The Organization of the Eastern Troops, 5 May 1943

How To Use the Formation Tables Below
The tables below provide the organization of the Eastern Troops in service of the Germany Army on 5 May 1943.  Only units known to the General der Osttruppen, the commanding officer responsible for supervising eastern troops, are presented in the tables.  The tables are not intended to display the organization of regular German Army formations and units, their titles are only provided to show which formation or unit each Osttruppen unit was attached to.  The tables cover all Heeresgruppen and theatres of war.  The Schematische Kriegsgliederung does not indicate to which specific divisional commands each unit is assigned to, unless the division in question is a German Army security division.  Where an eastern unit has been attached directly to a German Army division, it is usually noted as being "bei...", so an eastern unit attached to the 344. Infanterie-Division would have a note next to it indicating that the unit is "bei 344. Infanterie-Division."
The tables are laid out so that the organization of higher-echelon formations, i.e. corps and armies, and their respective attachments should be clear.  The tables go from the top-most organization to the bottom-level organization, so if you are reading the page from top to bottom you will begin at the Army Group level, and proceeding down you will see the various assigned Army and Corps.  Use the links within the tables to jump from one formation to another.
Each table has a label at the top, indicating which formation it refers to.  This title is repeated in the left-hand column of the table for reference.  The right-hand column lists all of the Osttruppen units assigned to that particular formation.  Within the right-hand column, each "level" of indentation indicates a level of subordination.  No indentation means that the unit in question is directly attached to the main formation.  Units indented one level are directly subordinate to the parent unit above it.  A parent unit or formation of regiment size or larger with subordinate elements is always displayed in boldface type, and without being indented.
The echelon-level of certain units and command staffs, i.e. REGIMENT, BRIGADE, CORPS, etc., is provided next to the unit's or staff's title in brackets with capital letters: e.g. Armenische Legion (REGIMENT).  This is used where the unit's or staff's title designation does itself indicate the exact size.
Research footnotes next to unit titles are presented in BLACK type and in brackets [ ].  These are footnotes that were added by the researcher, and are either additions, corrections, or translations of notes found on the original document.
Original footnotes next to unit titles are presented in BLUE type and in parenthesis ( ).  These are notes added directly to the original document, and are not translated or altered from their original form.
Unit assignments are occasionally noted next to a unit in RED type and in brackets [ ].  These indicate the actual higher formation that the unit is assigned to.
The unit titles of all units and formations are presented in their original German form, and appear in BLUE type.  If you need translations of their titles, use the Site Glossary.  In most cases, the unit titles are in their unabbreviated form.  Unit titles are left unabbreviated when the actual title can not be determined.
Source: This information was largely taken from the original document listed below, found on Microfilm Roll T78-413, Frame 1302, a holding of the U.S. National Archives.  Supplemental information was provided by the sources listed at the bottom of this page.
Notes on the Summary Tables:
Below each Formation Table is a Summary Table that presents an overall picture of the total numbers of Osttruppen units, organized by unit type, ethnicity, and size, that were assigned to that formation on 5 May 1943.  The Summary Tables are meant to be used to perform quick examinations of the total units assigned to each formation, and present this information in an easy-to-read format.  In-depth examinations should instead be performed using the Formation Tables, as they provide more specific information.  The Summary Tables use certain abbreviations and categories to organize the information, as noted below:
Categories:

• Construction Battalions: includes all Bau- and Träger-Bau-.
• Construction Companies: Includes all Bau- and Straßenbau-, and Eisenbahn-Bau-.
• Supply Companies: Includes all Nachschub- and Nachschub-Transport-.
• Cossack Cavalry: Used to differentiate between Cossack cavalry and other cavalry units.
• Cossack: Cossack infantry units are listed under the regular "Infantry" categories, Cossack cavalry units are under their own category, "Cossack Cavalry."
• Infantry categories: If not specified, units (regardless of size) are assumed to be infantry.  Also includes Gebirgs-, Jäger-, Feld-, and Sicherungs-Infanterie-.
• Cavalry: Also includes Kavallerie-Sicherungs.

Unit Composition/Size:

• Unspecified units in 162. Infanterie-Division (turk.) are listed as being "Turkic."
• School category units are company-sized units unless otherwise specified.

Abbreviations:

Armen.: Armenian Aserb.: Azerbaijani Estn.: Estonian Finn.: Volga-Finnish Georg.: Georgian Kalmuken: Kalmuck Kauk.: Caucasian Kosaken: Cossack Lett.: Latvian Litau.: Lithuanian Nordkauk.: North Caucasian Nordukr.: North Ukrainian

Ost: Composed of mostly Russian and Byelorussian personnel, possibly with some Ukrainians, unless otherwise specified. Ostvölk.: Eastern peoples (general term) Turk.: Turkestani, also used as a general term for the "Asiatic" eastern peoples Ukrain.: Ukrainian Wolgatat.: Volga-Tatar BR = Total Brigade-sized units. R = Total Regiment-sized units. B = Total Battalion-sized units. C = Total Company-sized units. P = Total Platoon-sized or smaller units

Schematische Kriegsgliederung der landeseigenen Verbände 5.Mai.43 T78-413, Frame 1302 (H 1/153) OKH/Gen.St.d.H. General der Osttruppen Nr 402/43 gKdos. Stand vom 5.Mai.43

General der Osttruppen

General der Osttruppen

Heeresgruppe A Heeresgruppe Süd Heeresgruppe Mitte Heeresgruppe Nord Oberbefehlshaber West Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Ukraine Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres Total Eastern Troops, 5 May 1943

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Heeresgruppe A

Heeresgruppe A

Direct Attachments Befehlshaber Krim Befehlshaber der Straße Kertsch 17. Armee (A.O.K. 17) Heeresgruppe A, Total Eastern Troops

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe A)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe A)

Turkestanisches Feldzeug-Bataillon 8 (3 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Feldzeug-Bataillon 11 (3 Kompanien) 5. Georgische Nachschub-Transport-Kompanie/151 6. Georg.Nachschub-Transport-Kompanie/151 4. Turk.Nachschub-Transport-Kompanie/592 5. Kauk.Nachschub-Transport-Kompanie/546 Kaukasische Freiwilligen-Infanterie-Kompanie [No other designation] Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 64 (4 Kompanien und Nachschub-Kolonne) 2 x Ost-Hiwi-Kompanie [These may be "Hiwi-Wach-Kompanien", but the designation is not clear] Ukrainische Nachschub-Kompanie (mot.) 666 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 15 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 27 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 55 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 63

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe A), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Georg.	Kauk.	Ost	Turk.	Ukrain.	Total
Ordnance Battalions	-	-	-	2	-	2
Construction Battalions	-	-	-	-	1	1
Supply Companies	2	1	-	1	1	5
Hiwi Companies	-	-	2	-	-	2
Infantry Companies	-	1	-	-	-	1
Telephone Operation Sections	-	-	4	-	-	4
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	2	6	3	2	3B; 8C; 4P

Befehlshaber Krim (Heeresgruppe A)

Befehlshaber Krim (Heeresgruppe A)

Turkestanisches Infanterie-Regiment Bergmann (17 Kompanien) [Reorganized on 24 July 1943 as:] Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./Bergmann (4 Kompanien)* Kaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon II./Bergmann (4 Kompanien)* Kaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon III./Bergmann (4 Kompanien)* Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./73 (5 Kompanien; in Auffrischung) Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 804 (5 Kompanien) Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 806 (5 Kompanien; in Auffrischung) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Batillon I./370 (5 Kompanien; in Auffrischung) Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon II./4 (5 Kompanien) Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./9 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Bau-Bataillon 245 [Number of companies not given] 5. Aserbeidschanische Straßenbau-Kompanie/551 5. Aserbeidschanische Straßenbau-Kompanie/559 5. Aserbeidschanische Straßenbau-Kompanie/563 5. Armenische Bau-Kompanie/51 5. Armenische Bau-Kompanie/144 5. Georgische Wach-Kompanie/43B

Befehlshaber Krim (Heeresgruppe A), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Aserb.	Georg.	Turk.	Total
Infantry Regiments	-	-	-	1	1
Infantry Battalions	-	3	2	1	6
Construction Battalions	-	-	-	1	1
Construction Companies	2	3	-	-	5
Guard Companies	-	-	1	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	6	3	3	1R; 7B; 6C

* Counted as part of the regiment and not as independent battalions.

Befehlshaber der Straße Kertsch (Heeresgruppe A)

Befehlshaber der Straße Kertsch (Heeresgruppe A)

4. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/563 (In Zuführung:) Georgische Bau-Kompanie 17 Georgische Bau-Kompanie 24 Turkestanisches Träger-Bau-Bataillon 1000

Befehlshaber der Straße Kertsch (Heeresgruppe A), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Georg.	Turk.	Total
Construction Battalions	-	1	1
Supply Companies	-	1	1
Construction Companies	2	-	2
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	2	1B; 3C

17. Armee (Heeresgruppe A)

17. Armee (A.O.K. 17) (Heeresgruppe A)

Kosaken Regiment Platow (Stab und 8 Kompanien) Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron (bei Regiment 4 ) [No other designation; probably refers to Radfahrer-Sicherungs-Regiment 4] Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 131 (4 Kompanien) Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 221 (4 Kompanien) Ukrainische Bau-Kompanie 97 Ukrainische Bau-Kompanie 101 Ukrainische Nachschub-Kompanie 562 Ost-Bau-Kompanie 4 Ukrainische Kraftfahr-Kompanie (mot.) 562 Ost-Fahr-Kompanie [No other designation] Ost-Nachschub-Kolonne [No other designation] 1. Ost-Nachschub-Kolonne/125 2. Ost-Nachschub-Kolonne/125 1. Turkestanische Infanterie-Kompanie/452 Turkestanische Nachschub Kolonne 452

17. Armee (Heeresgruppe A), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Kosaken	Ost	Turk.	Ukrain.	Total
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	1	-	-	-	1
Construction Battalions	-	-	-	2	2
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	1	-	-	-	1
Construction Companies	-	1	-	2	3
Supply Companies	-	-	-	1	1
Supply Columns	-	3	1	-	4
Motor Transport Companies	-	1	-	-	1
Motor Pool Companies	-	-	-	1	1
Infantry Companies	-	-	1	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	5	2	6	1R; 2B; 12C

Heeresgruppe A, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ethnicity	Total
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	1 Kosaken	1
Infantry Regiments	1 Turk.	1
Total Regiments		2
Construction Battalions	2 Turk.; 3 Ukrain.	5
Infantry Battalions	1 Turk.; 2 Georg.; 3 Aserb.	6
Ordnance Battalions	2 Turk.	2
Total Battalions		13
Construction Companies	1 Ost; 2 Armen.; 2 Georg.; 2 Ukrain.; 3 Aserb.	10
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	1 Kosaken	1
Guard Companies	1 Georg.	1
Hiwi Companies	2 Ost	2
Infantry Companies	1 Kauk.; 1 Turk.	2
Motor Pool Companies	1 Ukrain.	1
Motor Transport Companies	1 Ost	1
Supply Columns	1 Turk.; 3 Ost	4
Supply Companies	1 Kauk.; 2 Georg.; 2 Turk.; 2 Ukrain.	7
Total Companies		29
Telephone Operation Sections	4 Ost	4
Total Platoons/Sections		4

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Heeresgruppe Süd

Heeresgruppe Süd

Direct Attachments6. Armee (A.O.K. 6) 1. Panzerarmee (Pz.A.O.K. 1) 4. Panzerarmee (Pz.A.O.K. 4) Armeeabteilung Kempf Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Süd Heeresgruppe Süd, Total Eastern Troops

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon II./198 (5 Kompanien) 6. Turkestanische Wach-Kompanie/571 7. Georgische Wach-Kompanie/571 4. Georgische Nachschub-Kompanie/592 5. Georgische Nachschub-Kompanie/592 [From 22 June 1943] 4. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/573 4. Ukrainische Wach-Kompanie/571 5. Ukrainische Wach-Kompanie/571 Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 112 [Number of companies not given] Turkestanisches Bau-Bataillon 156 [Number of companies not given] Turkestanisches Bau-Bataillon 305 (4 Kompanien und Nachschub-Kolonne)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Georg.	Turk.	Ukrain.	Total
Infantry Battalions	1	-	-	1
Construction Battalions	-	2	1	3
Guard Companies	1	1	2	4
Supply Companies	2	1	-	3
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	4	4	3	4B; 7C

6. Armee (Heeresgruppe Süd)

6. Armee (A.O.K. 6) (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Ukrainisches Infanterie-Bataillon 6 (8 Kompanien) [Renamed Ost-Bataillon 551 1 June 1943] Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 450 (5 Kompanien) Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 109 (4 Kompanien und Nachschub-Kolonne) Ukrainisches Bau-Bataillon 111 (3 Kompanien) 1. Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron/583

6. Armee (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Kosaken	Turk.	Ukrain.	Total
Infantry Battalions	-	1	1	2
Construction Battalions	-	-	2	2
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	1	-	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	1	3	4B; 1C

1. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Süd)

1. Panzerarmee (Pz.A.O.K. 1) (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Kosaken Abteilung 126 (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Abteilung 161 (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron (bei III. Panzerkorps) [No other designation] 1. Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron/82 Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./94 (4 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./295 (4 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./371 (4 Kompanien) Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 802 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 784 (4 Kompanien) Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./111 (5 Kompanien) Ukrainische Bau-Kompanie 235

1. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Aserb.	Kosaken	Nordkauk.	Turk.	Ukrain.	Total
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	-	2	-	-	-	2
Infantry Battalions	1	-	1	4	-	6
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	-	2	-	-	-	2
Construction Companies	-	-	-	-	1	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	4	1	4	1	8B; 3C

4. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Süd)

4. Panzerarmee (Pz.A.O.K. 4) (Heeresgruppe Süd)

5. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/606 5. Armenische Nachschub-Kompanie/619 4. Georgische Nachschub-Kompanie/606 6. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/606 [From 22 June 1943]

4. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Georg.	Turk.	Total
Supply Companies	1	1	2	4
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	1	2	4C

Armeeabteilung Kempf (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Armeeabteilung Kempf (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron (bei 57. Infanterie-Division) [No other designation] Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron (bei 6. Panzer-Division) [No other designation] 4. Georgische Wach-Kompanie/591 5. Armenische Nachschub-Kompanie/591 6. Armenische Nachschub-Kompanie/591 [From 22 June 1943] Ost-Wach-Bataillon 555 (3 Kompanien) Ukrainische Infanterie-Kompanie 248 Ost-Kompanie 448 5. Ost-Wach-Kompanie/122B 6. Ost-Wach-Kompanie/122B

Armeeabteilung Kempf (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Georg.	Kosaken	Ost	Ukrain.	Total
Guard Battalions	-	-	-	1	-	1
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	-	-	2	-	-	2
Guard Companies	-	1	-	2	-	3
Supply Companies	2	-	-	-	-	2
Infantry Companies	-	-	-	1	1	2
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	1	2	4	1	1B; 9C

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Süd (Heeresgruppe Süd)

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Süd (Heeresgruppe Süd)

(Kosaken-)Kavallerie-Regiment von Jungschultz (12 Kompanien) [Renamed Kosaken-Regiment 1 (von Jungschultz) on 15 February 1943, and redesignated 3. Reiter-Regiment Sswodno on 1 June 1943] Kalmuken Kavallerie-Regiment Dr. Doll (19 Kompanien) Kalmuken-Kavallerie-Regiment 5 Kuban (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Abteilung I./454 (3 Kompanien) Kosaken Abteilung II./454 (3 Kompanien) Kosaken Abteilung III./454 (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Abteilung IV./454 (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Kavallerie-Ausbildungs-Abteilung [No other designation] Kosaken Abteilung 213 (5 Kompanien) Ost-Reiter-Ausbildungs-Abteilung Kranz (3 Kompanien) Ost-Reiter-Abteilung 403 (3 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 783 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bau-Bataillon 559 (5 Kompanien) Ost-Minenräum-Kompanie 554 1. - 3. Ost-Kompanie/556 1. und 2. Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel/66 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 62 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 43 Ost-Fernsprechbetriebsstaffel 51 Ost-Kompanie 213

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Süd (Heeresgruppe Süd), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Kalmuken	Kosaken	Ost	Turk.	Total
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	-	1	-	-	1
Cavalry Regiments	2	-	-	-	2
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	-	5	-	-	5
Cossack Cavalry Training Battalion	-	1	-	-	1
Cavalry Training Battalions	-	-	1	-	1
Cavalry Battalions	-	-	1	-	1
Infantry Battalions	-	-	-	1	1
Construction Battalions	-	-	1	-	1
Mine Clearing Companies	-	-	1	-	1
Infantry Companies	-	-	4	-	4
Telephone Operation Sections	-	-	5	-	5
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	7	13	1	3R; 10B; 10C

Heeresgruppe Süd, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ethnicity	Total
Cavalry Regiments	2 Kalmuken	2
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	1 Kosaken	1
Total Regiments		3
Cavalry Battalions	1 Ost	1
Cavalry Training Battalions	1 Ost	1
Construction Battalions	1 Ost; 2 Turk.; 3 Ukrain.	6
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	7 Kosaken	7
Cossack Cavalry Training Battalions	1 Kosaken	1
Guard Battalions	1 Ost	1
Infantry Battalions	1 Georg.; 1 Nordkauk.; 1 Ukrain.; 6 Turk.	9
Total Battalions		26
Construction Companies	1 Ukrain.	1
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	5 Kosaken	5
Guard Companies	1 Turk.; 2 Georg.; 2 Ost; 2 Ukrain.	7
Infantry Companies	1 Ukrain.; 5 Ost	6
Mine Clearing Companies	1 Ost	1
Supply Companies	3 Armen.; 3 Georg.; 3 Turk.	9
Total Companies		29
Telephone Operation Sections	5 Ost	5
Total Platoons/Sections		5

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Heeresgruppe Mitte

Heeresgruppe Mitte

Direct Attachments2. Armee LII. Armeekorps VII. Armeekorps XIII. Armeekorps rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 580 2. Panzerarmee XX. Armeekorps XXXXVII. Panzerkorps XXXXVI. Panzerkorps XXXXI. Panzerkorps XXXV. Armeekorps LIII. Armeekorps LV. Armeekorps rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 532 4. Armee LVI. Panzerkorps XII. Armeekorps IX. Armeekorps XXXIX. Panzerkorps XXVII. Armeekorps Korück 559 3. Panzerarmee VI. Armeekorps II. Luftwaffen Feldkorps XXXXIII. Armeekorps 201. Sicherungs-Division rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 590 rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 582 Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Mitte Heeresgruppe Mitte, Total Eastern Troops

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Ost-Bataillon 82 (2 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 308 (3 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Fernsprecher-Kompanie/515 2. Ost-Fernsprecher-Kompanie/515 Turkestanisches Träger-Bau-Bataillon 1001 (3 Kompanien) Ost-Kompanie 606 4. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/544 [Brjansk) 1. Ost-Kompanie/607 2. Ost-Kompanie/607 (Gomel) 3. Ost-Kompanie/607 (Gomel) 4. Aserbeidschanische Nachschub-Kompanie/548 (Gomel) 5. Turkestanische Wach-Kompanie/B99 (Orscha) Turkestanische Infanterie-Kompanie 493 (Orscha) Ost-Kompanie 608 (Orscha) Ost-Kompanie 611 (Orscha) Ost-Kompanie 609 (Minsk) 1. Ost-Kompanie/610 (Minsk) 2. Ost-Kompanie/610 (Minsk) 3. Ost-Kompanie/610 (Minsk) 4. Georgische Nachschub-Kompanie/B147 (Bobruisk) 5. Turkestanische Infanterie-(K)Kompanie/51B (Witebsk) 5. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/B107 (Witebsk) 5. Turkestanische Nachschub-Kompanie/B23 (Smolensk) (In Zuführung:) Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie 79 Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie 135 Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./1 (5 Kompanien)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Aserb.	Georg.	Ost	Turk.	Total
Construction Battalions	-	-	-	1	1
Infantry Battalions	-	1	2	-	3
Telephone Companies	-	-	2	-	2
Infantry Companies	-	-	10	2	12
Supply Companies	1	1	-	3	5
Guard Companies	-	-	-	1	1
Construction Companies	-	-	-	2	2
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	2	14	9	4B; 22C

2. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

2. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Ost-Reiter-Schwadron 299 Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie 120 Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie 123 Turkestanische Eisenbahn-Bau-Kompanie 217 LII. Armeekorps 1 x Schwadron/Ost-Reiter-Abteilung 57 [No other designation] VII. Armeekorps 1 x Schwadron/Ost-Reiter-Abteilung 57 [No other designation] Ost-Bau-Kompanie 168 Ost-Kompanie 407 XIII. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 340 Ost-Kompanie 413 Ost-Kompanie 182 rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 580 Ost-Reiter-Abteilung 580 (3 Schwadronen) Ost-Aufklärungs-Abteilung (mot.) 581 (4 Schwadronen) Ost-Wach-Bataillon 552 (7 Kompanien) Ost-Wach-Bataillon 581 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./76 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Feld-Bataillon I./389 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./785 (4 Kompanien)

2. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ost	Turk.	Total
Cavalry Battalions	1	-	1
Reconnaissance Battalions	1	-	1
Guard Battalions	2	-	2
Infantry Battalions	-	3	3
Cavalry Squadrons	3	-	3
Construction Companies	1	2	3
Rail Construction Companies	-	1	1
Infantry Companies	4	-	4
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	12	6	7B; 11C

2. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

2. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Ost-Kompanie 85 4. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/44 4. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/320 4. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/511 Kosaken Artillerie-Batterie 553 XX. Armeekorps 1. Ost-Kompanie/84 2. Ost-Kompanie/84 XXXXVII. Panzerkorps 1. Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron/137 2. Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron/137 Ost-Kompanie 45 Ost-Kompanie 102 XXXXVI. Panzerkorps Ost-Wach-Bataillon 581 (2 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Kompanie/446 2. Ost-Kompanie/446 Ost-Kompanie 178 XXXXI. Panzerkorps Ost-Kompanie 383 XXXV. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 34 Ost-Kompanie 156 LIII. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 25 Ost-Bataillon 441 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Kompanie 453 LV. Armeekorps Ost-Bataillon 134 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Kompanie 110 Ost-Bataillon 339 (4 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Reiter-Schwadron/447 2. Ost-Reiter-Schwadron/447 Ost-Kompanie 455 Ost-Bataillon I./447 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon II./447 (4 Kompanien) Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./125 (5 Kompanien) rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 532 Kosaken Kavallerie-Sicherungs-Abteilung III./57 (4 Schwadronen) Ost-Bataillon 615 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 616 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 617 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 618 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 620 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Artillerie-Abteilung 621 Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon II./9 (5 Kompanien) Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 807 (5 Kompanien)

2. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Aserb.	Kosaken	Ost	Turk.	Total
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	-	-	1	-	-	1
Guard Battalion	-	-	-	1	-	1
Infantry Battalions	2	1	-	10	-	13
Artillery Battalions	-	-	-	1	-	1
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	-	-	2	-	-	2
Cavalry Squadrons	-	-	-	2	-	2
Infantry Companies	-	-	-	15	-	15
Construction Companies	-	-	-	-	3	3
Artillery Batteries	-	-	1	-	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	1	4	29	3	16B; 23C

4. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

4. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

4. Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie (mot.)/604 5. Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie (mot.)/604 4. Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie/622 4. Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie/687 4. Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie/690 Ost-Kompanie 612 1. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/136 2. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/137 4. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/57 4. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/544 Ost-Kompanie 626 (mit Oberquartiermeister 4, A.O.K. 4) Ost-Ersatz-Bataillon 4 (4 Kompanien) LVI. Panzerkorps Ost-Banden-Jagd-Kompanie (mit 31. Infanterie-Division) 1. Ost-Kompanie/131 2. Ost-Kompanie/131 Ost-Kompanie 10 1. Ost-Kompanie/267 2. Ost-Kompanie/267 Ost-Bataillon 456 (3 Kompanien) XII. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 260 Ost-Kompanie 268 Ost-Bataillon 412 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Banden-Jagd-Kompanie [Assigned to 98. Infanterie-Division] IX. Armeekorps Ost-Banden-Jagd-Kompanie [Assigned to 252. Infanterie-Division] XXXIX. Panzerkorps Ost-Kompanie 195 Ost-Kompanie 439 XXVII. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 152 Ost-Kompanie 253 Ost-Bataillon 229 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 427 (2 Kompanien) Korück 559 Ost-Bataillon 627 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 642 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 643 (3 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 629 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Artillerie-Batterie 614 Ost-Bataillon 646 (Dorogobusch) (3 Kompanien) Ost-Kompanie 613 (Dorogobusch) (mit Ortskommandantur 292) Ost-Wach-Kompanie 640 (Dorogobusch)

4. Armee (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ost	Turk.	Total
Infantry Battalions	9	-	9
Replacement Battalions	1	-	1
Supply Companies	5	-	5
Infantry Companies	14	-	14
Construction Companies	-	4	4
Anti-Partisan Companies	3	-	3
Guard Companies	1	-	1
Artillery Batteries	1	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	34	4	10B; 28C

3. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

3. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Ost-Kompanie 639 Ost-Kompanie 644 Ost-Kompanie 645 Ost-Kompanie 59 2. Wolgatatarische Bau-Kompanie/825 [Became 4./Wolgatatarisches Bau-Bataillon 18 on 13 August 1943] VI. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 183 Ost-Bataillon 406 (3 Kompanien) 4. Georgische Bau-Kompanie/91 4. Georgische Bau-Kompanie/415 II. Luftwaffen-Feldkorps 1. Ost-Kompanie/263 2. Ost-Kompanie/263 3. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/248 3. Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie/416 XXXXIII. Armeekorps Ost-Kompanie 205 Ost-Kompanie 331 Kosaken Abteilung 443 (3 Kompanien) 201. Sicherungs-Division Kosaken Bataillon 622 (5 Kompanien) Kosaken Bataillon 623 (5 Kompanien) Kosaken Bataillon 624 (5 Kompanien) Kosaken Bataillon 625 (5 Kompanien) Kosaken Kompanie 638 Ost-Bataillon 603 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Reiter-Schwadron 201 1. Wolgatatarische Infanterie-Kompanie/825 5. Ost-Sicherungs-Kompanie/722 Ost-Wach-Bataillon 508 (3 Kompanien) rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 590 Ost-Bataillon 281 (3 Kompanien) rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 582 Ost-Bataillon 628 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 630 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Artillerie-Batterie 582 Ost-Ersatz-Kompanie 582 Ost-Unteroffizier-Schule

3. Panzerarmee (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Georg.	Kosaken	Ost	Turk.	Wolgatat.	Total
Infantry Battalions	-	4	5	-	-	9
Guard Battalions	-	-	1	-	-	1
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	-	1	-	-	-	1
Infantry Companies	-	1	10	-	1	12
Replacement Companies	-	-	1	-	-	1
Artillery Batteries	-	-	1	-	-	1
Cavalry Squadrons	-	-	1	-	-	1
Construction Companies	2	-	-	2	1	5
NCO School Unit	-	-	1	-	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	6	20	2	2	11B; 21C

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Mitte (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Mitte (Heeresgruppe Mitte)

Ost-Ersatz-Regiment Mitte (9 Kompanien) [Became Ost-Ausbildungs-Regiment Mitte on 10 July 1943 (handwritten note)] Kosaken Abteilung 600 (5 Kompanien) Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie 350 Ost-Nachschub-Kompanie 354 Ost-Bataillon 633 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 634 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 635 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 636 (2 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 637 (4 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Kompanie/221 2. Ost-Reiter-Schwadron/221 Ost-Bataillon 602 (4 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Kompanie/203 2. Ost-Reiter-Schwadron/203 Ost-Bataillon 604 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Reiter-Schwadron 286 Ost-Bataillon 601 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 605 (4 Kompanien)

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Mitte (Heeresgruppe Mitte), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Kosaken	Ost	Total
Replacement Regiments	-	1	1
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	1	-	1
Infantry Battalions	-	9	9
Supply Companies	-	2	2
Infantry Companies	-	2	2
Cavalry Squadrons	-	3	3
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	17	1R; 10B; 7C

Heeresgruppe Mitte, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ethnicity	Total
Replacement Regiments	1 Ost	1
Total Regiments		1
Artillery Battalions	1 Ost	1
Cavalry Battalions	1 Ost	1
Construction Battalions	1 Turk.	1
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	3 Kosaken	3
Guard Battalions	4 Ost	4
Infantry Battalions	1 Aserb.; 1 Georg.; 2 Armen.; 3 Turk.; 35 Ost	42
Reconnaissance Battalions	1 Ost	1
Replacement Battalions	1 Ost	1
Total Battalions		54
Anti-Partisan Companies	3 Ost	3
Artillery Batteries	1 Kosaken; 2 Ost	3
Cavalry Squadrons	9 Ost	9
Construction Companies	1 Ost; 1 Wolgatat.; 2 Georg.; 14 Turk.	17
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	2 Kosaken	2
Guard Companies	2 Ost	2
Infantry Companies	1 Kosaken; 1 Wolgatat.; 2 Turk.; 55 Ost	59
NCO School Unit	1 Ost	1
Replacement Companies	1 Ost	1
Supply Companies	1 Aserb.; 1 Georg.; 3 Turk.; 7 Ost	12
Telephone Companies	2 Ost	2
Total Companies		111

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Heeresgruppe Nord

Heeresgruppe Nord

Direct Attachments16. Armee 18. Armee Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Nord Heeresgruppe Nord, Total Eastern Troops

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Nord)

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Nord)

(In Zuführung:) Aserbeidschanische Bau-Kompanie 25 Aserbeidschanische Bau-Kompanie 87 Armenische Bau-Kompanie 254 Armenische Bau-Kompanie 257 Georgische Bau-Kompanie 127 Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie 414 Litauische Wach-Kompanie 650 Lettische Wach-Kompanie 651 Lettische Wach-Kompanie 652

Direct Attachments (Heeresgruppe Nord), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Aserb.	Georg.	Lett.	Litau.	Turk.	Total
Construction Companies	2	2	1	-	-	1	6
Guard Companies	-	-	-	2	1	-	3
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	2	2	1	2	1	1	9C

16. Armee (Heeresgruppe Nord)

16. Armee (A.O.K. 16) (Heeresgruppe Nord)

rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 584 Ost-Ersatz-Bataillon 16 (1. und 3. Kompanie in Aufstellung) [Number of companies not given] Ost-Bataillon 667 (6 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 668 (6 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 669 (3 Kompanien in Vfg.; 3 Kompanien in Aufstellung) Ost-Bataillon 620 (4 Kompanien) 1. Ost-Artillerie-Batterie/670 2. Ost-Artillerie-Batterie/670 Ost-Nachrichten-Kompanie 671 [Disbanded 23 August 1943] Ost-Bataillon 653 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 654 (4 Kompanien) Kosaken Kavallerie-Schwadron 655 Estnische Infanterie-Kompanie 657

16. Armee (Heeresgruppe Nord), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Estn.	Kosaken	Ost	Total
Replacement Battalions	-	-	1	1
Infantry Battalions	-	-	6	6
Artillery Batteries	-	-	2	2
Signals Companies	-	-	1	1
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	-	1	-	1
Infantry Companies	1	-	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	1	10	7B; 5C

18. Armee (Heeresgruppe Nord)

18. Armee (A.O.K. 18) (Heeresgruppe Nord)

rückwärtigen Armeegebiet 583 Estnisches Infanterie-Bataillon 658 (4 Kompanien) Estnisches Infanterie-Bataillon 659 (4 Kompanien) Estnisches Infanterie-Bataillon 660 (4 Kompanien) Estnisches Ersatz-Bataillon Narwa (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 661 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 662 (2 Kompanien) Ost-Ersatz-Bataillon 663 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon (Finn.) 664 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Bataillon 665 (4 Kompanien) Ost-Pionier-Bataillon 666 (4 Kompanien)

18. Armee (Heeresgruppe Nord), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Estn.	Ost	Total
Replacement Battalions	1	1	2
Engineer Battalions	-	1	1
Infantry Battalions	3	4*	7
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	4	6	10B

* One of the Ost-Bataillone is designated as (Finn.).  This probably refers Volga-Finns, and not Finns from Finland.

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Nord (Heeresgruppe Nord)

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Nord (Heeresgruppe Nord)

Ost-Reiter-Abt. 207 (3 Kompanien) Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 842 (2 Kompanien)* Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 843 (2 Kompanien)* Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./198 (5 Kompanien) Ost-Pionier-Bataillon 672 (3 Kompanien) Ost-Reiter-Abteilung 285 1., 2. Nordkaukasische Infanterie-Kompanie/844

Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet Nord (Heeresgruppe Nord), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Nordkauk.	Nordukr.	Ost	Total
Infantry Battalions	1	-	2	-	3
Engineer Battalions	-	-	-	1	1
Cavalry Battalions	-	-	-	2	2
Infantry Companies	-	2	-	-	2
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	2	2	3	6B; 2C

Heeresgruppe Nord, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Ethnicity	Total
Cavalry Battalions	2 Ost	2
Engineer Battalions	2 Ost	2
Infantry Battalions	1 Armen.; 2 Nordukr.; 3 Estn.; 10 Ost	16
Replacement Battalions	1 Estn.; 1 Ost	2
Total Battalions		22
Artillery Batteries	2 Ost	2
Construction Companies	1 Georg.; 1 Turk.; 2 Armen.; 2 Aserb.	6
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	1 Kosaken	1
Guard Companies	1 Litau.; 2 Lett.	3
Infantry Companies	1 Estn.; 2 Nordkauk.	3
Signals Companies	1 Ost	1
Total Companies		16

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Oberbefehlshaber West

Oberbefehlshaber West

LXXXVIII. Armeekorps Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 787 (5 Kompanien) Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon 812 (5 Kompanien) 7. Armee (A.O.K. 7) LXXXIV. Armeekorps Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 797 (5 Kompanien) 76. Infanterie-Division Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 798 (5 Kompanien) 1. Armee (A.O.K. 1) Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 803 (5 Kompanien)* Wolgatatarisches Infanterie-Bataillon 826 (5 Kompanien)

Oberbefehlshaber West, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Georg.	Nordukr.	Turk.	Wolgatat.	Total
Infantry Battalions	1	2	1	1	1	6
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	1	2	1	1	1	6B

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Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Ukraine

Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Ukraine

2 x Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon (Schepatowka) [No other designation] Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon (6 Kompanien) (Mosyr) [No other designation] Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 2 (6 Kompanien) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 4 (8 Kompanien) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 6 (8 Kompanien) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 10 (8 Kompanien) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 11 (8 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 786 (5 Kompanien) Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 835 (5 Kompanien) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 3 (8 Kompanien) (bei 1. Kavallerie-Division) Kosaken Infanterie-Bataillon 9 (8 Kompanien) (bei 1. Kavallerie-Division) Legionslager Shitomir 3 x Aserbeidschanische Kompanie [No type or designation given] Legionslager Berditschew (Verlegung nach Zaslaw) Armenische Kompanie [No type or designation given] Legionslager Proskurow 9 x Turkestanische Kompanie [No type or designation given] Legionslager Zaslaw Georgische Kompanie [No type or designation given] 2 x Armenische Kompanie [No type or designation given]

Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Ukraine, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Aserb.	Georg.	Kosaken	Nordkauk.	Turk.	Total
Infantry Battalions	-	-	-	10	1	1	12
Infantry Companies	3	3	1	-	-	9	16
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	3	3	1	10	1	10	12B; 16C

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Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres

Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres

Wehrkreis im Generalgouvernement162. Infanterie-Division (turk.) 1. Kosaken-Division

Wehrkreis im Generalgouvernement (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

Wehrkreis im Generalgouvernement (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

Armenische Legion (BRIGADE) Legion-Führer-Schule (Legionowo) (BRIGADE) Ostvölkisches Genesenden-Bataillon I (Kossow) Armenisches Stamm-Bataillon Armenische Unterführer-Kompanie Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon 810 (5 Kompanien) Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon 813 (5 Kompanien) Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon 809 (in Auffrischung) Armenisches Infanterie-Bataillon 814 [Added by handwritten note dated 31 August 1943] Aserbeidschanische Legion (REGIMENT) Aserbeidschanisches Stamm-Bataillon Aserbeidschanische Unterführer-Kompanie Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 817 (5 Kompanien) Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 805 (in Auffrischung) Georgische Legion (REGIMENT) Georgisches Stamm-Bataillon Georgische Unterführer-Kompanie Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 799 (5 Kompanien) Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 822 (5 Kompanien) Kaukasische Infanterie-Kompanie General Bergmann Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 795 (in Auffrischung) Georgisches Infanterie-Bataillon 823 [Added by handwritten note dated 31 August 1943] Nordkaukasische Legion (REGIMENT) Nordkaukasisches Stamm-Bataillon Nordkaukasische Unterführer-Kompanie Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 836 (5 Kompanien) Nordkaukasisches Infanterie-Bataillon 800 (in Auffrischung) Turkestanische Legion (REGIMENT) Turkestanisches Stamm-Bataillon Turkestanische Unterführer-Kompanie Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 788 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 789 (5 Kompanien) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 781 (in Auffrischung) Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon 782 (in Auffrischung) Wolgatatarische Legion (REGIMENT) Wolgatatarisches Stamm-Bataillon Wolgatatarische Unterführer-Kompanie Wolgatatarische Dolmetscher-Vorschule-Kompanie Wolgatatarisches Infanterie-Bataillon 827 [Number of companies not given] Wolgatatarisches Infanterie-Bataillon 828 [Added by handwritten note dated 31 August 1943] Vorlager Zajezjerze Malkinia Biala Podkaska Benjamino Wlodawa Demplin

Wehrmacht Befehlshaber Ukraine, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Armen.	Aserb.	Georg.	Kauk.	Nordkauk.	Ostvölk.	Turk.	Wolgatat.	Total
Officers School (Brig.)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Convalescent Battalions	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Reception Battalions	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	6
Infantry Battalions	4	2	4	-	2	-	4	2	18
NCO Companies	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	6
Translator Companies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Infantry Companies	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	7	4	6	1	4	1	6	5	1BR; 25B; 8C

162. Infanterie-Division (turk.) (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

162. Infanterie-Division (turk.) (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

Nachrichtenstaffel Divisions-Führer-Schule Turkestanische Stamm-Kompanie Wehrmacht-Instandsetzungs-Zug Georgische Legion (REGIMENT) Georgische Unterführer-Kompanie Georgische Bau-Kompanie Georgisches Ersatz-Bataillon [No other designation] Aserbeidschanische Legion (REGIMENT) Aserbeidschanische Unterführer-Kompanie Aserbeidschanische Bau-Kompanie Aserbeidschanisches Jäger-Bataillon I./97 Aserbeidschanisches Gebirgs-Bataillon I./4 Aserbeidschanisches Jäger-Bataillon I./101 Aserbeidschanisches Infanterie-Bataillon II./73 Aserbeidschanisches Ersatz-Bataillon [No other designation] 1. Turkestanische Legion (REGIMENT) Turkestanische Unterführer-Kompanie Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./305 Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./44 Turkestanisches Ersatz-Bataillon [No other designation] 2. Turkestanische Legion (REGIMENT) Turkestanische Unterführer-Kompanie Turkestanische Bau-Kompanie Turkestanisches Jäger-Bataillon I./100 Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./384 Turkestanisches Infanterie-Bataillon I./297 Turkestanisches Ersatz-Bataillon [No other designation] Vorlager Neuhammer (mit Bau-Kompanie [No other designation]) Starakonstantinow

162. Infanterie-Division (turk.), Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Aserb.	Georg.	Turk.	Total
Replacement Battalions	1	1	2	4
Infantry Battalions	4	-	5	9
Reception Companies	-	-	1	1
Division's Officers School	-	-	1	1
Construction Companies	1	1	3	5
NCO Companies	1	1	2	4
Signals Section	-	-	1	1
Repair Platoon	-	-	1	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	7	3	16	13B; 11C; 2P

1. Kosaken-Division (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

1. Kosaken-Division (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres)

(in Aufstellung:) Kosaken Kavallerie-Regiment Don 1 Kosaken Kavallerie-Regiment Kuban 4 Kosaken Kavallerie-Regiment Terek 6 Kosaken Kavallerie-Artillerie-Regiment

1. Kosaken-Division, Total Eastern Troops:

Unit Type	Kosaken	Total
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	3	3
Artillery Regiments	1	1
Total Units by Ethnicity/Size	4	4

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The Summary Table below displays the total number of Osttruppen units serving in the German Army on 5 May 1943.  The regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons/sections listed in the above table include all independent units, as well as the subordinate elements of the 162. Infanterie-Division (turk.) and 1. Kosaken-Division.  These totals are provided in order to allow a more immediate analysis of the type and number of Osttruppen units serving in the German Army on this date.  The specific formation tables should be used for more in-depth examination of the Osttruppen units and their assignments.

Total Eastern Troops, 5 May 1943:

Unit Type	Ethnicity	Total
Artillery Regiments	1 Kosaken	1
Cavalry Regiments	2 Kalmuken	2
Cossack Cavalry Regiments	5 Kosaken	5
Infantry Regiments	1 Turk.	1
Replacement Regiments	1 Ost	1
Total Regiments		10
Artillery Battalions	1 Ost	1
Cavalry Battalions	4 Ost	4
Cavalry Training Battalions	1 Ost	1
Construction Battalions	1 Ost; 5 Turk.; 6 Ukrain.	12
Convalescent Battalions	1 Ostvölk.	1
Cossack Cavalry Battalions	10 Kosaken	10
Cossack Cavalry Training Battalions	1 Kosaken	1
Engineer Battalions	2 Ost	2
Guard Battalions	5 Ost	5
Infantry Battalions	1 Ukrain.; 3 Estn.; 3 Nordukr.; 3 Wolgatat.; 4 Nordkauk.; 8 Armen.; 10 Aserb.; 10 Georg.; 10 Kosaken; 21 Turk.; 45 Ost	118
Ordnance Battalions	2 Turk.	2
Reception Battalions	1 Armen.; 1 Aserb.; 1 Georg.; 1 Nordkauk.; 1 Turk.; 1 Wolgatat.	6
Reconnaissance Battalions	1 Ost	1
Replacement Battalions	1 Aserb.; 1 Estn.; 1 Georg; 1 Turk.; 2 Ost	6
Total Battalions		170
Anti-Partisan Companies	3 Ost	3
Artillery Batteries	1 Kosaken; 4 Ost	5
Cavalry Squadrons	9 Ost	9
Construction Companies	1 Wolgatat.; 2 Ost; 3 Ukrain.; 4 Armen.; 6 Aserb.; 6 Georg.; 18 Turk.	40
Cossack Cavalry Squadrons	9 Kosaken	9
Division Officers School	1 Turk.	1
Guard Companies	1 Litau.; 1 Turk.; 2 Lett.; 2 Ukrain.; 3 Georg.; 4 Ost	13
Hiwi Companies	2 Ost	2
Infantry Companies	1 Estn.; 1 Georg.; 1 Kosaken; 1 Ukrain.; 1 Wolgatat.; 2 Kauk.; 2 Nordkauk.; 3 Armen.; 3 Aserb.; 12 Turk.; 60 Ost	87
Mine Clearing Companies	1 Ost	1
Motor Pool Companies	1 Ukrain.	1
Motor Transport Companies	1 Ost	1
NCO Companies	1 Armen.; 1 Nordkauk.; 1 Wolgatat.; 2 Aserb.; 2 Georg.; 3 Turk.	10
NCO School Units	1 Ost	1
Reception Companies	1 Ost; 1 Turk.	2
Signals Companies	1 Ost	1
Supply Columns	1 Turk.; 3 Ost	4
Supply Companies	1 Aserb.; 1 Kauk.; 2 Ukrain.; 3 Armen.; 6 Georg.; 7 Ost; 8 Turk.	28
Telephone Companies	2 Ost	2
Translator Companies	1 Wolgatat.	1
Total Companies		221
Repair Platoons	1 Turk,	1
Signals Section	1 Turk.	1
Telephone Operation Sections	9 Ost	9
Total Platoons/Sections		11

Additional Sources:
Munoz, Antonio J. Hitler's Eastern Legions Volume II: The Osttruppen.  New York: Axis Europa, Inc., 1997.
Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939 - 1945: Band 1 - 14. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag, 1976.

Research: Forrest Opper and Jason von Zerneck

*Corrections by Victor N. Titov

ROA in Czechoslovakia May 1945

Russia reflects on sixty-five years since the Soviet Union's World War Two victory

This online supplement is produced and published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia), which takes sole responsibility for the content. 

Alexander Mekhanik, Expert magazine

Something has changed in Russia. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the values on which Soviet society was based – and after two decades of hard times – the search is on for a firm footing in values and ideology. Attention has focused on the Second World War, especially the question of what we were fighting for.
 
It seems, in Russia and in the rest of the world, that there are two points of view about the war. The first holds that Stalin's regime was undoubtedly tyrannical, but the war was fought for humanitarian values and freedom. The Soviet Union made a decisive contribution to the victory of these values, though it was certainly no showcase for them.

The second may be called the revisionist one, that the Second World War was in fact two wars: the one on the Western Front a battle for democratic ideals and freedom; the other, on the Eastern Front, between tyrants seeking to oppress and enslave nations.

One Russian political analyst has even written that, while the Western allies were fighting for democratic ideals, most people in the Soviet Union had little idea of either democracy or Nazism, and were simply fighting for the Motherland. And even then they thought long and hard before fighting: Stalin's regime had so "exhausted" them that many were ready simply to surrender. This, in part, explains why Russia lost the early stages of the war.
Most Soviet citizens fought simply for their Motherland, with no thought of ideology; the same can be said about most people in the anti-Nazi countries and those who fought in the Resistance. It is true that all the enemies of Germany and Japan also lost ground in the early stages of the war.

If one pursues the logic further, then, evidently, the French, as well as the Czechs, Belgians, Dutch and others, had been "exhausted" by democracy. That isn't too far from the truth: democratic positions, as we now know, were seriously undermined throughout Europe as a result of the First World War and the Great Depression. This preordained the victory of the fascists and the Nazis in Italy and Germany.

One shouldn't forget that the younger Soviet generation supported the regime because it had allowed them to have educations and careers that before had been off-limits to them. They were fighting, if you will, for the Soviet Dream, for anyone having the chance to become, if not general secretary of the Communist Party, then at least a marshal or a people's commissar.

Who was the backbone of the Resistance in France? Supporters of de Gaulle and the communists. De Gaulle could not be called a consistent democrat. In his youth he was, after all, close to the right-wing thinker Charles Maurras.

The countries that conducted a real underground partisan battle and put up a genuinely fierce resistance to the Germans were ones that had not been especially democratic before Nazism: Poland, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece. Resistance leaders in these countries, such as Josip Tito and Enver Hoxha, could hardly be called democrats.

Indeed, only a small group of countries were then democracies, and far from contemporary notions of what a true democracy should be. Think of segregation in the United States; think of the state of human rights in British, French and other European colonies. In Eastern Europe there was real democracy only in Czechoslovakia: in Poland you had the Sanacja regime; in Lithuania Smetona's dictatorship; in Latvia Ulmanis's dictatorship; in Hungary you had the dictatorship of Horthy; and in Romania that of Antonescu.

Indeed, it's not a question of the moods of the warring countries, their citizens and leaders, or of their political systems: it's a question of the objective nature of a war which, from the point of view of the anti-Hitler coalition, was a war to preserve humanitarian and democratic values; a war for freedom in the highest sense of the word. This does not change the nature of the Soviet regime and its crimes, or the crimes of the English and the French in their colonies, or the discrimination against blacks and the lynch mobs in the US.

The question of what the communists were fighting for or, more broadly, the question of the values of communists in the USSR and in Europe is far more complex. The Russian Revolution was brought about by people who believed that the road they had chosen was the only possible road to a consistent democracy combining political and social freedoms.

During the Second World War those same people believed that they were fighting for their ideals. This is the fundamental difference between communism and fascism/Nazism, which in principle rejected democracy as an institution. One has only to compare the works of classic communists, from Marx to Lenin, with those of fascists/Nazis, such as Maurras, Mussolini, Hitler, et al.

It is not just the attitude toward democracy; it is the common spirit of universalism, humanism and cosmopolitanism that distinguished classic communism from the spirit of anti-humanism and chauvinism in fascism. Despite all the transformations, Soviet communism in those years still reflected classic values.


However one feels about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, it did not run counter to the logic of the behaviour of leading countries in Europe at the time toward fascist Germany. From Britain to Poland and from Norway to Greece, all were trying to come to an understanding with Hitler behind each other's backs and at each other's expense.

First, the socialists and liberals of France, conservatives and labourites in Britain, and their European colleagues betrayed the Spanish Republic led by fellow socialists and liberals by allowing it to be torn apart by German and Italian fascists.

Then England and France, along with Poland and Hungary, betrayed Czechoslovakia. And between these betrayals they closed their eyes to Hitler's annexation of Austria. What could the Soviet leadership expect from such players? Another betrayal.

When France and England (after Germany invaded Poland) declared war, they were "just pretending". Small wonder that this war came to be known as the phoney war. This, evidently, is what Stalin was afraid of when he concluded his pact with Hitler: in the West there would be a pretend war, but in the East there would be a real one.

To all appearances, Stalin foresaw an extended war in the West and did not want to be left alone with Hitler. A highly rational, if not always highly moral, foreign policy combined with a domestic policy that was irrational in its terrorism: that was the trademark Stalinist style.

If the irrational anti-Semitism of the Nazis can be attributed to centuries-old prejudices peculiar to all of Europe, then the Stalinist terror cannot be attributed to anything but fear: fear of the ruling classes of old Russia that had suffered defeat in the Civil War; fear of the enemies real and imagined in one's own party; fear of the anarchic element in the peasantry, and so on. These fears were in part justified, but they assumed a paranoid form.

Responding to criticisms that he and Khrushchev did not do enough to expose Stalin's crimes, former first deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan reportedly said: "We couldn't do that because then everyone would have known what scoundrels we were."

That, too, is the difference between communism and Nazism: the communist scoundrels understood who they were because they realised the gulf separating them from the ideals they revered; the Nazis liked being scoundrels – that was their ideal.

Many historians and politicians in the new countries that rose from the ruins of the Soviet Union justify the struggle of Ukrainian nationalists and Lithuanian guerrillas on two fronts during the Second World War (against the Nazis and the communists) by saying that neither side in this "clash of tyrants" was better than the other; that these members of small nations were simply fighting tyranny. This is disingenuous: similar formations fought on the side of the Nazis and only towards the end of the Third Reich did they attempt to feign resistance.

The Second World War was no ordinary war. It was possibly the only war in history that was fought against absolute evil, a fight that united idealists defending their ideals, cynics defending their interests, and even scoundrels trying to incinerate their sins in the flames of a great struggle.

Together, they were all, like all the people who fought in that war, defending their Motherland, their life and their home in the present and the future – freedom for themselves and all mankind.

Soviet People’s Experience WWII

Defeating the Nazis became the animating force for everything in Soviet society for the next four years. The need to defend Mother Russia became everyone’s duty in the face of Hitler’s barbarism, and the building of socialism, so long trumpeted on the pages of the Soviet press, faded away. The result was the rapid development of a mosaic of moods among the Soviet peoples. Russian historians have recently argued that the events of June 1941 awoke in the Soviet people the ability to think about variants, to critically evaluate a situation, and not to take the existing order as immutable. The effort to repel the Nazis also meant that, at least at the local level of Soviet life, the democratic centralism of Lenin and Stalin’s party was no longer tenable. The key criterion for becoming a Soviet leader was no longer a person’s party loyalty, but rather his or her contributions to the work of the front. Out in the provinces, the Communist leaders were told to train their subordinates in the following fashion: the party is interested in having people think, and stop instructing the masses and learn from them.

That life in the Soviet Union would now be shaped by the real interests of ordinary people was a big change from the 1930s, when life had been shaped by their imaginary desires, and Stalin’s terror squads had made sure the elites worked to meet them. Meanwhile, Hitler’s armies were well on their way toward Leningrad, Moscow, and central Ukraine by July 1941. Leningrad was soon surrounded and would be under siege for the next three and a half years as 1.5 million Leningrad residents starved to death in the process. The main reason Moscow did not suffer the same fate was Hitler’s decision to concentrate his efforts on capturing Ukraine with its fertile fields, coal mines, ferrous metals resources, and strategic access to the oilfields of the Caucasus. Although the Red Army’s successful counterattacks were another major reason for tl1is diversion to the south, there can be little doubt that Ukraine was also the area that Hitler prized most as the perfect lebensraum for the German people. And such strategic and racial motivations also help explain why Hitler did not take advantage of his being greeted as a liberator by the peoples of western Ukraine, Belorussia, and the Baltic states who had suffered so much from the Nazi—Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.

Although the Nazis treated these peoples as "lesser-beings” (untermenschen) from the start and would not allow them any rights whatsoever, what really convinced the Ukrainians and others of 1·litler’s malevolent intentions toward the Soviet people was the German army’s treatment of its Red Army POWs and the occupied Jewish population. ln places such as Kiev, where 650,000 Soviet troops were surrounded in September 1941 after a spirited defense of the Ukrainian capital and the Dnieper River region, perhaps two-thirds of the Soviet POWs died of hunger in Nazi captivity. lt was amid the euphoria of such victories in fall 1941 that the Hitlerites devised their Final Solution to rid these captured areas of their "great misfortune"—the Jews. ln the end, almost half the Jews who died in the Holocaust (some 2.5 million people) were Soviet citizens. Importantly, some of these people died in ways more ghastly than the gas chambers of Poland—mass machine gunning was the most popular method used—as the Nazis, the Wehrmacht (or German army), and a still unknown number of local collaborators experimented with methods of killing to find the most efficient way to achieve genocide. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the surviving Ukrainian and Belorussian civilian populations could only hope for the return of the Stalinists and an authoritarian rule that they understood and might be able to manipulate to their advantage.

ln the face of such calamities, Stalin’s effort to maintain control over the Russian rear certainly did not show any relaxation of his coercive methods. Red Army men who surrendered, for example, were said to be traitors and were liable to court-martial. Meanwhile, Communist Party members who remained behind on occupied territory were automatically suspect, and if for some reason they crossed back into Soviet-held territory, they were subject to a rigorous check of their backgrounds. Workers who violated the 1940 labor legislation on tardiness, absenteeism, or the prohibition of movement from one job to another could be hauled before a military tribunal and the same eventually became true for those civilians who ignored compulsory labor mobilizations, responsibilities that impacted everyone but the elderly and the mothers of young children.

Stalin’s epic mistakes on the battlefield were soon overshadowed by Hitler’s own bungling, and the Soviets found themselves with a second chance. The Nazi leader’s earlier decision not to take Moscow ensured that fighting for the Russian capital would take place in the winter, only after the Soviets had had enough time to prepare their defenses. Nevertheless, it was mainly the desperate resistance and simple patriotism of rapidly enlisted men and rearguard troops that saved Moscow in winter 1941-1942 from the Wehrmacht’s ”Army Group Center”  But the GKO’s incredibly centralized, command-and-administer system also allowed for the Ural and western Siberian economies to be quickly mobilized to meet the needs of the front. This was particularly important in winter 1941-1942 because the strategic Lend-Lease aid from the Soviet Union’s new American ally would not substantively help the Soviet war effort for another year. Even so, Stalin’s refusal to let his more able generals lead the efforts at the front resulted in yet more devastating defeats in spring 1942, with the Nazis now occupying all of Ukraine and moving toward their strategic goal of taking southern Russia and the Caucasus.

Here again, though, the Soviets were saved from themselves by Hitler’s hubris. The Nazi leader’s greatest strategic mistake came with his decision to try to destroy the besieged city of Stalingrad in fall 1942 in order to deal a public relations blow to the "man of steel." Hitler could have concentrated his efforts on occupying the Caucasus and Kuban (Russia’s own breadbasket) and exploiting their petroleum and agricultural resources in order to solidify his rule over his new eastern empire. But he went after Stalingrad in an effort to inflict a decisive blow against the Kremlin leader’s omnipotent presence in Soviet society. Stalin recognized the stakes too, and after a year of terrible retreat, he finally decided to listen to his generals and make a stand at this city lying along the Volga River The crucial point here is that the Wehrmacht was spread too thin by this time; Hitler did not have the resources necessary to continue his blitzkrieg. The Wehrmacht’s supply lines, for example, were stretched to the breaking point. Thus, the Soviets were eventually able to surround the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and destroy it after Hitler stubbornly refused to let Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus retreat. This was the beginning of the end for the Germans—the crucial turning point in the war—where the logistics of what they were doing caught up with them. Hitler’s refusal to fully mobilize his own people and l1is murderous treatment of the untermenschen now meant the fighting initiative went over to the Soviet side.

Meanwhile, Hitler’s refusal to demand sacrifice from his own population resulted in anger and embitterment among the occupied Ukrainians and Belorussians as their sons and daughters were shipped to Germany to become slave laborers (Ostarbeitery). As the Soviets loomed on the eastern horizon, the Germans liberalized their agricultural policy by dissolving Stalin’s hated collective farms; however, at the same time, they were also stripping these areas of anything of value. Not only did the Germans seize raw materials, but they also took tools and macl1ines from factories and valuables from the republics’ museums and private apartments as well. One result of all this was a huge expansion in the forest—based anti—Nazi guerilla movement during 1943. True, many of these partisan fighters were motivated by a desire to curry favor with the advancing Red Army; but in the westernmost regions of the Soviet Union’s post—1939 borders, many partisans were there to fight sincerely for their nation’s political independence as Europe’s two totalitarian empires clashed. These "forest brothers," many of whom were as hostile to Moscow as they were to Berlin, would eventually be crushed by the NKVD after war’s end. However, their bravery and unhappy end deepened the hostility that many subject peoples felt toward Moscow.