Paulus's 6th Army ORDER OF BATTLE - Before Stalingrad

This is the German Sixth Army's Order of Battle prior to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943. Please see the notes and sources in the PINNED COMMENT in the comment's section below. If you can help me fill in the gaps, let me know!

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[TheImperatorKnight]

*Notes*
It’s 9 corps, not 8. And it’s also 4 panzer divisions, not 3. Only noticed when I was editing and too late to go back. Yes! I can’t count!

Map shown is actually for the 24th of July rather than the 23rd, simply because it turns out I don’t have an accurate map for the 23rd of July.


I do not know if 44th Infantry Division had a reconnaissance battalion. If it did, I don’t know which one it is.

I also don’t know the artillery unit for 60th Motorized Division - let me know if you know!

Several other units don’t have unit symbols or generals, and I don’t know the leaders for a lot of them. If you can help me out, please do!

*Important Links*







*Selected Bibliography/Sources*

Adam, W. Rühle, O. “With Paulus at Stalingrad.” Pen and Sword Books, 2015.
Beevor, A. “The Second World War.” Phoenix, 2012.
Glantz, D. House, J. “The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 1. To the Gates of Stalingrad. Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942.” University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Glantz, D. House, J. “The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2. Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942.” University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Glantz, D. House, J. “The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 1. To the Gates of Stalingrad. Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942.” University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Glantz, D. House, J. “The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3. Endgame at Stalingrad Book One: November 1942..” University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Glantz, D. House, J. “The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3. Endgame at Stalingrad Book Two: December 1942-February 1943.” University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Heiber, H. Glantz, D. “Hitler and his Generals. Military Conferences 1942-1945.” Enigma Books, 2004.
Mitcham, S. “Hitler’s Legions: German Army Order of Battle World War II.” Redwood Burn Limited, 1985.
Mitcham, S. “German Order of Battle: Volume One: 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII.” Stackpole Books, 2007.
Mitcham, S. “German Order of Battle: Volume Two: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII.” Stackpole Books, 2007.
Mitcham, S. “German Order of Battle: Volume Three: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII.” Stackpole Books, 2007.
Mark, J. Obhodas, A. “Croatian Legion: The 369th Reinforced (Croatian) Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front 1941-1943.” Leaping Horsemen Books, 2010.
Mark, J. “Death of the Leaping Horsemen: The 24th Panzer Division in Stalingrad 12th August - 20th November 1942.” Stackpole Books, Kindle 2003.
Mark, J. “Panzer Krieg: Volume 1: German Armoured Operations at Stalingrad.” Leaping Horsemen Books, 2017.

Thanks for watching!

[rich]

a million times better than the innaccurate rubbish on the history channel i've been shaking my head at over the last 15 years!

[jeffreynelson]

the unit symbols represent the unit type: For infantry, the X represents crossed rifles; the artillery dot represents a cannon ball; the horizontal E of engineers represents a bridge, the oval of armor units represents the tracks of a tank, the zig zag of the signals unit represents a bolt of lightning, or electricity.

[jeffreymcfadden]

i can understand the 22nd div. and their rodent problems.
a few years ago, i went out to start the truck. i thought the fuel pump was out. nope. a mouse had chewed through the 3 sending unit wires and the 4 fuel pump wires. all 7 wires were cut. a very efficient mouse.

[ftffighter]

This pumped me up so much...it's like pre-fight footage showing the stats of both fighters designed to hype you up for the big fight! TIK, you've seriously set the quality standard astronomically high for future documentaries from other "historians" in the realm of historical details, their accuracy, and lack of bias. So much so that I just can't watch any of the other documentaries on YouTube (or anywhere else for that matter) without feeling as if something is missing. Stalingrad is going to be a masterpiece!!! TIK for life..Thank you for creating these vids btw.

[Neves]

As a historian, history teacher, WW2 enthousiast, scale modeller and wargamer, all I can say is OMNOMNOMNOM. This is excellent content!

[miguelpl]

One of the best channels there is, glad I found you

[xXHoratiuTheBobXx]

I always heard my great grandpa was wounded somewhere near Stalingrad. He actually managed to make it back to Romania after the war but had a weird twitch in his eye (I think the bullet was close to his lung). This video kind of explains how he got there so thank you for making it.

[MCValli]

Best sentence: Does not survive the Battle of Stalingrad.

[Karelwolfpup]

awesome to see, TIK, could not have been easy to collate all this, hat's off to you mate o7

[brotomann]

I certainly care about the bread the Wehrmacht were eating! I think the food situation, especially on the Eastern Front, is often underlooked when you think of how many of the soldiers were fighting underfed, distracted by hunger pains and weakened from lack of energy

[karenalletson]

My late very good friend 'Kurt Adam' was a medic in the 6th army. He was shot in the neck by a Russian partisan and evacuated to the west, so missed going into the bag with the rest of them. I have some of his medals. I have a picture of him with his first wife and child, both of whom were killed in a British Bomb raid. I knew his second wife and his daughter. All now sadly gone. I think your presentations are among the best i have seen. Military History is my thing!

[johnivkovich]

Your videos started out as well thought out and informative. You are getting better.... thank you for all of your hard work.

[joshjwillway]

Favorite history channel, you need more subs

[tomasmarcataio]

113th Infantry Division's symbol is just an upfacing "3" with two "1" in its holes

[Thechezbailey]

I'll say it so TIK doesn't have to. Smash that like and subscribe! Smash it like it's the 29th motorized division (which did not survive the battle of Stalingrad).

[jan]

The German Wikipedia spells it Sixt von Armin, Source is the "Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels"('Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility') and explicitly states the spelling "Arnim" is wrong.

[Miguel_Travels]

I am a Yankee with a love for the Eastern Front. I find the story of the German 6th Army very intriguing... So, so happy that I found your channel. Thank you so very much.

[blockboygames]

That terrifyingly repetitive phrase "This Division did not survive the battle of Stalingrad."


I was actually deeply moved by this whole video. Thanks so much Tik.

[roverboat]

You probably already have it below but: "The insignia of the 79th Division is a grey Lorraine cross on a blue shield with a grey border; it was adopted during World War I. Having distinguished itself at Montfaucon, in Lorraine, the division selected the Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of triumph since the 15th Century, as its insignia". I have a photo of von Schwerin but I can't attach it here.