The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Moscow from October 2, 1941 to January 2, 1942.

Summary of Ground Forces

The six German armies made up Army Group Centre, commanded by Feldmarshal

Fedor von Bock Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock (3 December 1880 – 4 May 1945) was a German who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland ...

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North of Smolensk-Moscow Highway German: * Ninth Army and Panzergruppe 3 : 18 infantry divisions : 3 panzer divisions : 2 motorized infantry divisions : 1 motorized brigade : 1 flammpanzer battalion Soviet – front line: * Western Front ( Konev) : 23 rifle divisions : 1 mechanized division : 1 tank brigade Soviet – deployed east: *

Reserve Front The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. First Formation The Reserve Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 30, 1941 in a reorganiza ...

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Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian ca ...

) : 9 rifle divisions : 2 cavalry divisions : Middle Sector German: * Fourth Army and

Panzergruppe 4 The 4th Panzer Army (german: 4. Panzerarmee) (operating as Panzer Group 4 (german: 4. Panzergruppe) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, when it was redesignated as a full army) was a German panzer formation during World War ...

: 15 infantry divisions : 6 panzer divisions : 2 motorized infantry divisions Soviet – front line: * Western Front (cont.) : 13 rifle divisions : 2 cavalry divisions : 2 mechanized divisions : 4 tank brigades *

(cont.) : 4 rifle divisions : 1 cavalry division : 1 mechanized division : 4 tank brigades Soviet – deployed east: *

(cont.) : 10 rifle divisions Bryansk and Points South German: * Second Army and Panzergruppe 2 : 14 infantry divisions : 5 panzer divisions : 4 motorized infantry divisions : 1 cavalry division Soviet – front line: *

Bryansk Front The Bryansk Front (russian: Брянский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. First Formation (August - November 1941) General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first f ...

( Yeryomenko) : 26 rifle divisions : 1 tank division : 3 cavalry divisions : 4 tank brigades Soviet – deployed east: *none

Detail of Ground Forces

The six German armies made up Army Group Centre, commanded by Feldmarshal

North of Smolensk-Moscow Highway

''Armies deployed north to south''
German:
Ninth Army
Colonel General Adolf Strauss

VIII Corps 8th Corps, Eighth Corps, or VIII Corps may refer to: * VIII Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VIII Army Corps (German Confederation) * VIII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Ar ...

: 8th Infantry Division : 28th Infantry Division : 87th Infantry Division XXIII Corps : 102nd Infantry Division : 206th Infantry Division : 251st Infantry Division : 256th Infantry Division XXVII Corps : 86th Infantry Division : 162nd Infantry Division : 255th Infantry Division Army Reserve : 161st Infantry Division Third Panzer Army
Colonel General

Georg-Hans Reinhardt Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1 March 1887 – 23 November 1963) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. He commanded the 3rd Panzer Army from 1941 to 1944, and Army Group Centre in 1944 and 1945, reaching the rank of colonel general ...

XLI Panzer Corps XXXXI Panzer Corps (also written as: XLI Panzer Corps) was a Panzer (armoured) corps in the German Army during World War II. Operational history The corps was originally formed, as the XXXXI Corps, on 5 February 1940 in ''Wehrkreis'' VIII (Sile ...

: 1st Panzer Division : 101st Panzer Battalion (Flamm Panzer) :

6th Infantry Division 6th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 6th Division (Australia) * 6th Division (Austria) *6th (United Kingdom) Division * Finnish 6th Division (Winter War) *Finnish 6th Division (Continuation War) * 6th Division (Reichswehr) * 6th Divisi ...

: 36th Motorized Infantry Division LVI Motorized Corps :

6th Panzer Division The 6th Panzer Division ( en, 6th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the ''Heer'', during World War II, established in October 1939. The division, initially formed as a light brigade, participated in the invasions of P ...

: 7th Panzer Division : 14th Motorized Infantry Division : 129th Infantry Division

V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to: France * 5th Army Corps (France) * V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Ar ...

: 5th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : 106th Infantry Division

VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army du ...

: 26th Infantry Division : 110th Infantry Division Army Reserve :900th Lehr (Motorized) Brigade Soviet – front line:
Western Front
Lieutenant General

Ivan Konev Ivan Stepanovich Konev ( rus, link=no, Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, p=ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf; – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the ...

22nd Army
Maj. Gen. Vasily Yushkevich : 126th Rifle Division :

133rd Rifle Division The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed originally as 133rd Rifle Division at Novosibirsk or Biysk in 1939. The division was part of 1st Shock Army on 1 December 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. It was redesignated as the 18th Guards Ri ...

: 174th Rifle Division : 179th Rifle Division : 186th Rifle Division : 256th Rifle Division : 16th Guards mortar battery M-13 29th Army
Lt. Gen. Ivan Maslennikov : 178th Rifle Division : 243rd Rifle Division : 246th Rifle Division : 252nd Rifle Division 30th Army
Maj. Gen. Vasily Khomenko : 162nd Rifle Division : 242nd Rifle Division :

250th Rifle Division 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

:251st Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 251st Rifle Division :107th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 107th Mechanized Division :30th Guards mortar battery M-13 19th Army (Soviet Union), 19th Army
Lt. Gen. Mikhail Fedorovich Lukin, Mikhail Lukin :50th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 50th Rifle Division :89th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 89th Rifle Division :91st Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 91st Rifle Division :166th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 166th Rifle Division :244th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 244th Rifle Division :1/10th Guards mortar regiment M-13 :19th Guards mortar battery M-13 16th Army (Soviet Union), 16th Army
Lt. Gen. Konstantin Rokossovsky :38th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 38th Rifle Division :108th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 108th Rifle Division :112th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 112th Rifle Division :8th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 8th Guards Rifle Division :127th Tank Brigade Soviet – deployed east:

Marshal Semyon Budyonny
31st Army (Soviet Union), 31st Army
Maj. Gen. Vasilii Nikitich Dalmatov, Vasily Dalmatov :5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 5th Rifle Division :110th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 110th Rifle Division :119th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 119th Rifle Division :247th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 247th Rifle Division :249th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 249th Rifle Division :unnumbered Guards mortar battery

49th Army (Soviet Union), 49th Army
Lt. Gen. Ivan Zakharkin :194th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 194th Rifle Division :220th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 220th Rifle Division :248th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 248th Rifle Division :303rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 303rd Rifle Division :29th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 29th Cavalry Division :31st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 31st Cavalry Division

Middle Sector

''Armies deployed north to south''
German:
Fourth Army
Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), VII Corps :7th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 7th Infantry Division :23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 23rd Infantry Division :197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 197th Infantry Division :267th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 267th Infantry Division IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht), IX Corps :137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 137th Infantry Division :183rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 183rd Infantry Division :263rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 263rd Infantry Division :292nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 292nd Infantry Division XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XX Corps :15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 15th Infantry Division :78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 78th Infantry Division :268th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 268th Infantry Division 4th Panzer Army, Fourth Panzer Army
Colonel General Erich Hoepner XII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XII Corps :34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 34th Infantry Division :98th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 98th Infantry Division XL Motorized Corps :2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 2nd Panzer Division :10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 10th Panzer Division :258th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 258th Infantry Division XLVI Motorized Corps :5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 5th Panzer Division :11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 11th Panzer Division :252nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 252nd Infantry Division LVII Panzer Corps :2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, SS Motorized Infantry Division ''Das Reich'' :3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 3rd Motorized Infantry Division :19th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 19th Panzer Division :20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 20th Panzer Division Soviet – front line:
Western Front (cont.)
20th Army (Soviet Union), 20th Army
Lt. Gen. Filipp Yershakov :73rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 73rd Rifle Division :129th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 129th Rifle Division :144th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 144th Rifle Division :229th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 229th Rifle Division 24th Army (Soviet Union), 24th Army
(from Reserve Front)
Maj. Gen. Konstantin Rakutin :19th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 19th Rifle Division :103rd Mechanized Division (Soviet Union), 103rd Mechanized Division :106th Mechanized Division (Soviet Union), 106th Mechanized Division :139th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 139th Rifle Division :160th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 160th Rifle Division :170th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 170th Rifle Division :309th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 309th Rifle Division :144th Tank Brigade :146th Tank Brigade :Other armoured formations: ::138th Tank Battalion ::139th Tank Battalion ::unnumbered Guards mortar battalion M-13 43rd Army (Soviet Union), 43rd Army
(from Reserve Front)
Maj. Gen. Pyotr Sobennikov :53rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 53rd Rifle Division :149th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 149th Rifle Division :211th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 211th Rifle Division :222nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 222nd Rifle Division :145th Tank Brigade :148th Tank Brigade :42nd Guards mortar battalion M-13 Dovator's Cavalry Group
Maj. Gen. Lev Dovator :40th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 40th Cavalry Division :53rd Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 53rd Cavalry Division Front Reserves
Lt. Gen. Ivan Boldin :5th Guards Rifle Division :134th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 134th Rifle Division :214th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 214th Rifle Division :152nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 152nd Rifle Division :101st Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 101st Mechanized Division :126th Tank Brigade :128th Tank Brigade :143rd Tank Brigade :147th Tank Brigade :45th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 45th Cavalry Division :2/10th Guards mortar regiment M-13 Soviet – deployed east:

(cont.)
32nd Army (Soviet Union), 32nd Army
Maj. Gen. Sergey Vishnevsky :2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 2nd Rifle Division :8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 8th Rifle Division :18th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 18th Rifle Division :29th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 29th Rifle Division :140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 140th Rifle Division 33rd Army (Soviet Union), 33rd Army
Kombrig Dmitry Onuprienko :17th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 17th Rifle Division :60th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 60th Rifle Division :113th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 113th Rifle Division :139th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 139th Rifle Division :173rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 173rd Rifle Division

South of Kirov

''Armies deployed north to south''
German:
Second Army
Colonel General Baron Maximilian von Weichs XIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XIII Corps :17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 17th Infantry Division :260th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 260th Infantry Division XLIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XLIII Corps :52nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 52nd Infantry Division :131st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 131st Infantry Division LIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), LIII Corps :31st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 31st Infantry Division :56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 56th Infantry Division :167th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 167th Infantry Division Army Reserve :112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 112th Infantry Division 2nd Panzer Army, Second Panzer Army
Colonel General Heinz Guderian
XXIV Panzer Corps :3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 3rd Panzer Division :4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 4th Panzer Division :10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 10th Motorized Infantry Division XLVII Panzer Corps (Germany), XLVII Panzer Corps :17th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 17th Panzer Division :18th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 18th Panzer Division :29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 29th Motorized Infantry Division XLVIII Panzer Corps :9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 9th Panzer Division :16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 16th Motorized Infantry Division :25th Motorized Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 25th Motorized Infantry Division XXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XXXIV Corps :45th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 45th Infantry DivisionOrder of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 89. :134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 134th Infantry Division XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht), XXXV Corps :1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht), 1st Cavalry Division :95th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 95th Infantry Division :262nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 262nd Infantry Division :293rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 293rd Infantry Division :296th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 296th Infantry Division Soviet – front line:

Lt. Gen. Andrey Yeryomenko 50th Army (Soviet Union), 50th Army
Lt. Gen. Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (general), Mikhail Petrov :217th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 217th Rifle Division :258th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 258th Rifle Division :260th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 260th Rifle Division :278th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 278th Rifle Division :279th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 279th Rifle Division :290th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 290th Rifle Division :299th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 299th Rifle Division :108th Tank Division 3rd Army (Soviet Union), 3rd Army
Maj. Gen. Yakov Kreizer :137th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 137th Rifle Division :148th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 148th Rifle Division :269th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 269th Rifle Division :280th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 280th Rifle Division :282nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 282nd Rifle Division :4th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 4th Cavalry Division :Other units: ::855th Rifle Regiment, 278th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 278th Rifle Division 13th Army (Soviet Union), 13th Army
Maj. Gen. Awksenti Gorodnjanski :6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 6th Rifle Division :121st Rifle Division :132nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 132nd Rifle Division :143rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 143rd Rifle Division :155th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 155th Rifle Division :298th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 298th Rifle Division :307th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 307th Rifle Division :55th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 55th Cavalry Division :141st Tank Brigade Operational Group Ermakov
Lt. Gen. Arkady Yermakov :2nd Guards Rifle Division :160th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 160th Rifle Division :283rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 283rd Rifle Division :21st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), 21st Mountain Cavalry Division :121st Tank Brigade :150th Tank Brigade :1st Guards mortar regiment M-13 :6th Guards mortar regiment M-8 Front Reserves
:7th Guards Rifle Division :154th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 154th Rifle Division :287th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 287th Rifle Division :42nd Tank Brigade Soviet – deployed east:
none

Notes

References

Sources

* Forczyk, Robert. ''Moscow 1941: Hitler's first defeat''. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, 2006. . * Samuel W. Mitcham, Mitcham, Samuel W. ''German Order of Battle'', volume 1: ''1st – 290th Infantry Division in WWII''. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. . * Mitcham, Samuel W. ''German Order of Battle'', volume 2: ''291st – 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII''. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. . * Mitcham, Samuel W. ''German Order of Battle'', volume 3: ''Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII''. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. . * Zetterling, Niklas & Frankson, Aners. "The Drive on Moscow, 1941." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate Books, 2012.

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