German Order of Battle
German Order of Battle June 1944
It should be noted that the divisional allocations to the various Corps varied considerably through out the Battle for Normandy. The date in brackets is when the unit deployed to the Normandy theatre of operations or went into action.
Army Group B (Northern France and the Low Countries)
Panzergruppe West
I SS Panzer Corps
Panzer Lehr Panzer Division (went into action 7 June)
1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler (by 30 June)
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend (went into action on 7 June)
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen (8 June)
XLVII (47th) Panzer Corps plus LXVI (66th) Reserve Corps
2nd Panzer Division (mid-June)
11th Panzer Division
19th Panzer Division (returned to the Eastern front in July)
21st Panzer Division (went into action 6 June)
116th Panzer Division Windhund (24 July)
LVIII (58th) Reserve Panzer Corps
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (mid-June)
9th Panzer Division (6 August)
189th Reserve Infantry Division
Reserve Panzer Divisions
155th Reserve Panzer Division
178th Reserve Panzer Division
179th Reserve Panzer Division
273rd Reserve Panzer Division
7th Army
XXV (25th) Corps (in Brittany)
265th Infantry Division (kampfgruppe, 12 June)
275th Infantry Division (kampfgruppe, 11 June)
343rd Infantry Division (kampfgruppe, 26 June)
353rd Infantry Division (16 June)
LXXIV (74th) Corps
77th Infantry Division (8 June)
266th Infantry Division (kampfgruppe, mid-June)
LXXXIV (84th) Corps
319th Infantry Division
352nd Infantry Division
709th Infantry Division
716th Infantry Division
Army Reserve
91st Airlanding Division (from Brittany in May)
243rd Infantry Division
II Parachute Corps
3rd Parachute Division (10 June)
5th Parachute Division (25 June)
15th Army
LXVII (67th) Corps
344th Infantry Division
348th Infantry Division
LXXXI (81st) Corps
17th Luftwaffe Field Division (by mid-August)
245th Infantry Division
711th Infantry Division
LXXXII (82nd) Corps
18th Luftwaffe Field Division
47th Infantry Division
49th Infantry Division
LXXXVIII (88th) Corps (in the Netherlands)
16th Luftwaffe Field Division (mid-June)
347th Infantry Division
719th Infantry Division
LXXXIX (89th) Corps
48th Infantry Division (mid-August)
70th Infantry Division
712th Infantry Division
Army Reserve
19th Luftwaffe Field Division
84th Infantry Division (by 30 July)
85th Infantry Division (5 August)
182nd Reserve Infantry Division
326th Infantry Division (by 30 July)
331st Infantry Division (by 30 July)
346th Infantry Division (7 June)
Army Group G (Southern France)
1st Army
LXXX (80th) Corps
158th Reserve Infantry Division
708th Infantry Division (by 30 July)
LXXXVI (86th) Corps
159th Reserve Infantry Division
276th Infantry Division (mid-June)
19th Army
IV Luftwaffe Field Corps
271st Infantry Division (mid-July)
272nd Infantry Division (mid-July)
277th Infantry Division (29 June)
LXXXV (85th) Corps
338th Infantry Division (mid-August)
244th Infantry Division
LXII (62nd) Reserve Corps
157th Reserve Infantry Division
242nd Infantry Division
From outside France and the Low Countries
9th SS Panzer Division (Russia – 29 June)
10th SS Panzer Division (Russia – 29 June)
2nd Parachute Division (Germany – to Brittany12 June)
89th Infantry Division (Norway – early August)
363rd Infantry Division (Denmark – by 30 July)
German Order of Battle July-August 1944
Army Group B (Northern France and the Low Countries)Panzergruppe West (5th Panzer Army)
I SS Panzer Corps
1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
716th Infantry Division
II SS Panzer Corps
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsber
277th Infantry Division
XLVII (47th) Panzer Corps
2nd Panzer Division
116th Panzer Division Windhun
276th Infantry Division
326th Infantry Division
1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte AdolfHitler (Mortain counterattack)
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (Mortain counterattack)
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen (Mortain counterattack)
275th Infantry Division (Mortain counterattack)
LVIII (58th) Panzer Corps
Panzer Lehr Division (Mortain counterattack)
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen (Mortain counterattack)
2nd Panzer Division (by 9 August)
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (10 August)
10th SS Panzer Division (by 9 August, Corps reserve)
III Flak Corps
Flak-Sturm-Regimenter 1 to 4
Flakkampfgruppen 11700, 13300 and 12400
7th Army
II Parachute Corps
3rd Parachute Division
352nd Infantry Division (initially subordinate to LXXXIV Corps)
Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz Brigade 12
XXV (25th) Corps (stationed in Brittany)
77th Infantry Division
265th Infantry Division
266th Infantry Division
319th Infantry Division (stationed in the Channel Islands)
343rd Infantry Division
2nd Parachute Division
LXXIV (74th) Corps
21st Panzer (transferred from LXXXVI Corps late July)
LXXXI (81st) Corps
9th Panzer Division
Panzer Lehr Panzer Division
331st Infantry Division (kampfgruppe)
708th Infantry Division
LXXXIV (84th) Corps
Panzer Lehr Division
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (Kampfgruppe Weidinger)
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
21st Panzer Division (transferred mid-June to LXXXVI Corps)
116th Panzer Division Windhund (Kampfgruppe Lueder)
243rd Infantry Division
275th Infantry Division
353rd Infantry Division
5th Luftwaffe Division
91st Airlanding Division
LXXXVI (86th) Corps
21st Panzer Division
Panzergruppe Eberbach (subordinate to 7th Army)
II SS Panzer Corps
XLVII Panzer Corps LVIII Panzer Corps
Included remnants of 1st SS, 2nd SS, 9th SS, 17th SS, 2nd and 116th Panzer Divisions and 708th Infantry Division