I an Baxter is a military historian who specialises in German twentieth century military history. He has written more than thirty books including Poland The Eighteen Day Victory March, Panzers In North Africa, The Ardennes Offensive, The Western Campaign, The 12th SS Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend, The Waffen-SS on the Western Front, The Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, The Red Army At Stalingrad, Elite German Forces of World War II, Armoured Warfare, German Tanks of War, Blitzkrieg, Panzer-Divisions At War, Hitlers Panzers, German Armoured Vehicles of World War Two, Last Two Years of the Waffen-SS At War, German Soldier Uniforms and Insignia, German Guns of the Third Reich, Defeat to Retreat: The Last Years of the German Army At War 1943 1945, Operation Bagration the destruction of Army Group Centre, German Guns of the Third Reich, Rommel and the Afrika Korps, U-Boat War, and most recently the Sixth Army and the Road to Stalingrad. He has written over one hundred journals including Last days of Hitler, Wolfs Lair, Story of the V1 and V2 rocket programme, Secret Aircraft of World War Two, Rommel At Tobruk, Hitlers War With His Generals, Secret British Plans To Assassinate Hitler, SS At Arnhem, Hitlerjugend, Battle Of Caen 1944, Gebirgsjger At War, Panzer Crews, Hitlerjugend Guerrillas, Last Battles in the East, Battle of Berlin, and many more. He has also reviewed numerous military studies for publication, supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film Production Companys worldwide, and lectures to various schools, colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland.
Order of Battle
German Army
OKH Reserve
German Second Army
5th Infantry Division
German Ninth Army
I Corps
XVII Corps
XXXVI Corps
XXXVIII Corps
XXXIX Corps
XLII Corps
XLIII Corps
German Army Group A
Commanded by Colonel General Gerd von Rundstedt
(Chief of Staff Lt.Gen. Georg von Sodenstern)
German Fourth Army Colonel General Gnther von Kluge (Chief of Staff Maj.Gen. Kurt Brennecke)
II Corps General of Infantry Carl-Heinrich von Stlpnagel
12th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
31st Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Rudolf Kmpfe
32nd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Franz Bhme
V Corps General of Infantry Richard Ruoff
62nd Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Walter Keiner
94th Infantry Division Gen. of Infantry Hellmuth Volkmann
263rd Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Franz Karl
VIII Corps Gen. of Artillery Walter Heitz
8th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Rudolf Koch-Erpach
28th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Johann Sinnhuber
XV Corps Gen. of Infantry Hermann Hoth
5th Panzer Division Lt.Gen. Joachim Lemelsen -> 6.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Ludwig Cruwell
2nd Infantry Division (mot.) Lt.Gen. Paul Bader
7th Panzer Division Maj.Gen. Erwin Rommel
Reserves
87th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Bogislav von Studnitz
211th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
267th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Ernst Fessman
German Twelfth Army Colonel General Wilhelm List
(Chief of Staff Lt.Gen. Eberhard von Mackensen)
III Corps Gen. of Artillery Curt Haase
3rd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Walter Lichel
23rd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
52nd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Hans-Jurgen von Arnim
VI Corps Gen. of Engineer Wilhelm Frster
15th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Ernst Eberhard Hell
205th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
XVIII Corps Gen.of Infantry Eugen Beyer -1.6. Lt.Gen. Hermann von Speck
25th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Erich Heinrich Clssner
81st Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Lper
290th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Max Dennerlein -> 8.6. 1940 Maj.Gen. Theodor Wrede
German Sixteenth Army - Gen. of Infantry Ernst Busch
(Chief of Staff Maj.Gen. Walther Model)
VII Corps Gen.Of Infantry Eugen von Schobert
16th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Heinrich Krampf
24th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Justin von Obernitz -> 1.6. 1940 Maj.Gen. Hans- Valentin Hube
36th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Georg Lindemann
76th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Maximilian de Angelis
299th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Willi Moser
XIII Corps Lt.Gen. Heinrich von Vietinghoff
17th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Herbert Loch
21st Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Otto Sponheimer
160th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Otto Schunemann
XXIII Corps Lt.Gen. Albrecht Schubert
73rd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Bruno Bieler
82nd Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Josef Lehmann
86th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Joachim Witthff
Reserves
6th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Arnold von Biegeleben
26th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Sigismund von Frster
71st Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Karl Weisenberger
Panzer Group Kleist Gen of Cavalry Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (Chief of Staff Maj.Gen. Kurt Zeitzler)
XIV Corps Gen. of Infantry Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
9th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Georg von Apell
13th Mot.Division Maj.Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Rothkirch
9th Panzer Division Maj.Gen. Alfred Hubici
10th Panzer Division Lt.Gen. Ferdinand Schaal
Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland Lt.Col. Gerhard von Schwerin
XXXXI Corps
2nd Motorised Division Josef Harpe
Reserve
27th Infantry Division Lt.Gen Friedrich Bergmann
German Army Group B
Commanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock
(Chief of Staff Lt.Gen. Hans von Salmuth).
German Sixth Army Colonel General Walter von Reichenau
(Chief of Staff Maj.Gen. Friedrich Paulus).
XVI Corps Gen. of Cavalry Erich Hoepner
4th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Erich Hansen
33rd Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Rudolf Sintzenich
3rd Panzer Division Maj.Gen. Horst Stumpff
4th Panzer Division Maj.Gen. Ludwig Radlmeier -> 8.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Johann
Joachim Stever IV Corps Gen.of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler
15th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Ernst-Eberhard Hell
205th Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
XI Corps- Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzlesich
7th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz
211th Infantry Division Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
253rd Infantry Division Lt.Gen. Fritz Kuhne
IX Corps
XVI Corps
3rd Panzer Division
4th Panzer Division
XXVII Corps
German Eighteenth Army Georg von Kchler
Reserves
208th Infantry Division
225th Infantry Division
526th Infantry Division
SS Verfgungstruppe Division
7th Airborne Division
22nd Air Landing Infantry Division
9th Panzer Division
207th Infantry Division
X Corps
SS Adolf Hitler Division
227th Infantry Division
1st Cavalry Division
XXVI Corps
256th Infantry Division
254th Infantry Division
SS Der Fhrer Division
German Army Group C
Commanded by Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.
German First Army Erwin von Witzleben
XII Corps
XXIV Corps
XXX Corps
XXXVII Corps
German Seventh Army Friedrich Dollmann Reserves
XXV Corps
XXXIII Corps
Italian Army Group West
Commanded by Prince General Umberto di Savoia
1 st Army General Pietro Pintor
2nd Corps General Francesco Bettini
3rd Corps General Mario Arisio
15th Corps General Gastone Gambara
4th Army General Alfredo Guzzoni
1st Corps General Carlo Vecchiarelli