Battle of Debrecen order of battle
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This order of battle lists the German, Hungarian and Soviet forces involved in the Battle of Debrecen in October 1944.
[edit] Order of Battle for 6th Army, October 1944
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| South Gen Friessner |
German 6th Army Gen Fretter-Pico |
IV Panzer Corps LtGen Kleeman |
24th Panzer Division |
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| LXXII Army Corps LtGen Schmidt |
76th Infantry Division |
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| Hungarian VII Army Corps MajGen Vörös |
Hungarian 8th Reserve Division |
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| Hungarian 12th Reserve Division |
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| III Panzer Corps LtGen Breith |
1st Panzer Division |
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| 13th Panzer Division |
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| 23rd Panzer Division |
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| Feldherrnhalle Panzergrenadier Division |
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| 22nd SS Cavalry Division Maria Theresa |
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| 46th Infantry Division |
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| 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion |
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| Hungarian Second Army LtGen von Dalnoki (Attached to German Sixth Army) |
Hungarian II Army Corps MajGen Kiss |
Hungarian 2nd Armored Division |
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| Hungarian 25th Infantry Division |
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| German 15th Infantry Division |
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| Hungarian Group Finta BrigGen Finta |
Hungarian 7th Replacement Division |
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| Hungarian 1st Replacement Mountain Brigade |
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| Hungarian 2nd Replacement Mountain Brigade |
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| Army Reserve LtGen von Dalnoki |
Hungarian 9th Replacement Division |
[edit] Order of Battle for Second Ukrainian Front, October 1944
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| 2nd Ukrainian Marshal Malinovsky |
Soviet 7th Guards Army LtGen Shumilov |
24th Guards Rifle Corps |
72nd Guards Rifle Division |
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| 81st Guards Rifle Division |
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| 6th Rifle Division |
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| 25th Guards Rifle Corps |
6th Guards Airborne Rifle Division |
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| 36th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 53rd Rifle Division |
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| Army Reserve |
227th Rifle Division |
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| Soviet 27th Army LtGen Trofimenko |
35th Guards Rifle Corps |
3rd Guards Airborne Rifle Division |
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| 93rd Guards Rifle Division |
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| 180th Rifle Division |
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| 202nd Rifle Division |
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| 33rd Rifle Corps |
78th Rifle Division |
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| 337th Rifle Division |
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| 104th Rifle Corps |
4th Guards Airborne Rifle Division |
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| 163rd Rifle Division |
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| 206th Rifle Division |
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| Army Reserve |
11th Artillery Division |
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| 27th Guards Tank Brigade |
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| Romanian 2nd Mountain Division |
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| Romanian 3rd Mountain Division |
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| Romanian 18th Infantry Division |
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| Romanian Tudor Vladimirescu Infantry Division |
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| Soviet 40th Army LtGen Zhmachenko |
50th Rifle Corps |
240th Rifle Division |
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| 51st Rifle Corps |
38th Rifle Division |
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| 133rd Rifle Division |
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| 232nd Rifle Division |
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| Army Reserve |
42nd Guards Rifle Division |
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| Soviet 46th Army LtGen Schlemin |
10th Guards Rifle Corps |
49th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 59th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 86th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 109th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 31st Guards Rifle Corps |
4th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 34th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 40th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 37th Rifle Corps |
108th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 320th Rifle Division |
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| Army Reserve |
7th Breakthrough Artillery Division |
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| Soviet 53rd Army LtGen Managarov |
27th Guards Rifle Corps |
297th Rifle Division |
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| 409th Rifle Division |
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| 49th Rifle Corps |
1st Guards Airborne Rifle Division |
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| 110th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 375th Rifle Division |
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| 57th Rifle Corps |
203rd Rifle Division |
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| 228th Rifle Division |
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| 243rd Rifle Division |
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| Army Reserve |
18th Tank Corps |
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| 5th Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division |
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| Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army MajGen Kravchenko |
Direct Army Control |
9th Guards Mechanized Corps |
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| 5th Guards Tank Corps |
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| 6th Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade |
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| Romanian Cavalry Corps |
1st Cavalry Training Division |
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| 1st Infantry Training Division |
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| Soviet Cavalry Mechanized Group Pliyev MajGen Pliyev |
4th Guards Cavalry Corps |
9th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 10th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 30th Cavalry Division |
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| 6th Guards Cavalry Corps |
8th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 13th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 8th Cavalry Division |
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| Direct Group Control |
7th Mechanized Corps |
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| Soviet Cavalry Mechanized Group Gorshkov MajGen Gorshkov |
5th Guards Cavalry Corps |
11th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 12th Guards Cavalry Division |
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| 63rd Cavalry Division |
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| Direct Group Control |
23rd Tank Corps |
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| Romanian First Army Gen Macici |
IV Corps |
2nd Infantry Division |
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| 4th Infantry Division |
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| VII Corps |
9th Cavalry Division |
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| 19th Infantry Division |
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| Romanian Fourth Army Gen Avramescu |
Mountain Corps |
1st Mountain Division |
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| 3rd Infantry Division |
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| 6th Infantry Division |
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| II Corps |
8th Cavalry Division |
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| 20th Infantry Division |
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| VI Corps |
7th Infantry Division |
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| 9th Infantry Division |
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| 21st Infantry Division |
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| Army Reserve |
1st Cavalry Division |
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| 11th Infantry Division |
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| Armored Group (remnants of 1st Armored Division) |
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| Front Reserve Marshal Malinovsky |
2nd Guards Mechanized Corps |
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| 25th Guards Rifle Division |
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| 303rd Rifle Division |
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