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Germany planned to use units from two army groups in Operation Citadel, Army Groups Center and South, and which were supported by units from the German Air Force (Luftwaffe):


Army Group Center

Army Group Center commanded by Günther von Kluge consisted of the following units:
  • 2nd Army (2. Armee) commanded by Walter Weiß

    Which consisted of:

    • VII Corps
      • 26th Infantry Division
      • 68th Infantry Division
      • 75th Infantry Division
      • 88th Infantry Division

    • XIII Corps
      • 82nd Infantry Division
      • 327th Infantry Division
      • 340th Infantry Division

  • 9th Army (9. Armee) commanded by Walther Model

    Which consisted of:

    • XIII Corps
      • 216th Infantry Division
      • 383rd Infantry Division
      • 78th Assault Division

    • XX Corps
      • 45th Infantry Division
      • 72nd Infantry Division
      • 137th Infantry Division
      • 251st Infantry Division

    • XLI Corps
      • 86th Infantry Division
      • 292nd Infantry Division
      • 18th Panzer Division

    • XLVI Panzer Corps
      • 7th Infantry Division
      • 31st Infantry Division
      • 102nd Infantry Division
      • 258th Infantry Division

    • XLVII Panzer Corps
      • 6th Infantry Division
      • 2nd Panzer Divsion
      • 9th Panzer Divsion
      • 20th Panzer Divsion

    • Army Reserve
      • 4th Panzer Division
      • 12th Panzer Division
      • 10th Panzergrenadier Division

  • 2nd Panzer Army (2. Panzerarmee) commanded by Erich-Heinrich Clö';ßner

    Which consisted of:

    • XXXV Corps
      • 34th Infantry Division
      • 56th Infantry Division
      • 262nd Infantry Division
      • 299th Infantry Division

    • LIII Corps
      • 208th Infantry Division
      • 211th Infantry Division
      • 293rd Infantry Division
      • 25th Panzergrenadier Division

    • LV Corps
      • 110th Infantry Division
      • 134th Infantry Division
      • 296th Infantry Division
      • 339th Infantry Division

    • Army Reserve
      • 112th Infantry Division

  • The Army Group Center Reserve

    Which consisted of:

    • 5th Panzer Division
    • 8th Panzer Division

Army Group South

Army Group South commanded by Erich von Manstein consisted of the following units:
  • 4th Panzer Army (4. Panzerarmee) commanded by Hermann Hoth

    Which consisted of:

    • XLVIII Panzer Corps
      • 167th Infantry Division
      • 3rd Panzer Division
      • 11th Panzer Division
      • Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland

    • LII Panzer Corps
      • 57th Infantry Division
      • 255th Infantry Division
      • 332nd Infantry Division

    • II SS Panzer Corps
      • 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
      • 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich
      • 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf

  • Army Detachment Kempf commanded by Werner Kempf

    Which consisted of:

    • III Panzer Corps
      • 168th Infantry Division
      • 6th Panzer Divison
      • 7th Panzer Divison
      • 19th Panzer Divison

    • XI Corps
      • 106th Infantry Divison
      • 320th Infantry Divison

    • XLII Corps
      • 39th Infantry Divison
      • 161st Infantry Divison
      • 282nd Infantry Divison

  • The Army Group South Reserve

    Which consisted of:

    • XXIV Panzer Corps
      • 17th Panzer Division
      • 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe support for Operation Citadel consisted of two Air Fleets (Luftflotte) supporting Army Group Center and Army Group South respectively:
  • 6th Air Fleet (Luftflotte 6) commanded by Robert Ritter von Greim, which supported Army Group Center.

  • 4th Air Fleet (Luftflotte 4) commanded by Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, which supported Army Group South.



 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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