Forces implied in the battle of Smolensk in 1941

Wehrmacht

  • 4th Panzer armed (Von Kluge)
    • Panzergruppe 3 (Hermann Hoth)
      • 57e Panzerkorps
      • 39e Panzerkorps
    • Panzergruppe 2 (Heinz Guderian)
      • 46e Panzerkorps
      • 47e Panzerkorps
      • 24e Panzerkorps
  • 9th Army
    • 5th Armeekorps
    • 6th Armeekorps
    • 8th Armeekorps
    • 20th Armeekorps
    • 23e Armeekorps
  • 2nd Army (Von Weichs)
    • 7th Armeekorps
    • 9th Armeekorps
    • 12th Armeekorps
    • 13th Armeekorps
    • 35e Armeekorps
    • 53e Armeekorps

Red Army

Face of the North-West
Face of the west (Semyon Timoshenko)
in first level:
  • 22e armed (lieutenant-general F.A. Ershakov)
    • 336e regiment with artillery of army corps
    • 545e regiment of artillery of army corps
    • 51e body of fusiliers (major-general A.M. Markov)
      • 98e division of fusiliers
      • 112e division of fusiliers
      • 153e division of fusiliers
    • 62e body of fusiliers (major-general I.P. Karmanov)
      • 170e division of fusiliers
      • 174e division of fusiliers
      • 186e division of fusiliers
  • 19th army (lieutenant-general I.S. Konev)
    • 38e division of fusiliers
    • 442e regiment of artillery of army corps
    • 471e regiment of artillery of army corps
    • 25e body of fusiliers (major-general S.M. Chestokhvalov)
      • 127e division of fusiliers
      • 134e division of fusiliers
      • 162e division of fusiliers
    • 34e body of fusiliers (R.Ya major-general. Khmelnitskiy)
      • 129e division of fusiliers
      • 158e division of fusiliers
      • 171e division of fusiliers
  • 20th army
    • 69e body of fusiliers
  • 13th army
    • 61e body of fusiliers
    • 20th body of fusiliers
    • 45e body of fusiliers
    • 20th body mechanized
  • 21e armed
    • 63e body with fusiliers
    • 66e body of fusiliers
      • 232e division of fusiliers
    • 67e body of fusiliers
in second level:
  • 16th army
  • 3rd army

Face of reserve

formed between the 12 and on July 16th, it includes/understands approximately 35 divisions, of:
  • 29e armed
  • 30e armed
  • 31e armed
  • 24e armed
  • 28e armed
July 18th, Stavka there assistant the divisions of oplnétchie, formed in the area of Moscow, of:
  • 32e armed
  • 33e armed
  • 34e armed

Face of Briansk

formed on August 14th, ordered by A.I.Yeremenko
  • 13th army, 8 divisions of fusiliers, 1 armor-plated, 2 of cavalry and 2 brigades of the 4th airborne body.
    • 45e body of fusiliers
  • 50e armed, 8 division of fusiliers, 1 of cavalry.

counter-offensive of July 20th

These five groups of forces, intended to carry out a counter-attack, between the 20 and on July 25th

  • general Maslennikov, attacking towards Toropets:
    • 252e division of fusiliers
    • 256e division of fusiliers
    • 243e division of fusiliers
  • general Homenko, attacking towards Duhovshina:
    • 242e division of fusiliers
    • 250e division of fusiliers
    • 251e division of fusiliers
    • 50e division of cavalry
    • 53e division of cavalry
  • general Kalinine, attacking towards Duhovshina:
    • 53e body of fusiliers: 89e division of fusiliers, 91e division of fusiliers and 166e division of fusiliers
  • general Kachalov, attacking towards Smolensk:
    • 149e division of fusiliers
    • 145e division of fusiliers
    • 104e armor-plated division
  • general Rokosovsky, attacking towards Yartsevo, formed starting from unit of the 16th army:
    • the 1st armor-plated division
    • 152e division of fusiliers
    • 38e division of fusiliers

operation against the projecting one of Ielnia

  • 24e armed (general Rakoutine)
    • 107e division with fusiliers
    • 100e division of fusiliers
    • the 19th division of fusiliers
    • 120e division of fusiliers
    • 303e division of fusiliers
    • 102e armor-plated division
    • 103e mechanized division
    • 106e mechanized division

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