List of World War II military units of Germany

The List of World War II military units of Germany contains all military units to serve with the armed forces of Germany during World War II.

Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see List of German corps in World War II and List of German divisions in World War II.

Army Commands (Oberbefehlshaber)
OB stands for Oberbefehlshaber or Army Command
 * OB Niederlande - Netherlands
 * OB Nordost - Northeast Reich
 * OB Nord - North Reich
 * OB Nordwest - Northwest Reich
 * OB Ost (Oberost) - East
 * OB Süd - South Reich
 * OB Südost - Southeast Reich
 * OB Südwest - Southwest Reich
 * OB West - West

Heeresgruppen

 * Army Group A
 * Army Group B
 * Army Group C
 * Army Group D
 * Army Group E
 * Army Group F
 * Army Group G
 * Army Group H
 * Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
 * Army Group Don
 * Army Group Courland (Heeresgruppe Kurland))
 * Army Group Liguria (Heeresgruppen Ligurien)
 * Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte)
 * Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord)
 * Army Group North Ukraine (Heeresgruppe Nordukraine)
 * Army Group Upper Rhine (Heeresgruppe Oberrhein)
 * Army Group Lohr
 * Army Group East Prussia
 * Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd)
 * Army Group Southeast (Heeresgruppe Südost)
 * Army Group South Ukraine (Heeresgruppe Südukraine)
 * Army Group Tunisia (Heeresgruppe Tunis)
 * Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel)
 * Army Group West - See OB West

Armeegruppen
These were temporary groupings of armies below the formal army group level.


 * Panzer Group Guderian
 * Panzer Group Kleist
 * Army Group Weichs
 * Army Group Ruoff
 * Army Group Hoth
 * Army Group G
 * Army Group Raus/Henrici
 * Army Group Wöhler
 * Army Group Fretter-Pico/Balck
 * Army Group Student
 * Army Group Antonescu
 * Army Group Dumitrescu
 * Army Group Ligurien
 * Army Group Felber
 * Army Group Frießner
 * Army Group Blumentritt
 * Army Group Steiner

Armies (Armee-Oberkommando)

 * 1st Panzer Army
 * 2nd Panzer Army
 * 3rd Panzer Army
 * 4th Panzer Army
 * 5th Panzer Army
 * 6th Panzer Army
 * 1st Parachute Army (Germany)
 * 1st Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 2nd Army (Wehrmacht) (in 1945 as Armee-Oberkommando Ostpreussen)
 * 3rd Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 4th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 5th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 6th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 7th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 8th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 10th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 11th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 12th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 14th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 15th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 16th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 17th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 18th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 19th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht) (20.Gebirgs-Armee-Oberkommando)
 * 21st Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 24th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * 25th Army (Wehrmacht)
 * Panzer Army Africa (during 1942-43 also known as the Deutsch-Italienischen-Panzer-Armee-Oberkommando)
 * Lappland Army redesignated 20th Mountain Army
 * Armee-Oberkommando Norwegen

Armored groups (Panzergruppe)

 * 1st Panzer Group
 * 2nd Panzer Group
 * 3rd Panzer Group
 * 4th Panzer Group
 * Panzer Group Africa
 * Panzer Group Guderian (see 2nd Panzer Group / 2nd Panzer Army)
 * Panzer Group Hoth (1940)
 * Panzer Group Kleist (after May 1941 see 1st Panzer Group / 1st Panzer Army)
 * Panzer Group West (see also 5th Panzer Army)