This article details the order of battle of German military units during the invasion of Poland in 1939.
The German army's forces for the invasion of Poland (codename Fall Weiss, English - "Case White") were divided into Army Group North (consisting of the German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (consisting of the German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies, and the Slovak Army Group Bernolak).
Army Group C was on the western border of Germany defending against a potential French attack. This order of battle is for 04:47 on September 1, after which things started to get shuffled.
Oberkommando des Heeres Oberkommando des Heeres was the High Command of the Heer. It controlled everything related to the Heer: Personnel, Training, Recruitment, Armaments, Transportation, Supplies, Medical Services, etc. An ongoing problem was that each service branch was its own "kingdom" resulting in massive inefficiency.
Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres Generaloberst Walter von Brauchitsch Chef des Generalstab des Heeres General der Artillerie Franz Halder Chief of the General Staff of the Army was the head of all of the departments of the Heer except for the armaments section and the replacement army. Chef der Heeresrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres General der Artillerie Friedrich "Fritz" Fromm Chief of Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army controlled all army procurement and production, and all of the troops within Germany who were replacements for front line units.
Heeresgruppe Nord
Generaloberst Fedor von Bock
Heeresgruppe Nord's initial objectives were to capture the "Polish corridor" (4. Armee) and drive southwards towards Warsaw from East Prussia (3. Armee)
Army Group Reserve Troops Directly subordinated to Heeresgruppe Nord
10. Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schaal) Panzer-Regiment 8 Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) 86, II./ Artillerie-Regiment (mot.) 29 I./ Aufklärungs-Regiment 8 73. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Dr.phil.h.c. Friedrich von Rabenau) Infanterie-Regiment 170, 186, 213 Artillerie-Regiment 173 206. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Hugo Höfl) Infanterie-Regiment 301, 312, 413 Artillerie-Regiment 206 208. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Moritz Andreas) Infanterie-Regiment 309, 337, 338 Artillerie-Regiment 208
3. Armee
3. Armee was based in East Prussia General der Artillerie Georg von Küchler
3. Armee Reserves 217. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Richard Baltzer) Infanterie-Regiment 311, 346, 389 Artillerie-Regiment 217 1. Kavallerie-Division (Oberst Kurt Feldt) Reiter-Regiment 1, 2 Radfahr-Abteilung 1 reitende Artillerie-Abteilung 1 I. Armeekorps Generalleutnant Walter Petzel m.F.b. 11. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Max Bock) Infanterie-Regiment 2, 23, 44 Artillerie-Regiment 11 61. Infanterie-Division (Char. Generalleutnant z.V. Siegfried Haenicke) Infanterie-Regiment 151, 162, 176 Artillerie-Regiment 161 Panzerverband Ostpreußen (AKA Panzer-Division Kempf) (Generalmajor Werner Kempf) Panzer-Regiment 7 SS-Standard (mot.) "Deutschland" SS-Artillerie-Standart/SS-TV Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 15 (Generalmajor Wolf Schede) 4 Grenzwacht-Regiments XXI. Armeekorps Generalleutnant Nikolaus von Falkenhorst I./ Panzer-Regiment 10 (Oberstleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Sieberg) 21. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Kuno-Hans von Both) Infanterie-Regiment 3, 24, 45 Artillerie-Regiment 21 228. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Hans Suttner) Infanterie-Regiment 325, 356, 400 Artillerie-Regiment 228 Führungsstab z.b.V. 1 (also known as Kommandostab Wodrig, Korps Wodrig) Generalleutnant Albert Wodrig 1. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Joachim von Kortzfleisch) Infanterie-Regiment 1, 22, 43 Artillerie-Regiment 1 12. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Ludwig von der Leyen) Infanterie-Regiment 27, 48, 89 Artillerie-Regiment 12 Gruppe Brand Generalmajor Albrecht Brand Kommandantur der Befestigungen bei Königsberg Albrecht Brand Infanterie-Regiment "Gumbinnen" Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 152 2 Grenzwacht-Regiments Brigade Goldap (Oberst Hans-Erich Nolte) IV./ Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 161 II./ Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 162 II./ Landwehr-Artillerie-Regiment 161 Brigade Lötzen (Generalmajor Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher) Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 161, 162 Landwehr-Artillerie-Regiment 161 1 Grenzwacht-Regiment
4. Armee
4. Armee was based in Western Pomerania General der Artillerie Günther von Kluge
4. Armee Reserves 23. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt) Infanterie-Regiment 9, 67, 68 Artillerie-Regiment 23 218. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Woldemar Freiherr Grote) Infanterie-Regiment 323, 386, 397 Artillerie-Regiment 218 Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 1 (General der Flieger z.V. Leonhard Kaupisch) 2 Grenzwacht-Regiments 207. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Karl von Tiedemann) Infanterie-Regiment 322, 368, 374 Artillerie-Regiment 207 Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 2 (Char. Generalleutnant Friedrich (Fritz) Büchs) 4 Grenzwacht-Regiments Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 12 (Generalmajor z.V. Hermann Metz) Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment "Crossen", "Meseritz", "Schwerin" 3 Grenzwacht-Regiments II. Armeekorps General der Infanterie Adolf Strauß 3. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Walter Lichel) Infanterie-Regiment 8, 29, 50 Artillerie-Regiment 3 32. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Franz Böhme) Infanterie-Regiment 4, 94, 96 Artillerie-Regiment 32 III. Armeekorps General der Artillerie Curt Haase 50. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Konrad Sorsche) Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment 121, 122, 123 schw. Artillerie-Abteilung (mot.) 101 Brigade Netze (Generalmajor Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz) 2 Grenzwacht-Regiments XIX. Armeekorps General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian 3. Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg) 3. Panzer-Brigade (Panzer-Regiment 5, 6), Panzer-Lehr-Abteilung 3. Schützen-Brigade (Schützen-Regiment 3) Artillerie-Regiment 75 (mot.) 2. Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalleutnant Paul Bader) Infanterie-Regiment 5 (mot.), 25 (mot.), 92 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 2 (mot.) 20. Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalleutnant Mauritz von Wiktorin) Infanterie-Regiment 69 (mot.), 76 (mot.), 80 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 56 (mot.)
Heeresgruppe Süd
Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt
Heeresgruppe Süd's initial objective was to drive from Silesia towards Warsaw (by 8. Armee and 10. Armee), and to destroy the Polish forces around Kraków (by 14. Armee)
Army Group Reserve Troops Directly subordinated to Heeresgruppe Süd
56. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Karl Kriebel) Infanterie-Regiment 92, 171, 234 Artillerie-Regiment 156 57. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Oskar Blümm) Infanterie-Regiment 179, 199, 217 Artillerie-Regiment 157 252. Infanterie-Division (Char. Generallutnant z.V. Diether von Boehm-Bezing) Infanterie-Regiment 452, 461, 472 Artillerie-Regiment 252 257. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Max von Viebahn) Infanterie-Regiment 457, 466, 477 Artillerie-Regiment 257 258. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Walter Wollmann) Infanterie-Regiment 458, 478, 479 Artillerie-Regiment 258 VII. Armeekorps (General der Infanterie Eugen Ritter von Schobert) 27. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann) Infanterie-Regiment 40, 63, 91 Artillerie-Regiment 27 68. Infanterie-Division (Oberst Georg Braun m.F.b.) Infanterie-Regiment 169, 188, 196 Artillerie-Regiment 168 XXII. Armeekorps (General der Kavallerie z.V. Ewald von Kleist) 62nd Infantry Division (General Walter Keiner) Infanterie-Regiment 164, 183, 190 213th Infantry Division (General Rene de l'Homme de Courbiere) Infanterie-Regiment 318, 354, 406 221st Infantry Division (General Johann Pflugbeil) Infanterie-Regiment 350, 360, 375 Enroute 1. Gebirgs-Division (Generalmajor Ludwig Kübler) Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 98, 99, 100 Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 79 2. Gebirgs-Division (Generalleutnant Valentin Feurstein) Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 136, 137 Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 111
8. Armee
8. Armee was based in northern Silesia General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz
8. Armee Reserves 30. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Kurt von Briesen) Infanterie-Regiment 6, 26, 46 Artillerie-Regiment 30 Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 13 (Generalleutnant z.V. Max von Schenckendorff) 2 Grenzwacht-Regiments Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 14 (Char. General der Kavallerie z.V. Kurt Ludwig Freiherr von Gienanth) Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 183 2 Grenzwacht-Regiments X. Armeekorps General der Artillerie z.V. Wilhelm Ulex 24. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Friedrich Olbricht) Infanterie-Regiment 31, 32, 102 Artillerie-Regiment 24 XIII. Armeekorps General der Kavallerie Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon 10. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Conrad von Cochenhausen) Infanterie-Regiment 20, 41, 85 Artillerie-Regiment 10 17. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Herbert Loch) Infanterie-Regiment 21, 55, 95 Artillerie-Regiment 17 SS-Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) „Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (SS-Oberstgruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich).
10. Armee
10. Armee was based in southern Silesia General der Artillerie Walter von Reichenau
10. Armee Reserves 1. leichte Division (Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper) Panzer-Regiment 11, Panzer-Abteilung 65, 6 Schützen-Brigade (Schützen-Regiment 4) Artillerie-Regiment 76 (mot.) IV. Armeekorps General der Infanterie Viktor von Schwedler 4. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Erik-Oskar Hansen) Infanterie-Regiment 10, 52, 103 Artillerie-Regiment 4 46. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Paul von Hase) Infanterie-Regiment 42, 72, 97 Artillerie-Regiment 115 XI. Armeekorps General der Artillerie Emil Leeb 18. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Friedrich-Carl Cranz) Infanterie-Regiment 30, 51, 54 Artillerie-Regiment 18 19. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Günther Schwantes) Infanterie-Regiment 59, 73, 74 Artillerie-Regiment 19 XIV. Armeekorps (mot.) General der Infanterie Gustav von Wietersheim 13. Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalleutnant Moritz von Faber du Faur m.F.b.) Infanterie-Regiment 33 (mot.), 66 (mot.), 93 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 13 (mot.) 29th Motorized Division (Generalleutnant Joachim Lemelsen) Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.), 71 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 29 (mot.) XV. Armeekorps (mot.) General der Infanterie Hermann Hoth 2. leichte Division (Generalleutnant Georg Stumme) Panzer-Abteilung 66 Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 6, 7 Artillerie-Regiment 78 (mot.) 3. leichte Division (Generalmajor Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen) Panzer-Abteilung 67 Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 8, 9 Artillerie-Regiment 80 (mot.) XVI. Armeekorps (mot.) General der Kavallerie Erich Höpner 1. Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmidt) 1. Panzer-Brigade (Panzer-Regiment 1, 2) 1. Schützen-Brigade (Schützen-Regiment 1) Artillerie-Regiment 73 (mot.) 4. Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Georg-Hans Reinhardt) 5. Panzer-Brigade (Panzer-Regiment 35, 36) Schützen-Regiment 12 Artillerie-Regiment 103 (mot.) 14. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Peter Weyer) Infanterie-Regiment 11, 53, 116 Artillerie-Regiment 14 31. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Kämpfe) Infanterie-Regiment 12, 17, 82 Artillerie-Regiment 31
14. Armee
14. Armee was based in Moravia and Slovakia Generaloberst Wilhelm List
14. Armee Reserves 239. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Ferdinand Neuling) Infanterie-Regiment 327, 372, 444 Artillerie-Regiment 239 Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 3 (Generalleutnant z.V. Georg Brandt) 3 Grenzwacht-Regiments Grenzschutzabschnittskommando 30 (Generalmajor Erwin Engelbrecht) III./ Infanterie-Regiment 135 III./ Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 I./ Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137 VIII. Armeekorps General der Infanterie Ernst Busch