Volume IIB – The German Forces, Mobilisation and War Economy: June to December 1941 (Part II)
Overview
Volume IIB completes the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS. It includes the most detailed OOB (Order of Battle) for the German Army (Heer), Waffen SS and Luftwaffe ever published! Each German Army HQ (and army reserve) is presented separately, with all divisional and separate units shown. The latter includes even very small units such as: anti-aircraft companies, artillery HQs, artillery observation battalions, bridge construction battalions, Landesschutzen battalions and traffic control battalions.The Luftwaffe OOB is treated with similar thoroughness: all Luftflotte and Fliegerkorps are shown separately, and the detail includes such small units as Kurierstaffel, Verbindungsstaffel and even Sanitatsflugbereitschaft (ambulance flights). The Luftwaffe tables also include complete information on the aircraft types and readiness of all air-combat (and transport) units on 21st June 1941. In addition, Luftwaffe reinforcements, withdrawals, aircraft replacements and aircraft production during 1941 are discussed.
Volume IIB also includes chapters (each with analyses and data tables) on the following: German weapons, equipment and personnel distribution across the Reich in June 1941; German mobilisation, war production, reinforcements, replacements (including the Replacement Army), casualties, logistics, supply distribution efficiency, and naval forces on the East Front during 1941.
Table of content
Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIB
Table of Contents
The German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), Mobilisation and War Economy from June to December 1941
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Order of Battle OOB of German Land Combat Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
1) The German Deployment Matrix
2. German Land Combat Unit Reinforcements on the East Front from 5th July to
31st December 1941
3. The Total Personnel and Equipment in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from
22nd June to 4th July 1941
1) The Total Personnel and Equipment Allocated to Combat Units and in a Deployed (D) state in the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
a. The German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery Deployed (D) in Support of Operation Barbarossa from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
i. Army Group North
ii. Army Group Centre
iii. Army Group South
iv. Norway Army, Befehlsstelle Finnland (East Front Only)
v. OKH Reserves
vi. Total, East Front
b. The German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery, Deployed (D) in the Western Fronts and the Replacement Army from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
i. Norway Army (Norway Occupation Duties)
ii. Army Group D (France-Low Countries)
iii. 12th Army (Yugoslavia-Serbia-Greece-Crete)
iv. Deutsches Afrikakorps (D.A.K) (North Africa)
v. Germany and the Remainder of Occupied Europe, and the Replacement Army
c. The Total German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery Deployed (D) in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
d. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply Distribution from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
2) The Total Available Personnel and Equipment in the Reich on 1st June 1941
a. Review of Available Small Arms and Other Infantry Weapons
b. Review of Available Anti-Tank Weapons
c. Review of Available Artillery Pieces
d. Review of Available Anti-Aircraft Weapons
e. Review of Available Tanks and other AFVs
f. Review of Available Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Types
g. Review of Available Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Personnel
3) The Proportion of Total Available Resources which were in a Deployed (D) State in the Reich from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
4. German Mobilisation After 22nd June 1941: the Actual Strength of German Land Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
1) Definition of Deployed (D), Mobilised and Deployed (MD), and Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND) in the German FILARM Model
2) German Land Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. The German Tank MD and MND Matrix
3) The Total Resources Allocated to Newly Mobilised Combat Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply Distribution from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
4) The Total Resources in the Reich that were Available for Use by Newly Mobilised Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Total Available Resources in the Reich Unallocated to Deployed (D) Units from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
b. New Resources Produced and Received in the Reich from June to 31st December 1941
i. Small Arms and Other Infantry Weapons
ii. Anti-Tank Weapons
iii. Artillery Pieces
iv. Anti-Aircraft Weapons
v. Tanks and other AFVs
vi. Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Types
vii. Newly Conscripted Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Personnel
5) Resources Unallocated to any Deployed (D), MD or MND Units in 1941
6) The Proportion of Total Available Resources Allocated to Deployed (D) and Newly Mobilised Units in 1941
a. A Comparison of the Percentages of German and Soviet Resources which were allocated to D, MD and MND Combat Units During 1941
7) The Resource Replacements (R) Available to the German Army, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Naval Coastal Artillery, from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. The German Replacement Army (Ersatzheer) and the Military-Districts (Wehrkreise) System
i. German Armed-Forces Auxiliary (Wehrmachtsgefolge) Organizations
b. Replacements (R) available to the Wehrmacht from June to December 1941
c. Replacements (R) Actually Issued to the German Ground Forces on the East Front During 1941
i. German Personnel Losses (Casualties) and Replacements
ii. German Tank and Assault Gun Losses and Replacements
d. Small Arms Used by all Ground Combat Units in the Reich in 1941, including Replacements (R)
e. Personnel Used by all Types of Replacements (R)
5. The Luftwaffe in 1941
1) The Structure of the Luftwaffe: June to December 1941
a. The Geschwader and Gruppe
b. The Staffel
c. Luftwaffe Higher-Level Command Structure
a. Luftwaffe Higher Level Organisation and Deployment on 21st June 1941
b. Luftflotte 1
c. Luftflotte 2
d. Luftflotte 4
e. Luftflotte 5
f. Luftflotte 3
g. X. Fliegerkorps
h. Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte
I. Luftflotte ObdL
J. Luftwaffe Seeluftstreitkrafte and Kustenfliegergruppen
3) Luftwaffe Strengths on 21st June 1941
a. Luftwaffe Strength Available to Support Operation Barbarossa on 21st June 1941
b. A Comparison of Luftwaffe Forces Supporting Operation Barbarossa and VVS Strengths in the Western Special Military Districts on 22nd June 1941
c. An Assessment of the Actual Luftwaffe Forces Available to Support German Ground Operations during Operation Barbarossa
d. Overall Luftwaffe Strength on 21st June 1941
4) Luftwaffe Air Combat Unit Reinforcements: June to December 1941
a. The Transfer of Deployed (D) and Newly Mobilised Air Combat Units to the Eastern Front: June to December 1941
b. The Transfer of Deployed (D) Air Combat Units from the Eastern Front to the West: June to December 1941
c. Newly Mobilised Luftwaffe Air Combat Units: June to December 1941
5) Overall Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft Usage, Production and Replacements (R): 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. German Aircraft Production and Replacements (R) in 1941
b. Review of the Luftwaffe Aircraft Losses and Casualties in 1941
6. The Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) for the Wehrmacht on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
1) SDE for all Deployed (D) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 22nd June to 4th July 1941
2) SDE for all Reinforcement (R) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 5th July to 31st December 1941
3) SDE for all Deployed (D) and Reinforcement (R) Land Combat Units on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
4) Inclusion of the Luftwaffe’s Air Combat Units in the SDE Calculation
5) Parameters Relating Specifically to the Calculation of the Wehrmacht SDE in 1941
a. Specific Weapon System or Squad Supply Demand Factors (SDFs)
b. Proportion of Available Rear Area Trucks, Tractors and Light Transports Allocated to Rear Area SDE functions
i. Proportion Available on 22nd June 1941
ii. Proportion Available from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
c. Average Lift Capacity of the Wehrmacht’s Motorised Vehicles and Horse Teams: Measured in Metric Ton Kilometres per Day
i. Average Transport Load Capacity (L)
ii. Average Distance Moved Per Day (D)
iii. Comparison of Average Soviet and German Lift Capacity (L*D)
6) Conclusions Relating to the Wehrmacht ’s SDE in 1941
7. German Naval Forces on the East Front; June to December 1941
1) Kriegsmarine High Level Operational Commands: June 1941
2) Orders and Objectives of the German Naval forces in the Baltic in 1941
3) The Actual Strength of German Naval Units in the Baltic during 1941
4) A History of German Naval Operations in the Baltic: June to December 1941
8. Wehrmacht and Waffen SS Casualties from June to December 1941
Appendices A to E
Selected Bibliography
