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Army Group E

Army Group E (German: Heeresgruppe E) was a German Army Group active during World War II.

Army Group E

1 January 1943 – 8 May 1945[1]

8 May 1945

 Nazi Germany

Heer ( Wehrmacht)

Alexander Löhr

Army Group E was created on 1 January 1943 from the 12th Army. Units from this Army Group were distributed throughout the Eastern Mediterranean area, including Albania, Greece, the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, and the Independent State of Croatia.

(Attica garrison) - Generalleutnant Wilhelm Kohler

11th Luftwaffe Field Division

(amalgamated with the Brandenburg Panzergrenadier Division in 1944)

Rhodes Assault Division

LXVIII Army Corps

117th Jäger Division

XXII Mountain Army Corps

104th Jäger Division

41st Fortress Division

Fortress Crete

22nd Division

Also within the Army Group command were 22 "fortress battalions" of the "999" series.

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Its principal units were:[2]

Hogg, Ian V., German Order of Battle 1944: The regiments, formations and units of the German ground forces, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1975

Tessin, Georg (1980). Die Landstreitkräfte: Namensverbände / Die Luftstreitkräfte (Fliegende Verbände) / Flakeinsatz im Reich 1943–1945 [Ground forces: Named units and formations / Air forces (Flying units and formations) / Anti–aircraft service in the Reich 1943–1945]. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. 14. Osnabrück: Biblio.  3-7648-1111-0.

ISBN

Thomas, Nigel, (Author), Andrew, Stephen, (Illustrator), The German Army 1939-45 (2) : North Africa & Balkans (Men-At-Arms Series, 316), Osprey Publishing, 1998  978-1-85532-640-8

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