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Battle of Berlin The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. After the Vistula– ...
was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's '' Wehrmacht'' and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin. Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South on 16 April.


Northern Sector


German forces


3rd Panzer Army


= Swinemünde Corps

= : (General of Infantry Ansat) ::
2nd Marine Division The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina ...
:: 402nd Naval Division :: 522nd Grenadier Training Regiment Stab ::: 27/172 Füsilier Training Battalion Rostock ::: 94th Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock ::: 4/222 Grenadier Training Battalion Rostock ::: 48/374 Grenadier Training Battalion Neubrandenburg ::: 89/368 Grenadier Training Battalion Schwerin :: 85th Hungarian Regiment Stab ::: Hungarian infantry school
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:: Brigade Kopp ::: Alarm Regiment 4 ::: Alarm Regiment 5 :: Stab Artillery Training Regiment 2 Schwerin ::: 257th Artillery Ausbildung Battalion ::: 12/32 Artillery Battalion ::: 38/2 Artillery Battalion Schwerin :: 22nd Flak Training Battalion


= XXXII Corps

= : General of Infantry Friedrich-August Schack :: 1st Panzerjägd Battalion :: ''
Kampfgruppe In military history, the German term (pl. ; abbrev. KG, or KGr in usage during World War II, literally "fighting group" or "battle group") can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the of Nazi Germa ...
'' ''Voigt'' ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 244 ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/50 ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/52 ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/62 :: 281st Infantry Division ::: 379th Regiment (I. Battalion) ::: 1098th Regiment (I. & II. battalions) ::: Battalion Creuz ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion Hessen Nassau ::: One Fortress Alarm Battalion :: 549th Volksgrenadier Division ::: 1097th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions) ::: 1099th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions) ::: 1549th Artillery Regiment (I. to IV. Battalions) :: Other units ::: 1549th Pioneer Battalion ::: 549th Replacement Battalion ::: 549th Füsilier Battalion ::: 549th Panzerjäger Battalion (3 companies) ::: 929th Heeres Artillery Battalion (2 heavy batteries with 2 guns each) ::: 3rd Flak Regiment :::: 605th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries) :::: 325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries) :::: 474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion - 10.5 cm x 8 guns) :::: 437th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries) ::: Regiment Pommern 4 (II. & III. battalions) ::: Marine Alarm Battalion ::: Recce battalion of the
4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division The 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division (4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division) or SS Division Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formation The division was formed in October ...
::: one battalion of
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::: one Hitler Youth Battalion ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/11 ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/29 ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion 26/70 ::: Another battalion :: SS Latvian Feldersatz Depot ::: SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 1 (I.-IV. Battalions) - detached in Swinemünde ::: SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 2 (I.-IV. Battalions, IV. Battalion with only 72 men) ::: SS Latvian Grenadier Regiment 3 (I.-III. Battalions)


= Fortress Stettin

= ::: 418th Grenadier Regiment (I. & II. Battalions) from 281st Security Division ::: 281st Füsilier Battalion from 281st Security Division ::: 1st Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 43rd Fortress Regiment (with 1453rd & 1454th Fortress battalions) ::: 2nd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 44th Fortress Regiment (with 1455th & 1457th Fortress battalions) ::: 3rd Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Over & Roy Alarm battalions ::: 4th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former Benner & Laase Alarm battalions ::: 5th Fortress Infantry Regiment (I. & II. Battalion) former 1st Marine Infantry Battalion & Feldersatz Battalion + police company ::: 85th Fortress M.G. Battalion ::: Stettin A Fortress M.G. Battalion ::: Fortress Pioneer Battalion ::: 3132nd Artillery Regiment (II. (3., 4., 7., 8. batteries every one with 5 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) & III. (9.& 10. batteries every one with 4 x 15 cm & 11. & 12. batteries, every one with 6 x 7.62 cm (Russian)) battalions) :::: 3156th Fortress Flak Battalion (3147th (6 x 10,5 cm (French)) & 3148th ( 6 x 12,2 cm (Russian) Fortress Flak batteries) :::: 3158th Fortress Flak Battalion (1., 2. & 3. Batteries every one with 4 x 15,2 cm (Russian)) ::: VIII Fortress Pak Regiment :::: XVI Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 4, 7, 8, 10) :::: XXVII Fortress Pak Verband (comp. 1-6, 8 & 10) ::: 725th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies) ::: 555th z.v.B. Pioneer Regiment :::: Fire security Battalion (3 companies) :::: 96th Pioneer Battalion (4 companies) :::: 254th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies) :::: IV/ Waffen SS Grenadier Regiment (3 companies)


= Oder Corps

= :: Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski ::: Fs E. u. A. Regiment 1 ::: 284th Sturmgeschütze Brigade :: Infantry Group ''Klossek'' ::: 1604th (Russian) Regiment (2 battalions) ::: 89/IV Hungarian Battalion ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion Genssen ::: one Battalion F.A. Oder ::: II./3 SS Regiment :: 610th Infantry Division ::: 1. SS Police Brigade ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion Hamburg ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion Brandenburg ::: ''Volkssturm'' Battalion


Soviet forces


2nd Shock Army

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2nd Shock Army The 2nd Shock Army (russian: 2-я Ударная армия) was a field army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. This type of formation was created in accordance with prewar doctrine that called for Shock Armies to ''overcome difficu ...
(Colonel General Ivan Fedyuninsky) **98th Rifle Corps *** 142nd Rifle Division *** 281st Rifle Division *** 381st Rifle Division **108th Rifle Corps ***
46th Rifle Division The 46th Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army. History The division was formed in 1923 as a territorial unit, assigned to the 14th Rifle Corps of the Ukrainian Military District. Based in Kiev, it included the 136th, 137th, and 13 ...
***90th Rifle Division ***
372nd Rifle Division The 372nd Rifle Red Banner Novgorod Division was a division of the Red Army during the Second World War. History World War II It was established at Barnaul, Altai Krai, Siberian Military District, in September 1941. Formed in accordance with ...
**116th Rifle Corps ***
86th Rifle Division The 86th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the interwar period, World War II, and the early postwar period, formed twice. Interwar period By an order of the Volga Military District on 23 May 1922 ...
*** 321st Rifle Division *** 326th Rifle Division ***161st Fortified Region **8th Guards Tank Corps ***58th Guards Tank Brigade ***59th Guards Tank Brigade ***60th Guards Tank Brigade ***28th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade


65th Army

* 65th Army (Colonel General Pavel Batov) **18th Rifle Corps *** 15th Rifle Division ***
37th Guards Rifle Division The 37th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army which fought during World War II. The division was formed on 2 August 1942 from the 1st Airborne Corps in Lyubertsy, near Moscow. Its most famous action was the defense of the ...
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69th Rifle Division The 69th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army, formed twice. It was first formed in 1936 from the 3rd Kolkhoz Rifle Division in the Soviet Far East, and in the spring of 1941 converted to the 69th Moto ...
**46th Rifle Corps ***108th Rifle Division ***186th Rifle Division *** 413th Rifle Division **105th Rifle Corps *** 44th Guards Rifle Division ***
193rd Rifle Division The 193rd Tank Division was originally a Red Army infantry division that was reorganised after World War II as a mechanised and then a tank division of the Soviet Army. 1st Formation The original 193rd Rifle Division was established in the Kha ...
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354th Rifle Division The 354th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It took part in the defense of Moscow and the winter counteroffensive of 1941–42, and then in ...


70th Army

* 70th Army (Colonel General Vasily Popov) **
47th Rifle Corps The 47th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. It took part in the Great Patriotic War. The corps headquarters was established in the summer of 1939. It took part in the Winter War. By June 1941, the corps was located in B ...
***71st Rifle Division ***
136th Rifle Division The 136th Rifle Division was a division in the Red Army during World War II. It was formed three times. 1st Formation 1939 – February 1942: On 22 June 1941 it was part of the 23rd Rifle Corps of the Transcaucasian Military District. Redesigna ...
***162nd Rifle Division **96th Rifle Corps *** 1st Rifle Division *** 38th Guards Rifle Division ***165th Rifle Division **114th Rifle Corps ***
76th Guards Rifle Division 76th may refer to: *76th Academy Awards ceremony honored films of 2003 *76th Air Army, an air army of the Soviet Air Forces from 1949 to 1980 and from 1988 to 1998 *76th Air Assault Division (Russia), a division of the Russian Airborne Troops based ...
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160th Rifle Division The 160th Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army may refer to: * 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation) * 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation) {{Short pages monitor