Division

342nd Infantry Division

21st Panzer Division

Twelfth Army

General of Panzer Walther Wenck

XX Corps

General of Cavalry Carl-Erik Koehler

Theodor Körner RAD Infantry Division

Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division

Ferdinand von Schill Infantry Division

Scharnhorst Infantry Division

XXXIX Panzer Corps

Lt. General Karl Arndt

12 – 21 April 1945 under OKW with the following structure:

Clausewitz Panzer Division

Schlageter RAD Division

84th Infantry Division

21 – 26 April 1945 under 12th Army with the following structure:

Clausewitz Panzer Division

84th Infantry Division

324th 'Hamburg' Reserve Infantry Division

588th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

589th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

324th Artillery Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

324th Füsilier Battalion

'Meyer' Infantry Division

Möller Infantry Regiment

Heising Infantry Regiment

XXXXI Panzer Corps

Lt. General Rudolf Holste

Von Hake Infantry Division

1st Von Hake Grenadier Regiment

2nd Von Hake Grenadier Regiment

199th Infantry Division

V-Weapons Infantry Division

901st z.b.V. Artillery regiment (I. w. 1-3 comp, IV.? w. 10-11 comp.)

902nd z.b.V. Artillery regiment

XLVIII Panzer Corps

General of Panzer Maximilian von Edelsheim

14th Flak Division

90th Flak Regiment

121st Heavy Flak Battalion

568th Heavy Flak Battalion

729th Light Flak Battalion

43/IV Homeland Flak Battalion

120th Flak Regiment

307th Heavy Flak Battalion

323rd Heavy Flak Battalion

357th Heavy Flak Battalion

662nd Heavy Flak Battalion

525th E heavy Flak Battalion

80/XIII Homeland Flak Battalion

140th Flak Regiment

432nd Heavy Flak Battalion

722nd Light Flak Battalion

728th Light Flak Battalion

664th Lsp.Flak Battalion

19th Sw. EA Flak Battalion

73rd Searchlight Regiment

199th Searchlight Battalion

258th Searchlight Battalion

328th Searchlight Battalion

367th Searchlight Battalion

500th Searchlight Battalion

510th Searchlight Battalion

134th Luftnachrichten Battalion

Kampfgruppe Leipzig (Volkssturm Battalion Leipzig I. to VIII. and some flak batteries)

Kampfgruppe Halle (8 Volkssturm battalions and 1 Ersatz battalion)

Berlin garrison

9 defensive sectors created A to H and Z "Zentrum".
Volkssturm battalions and 1st Flak Division's
batteries were assigned to these sectors.
Assignment of the batteries in Sector A to H is dated
on 15th April.

Wacht Regiment Berlin

SS Wachbataillon Reichführer SS (600 men)

Fortress regiments^[e]

57th Fortress Regiment (3/115 VB + Wehrmacht Bat + Warnholz Police Bat) - Sector Anton

58th Fortress Regiment

59th Fortress Regiment - Sector Caesar

60th Fortress Regiment (at least II.) - Sector Dora

61st Fortress Regiment

62nd Fortress Regiment (Outside Berlin with Kampgruppe Steiner)

63rd Fortress Regiment

64th Fortress Regiment

65th Fortress Regiment

1st Flak Division

126th Flak Regiment (Nord)

202nd Heavy Flak Battalion

530th Heavy Flak Battalion

5./437 (5 x 10,5cm) Dahlem Staats

7./437 (5 x 10,5cm) Eichkamp

9./212 (6 ital.) Trabrennd Ruhleben

4./605 (6) Grunewald

4./126 (5 x 10.5cm) Ruhleben

2./422 (8 ital.) Jungfernheide

3./211 (6) Blumeshof

3./126 (6 x 10,5cm) Tegel: Schiesspl.

2./215 v (4 x 41) Dreipfuhl

3./215 v (3 x 10,5cm) Sven-Hedin Strasse

123rd Heavy Flak Battalion (Turm)

1./123rd battery (4 x 12,8cm) Friedrichshain

2./123rd battery (4 x 12,8cm) Zoo

3. 123rd Battery (3 x 12,8cm) Humbolthain

733rd Light Flak Battalion

z.b.V. 6524 battery (6 x 3,7cm + 3 x 20 mm) Flh Brandenburg Briest

7./733 battery (12 x 3,7cm? + 3 x 20mm?) Flh Brandenburg Briest

1./755 battery (3 x 3,7cm + 12 x 20 mm?) Sector H

22nd Flak Regiment (Süd)

422nd Heavy Flak Battalion (List of batteries)

7./326 (ital.) in Hospital Schöneweide

9./326 in Zentralviehof

z.b.V. 10306 (RAD 4/174) in Laubenkolonie Weissensee

2./605 in Karlshorst, Pionierschule

5./326 in Trainierbahn Karlshorst

4./307 in Friedrichsfelde-Ost

6./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Hohenschönhausen II

7./126 (5 x 10,5 cm) in Friesdrichsfelde I

10./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Biesdorf

126th Heavy Flak Battalion

4./422 in Oberspree

5./126 (6 x 10,5 cm) in Schöneberg

10./326 in Treptower Park II

8./211 (RAD 4./145) in Stellung Treptower Park II

z.b.V. 10359 in Sportplatz Baumschulenweg

3./458 (4 x ?) in Tempelhofer Feld

2./326 (RAD 3./52) in Stellung Bosporusweg

5./211 (8 x ?) in Johannifer Stift

7./605 in Gradestrasse

6./307 (RAD 7./95) in Sportplatz Grenzallee

979th Light Flak Battalion

z.b.V. 14040 Battery (3 x 3,7cm 43 + 3 x 3,7cm) Sector C

z.b.V. 6524 Battery (3 x 3,7cm?) Sector C

1./733 Battery (15 x 3,7cm ZW) Schönefeld

Sector Caesar

in construction

z.B.V. 10234 in Hospital Oberschöneweide

z.b.V. 10224 in Spertplatz Herzberge

233/III in Biesdorf I

Sector Dora

5./126 in Schöneberg

5./211 in Sportplatz Lichterfelde

Volkssturm Battalions

Volkssturm battalions^[f]

3/2 Volkssturm Battalion

3/3 Volkssturm Battalion

3/9 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/11 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/19 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/21 Volkssturm Battalion

3/24 Volkssturm Battalion

3/30 Volkssturm Battalion

3/36 Volkssturm Battalion

3/101 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/105 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/107 Volkssturm Battalion

3/109 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/110 Volkssturm Battalion

3/111 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/112 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/113 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/115 "Siemensdorf" Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/119 Volkssturm Battalion

3/121 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/155 Volkssturm Battalion

3/164 Volkssturm Battalion

3/181 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/185 Volkssturm Battalion

3/191 Volkssturm Battalion

3/201 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/203 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/205 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/208 Volkssturm Battalion

16/209 Volkssturm Battalion

209 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/215 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/216 Volkssturm Battalion

268 Volkssturm Battalion

3/277 Volkssturm Battalion

3/301 Volkssturm Battalion

3/303 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D

3/305 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)

3/306 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D

3/307 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D

3/309 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/311 Volkssturm Battalion

3/312 Volkssturm Battalion

3/313 Volkssturm Battalion

3/314 Volkssturm Battalion

3/316 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector D

3/320 Hitlerjugend Volkssturm Battalion

3/355 Volkssturm Battalion

3/403 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/405 Volkssturm Battalion

3/407 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/421 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/424 Volkssturm Battalion

3/425 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector E

3/427 Volkssturm Battalion

3/511 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/513 Volkssturm Battalion

3/515 Volkssturm Battalion

3/517 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/521 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector C

3/550 Volkssturm Battalion

3/556 Volkssturm Battalion

3/569 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/603 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/607 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/609 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector F

3/611 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/615 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)

3/617 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector G

3/628 Volkssturm Battalion

3/691 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/707 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)

3/709 Volkssturm Battalion (Fought in February east of the Oder)

3/713 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H

3/715 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow (Fought in February east of the Oder)

3/725 Volkssturm Battalion -

3/803 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H

3/804 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/805 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/806 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/811 Volkssturm Battalion

3/812 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/813 Volkssturm Battalion "Hummel" - Sector A

3/815 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/817 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

·/869 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector H

3/885 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

mot 3/891 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

mot 3/892 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

mot 3/894 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector A

3/909 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B

3/917 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B?

3/919 Volkssturm Battalion - Sector B

3/921 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow

3/922 Volkssturm Battalion - Treptow

Volkssturm company Reichkanzeil - Sector Z

10 "nominal" Volkssturm Pionier Battalions with 2.019 men

Abschnitt A 3 companies - 364 men

Abschnitt B 1 company - 152 men

Anschnitt C 1 company - 160 men

Abschnitt D 1 company - 130 men

Abschnitt E 4 companies - 366 men

Abschnitt F 1 company - 143 men

Abschnitt G 3 companies - 256 men

Abschnitt H 1 company - 169 men

Abschnitt Z 1 company - 205 men

Reserve 1 company - 64 men

And:

Landeschutzen Battalion 320 - Sector A

213th Sicherungs Battalion

Festungs PAK Ausbildungs- und Ersatz Einheit 101 (1. to 5. companies)

Festungs PAK Verband XXI (1. & 2. companies - at least)

Reinforcements directed to Berlin

57th French SS Battalion "Fenet" from the 33rd SS Grenadier Division

15th SS Füsilier Battalion from the 15th SS Latvian Division

Levies during the battle

Kampfgruppe Moltke (1 Begleit esquadron, 1 panzer comp. "Kummersdorf" w. 12 tanks, 1 panzerjäger comp. "Dresden" w. 6 guns and 250 soldiers) formed in Zossen on 19th April.

16/272 Volkssturm Battalion - Created on 19/04/45 in Velten (3 comp. w. 250 men)

First Ukrainian Front^[4]

Marshal Ivan Konev

Third Guards Army

Colonel General Vasily Gordov

21st Rifle Corps

58th Rifle Division

253rd Rifle Division

329th Rifle Division

76th Rifle Corps

106th Rifle Division

187th Rifle Division

120th Rifle Corps

127th Rifle Division

149th Rifle Division

197th Rifle Division

25th Tank Corps

20th Motorized Rifle Brigade

111th Tank Brigade

162nd Tank Brigade

175th Tank Brigade

Thirteenth Army

Colonel General Nikolay Pukhov

24th Rifle Corps

121st Guards Rifle Division

395th Rifle Division

27th Rifle Corps

6th Guards Rifle Division

280th Rifle Division

350th Rifle Division

102nd Rifle Corps

117th Guards Rifle Division

147th Rifle Division

172nd Rifle Division

1st Guards Artillery Division

Fifth Guards Army

Colonel General Alexey Zhadov

32nd Guards Rifle Corps

13th Guards Rifle Division

95th Guards Rifle Division

97th Guards Rifle Division

33rd Guards Rifle Corps

9th Guards Airborne Division

78th Guards Rifle Division

118th Rifle Division

34th Guards Rifle Corps

14th Guards Rifle Division

15th Guards Rifle Division

58th Guards Rifle Division

3rd Artillery Division

4th Guards Tank Corps

3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

12th Guards Tank Brigade

13th Guards Tank Brigade

14th Guards Tank Brigade

2nd Polish Army

Lt General Karol Świerczewski

Polish 5th Infantry Division

Polish 7th Infantry Division

Polish 8th Infantry Division

Polish 9th Infantry Division

Polish 10th Infantry Division

Polish 1st Armored Corps

Fifty-Second Army

Colonel General Konstantin Koroteyev

48th Rifle Corps

116th Rifle Division

73rd Rifle Corps

78th Rifle Corps

7th Guards Mechanised Corps

24th Guards Mechanized Brigade

25th Guards Mechanized Brigade

26th Guards Mechanized Brigade

57th Guards Tank Brigade

Third Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Pavel Rybalko

9th Mechanized Corps

69th Mechanized Brigade

70th Mechanized Brigade

71st Mechanized Brigade

91st Tank Brigade

6th Guards Tank Corps

22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

51st Guards Tank Brigade

52nd Guards Tank Brigade

53rd Guards Tank Brigade

7th Guards Tank Corps

23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

54th Guards Tank Brigade

55th Guards Tank Brigade

56th Guards Tank Brigade

4th Breakthrough Artillery Division

Fourth Guards Tank Army

Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko

5th Guards Mechanized Corps

10th Guards Mechanized Brigade

11th Guards Mechanized Brigade

12th Guards Mechanized Brigade

24th Guards Tank Brigade

6th Guards Mechanized Corps

16th Guards Mechanized Brigade

17th Guards Mechanized Brigade

35th Guards Mechanized Brigade

10th Guards Tank Corps

29th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

61st Guards Tank Brigade

62nd Guards Tank Brigade

63rd Guards Tank Brigade

Twenty-Eighth Army

Colonel General Alexander Luchinsky

20th Rifle Corps

20th Rifle Division

48th Guards Rifle Division

55th Guards Rifle Division

38th Guards Rifle Corps

50th Guards Rifle Division

54th Guards Rifle Division

96th Guards Rifle Division

128th Rifle Corps

61st Rifle Division

130th Rifle Division

152nd Rifle Division

Thirty-First Army

Lieutenant General Pyotr Shafranov

71st Rifle Corps

44th Rifle Corps

36th Rifle Corps

1st Guards Cavalry Corps

Lieutenant General Viktor Kirillovich Baranov

1st Guards Cavalry Division

2nd Guards Cavalry Division

7th Guards Cavalry Division

German Army Group Reserve

III SS Panzer Corps

Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner

Units later allocated to Ninth Army:

503rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion

11th SS Panzergrenadier Division

11th SS Panzer Regiment "Hermann von Salza" (I. & II. Battalions)

23rd SS Grenadier Regiment (II. & III. Battalions)

24th SS Grenadier Regiment (II. & III. Battalions)

11th SS Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

11th SS Panzer Recce Battalion (3 companies)

11th SS Pioneer Battalion

23rd SS Panzergrenadier Division

48th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

49th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

54th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions)

Units later allocated to Third Panzer Army:

27th SS Grenadier Division

66th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

67th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

27th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)

28th SS Grenadier Division

69th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

70th SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions)

28th SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions)

28th SS Volunteer Pioneer Battalion

Notes

^ Known as 402 Ausbildung Division
^ I./SS Pol. Regiment 50 + I.(Hungarian), II., III./SS Pol. Regiment 8 + SS Ersatz Battalion 9 with only 2 companies
^ Originally with OKW
^ Renamed 337 Volksgrenadier Division before 21/4/45
^ It seems they were formed in every defensive sector with 3 battalions.
^ Up to 92 Volkssturm Battalions divided in different defensive areas.

References

^ Bahm, Karl (2014-03-06). Berlin 1945: The Final Reckoning. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-907446-88-7.
^ "2nd Byelorussian Front, 03.04.45".
^ "1st Byelorussian Front, 03.04.45".
^ "1st Ukrainian Front, 03.04.45".

Bibliography

Antill, Peter (2005). Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand Year Reich. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-915-8.
Tieke, Wilhem (2001). Tragedy of the faithful: A History of the III. SS (germanisches) Panzerkorps. Old Heathfield, Sussex: J J Fedorowicz. ISBN 978-0921991618.