The Battle of Berlin was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin.
Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South on 16 April.
Northern Sector
German forces +Order of battle on April 16ArmyCommanderCorpsDivisions3rd Panzer ArmyGeneral der Panzertruppe Hasso von ManteuffelSwinemünde Corps2nd Marine XXXII CorpsVoigt Infantry 549th Volksgrenadier Stettin Garrison281st Infantry Oder Corps610th Infantry Klossek Infantry XXXXVI Panzer Corps1st Marine Division
3rd Panzer Army
Swinemünde Corps (General of Infantry Ansat) 2nd Marine Division 402nd Naval Division 522nd Grenadier Training Regiment Stab 27/172 Füsilier Training Battalion Rostock 94th Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock 4/222 Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock 48/374 Grenadier Training Battalion Neubrandenburg 89/368 Grenadier Training Battalion Schwerin 85th Hungarian Regiment Stab Hungarian infantry school Várpalota Brigade Kopp Alarm Regiment 4 Alarm Regiment 5 Stab Artillery Training Regiment 2 Schwerin 257th Artillery Ausbildung Battalion 12/32 Artillery Battalion 38/2 Artillery Battalion Schwerin 22nd Flak Training Battalion
XXXII Corps General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack 1st Panzerjägd Battalion Kampfgruppe Voigt Volkssturm Battalion 244 Volkssturm Battalion 26/50 Volkssturm Battalion 26/52 Volkssturm Battalion 26/62 281st Infantry Division 379th Regiment (I. Battalion) 1098th Regiment (I. & II. battalions) Battalion Creuz Volkssturm Battalion Hessen Nassau One Fortress Alarm Battalion 549th Volksgrenadier Division 1097th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions) 1099th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions) 1549th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions) 1549th Pioneer Battalion 549th Replacement Battalion 549th Füsilier Battalion 549th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies) 929th Heeres Artillery Battalion (2 heavy batteries with 2 guns each) 3rd Flak Regiment 605th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries) 325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries) 474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion - 10.5 cm x 8 guns) 437th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries) Regiment Pommern 4 (II. & III. battalions) Marine Alarm Battalion Recce battalion of the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division One battalion of 5th Jäger Division One Hitler Youth Battalion Volkssturm Battalion 26/11 Volkssturm Battalion 26/29 Volkssturm Battalion 26/70 SS Latvian Feldersatz Depot SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 1 (I.-IV. Battalions) - detached in Swinemünde SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 2 (I.-IV. Battalions, IV. Battalion with only 72 men) SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 3 (I.-III. Battalions)
Fortress Stettin 418th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) from 281st Security Division 281st Füsilier Battalion from 281st Security Division 1st Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 43rd Fortress Regiment (with 1453rd & 1454th Fortress battalions) 2nd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 44th Fortress Regiment (with 1455th & 1457th Fortress battalions) 3rd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Over & Roy Alarm battalions 4th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Benner & Laase Alarm battalions 5th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 1st Marine Infantry Battalion & Feldersatz Battalion + police company 85th Fortress M.G. Battalion Stettin A Fortress M.G. Battalion Fortress Pioneer Battalion 3132nd Artillery Regiment (II. (3., 4., 7., 8. batteries every one with 5 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) & III. (9.& 10. batteries every one with 4 x 15 cm & 11. & 12. batteries, every one with 6 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) battalions) 3156th Fortress Flak Battalion (3147th (6 x 10,5 cm (French)) & 3148th (6 x 12,2 cm (Russian) Fortress Flak batteries) 3158th Fortress Flak Battalion (1., 2. & 3. Batteries every one with 4 x 15,2 cm (Russian)) VIII Fortress Pak Regiment XVI Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 4, 7, 8, 10) XXVII Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 1-6, 8 & 10) 725th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies) 555th z.v.B. Pioneer Regiment Fire security Battalion (3 companies) 96th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies) 254th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies) IV/ Waffen SS Grenadier Regiment (3 companies)
Oder Corps Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Fs E. u. A. Regiment 1 284th Sturmgeschütze Brigade Infantry Group Klossek 1604th (Russian) Regiment (2 battalions) 89/IV Hungarian Battalion Volkssturm Battalion Genssen One Battalion F.A. Oder II./3 SS Regiment 610th Infantry Division 1. SS Police Brigade Volkssturm Battalion Hamburg Volkssturm Battalion Brandenburg Volkssturm Battalion
Soviet forces
2nd Belorussian Front (Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky) 2nd Shock Army (Colonel General Ivan Fedyuninsky) 98th Rifle Corps () 142nd Rifle Division () 281st 381st 108th 46th
372nd 116th 86th 321st 326th 161st Fortified Region 8th Guards Tank Corps 58th Guards Tank Brigade 59th Guards Tank Brigade 60th Guards Tank Brigade 28th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade 65th Army (Colonel General Pavel Batov) 18th 15th 37th Guards 69th 46th 108th 186th 413th 105th 44th Guards 193rd 354th 70th Army (Colonel General Vasily Popov) 47th
136th
96th 1st 38th Guards
114th 76th Guards 160th 300th 49th Army (Colonel General Ivan Grishin) 70th 139th 238th 121st 42nd 199th 380th 19th Army (Colonel General Vladimir Romanovsky) 40th Guards 10th Guards 101st Guards 102nd Guards 132nd 18th 27th 313th 134th 205th 272nd 310th 3rd Artillery Corps 1st Artillery Division 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division 5th Guards Tank Army (Colonel General Vasily Volsky) 29th Tank Corps 53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade 25th Tank Brigade 31st Tank Brigade 32nd Tank Brigade Front Reserve 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps 5th Guards Cavalry Division 6th Guards Cavalry Division 32nd Cavalry Division 26th Artillery Division 1st Guards Tank Corps 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade 15th Guards Tank Brigade 16th Guards Tank Brigade 17th Guards Tank Brigade 3rd Guards Tank Corps 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade 3rd Guards Tank Brigade 18th Guards Tank Brigade 19th Guards Tank Brigade 8th Motorized Corps 66th Motorized Rifle Brigade 67th Motorized Rifle Brigade 68th Motorized Rifle Brigade 116th Tank Brigade
Center Sector
Army Group Vistula Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici
Ninth Army General of Infantry Theodor Busse Sturm Battalion AOK Hitlerjugend Nahkampf Brigade (I. to IV. Battalions each w 4 companies).
CI Corps General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin 406th Volksartilleriekorps (I. to V. Battalions II. & IV. each w 2 companies, the others w 3 companies) 111th Sturmgeschütz Lehr-Brigade Parachute Panzerjägd Brigade "Pirat" (from 541st Volksgrenadier Division) 15th Schweres werfer Regiment (II. Battalion (3 companies - each 6 x 15 cm)) 53rd Flak Regiment (336th Battalion - 7/751 (2 x 8,8 cm), 1/185 (4 x 10,5 cm), 4/336 (4 x 10,5 cm), 2/336 (4 x 10,5), RAD 3/785 (3 x 10,5 cm), 1/339 (6 x 8,8cm + 3 x 2cm), 1/876 (3 x 3,7 cm), RAR (6 x 3,7 cm), FKT (3 x 3,7 cm) 2/871 (15 x 3,7 cm)) I./13 Battalion - 8 companies, 402nd Battalion - 10 companies) 182nd Flak Regiment (I./19 Battalion (3 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x 3,7 + 12 x 2 cm), I./54 Battalion (4 companies 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm + 1 company 12 x ? cm + 2 x 2 cm), leichte 87 Battalion (1 company 12 x 3,7 cm + 1 company 18 x 2 cm + 1 company ? x 2 cm ) 16/69 Volkssturm Battalion 16/128 Volkssturm Battalion 4 Volkssturm companies (16/75, 16/123, 16/511, 16/67/1) 5th Jäger Division 56th Jäger regiment 75th Jäger regiment 5th Jäger artillery regiment 606th Division Stab z.b.V. Schatten Regiment A (I. & II. Battalions + 14. Company) Regiment Sator (battalions Bählkow, Gorny & Spandau) Regiment Rohrde (Battalion Potsdam & Alarm? Battalion 67) Police Landschützen Battalion Bremen (606th Füsilier Battalion? (3 companies)) 606th Artillery Regiment (III. (2 light batteries - each 4 guns & 1 heavy battery with 4 guns) & IV. (2 heavy batteries each with 6 guns + 1 heavy battery 5 x 15,2 (Russian guns)) 1606th Panzerjäger company (7 PaK 75 mm)
3rd Panzer A. u. E. Battalion (3 companies - armored cars) 309th Berlin Infantry Division Wachregiment GrossDeutschland (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies) 652nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) 653rd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) 309th Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies with 3,4 & 4 10,5 cm), I./301 (1-3 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), III./707 (1-2 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm + 3 x 2 cm), IV./234 (10-11 & IV (bod) companies each 4 x 15 cm)) 309th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies (one of them motorised)) 309th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies - with 12 PaK 75mm & 10/8 ready StuG III) 1234th Fhj Regiment "Potsdam" (I. & II. Battalions) 16./1129th PanzerJägd Battalion (from Kurmark Division) with 15/10 ready Jägpanzer 38. 4 Volkssturm Battalion (Alarm battalions Brandenburg, 323rd Potsdam, Spandau, 338th z.b.V.) 25th Panzergrenadier Division 5th Panzer Battalion 35th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions) 119th Panzergrenadier Regiment (I. (Half-tracks) & II. & III. Battalions) 25th Pioneer Battalion (5 companies) 25th Panzerjäger Battalion 125th Reconnaissance Battalion 292nd Heeres Flak Battalion 25th Panzergrenadier Artillery Regiment (I. (3 batteries - every one with 5 x 10,5 cm), II. (3 batteries - with 5,6 & 5 guns x 10,5 cm & III. (1 battery 4 x 10,5 cm, 2 batteries 5 x 15 cm) Battalions) Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights
LVI Panzer Corps General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling Heeres 920th StuG Lehr Brigade
9th Fallschirmjäger Division 25th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions) 26th Parachute Regiment (I. & III. Battalions) 9th Parachute Artillery Regiment (I. to III. Battalions) 9th Parachute Rocket battalion (3 companies) 9th Parachute Pioneer battalion (3 companies) 18th Panzergrenadier Division 118th Panzer Battalion 30th Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions) 51st Panzergrenadier Regiment (mot) 18th Artillery Regiment (mot) (I., II., III. Battalions) 118th Reconnaissance Battalion
20th Panzergrenadier Division 8th Panzer Battalion 76th Panzergrenadier Regiment (3 battalions) 90th Panzergrenadier Regiment (3 battalions) 20th artillery regiment (3 battalions)
Müncheberg Panzer Division Panzer Battalion Müncheberg (3 companies) 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions) 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment Müncheberg (I. & II. Battalions) Panzerjäger company Müncheberg Panzerpioneer company Müncheberg Artillery Regiment Müncheberg (I. Battalion (3 companies each with 6 guns), II. (Flak Battalion) (2 batteries each 4 x 8,8 cm + 1 battery 4 x 3,7 cm))
XI SS Panzer Corps Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 404th Volksartillerie Corps (I.(1-3 batteries), II.(4-6 batteries), III.(7-9 batteries), IV.(10-11 batteries), V.(12-13 batteries), VI.(14-16 batteries) 1240th Fhj Regiment (I. & II. battalions) 303rd ‘Döberitz’ Infantry Division 300th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) 301st Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) 302nd Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) 303rd Artillery Regiment (I. (1-3 companies each 4 x 10,5 cm), II. (4-6 companies ? x 10,5), III. (7-9 companies each 4 x 8,8 cm/before was I./216 LW - Luftwaffe) 303rd Füsilier Battalion (3 companies) 303rd Pioneer Battalion (3 companies) 303rd Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies - Stug III) 169th Infantry Division (9 battalions) 378th Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions) 392nd Grenadier Regiment (I. to III. Battalions) 1242nd Fhj Regiment (I. & II. Battalions + 13. & 14. companies) 230th Pioneer Battalion