Army Group Vistula - Order of Battle During Soviet Berlin Offensive

Order of Battle During Soviet Berlin Offensive

  • German Third Panzer Army (Hasso-Eccard von Manteuffel from 9 March 1945 to 8 May 1945)
    • III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (Felix Steiner) (later transferred to Twenty-First Army, below)
    • CI Corps (later transferred to Twenty-First Army, see below)
    • XXVII Corps (later transferred to Twenty-First Army, see below)
    • XXXII Corps
    • XXXXVI Panzer Corps
    • Verteidigungsbereich Swinemunde
  • German Twenty-First Army (Kurt von Tippelskirch)
    • III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
    • CI Corps
    • XXVII Corps
  • German Ninth Army (Theodor Busse from 20 January 1945 to 2 May 1945)
    • CI Corps (to mid-April)
    • LVI Panzer Corps (Helmuth Weidling from 12 April 1945 to 23 April 1945)
    • XI SS Panzer Corps
    • V SS Mountain Corps

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