Battle_of_Stalingrad_German_Order_of_Battle

Axis order of battle at the Battle of Stalingrad

Axis order of battle at the Battle of Stalingrad

Axis forces at Stalingrad, including German and Romanian divisions

The Axis order of battle at Stalingrad is a list of the significant land units that fought in the Battle of Stalingrad on the side of the Axis Powers between September 1942 and February 1943.

Apart from the twenty divisions of the German Wehrmacht, eighteen Romanian divisions took part in the battle on the Axis side as well.

Order of battle

Map of the Stalingrad pocket, following Operation Uranus, showing all Axis divisions and major Soviet field armies

Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus, commanding the 6th Army[1]
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Arthur Schmidt[2]

German

6th Army [3]

4th Panzer Army

  • XXXXVIII Panzer Corps – General der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel until November 1942, followed by many other commanders
    • 14th Panzer Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 29th Motorized Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 24th Panzer Division, transferred to the 6th Army
  • IV Army Corps - General der Infanterie Viktor von Schwedler
    • 94th Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 371st Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
    • 297th Infantry Division, transferred to the 6th Army
  • Romanian 6th Corps - Lieutenant General Corneliu Dragalina, transferred to the Romanian 4th Army

Romanian

Army Group Antonescu

  • Third Army – General Petre Dumitrescu
    • 1st Corps – Lieutenant General Teodor Ionescu [ro]
      • 7th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Constantin Trestioreanu [ro]
      • 11th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Savu Nedelea [ro] (POW)
    • 2nd Corps – Lieutenant General Nicolae Dăscălescu
      • 9th Infantry Division – Major General Constantin Panaitiu [ro]
      • 14th Infantry Division – Major General Gheorghe Stavrescu [ro]
      • 7th Cavalry Division – Colonel Gheorghe Munteanu
    • 4th Corps – Lieutenant General Constantin Sănătescu
      • 1st Cavalry Division – Colonel Constantin Brătescu[4]
      • 13th Infantry Division – Major General Gheorghe Ionescu
      • 15th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Ioan Sion (KIA)
    • 5th Corps – Lieutenant General Aurelian Son [ro]
      • 5th Infantry Division – Major General Nicolae Mazarini [ro] (POW)
      • 6th Infantry Division – Major General Mihail Lascăr (POW)
    • In reserve
      • 1st Armoured Division – Major General Gheorghe Radu
      • Various artillery regiments
  • Fourth Army – Lieutenant General Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
    • 6th Corps – Lieutenant General Corneliu Dragalina
      • 1st Infantry Division – Brigadier General Ioan Mihăescu [ro]
      • 2nd Infantry Division – Brigadier General Dumitru Tudose
      • 18th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Radu Băldescu
      • 20th Infantry Division – Major General Nicolae Tătăranu until 19 January 1943, then Brigadier General Romulus Dimitriu [ro] (POW)
    • 7th Corps – Lieutenant General Florea Mitrănescu [ro; de]
      • 4th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Barbu Alinescu
      • 5th Cavalry Division – Colonel Dumitru Popescu
      • 8th Cavalry Division – Colonel Radu Korne[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    promoted to Generalfeldmarschall in January 1943
  2. [2]
    promoted to Generalleutnant in January 1943
  3. [3]
    Haupt, Werner (1998). Army Group South: The Wehrmacht in Russia 1941-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0-7643-0385-6.
  4. [4]
    promoted to Brigadier general in January 1943
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