This is the order of battle for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was fought between the German-led Axis Forces and the Soviet Forces. The operation started on June 22, 1941, and ended on December 5, 1941, after Operation Typhoon.
Source:
Commanded by Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb (Chief of Staff - Lt. Gen. Kurt Brennecke)
Colonel General Ernst Busch
II Corps - General of Infantry Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
:12th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
:32nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bohnstedt
:121st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Otto Lancelle
X Corps - General of Infantry Christian Hansen
:30th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Kurt von Tippelskirch
:126th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Paul Laux
XXVIII Corps - General of Infantry Mauritz von Wiktorin
:122nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Siegfried Macholz
:123rd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walter Lichel
Colonel General Georg von Küchler (Chief of Staff - Maj. Gen. Kurt Waeger)
XXVI Corps - General of Artillery Albert Wodrig
:61st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Siegfried Haenicke
:217th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Richard Baltzer
:291st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Kurt Herzog
XXXVIII Corps - General of Infantry Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis
:58th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Karl von Graffen
:254th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walter Behschnitt
I Corps - General of Infantry Kuno-Hans von Both
:1st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Philipp Kleffel
:11th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Herbert von Böckmann
:21st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Otto Sponheimer
Colonel General Erich Hoepner (Chief of Staff - Colonel Walter Chales de Beaulieu)
XXXXI Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Georg Hans Reinhardt
:1st Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Kirchner
:6th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
:269th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Ernst von Leyser
:36th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher
LVI Corps (mot.) - General of Infantry Erich von Manstein
:8th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Erich Brandenberger
:3rd Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Curt Jahn
:290th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Theodor Freiherr von Wrede
:SS-Totenkopf Division - SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Theodor Eicke, on 7. July Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
Army Group assets and reserves
Source:
XXIII Corps (Army Group Reserve) - General of Infantry Albrecht Schubert
:251st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen.Hans Kratzert
:206th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hugo Höfl
L Corps (OKH reserve Behind AG North) - Lieutenant General Georg Lindemann
:86th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Joachim Witthöft
:SS Police Division - Ss Gr.f. Arthur Mülverstedt
Army Group rear lines
:207th Security Division - Lt. Gen. Karl von Tiedemann
:281st Security Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Bayer
:285th Security Division - Lt. Gen. Wolfgang von Plotho
Source:
Commanded by Field Marshal Fedor von Bock (Chief of Staff - Maj. Gen. Hans von Greiffenberg)
Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
VII Corps - General of Artillery Wilhelm Fahrmbacher
:7th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz
:23rd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Heinz Hellmich
:258th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Waldemar Henrici
:268th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Erich Straube
IX Corps - General of Infantry Hermann Geyer
:137th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Bergmann
:263rd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Ernst Haeckel
:292nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Martin Dehmel
XIII Corps - General of Infantry Hans Felber
:17th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Herbert Loch
:78th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Curt Gallenkamp
XXXXIII Corps - General of Infantry Gotthard Heinrici
:131st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf
:134th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Conrad von Cochenhausen
:252nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Diether von Boehm-Bezing
Colonel General Adolf StrauÃÂ
V Corps - General of Infantry Richard Ruoff
:5th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Karl Allmendinger
:35th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walther Fischer von Weikersthal
VI Corps - General of Pioneer Otto-Wilhelm Förster
:6th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Helge Auleb
:26th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walter WeiÃÂ
VIII Corps - General of Artillery Walter Heitz
:8th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Gustav Höhne
:28th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Johann Sinnhuber
:161st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hermann Wilck
XX Corps - General of Infantry Friedrich Materna
:162nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hermann Franke
:256th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Gerhard Kauffmann
Colonel General Heinz Guderian
XII Corps - General of Infantry Walther Schroth (Only under Panzergruppe 2 for initial stages of the invasion)
:31st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Kurt Kalmukoff
:34th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hans Behlendorff
:45th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Fritz Schlieper
XXIV Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
:3rd Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Walter Model
:4th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp
:10th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper
:1st Cavalry Division - Lt. Gen. Kurt Feldt
:255th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Wetzel
:267th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Robert Martinek
XXXXVI Corps (mot.) - General of Infantry Heinrich von Vietinghoff
:10th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Ferdinand Schaal
:SS-Reich Division - SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Paul Hausser
:Infantry Regiment GroÃÂdeutschland - Maj. Gen. Wilhelm-Hunert von Stockenhausen
XXXXVII Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Joachim Lemelsen
:17th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
:18th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Walther Nehring
:29th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Walter von Boltenstern
:167th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hans Schönhärl
Colonel General Hermann Hoth
XXXIX Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Rudolf Schmidt
:7th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Hans Freiherr von Funck
:20th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Horst Stumpff
:14th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Fürst
:20th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Hans Zorn
LVII Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen
:12th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Josef Harpe
:19th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Otto von Knobelsdorff
:18th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Herrlein
Source:
Commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Chief of Staff - Lt. Gen. Georg von Sodenstern)
Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau
XVII Corps - General of Infantry Werner Kienitz
:56th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Karl von Oven
:62nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walter Keiner
XXIX Corps - General of Infantry Hans von Obstfelder
:44th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Siebert
:111th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Otto Stapf
:299th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Willi Moser
XXXXIV Corps - General of Infantry Friedrich Koch
:9th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Siegmund Freiherr von Schleinitz
:297th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Max Pfeffer
LV Corps - General of Infantry Erwin Vierow
:75th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Ernst Hammer
:57th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Oskar Blümm
:168th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hans Mundt
:298th Infantry Division - Mj. Gen. Walther GraeÃÂner
Colonel General Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
III Corps (mot.) - General of Cavalry Eberhard von Mackensen
:13th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Rothkirch und Panthen
:14th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Friedrich Kühn
:25th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Erich-Heinrich ClöÃÂner
XIV Corps (mot.) - General of Infantry Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
:9th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Alfred Ritter von Hubicki
:SS-Division (mot.) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich
:SS-Wiking Division - SS-Brigadeführer Felix Steiner
XXXXVIII Corps (mot.) - General of Panzer Werner Kempf
:11th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Ludwig Crüwell
:16th Panzer Division - Lt. Gen. Hans-Valentin Hube
:16th Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt. Gen. Sigfrid Henrici
General of Infantry Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
IV Corps - General of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler
:24th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hans von Tettau
:71st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Alexander von Hartmann
:262nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen.
:295th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Herbert Geitner
:296th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Stemmermann
XXXXIX Mountain Corps - General of Infantry Ludwig Kübler
:68th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Georg Braun
:257th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Karl Sachs
:1st Mountain Division - Lt. Gen. Hubert Lanz
LII Corps - General of Infantry Kurt von Briesen
:101st Light Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Erich Marcks
:97th Light Infantry Division - Mj. Gen. Maximilian Fretter-Pico
:100th Light Infantry Division - Mj. Gen. Werner Sanne
Hungarian Fast Corps - Gen. Béla Miklós
:1st Hungarian Motorized Brigade - Bg. Gen. JenÃ
 Major
:2nd Hungarian Motorized Brigade - Bg. Gen. János Vörös
:1st Hungarian Cavalry Brigade - Bg. Gen
Slovak Expeditionary Army Group - Gen. Ferdinand ÃÂatloÃ
¡
:Slovakian Mobile Brigade - LTC.
:1st Slovakian Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Antonin Pulanich
:2nd Slovakian Infantry Division - Lt. Gen.
General Ion Antonescu
Romanian Third Army - Lt. Gen. Petre Dumitrescu
:Romanian 4th Army Corps - Mj. Gen. Constantin SÃÂnÃÂtescu
::6th Infantry Division - Br. Gen.
::7th Infantry Division- Br. Gen.
:Cavalry Corps - Mj. Gen. Ioan Mihail RacoviÃÂÃÂ
::5th Cavalry Brigade - Col.
::8th Cavalry Brigade - Col.
:Mountain Corps - Mj. Gen. Gheorghe Avramescu
::1st Mountain Brigade - Br. Gen. Mihail LascÃÂr
::2nd Mountain Brigade - Br. Gen. Ioan Dumitrache
::4th Mountain Brigade - Br. Gen. Gheorghe Manoliu
Colonel General Eugen Ritter von Schobert
XI Corps - General of Infantry Joachim von Kortzfleisch
:76th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Maximilian de Angelis
:239th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Ferdinand Neuling
:1st Romanian Armored Division - Bg. Gen. Ioan Sion
:6th Romanian Cavalry Brigade - Mg. Gen.
XXX Corps - General of Infantry Hans von Salmuth
:198th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Otto Röttig
:8th Romanian Infantry Division - Bg. Gen.
:13th Romanian Infantry Division - Bg. Gen.
:14th Romanian Infantry Division - Bg. Gen.
LIV Corps - General of Cavalry Erick-Oskar Hansen
:50th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Karl-Adolf Hollidt
:170th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen.
:5th Romanian Infantry Division - Bg. Gen. Petre VlÃÂdescu
Italian Expeditionary Corps - Lt. Gen.Giovanni Messe
:9th Infantry Division "Pasubio" - Gen. Vittorio Giovanelli
:52nd Infantry Division "Torino" - Gen. Luigi Manzi
:3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" - Gen. Mario Marazzani
22nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Hans Graf von Sponeck
Romanian Fourth Army - Lt. Gen. Nicolae CiupercÃÂ
:Romanian 3rd Army Corps - Mj. Gen. Vasile Atanasiu
::Guards Division - Mj. Gen.
::15th Infantry Division - Mj. Gen.
::35th Reserve Divisions - Br. Gen.
:Romanian 5th Army Corps - Lt. Gen.
::Border Division - Br. Gen.
::21st Division - Mj. Gen.
:Romanian 11th Army Corps - Mj. Gen. I. Aurelian
::two fortress brigades
Other assets
:Romanian 2nd Army Corps - Mj. Gen. Nicolae Macici
::9th Infantry Division - Br. Gen. Hugo Schwab
::10th Infantry Division - Br. Gen. Ion Glogojanu
::7th Cavalry Brigade - Col.
::11th Infantry Division - Br. Gen. David Popescu
The "Main Command of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Stavka Glavnogo Komandovaniya) was formed on 23 June, largely from the existing People's Commissariat for Defence.
Commander in Chief: Marshal Semyon Timoshenko (until July 19), then Josef Stalin<br> Deputy Commander-in-Chief: Army General Georgy Zhukov (from August 8)<br> Chief of the General Staff: Army General Georgy Zhukov (until July 21), then Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov
Lieutenant General
32nd Rifle Corps - Major General Trofim Kolomiets
:46th Rifle Division - Major General Alexander Filatov
:152nd Rifle Division - Colonel Pyotr Chernyshov
5th Mechanized Corps - Major General Ilya Alekseyenko
:13th Tank Division - Colonel Fyodor Grachev
:17th Tank Division - Colonel Ivan Korchagin
:109th Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Nikolai Krasnoretsky
Lieutenant General Ivan Konev
38th Rifle Division - Colonel Maxim Kirillov
25th Rifle Corps - Major General Sergey Chestohvalov
:127th Rifle Division - Major General
:134th Rifle Division - Major General
:162nd Rifle Division - Colonel Nikolai Kolkunov
34th Rifle Corps - Major General Raphael Khmelnitsky
:129th Rifle Division - Major General
:158th Rifle Division - Colonel V.I. Novozhilov
:171st Rifle Division - Major General Alexander Budyho
Lieutenant General Fyodor Remezov
18th Rifle Division - Colonel Karp Sviridov
61st Rifle Corps - Major General Fyodor Bakunin
:110th Rifle Division - Colonel Vasily Khlebtsov
:144th Rifle Division - Major General Mikhail Pronin
:172nd Rifle Division - Major General Mikhail Timofeyevich Romanov
69th Rifle Corps - Major General Yevdokim Mogilovchik
:73rd Rifle Division - Colonel Alexander Akimov
:229th Rifle Division - Major General Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlov
:233rd Rifle Division - Colonel Grigory Kotov
7th Mechanized Corps - Major General Vasily Ivanovich Vinogradov
:14th Tank Division - Colonel Ivan Dmitrievich Vasilyev
:1st Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Yakov Kreizer
Lieutenant General Vasily Gerasimenko
63rd Rifle Corps - Lieutenant General Leonid Petrovsky
:53rd Rifle Division - Colonel Ivan Bartenev
:148th Rifle Division - Colonel Filipp Cherokmanov
:167th Rifle Division - Major General Vasily Rakovsky
66th Rifle Corps - Major General Fyodor Sudakov
:61st Rifle Division - Major General Nikolay Prishchepa
:117th Rifle Division - Colonel Spiridon Chernyugov
:154th Rifle Division - Colonel Yakov Fokanov
25th Mechanized Corps - Major General Semyon Krivoshein
:50th Tank Division - Colonel Boris Bakharov
:55th Tank Division - Colonel Vasily Badanov
:219th Motor Rifle Division - Major General Pavel Korzun
Lieutenant General Filipp Yershakov
51st Rifle Corps
:98th Rifle Division
:112th Rifle Division
:153rd Rifle Division
62nd Rifle Corps
:170th Rifle Division
:174th Rifle Division
:186th Rifle Division
52nd Rifle Corps
:91st Rifle Division
:119th Rifle Division
:166th Rifle Division
53rd Rifle Corps
:107th Rifle Division
:133rd Rifle Division (Major General Vasily Shvetsov)
:178th Rifle Division
Source:
General Colonel Markian Popov
The front was the Leningrad Military District until 24 June.
7th Army <small>(Separate)</small>
Lieutenant General Filip Danilovich Gorelenko
54th Rifle Division - Maj. Gen. I.V. Panin
71st Rifle Division - Col. V.N. Fedorov
168th Rifle Division - Col. A.L. Bondarev
237th Rifle Division - Maj. Gen. D.F. Popov
55th Mixed Aviation Division - Colonel Alexander Bogradetsky
Lieutenant General Valerian A. Frolov
14th Rifle Division - Col. A.A. Zhurba
52nd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. N.N. Nikishin
1st Tank Division - Major General Viktor Ilyich Baranov
42nd Rifle Corps - Major General Roman Ivanovich Panin
:104th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. S.I. Morozov
:122nd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. P.S. Shevchenko
1st Mixed Aviation Division
Lieutenant General P.S. Pshennikov
19th Rifle Corps - Major General M.N. Gerasimov
:142nd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. S.P. MikulâÂÂskii
:115th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.F. KonâÂÂkov
50th Rifle Corps - Major General V.I. S'cherbakov
:43rd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Vladimir Kirpichnikov
:70th Rifle Division - Major General Andrey Fedyunin
:123rd Rifle Division - Col. Ye.Ye. Tsukanov
10th Mechanized Corps - Major General I. G. Lazarev
:21st Tank Division - Col. L.V. Bunin
:24th Tank Division - Col. M.I. Chesnokov
:198th Motor Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Vladimir Kryukov
5th Mixed Aviation Division
41st Bomber Aviation Division
Front Assets
177th Rifle Division - Col. A.F. Mashoshin
191st Rifle Division - Col. Dmitry Lukyanov
1st Mechanized Corps - Major General M. L. Cherniavsky
:3rd Tank Division - Col. K.Yu. Andreev
:163rd Motor Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. N.M. Kuznetsov
Frontal aviation
2nd Mixed Aviation Division
39th Fighter Aviation Division
3rd PVO Fighter Aviation Division
54th PVO Fighter Aviation Division
General Colonel Fyodor Isodorovich Kuznetsov Source:
Baltic Special Military District until 22 June.
Lieutenant General Pyotr Sobennikov
10th Rifle Corps - Major General I.F. Nikolaev
:10th Rifle Division - Col. I.I. Fadeev
:48th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. P.V. Bogdanov
:90th Rifle Division - Col. Mikhail Golubev
11th Rifle Corps - Major General M.S. Shumilov
:11th Rifle Division - Col. N.A. Sokolov
:125th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. P.P. Bogaichuk
12th Mechanized Corps - Major General N.M. Shestopalov
:23rd Tank Division - Col. T.S. Orlenko
:202nd Motor Rifle Division - Col. V.K. Gorbachev
Lieutenant General V. I. Morosov
23rd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.F. Pavlov
126th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. M.A. Kuznetsov
128th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. A.S. Zotov
16th Rifle Corps - Major General F.S. Ivanov
:5th Rifle Division - Col. Fyodor Ozerov
:33rd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Karp Zheleznikov
:188th Rifle Division - Col. P.I. Ivanov
29th Rifle Corps - Major General A.G. Samokhin
:179th Rifle Division - Col. A.I. Ustinov
:184th Rifle Division - Col. M.V. Vinogradov
3rd Mechanized Corps - Major General Alexey Kurkin
:2nd Tank Division - Mj. Gen. Yegor Solyankin
:5th Tank Division - Col. F.F. Fedorov
:84th Motorized Division - Mj. Gen. P.I. Fomenko
Lieutenant General Nikolai Berzarin
16th Rifle Division - Maj. Gen. I.M. Lyubovtsev
67th Rifle Division - Maj. Gen. N.A. Dedaev
3rd Rifle Brigade
22nd Rifle Corps - Major General Mikhail Dukhanov
:180th Rifle Division - Col. I.I. Missan
:182nd Rifle Division - Col. I.I. Kuryshev
24th Rifle Corps - Major General K. Kachalov
:181st Rifle Division - Col. P.V. Borisov
:183rd Rifle Division - Col. P.N. Tupikov
Front Assets
5th Airborne Corps - Major General Ivan Bezugly
:9th Airborne Brigade
:10th Airborne Brigade
:201st Airborne Brigade
Frontal aviation
57th Fighter Aviation Division
4th Mixed Aviation Division
6th Mixed Aviation Division
7th Mixed Aviation Division
8th Mixed Aviation Division
21st PVO Fighter Aviation Division
Source:
General Colonel Dmitry Grigorevich Pavlov
Western Special Military District until 22 June.
Lieutenant General Vasily Kuznetsov
4th Rifle Corps- Major General Yevgeny Yegorov
:27th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Aleksandr Stepanov
:56th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Semyon Sakhnov
:85th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Aleksandr Bondovsky
11th Mechanized Corps - Major General Dmitry Mostevenko
:29th Tank Division - Col. N.P. Studnev
:33rd Tank Division - Col. Mikhail Panov
:204th Motor Rifle Division - Col. A.M. Pirogov
Lieutenant General Aleksandr Korobkov
49th Rifle Division - Col. C.F. VasilâÂÂev
75th Rifle Division - Col. Nedwigin
28th Rifle Corps - Major General Vasily Popov
:6th Rifle Division - Col. M.A. Popsiu-Shapko
:42nd Rifle Division - Major General Ivan Lazarenko
14th Mechanized Corps - Major General Stepan Oborin
:22nd Tank Division - Mj. Gen. V.P. Puganov
:30th Tank Division - Col. Semyon Bogdanov
:205th Motor Rifle Division - Col. F.F. Kudjurov
Lieutenant General Konstantin Golubev
1st Rifle Corps - Major General F.D. Rubtzov
:2nd Rifle Division - Col. M.D. Grishin
:8th Rifle Division - Col. N.I. Fomin
5th Rifle Corps - Major General A.V. Garnov
:13th Rifle Division - Col. A.Z. Naumov
:86th Rifle Division - Col. M.A. Zashibalov
:113th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Kh.N. Alaverdov
6th Cavalry Corps - Major General I.S. Nikitin
:6th Cavalry Division - Mj. Gen. Mikhail Konstantinov
:36th Cavalry Division - Mj. Gen. E.S. Zybin
6th Mechanized Corps - Major General Mikhail Khatskilevich
:4th Tank Division - Mj. Gen. A.G. Potaturchev
:7th Tank Division - Mj. Gen. S.V. Borzilov
:29th Motor Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. I.P. Bikdjanov
13th Mechanized Corps - Major General Pyotr Akhlyustin
:25th Tank Division - Col. N.M. Nikiforov
:31st Tank Division - Col. S.A. Kalikhovich
:208th Motor Rifle Division - Col. Vladimir Nichiporovich
Front Assets
2nd Rifle Corps - Major General Arkady Yermakov
:100th Rifle Division - Major General Ivan Russiyanov
:161st Rifle Division - Colonel Alexey Mikhaylov
21st Rifle Corps - Major General Vladimir Borisov
:17th Rifle Division - Major General Terenty Batsanov
:24th Rifle Division - Major General Kuzma Galitsky
:37th Rifle Division - Colonel Andrey Chekharin
44th Rifle Corps - Major General Vasily Yushkevich
:64th Rifle Division - Colonel Sergey Iovlev
:108th Rifle Division - Major General Alexander Mavrichev
47th Rifle Corps - Major General Stepan Povetkin
:50th Rifle Division - Major General Vasily Yevdokimov
:55th Rifle Division - Colonel Dmitry Ivanyuk
:121st Rifle Division - Major General Pyotr Zykov
:143rd Rifle Division - Major General Dmitry Safonov
4th Airborne Corps - Major General Alexey Zhadov
:7th Airborne Brigade - Colonel Mikhail Tikhonov
:8th Airborne Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Onufriyev
:214th Airborne Brigade - Colonel Alexey Levashov
17th Mechanized Corps - Major General Mikhail Petrov
:27th Tank Division - Colonel Alexey Akhmanov
:36th Tank Division - Colonel Sergey Miroshnikov
:209th Motorized Division - Colonel Alexey Muravyov
20th Mechanized Corps - Major General Andrey Nikitin
:26th Tank Division - Major General Viktor Obukhov
:38th Tank Division - Colonel Sergey Kapustin
:210th Motorized Division - Major General Feofan Parkhomenko
Frontal aviation
43rd Fighter Aviation Division
12th Bomber Aviation Division
13th Bomber Aviation Division
9th Mixed Aviation Division
10th Mixed Aviation Division
11th Mixed Aviation Division
184th PVO Fighter Aviation Division
Additionally 59th and 60th Fighter Aviation Divisions were forming.
Source:
General Colonel Mikhail Kirponos
Kiev Special Military District until 22 June.
Lieutenant General M.I. Potapov
15th Rifle Corps - Major General Ivan Fedyuninsky
:45th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. G.I. Sherstyuk
:62nd Rifle Division - Col. M.P. Timoshenko
27th Rifle Corps - Major General P.D. Artememko
:87th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Filipp Alyabushev
:124th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. F.G. Sushii
:135th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. F.N. Smekhotvorov
22nd Mechanized Corps - Major General S.M. Kondrusev
:19th Tank Division - Mj. Gen. K.A. Semenchenko
:41st Tank Division - Col. P.P. Pavlov
:215th Motor Rifle Division - Col. P.A. Barabanov
Transferred to 5th Army from Front command on evening of June 22nd
9th Mechanized Corps - Major General Konstantin Rokossovsky
:20th Tank Division - Col. Mikhail Katukov
:35th Tank Division - Mj. Gen. N.A. Novikov
:131st Motorized Division - Col. N.V. Kalinin
19th Mechanized Corps - Major General Nikolay Feklenko
:40th Tank Division - Col. M.V. Shirobokov
:43rd Tank Division - Col. I.G. Tsibin
Lieutenant General Ivan Muzychenko
6th Rifle Corps - Major General I.I. Alekseev
:41st Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. G.N. Mikushev
:97th Rifle Division - Col. N.M. Zakharov
:159th Rifle Division - Col. Ivan Mashchenko
37th Rifle Corps - Major General S.P. Zibin
:80th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.I. Prokhorov
:139th Rifle Division - Col. N.L. Loginov
:141st Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Ya.I. Tonkonogov
5th Cavalry Corps - Major General F.V. Kamkov
:3rd Cavalry Division - Major General Mikhail Maleyev
:14th Cavalry Division - Vasily Kryuchenkin
4th Mechanized Corps - Major General Andrey Vlasov
:8th Tank Division - Col. P.S. Fotchenkov
:32nd Tank Division - Col. Yefim Pushkin
:81st Motor Rifle Division - Col. P.M. Varipaev
Transferred to 6th Army from 26th Army on evening of June 22nd
8th Mechanized Corps - Major General Dmitry Ryabyshev
:12th Tank Division - Mj. Gen. T.A. Mishanin
:34th Tank Division - Col. I.V. Vasil'ev
:7th Motor Rifle Division - Col. A.G. Gerasimov
Transferred to 6th Army from Front command on evening of June 22nd
15th Mechanized Corps - Major General I.I. Karpezo
:10th Tank Division - Mj. Gen S.Ya. Ogurtsov
:37th Tank Division - Col. F.G. Anikushkin
:212th Motor Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. S.V. Baranov
Lieutenant General Pavel Ponedelin
13th Rifle Corps - Major General Nikolai Kirillov
:44th Mountain Division - Mj. Gen. S.A. Tkachenko
:58th Mountain Division - Mj. Gen. N.I. Proshkin
:192nd Mountain Division - Col. S.D. Gubin
17th Rifle Corps - Major General Ivan Galanin
:60th Mountain Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. M.B. Salikhov
:96th Mountain Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. Ivan Shepetov
:164th Rifle Division - Col. A.N. Chervinskii
16th Mechanized Corps - Major General A.D. Sokolov
:15th Tank Division - Col. V.I. Polozkov
:39th Tank Division - Col. N.V. Starkov
:240th Motor Rifle Division - Col. I.V. Gorbenko
Lieutenant General F. Ya. Kostenko
8th Rifle Corps - Major General M.G. Snegov
:72nd Mountain Division - Mj. Gen. P.I. Abramidze
:99th Rifle Division - Col. N.I.Dement'ev
:173rd Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. S.V.Verzin
Front Assets
31st Rifle Corps - Major General Anton Lopatin
:193rd Rifle Division - Col. A.K. Berestov
:195th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.N. Nesmelov
:200th Rifle Division - Col. Ivan Lyudnikov
36th Rifle Corps - Major General P.V. Sisoev
:140th Rifle Division - Col. Luka Basanets
:146th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. I.M. Gerasimov
:228th Rifle Division - Col. A.M. IlâÂÂin
49th Rifle Corps - Major General Ivan Alekseyevich Kornilov
:190th Rifle Division - Col. G.A. Zverev
:197th Rifle Division - Col. S.D. Gubin
:199th Rifle Division - Col. A.N. Alekseev
55th Rifle Corps - Major General Konstantin Koroteev
:130th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.A. Vizzhili
:169th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. I.E. Turunov
:189th Rifle Division - Combrig A.S. Chichkanov
1st Airborne Corps - Major General Matvei Usenko
:1st Airborne Brigade
:204th Airborne Brigade
:211th Airborne Brigade
:213rd Motor Rifle Division - Col. V.M.Osminskiy
24th Mechanized Corps - Major General Vladimir Chistyakov
:45th Tank Division - Col. Mikhail Solomatin
:49th Tank Division - Col. K.F. Shvetsov
:216th Motor Rifle Division - Col. A. Sarkisyan
Frontal aviation
44th Fighter Aviation Division
64th Fighter Aviation Division
19th Bomber Aviation Division
62nd Bomber Aviation Division
14th Mixed Aviation Division
15th Mixed Aviation Division
16th Mixed Aviation Division
17th Mixed Aviation Division
63rd Mixed Aviation Division
36th PVO Fighter Aviation Division
Source:
General Colonel Ivan Tyulenev
9th Army <small>(Separate)</small>
Lieutenant General Yakov Cherevichenko
14th Rifle Corps - Major General Daniil Yegorov
:25th Rifle Division - Col. A.S. Zakharchenko
:51st Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. P.G. TsirulâÂÂnikov
35th Rifle Corps - Major General I.F. Dashichev
:95th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. A.I. Pastrevich
:176th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. V.M.Martsinkevich
48th Rifle Corps - Major General Rodion Malinovsky
:30th Mountain Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. S.G. Galaktionov
:74th Rifle Division - Col. F.Ye. Sheverdin
:150th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. I.I. Khorun
2nd Cavalry Corps - Major General Pavel Alexeyevich Belov
:5th Cavalry Division - Colonel Viktor Kirillovich Baranov
:9th Cavalry Division - Col. A.F. Bychkovsky
2nd Mechanized Corps - Major General Yury Novoselsky
:11th Tank Division - Col. G.I. Kuzmin
:16th Tank Division - Col. M.I. Mindro
:15th Motorized Division - Col. Nikolay Belov
18th Mechanized Corps - Major General P.V. Volokh
:44th Tank Division - Col. V.P. Krimov
:47th Tank Division - Col. Georgy Rodin
:218th Motor Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. F.N. Shilov
20th Mixed Aviation Division
21st Mixed Aviation Division
45th Mixed Aviation Division
65th Fighter Aviation Division (forming)
66th Fighter Aviation Division (forming)
Front Assets
7th Rifle Corps - Major General K.L. Dobroserdov
:116th Rifle Division - Col. Ya.F. Eremenko
:196th Rifle Division - Maj. Gen. Konstantin Kulikov
:206th Rifle Division - Col. Sergey Gorshkov
9th Rifle Corps - Major General Pavel Batov
:106th Rifle Division - Combrig M.S. Tkachev
:156th Rifle Division - Mj. Gen. P.V. Chernyaev
:32nd Cavalry Division - Col. A.I. Batskalevich
3rd Airborne Corps - Major General Vasili Glazunov
:5th Airborne Brigade - Colonel Alexander Rodimtsev
:6th Airborne Brigade - Colonel Viktor Zholudev
:212th Airborne Brigade - Colonel Ivan Zatevakhin
47th Rifle Division
Air Forces
Axis
Luftwaffe
The directive issued to the Luftwaffe for Barbarossa ordered that Luftflotte 2, under the command of Albert Kesselring was to be the strongest Air Fleet. Kesselring was assigned to supporting Army Group Centre, which was to capture Minsk, Smolensk and Moscow. Kesselring was given Fliegerkorps VIII (a specialised ground attack Corps, commanded by tactical specialist Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen), Fliegerkorps II (commanded by Bruno Loerzer) and the 1st Anti-Aircraft Corps (1st AA Corps under Walther von Axthelm). Army Group South was supported by Luftflotte 4, containing Fliegerkorps V (under Robert Ritter von Greim) and Fliegerkorps IV (under Kurt Pflugbeil). The Air Fleet and Army Group were responsible for capturing Kiev, the Crimea and the Caucasus oilfields. Army Group North was supported by Luftflotte 1, and Luftflotte 5. Luftflotte 5 conducted operations in the Arctic near Murmansk. Luftflotte 1 supported operations in the Baltic Sea, Baltic States and near, in and over Leningrad. Luftflotte 1 contained Fliegerkorps I under the command of Helmuth Förster.
Other Axis air forces
The Royal Romanian Air Force was considered weak by the OKL, and therefore unlikely to play a great role in the ground fighting. Far more attention was given by the OKW to training and preparing the Romanian Army. Hitler, on 18 June 1941, declared that the primary mission of the Romanian air arm was to defend Romania and the Romanian oilfields. Only when those forces were sufficient, could they divert the remaining forces to ground support operations for Barbarossa. On 21 June 1941, it possessed a balanced fleet of 53 Squadrons; 11 bomber (five modern), 17 fighter (nine modern), 15 reconnaissance, six liaison, two flying boat, one transport and one air ambulance unit. On the 22 June, there was 160 fighters and 82 bombers in service. Total strength amounted to 380 aircraft. Only 30 of the Romanian fighters were Bf 109s, of the E model. However, this small force did not remain inferior in numbers for along. Despite a weak inter-war economy, the aircraft industry was run very efficiently, and they were able to produce some very capable aircraft; such as the IAR 37, IAR 39 and IAR 80. Unlike the army that stagnated, it was able to garner the cream of the Romanian officer corps. With the right support, organisation and modern equipment, it was able to grow in number and match its enemies in quality. In air defence and ground support operations it performed well, but failed in strategic bomber and naval operations owing to a lack of doctrine. Within a few weeks of Barbarossa beginning, it was able to put up 1,061 aircraft, including 400 trainers. The modern combat aircraft were focused into one unified Air Combat Group, or GAL (Gruparea AerienÃÂ de LuptÃÂ), while the obsolete types were given the Romanian Fourth Army, operating under the German Army Group South.
Soviet
Organisation
Since 1935, Soviet military aviation had been divided between the army (VVS KA) and the navy (VVS VMF). The VVS KA had been split into four different organisations owing to faulty conclusions drawn from the Winter War. Owing to a lack of coordination in close support operations with the Red Army, the entire VVS KA was subordinated to the field armies. The existence of too many different branches under separate commands in Soviet air power caused coordination problems (made worse by Axis bombing during Barbarossa). Most Soviet bomber units could not coordinate with fighter aviation, consequently they did not have fighter escort for long periods.
The total strength of the VVS amounted to 61 divisions; 18 fighter, nine bomber and 34 mixed. Five brigades were also included. The Front Air Forces were divided into Districts (later 'Fronts') and the home defence, the PVO. This element had 40.5 per cent of the Soviet air strength. The Army Air Forces comprised 43.7 per cent of the VVS' strength. The liaison squadrons were a collection of individual squadrons assigned to different army corps of the ground army (KAE). They comprised only 2.3 per cent.
The Soviet order of battle:
Leningrad and Baltic Fronts
The total strength of the front was 1,270 aircraft.
- VVS Baltic Special Military District, later the VVS North-Western Front
- 8 SAD
- 15 IAP
- 31 IAP
- 61 ShAP.
- 57 IAD
- 42 IAP
- 49 IAP
- 54 SBAP
- 7 SAD
- 10 IAP
- 9 SBAP
- 46 BAP
- 241 SBAP
- 6 SAD
- 21 IAP
- 31 SBAP
- 40 BAP
- 148 IAP
- 4 SAD
- 38 IAP
- 35 SBAP
- 50 SBAP
- 53 SBAP
The total strength of the front was 1,211 aircraft.
Western and South Western Fronts
The total strength of the front was 1,789 aircraft.
- VVS Kiev Special Military District, later the VVS South-Western Front
- 315 RAP and 316 RAP
- 14 SAD (5th Army, Lutsk area)
- 17 IAP
- 46 IAP
- 89 IAP
- 62 BAD (Kiev)
- 52 SBAP
- 94 SBAP
- 243 SBAP
- 245 SBAP
- 15 SAD (attached to the 6th Army), Lvov)
- 23 IAP
- 28 IAP
- 66 ShAP
- 164 IAP
- 16 SAD (attached to 6th Army), Ternopol)
- 86 SBAP
- 87 IAP
- 92 IAP
- 226 SBAP
- 227 SBAP
- 63 SAD (attached to 26th Army), Stryy)
- 20 IAP
- 62 IAP
- 91 IAP
- 165 IAP
- 64 SAD (12th Army), Stanislav
- 12 IAP
- 149 IAP
- 166 IAP
- 246 IAP
- 247 IAP
- 17 BAD (Proskurov)
- 48 SBAP
- 224 SBAP
- 225 SBAP
- 242SBAP
- 244 SBAP
- 36 IAD (Kiev)
- 2 IAP
- 43 IAP
- 254 IAP
- 255 IAP
- 19 BAD (Bila Tserkva)
- 33 SBAP
- 136 BAP
- 38 SBAP
- 44 IAD (Vinnitsa)
- 88 IAP
- 248 IAP
- 249 IAP
- 252 IAP
The total strength of the front was 1,913 aircraft.
- VVS Odessa Military District, later the VVS Southern Front
- 146 RAP
- 317 RAP
- 20 SAD (Beltsy and Tiropol)
- 4 IAP
- 45 SBAP
- 55 IAP
- 211 SBAP
- 21 SAD (Bolgrad-Vorms)
- 5 BAP
- 69 IAP
- 67 IAP
- 168 IAP
- 299 ShAP
The total strength of the front was 950 aircraft.
- DBA (Long-range Strategic Bomber Aviation)
- 1 BAK (Bomber Aviation Group) (Novgorod)
- 40 DBAD
- 53 DBAD
- 200 DBAD
- 7 TDBAP
- 2 BAK (Kursk)
- 35 DBAD
- 100 DBAD
- 219 DBAD
- 223 DBAD
- 48 DBAD
- 51 DBAD
- 220 DBAD
- 221 DBAD
- 222 DBAD
- 3 BAK (Smolensk)
- 52 DBAD
- 3 TBDAP
- 98 DBAD
- 212 DBAD
- 42 DBAD
- 1 TBDAP
- 96 DBAD
- 207 DBAD
- 4 BAK (Zaporozhye)
- 22 DBAD
- 8 DBAD
- 11 DBAD
- 21 DBAD
- 50 DBAD
- 81 DBA
- 299 DBAP
- 231 DBAP
- 228 DBAP
- 18 DBAD (Independent Division) (Skomorokhy and Boryspil)
- 14 TDBAP
- 90 DBAP
- 93 DBAP
The total strength of the front was 1,332 aircraft; 1,122 DB-3s, 20 TB-3s, and nine TB-7s.
Notes
Bibliography
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