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501 Schwere Panzer Abteilung

519 PanzerJager Abteilung

101 Nebelwerfer Abteilung

14 Nebelwerfer Regiment [Reduced]

551 Pioniere Regiment

Grenadiere Brigaden ‘Berlin’

1st Gebirgsjager Brigaden

1 Jagdstaffel – FW-190 HE 162 [9]

2 Jagdstaffel – FW190 [15]

3 Jagdstaffel – Me 262 [11]

4 Kampfstaffel – HE 111 [9], AR 234c [6]

5 Kampfstaffel – JU 88 [13]

6 Nachjagdstaffel – JU 88 [7], FW ta 154 [5],

7 Jagdstaffel – FW190 [11], FW ta 152[3], DO 335 [6]

8 Nachtjagdstaffel – HE 219 [12]

9 Aufklarerstaffel –ME410 [5]

10 Kampfstaffel – HE177 [18]

11 ZBV Staffel – HS 129 [12]

12 Nachtjagdstaffel – JU88 [5], Ju388[4]

13 Storkampfstaffel – JU87 [7]

14 Transportstaffel – JU52 [14]

15 Transportstaffel – JU52 [13]

16 Jagdstaffel – FW190 [8]

17 Jagdstaffel – ME262 [7]

18 Kampfstaffel – HE111 [7]

[Figures in square brackets represent number of aircraft of type deemed fit for flight duties on date of report.]

1 Korps

160 Reserve Division. [1 Korps].

264 Infanterie Division [1 Korps].

Special Division Staff 614 [1 Korps].

233 Reserve Panzer Division. [1 Korps].

169 Infanterie Division [Attached to British 2nd Army.]

HeeresGruppe ‘Norwegen’

ArmeeAbteilung ‘Narvik’

20 GebirgsArmee.

169 Infanterie Division. [HG Norwegen.]

196 Infanterie Division. [HG Norwegen.]

199 Infanterie Division. [HG Norwegen.]

7 Gebirgsjager Division. [HG Norwegen.]

296 Infanterie Division. [HG Norwegen.]

Special Division Staff 613. [HG Norwegen.]

Army Abteilung ‘Narvik’

19 GebirgsKorps

71 Korps.

6 Gebirgsjager Division. [19 Gebirgskorps]

270 Coastal Defence Division. [19 Gebirgskorps]

193 Grenadiere Brigaden. [19 Gebirgskorps]

388 Grenadiere Brigaden. [19 Gebirgskorps]

210 Coastal Defence Division. [71 Korps]

230 Coastal Defence Division. [71 Korps]

140 ZBV Division. [71 Korps]

20 GebirgsArmee

33 Korps

36 Korps

70 Korps

274 Infanterie Division. [70 Korps]

280 Coastal Defence Division. [70 Korps]

613 ZBV Division. [70 Korps]

295 Infanterie Division. [33 Korps]

702 Infanterie Division. [33 Korps]

14 Air Force Field Division. [33 Korps]

Panzer Division ‘Norwegen’. [36 Korps]

Maschinengewehr Ski Brigaden ‘Finland’. [36 Korps]

203 Schwere Werfer Batterie

224 Schwere Werfer Batterie

Gebirgsjager Werfer Abteilung 10

162 Flak Brigaden

92 Flak Brigaden

152 Flak Brigaden

83 Flak Brigaden

91 Armee

201 Korps

202 Korps

1 Fallschirmjager Division. [201 Kps]

5 Gebirgsjager Division. [201 Kps]

1 [Austrian] Bundes Division [201 Kps]

90 Grenadiere Division [202 Kps]

162 Infanterie Division [202 Kps]

334 Infanterie Division [202 Kps]

504 Panzer Abtleilung.

129 Panzer Abtleilung.

15 [Motorised] Infanterie Regiment

67 Panzer-Grenadiere Regiment.

289 Grenadiere Regiment.

17 Nebelwerfer Regiment.

56 Nebelwerfer Regiment.

Artillerie Gruppe Italia.

Bundes [Austrian] Alpenjager Brigaden

Rosignoli, Guido

The Allied Forces in Italy 1943-45

ISBN 0-7153-92123

Kleinfeld & Tambs, Gerald R & Lewis A

Hitler’s Spanish Legion – The Blue Division in Russia

ISBN 0-9767380-8-2

Delaforce, Patrick

The Black Bull – From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division

ISBN 0-75370-350-5

Taprell-Dorling, H

Ribbons and Medals

SBN 0-540-07120-X

Pettibone, Charles D

The Organisation and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II

Volume V – Book B, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

ISBN 978-1-4269-0281-9

Pettibone, Charles D

The Organisation and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II

Volume V – Book A, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

ISBN 978-1-4269-2551-0

Pettibone, Charles D

The Organisation and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II

Volume VI – Italy and France, Including the Neutral Conutries of San Marino, Vatican City [Holy See], Andorra and Monaco

ISBN 978-1-4269-4633-2

Pettibone, Charles D

The Organisation and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II

Volume II – The British Commonwealth

ISBN 978-1-4120-8567-5

Chamberlain & Doyle, Peter & Hilary L

Encyclopedia of German Tanks in World War Two

ISBN 0-85368-202-X

Chamberlain & Ellis, Peter & Chris

British and American Tanks of World War Two

ISBN 0-85368-033-7

Dollinger, Hans

The Decline and fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan

ISBN 0-517-013134

Zaloga & Grandsen, Steven J & James

Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two

ISBN 0-85368-606-8

Hogg, Ian V

The Encyclopedia of Infantry Weapons of World War II

ISBN 0-85368-281-X

Hogg, Ian V

British & American Artillery of World War 2

ISBN 0-85368-242-9

Hogg, Ian V

German Artillery of World War Two

ISBN 0-88254-311-3

.30cal machine-gun: Standard US medium machine-gun.

.45 M1911 automatic: US automatic handgun

.50 cal: Standard US heavy machine-gun.

105mm Flak Gun: Next model up from the dreaded 88mm, these were sometimes pressed into a ground role in the final days.

105mm LeFH: German light howitzer, highly efficient design that was exported all over Europe.

128mm Pak 44: German late war heavy anti-tank gun, also mounted on the JagdTiger and Maus. Long-range performance would have made this a superb tank killer but it only appeared in limited numbers.

2″ Mortar: British light mortar.

39th Kingdom: See Kingdom39

50mm Pak 38: German 50mm anti-tank gun introduced in 1941. Rapidly outclassed, it remained in service until the end of the war, life extended by upgrades in ammunition.

6-pounder AT gun: British 57mm anti-tank gun, outclassed at the end of WW2, except when issued with HV ammunition.

6x6 truck: Three axle, 6 wheel truck.

Achilles: British version of the M-10 that carried the high velocity 17-pdr gun.

Addendum F: Transfer of German captured equipment to Japanese to increase their firepower and reduce logistical strain on Soviets

Alkonost: Creature from Russian folklore with the body of a bird and the head of a beautiful woman.

Anschluss: The 1938 occupation and Annexation of Austria by Germany.

Anthrax Bombs: Factual Japanese weapons, believed used against the Chinese by Unit 731. Both the US and Britain carried their own tests on the same weapon.

Aquitania, RMS: Cunard liner that saw service in both WW1 and WW2. She was scrapped in 1950.

BA64: Soviet 4x4 light armoured car with two crew and a machine-gun.

BAR: US automatic rifle that fired a .30cal round. It was an effective weapon, but was hampered by a 20 round magazine. Saw service in both World Wars, and many wars since.

Battle of the Bulge: Germany’s Ardennes offensive of winter 1944

Bazooka: Generic name applied to a number of different anti-tank rocket launchers introduced into the US Army from 1942 onwards.