Structure of Army Groups Wohler/Dumitrescu

[Cartaphilus]

Dear friends, I'm trying to establish what the composition of these two army groups, responsible for the defense of Bessarabia in 1943 and 1944.

I know they were mixed units (Wohler had 8 German Army and 4 Romanian Army, and Dumitrescu had 6 German Army and 3 Romanian Army), but I don't know their general composition (which divisions and corps formed each Army).

Do you have any data about these matter?

Greetings from Spain.

[Paul_Atreides]

On 19th August 1944.

Heeresgruppe Südukraine

Reserve: 10. PGD, 153. Feldausbildungs-Div., 1. Div. (slow.), 959 artill. brig., 286 Stug. brig.

Armeegruppe Dumitrescu

Reserve: 72. AK z.b.V., 1. KD (rum.), 13. PD, 258. ID.

3. Armee (rum)

2. AK (rum): 9 ID (rum.)
3. AK (rum): 110 Inf. brig. (rum.), 2. ID (rum.), 15. ID (rum.)
29. AK: 9. ID, 21. ID (rum.), 4 Geb. brig (rum.)

6. Armee

30. AK: 306. ID, 15. ID, 257. ID, 302. ID, 384. ID
52. AK: 320. ID, 294. ID, 161. ID
44. AK: 335. ID, 282. ID, 62. ID
7. AK: 14. ID (rum.), 106. ID, 370. ID

Armeegruppe Wöhler

Reserve: KG 20. PD, PD Großrumänien (rum.), 8. ID (rum.), 18. Geb.Div. (rum.)

8. Armee

4. AK: 376. ID, 11. ID (rum.), 79. ID
4. AK (rum.): 5. KD (rum.), 102 Geb. brig (rum.), 7. ID (rum.), 3. ID (rum.)

4. Armee (rum.)

6. AK (rum.): 76. ID, 5. ID (rum.), 46. ID, 1. ID (rum.), 13. ID (rum.), 101 Geb. brig (rum.)
5. AK (rum.): 4. ID (rum.), 1. Gd. ID (rum.)
1. AK (rum.): 6. ID (rum.), 20. ID (rum.)
7. AK (rum.): 103 Geb. brig (rum.), 104 Geb. brig (rum.)
17. AK: 3. GD, 8. Jg.Div.

[Cartaphilus]

Thank you for your answer, Paul.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that Army Group Dumitrescu was the first and only time when a German army was under foreing command.

[Max Payload]

I imagine that Dumitrescu's actual command and control over the 13 German divisions of the German 6th Army would have been somewhat nominal. I can't imagine Fretter-Pico obeying any order from Dumitrescu of which he disapproved, or of Friessner at AGSU HQ admonishing him for so doing. The prime purpose of the whole arrangement was to squeeze the maximum possible defensive potential from the 18 Romanian divisions and brigades on the Army Group's left wing east of Targul Fromos. In Dumitrescu's sector on the right wing, there was little mixing of forces. Admittedly Dumitrescu had two German and one Romanian division in his reserves, but 6.AOK only had one Romanian division and in Dumitrescu's 3rd Army there was only one German division.