In June 1941 there were 175 infantry divisions in the German army. The traditions of the former Prussian army were also maintained in the midst of the war during this recruit swearing-in in Potsdam.The Infantry division was still the most important combat unit. Kleist‘s 1st Panzer Army, for example, consisted of three tank corps, which together had five Panzer divisions, two motorized infantry divisions and two Waffen-SS divisions. The largest form of organization of the Panzer troops was the Panzer (Tank) Group, which soon became the Panzer (Tank) Army. As an ideal three divisions were aimed at, which could rarely be kept under the fighting conditions. The Corps was a flexible formation, which could consist of different types of divisions. In September 1943, for example, the 17th Army consisted of three army corps with a total of 11 infantry divisions. However, an army in an important section could also be significantly strengthened, reaching the size of up to a quarter of a million men. It usually consisted of three army corps with a considerable number of support troops.
The Army, on the other hand, was a more uniformly organized combat formation. For example, Rundstedt’s Army Group South consisted of three German armies, one tank group and two allied Romanian armies at the beginning of the invasion of the Soviet Union. The largest organizational form of the Wehrmacht was the Army Group, whose size varied considerably according to requirements. TOE strength of the most important division types of the German Army 1942-1945.
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