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Reichswehr
The German Imperial Army 1918 – 1935The units, formations, and organizations of the transitional Weimar-era German Army and Navy.
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Reichsmarine
The German Navy 1919-1935The units, formations, and organizations of the transitional Weimar-era German Navy.
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Luftwaffe
The Nazi German Air Force 1935-1945The units, formations, and organization of the German Air force (Luftwaffe), including both air and ground units.
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Waffen-SS
The Nazi German Armed Waffen-SS 1933-1945The units, formations, and organizations of the Armed SS, from the largest Army to the smallest battalions.
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Heer
The Nazi German Army 1935-1945The units, formations, and organizations of the Nazi German Army.
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Kriegsmarine
The Nazi German Navy 1935-1945The units, formations, and organization of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine), including ships and naval ground units.
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Wehrmachtsgefolge
Auxiliary OrganizationsThe history of the Armed Forces Auxiliary organizations that assisted or aided the German military during and prior to WWII.
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Kollaboration
Axis CollaborationThe history of the collaborationist formations that assisted the German Armed Forces during WWII.
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Alliierte
Axis PowersThe history of the European Axis Powers that fought alongside Germany during WWII.
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Freiwillige
Foreign VolunteersThe history of the extensive foreign volunteer formations that served within the German Armed Forces during WWII.
German Military Events on this Date
Read a chronological listing of German military events that occurred 1939-1945 this month.
March 16, 1941
The Kriegsmarine loses two of its most successful U-boatcommanders, Kretschmer (U-99) and Schepke (U-100) to British convoyescorts.
March 16, 1943
Armored Waffen-SS units of Heeresgruppe Süd (von Manstein) recapture Charkov.
March 16, 1944
On the Italian front, repeated attempts by the British 8th Army(Alexander) to break through the Gustav Line at Cassino fail. In the North Atlantic, two U-boat wolf packs, code-named Raubgraf and Stürmer, attack Convoys HX229 and SC122, and over a period of fourdays and nights sink 21 ships (141,000 tons total), for the loss of one U-boat, U-384 (Oblt. von Rosenberg-Gruszinski).
March 16, 1945
In Hungary, the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) begins an offensive toward Lake Balaton. In the East, the German heavy vessels Schlesien and Prinz Eugen support the forces of Heeresgruppe Kurland intheir defense against heavy Soviet attacks to break up the Kessel. The US 8th Air Force launches a massive attack (675 bombers) against the HQcomplex of the OKH at Zossen 20 miles south of Berlin, but with minimaleffect.
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