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Hitler’s Orders of Battle

Hitler’s Orders of BattleHitler’s Orders of Battle (book)

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This book in effect addresses the following questions: (1) During World War II what were all of the divisions and larger ground forces units fielded by Germany as well as by its major European allies (Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Rumania, and Slovakia)? (2) Month-to-month during the European War what were the key unit lifetime events—additions, redesignations, inter-theater movements, and removals—of the German and European Axis divisions and major headquarters? (3) What were Hitler’s all-theater orders of battle on key dates such as 1 September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland—and on 22 June 1941 when Germany invaded Russia? (4) What were the German/Axis lineups during battles such as at El Alamein, Stalingrad, Kursk, Sicily, and the December 1944 Ardennes offensive? (5) And who were Adolf Hitler’s senior staff officers and field commanders responsible for ground operations? This book includes twenty-one appendices, an annotated bibliography, and extensive endnotes.

Hitler's Orders of Battle

Highlights

Part I — Preliminaries

  • Major terms, concepts, and conventions on the organization of the order of battle data.
  • Introduction to 145 featured senior German officers
  • Germany 's High Command; field headquarters (corps, armies, and army groups); and theaters of war (East, Balkans, Africa/Italy, West, and North—as well as Germany 's Zone of the Interior).
  • Types of German Army divisions deployed during the war.
  • The evolving order of battle of the prewar German Army.

Part II — War Stages, War Periods, and Featured Lineups

  • A month-by-month chronicle on the creations, redesignations, inter-theater movements, and terminations of the divisions and field headquarters deployed by Germany and its major European allies.
  • Ten date-specific orders of battle reflecting by theater of war the locations of all divisions and larger units; and an additional eleven date-specific lineups associated with particular battles.
  • For example, orders of battle for Germany's invasions of Poland; the Low Countries and France; Yugoslavia and Greece; and Russia—and for such battles as Moscow; El Alamein; Stalingrad; Sicily; Normandy; the Ardennes in 1944; the Ruhr; and Berlin.

Part III — Appendices

  • Abbreviations and equivalent military ranks.
  • Key dates in the European war.
  • Promotion dates and key assignments of senior German officers.
  • Wartime designations of German divisions.
  • A listing of 473 discrete wartime German Army “basic divisions.”
  • Appendix 21, a six-page “Full Contents” which supplements the one-page “Contents Highlights” at the outset of the book.

Part IV — Annotated Bibliography

  • With almost three hundred books and articles.
  • The names of German officers profiled in particular books.

Part V — Endnotes



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