Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation

Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive covering the period 10 July to 30 September 1941.

Soviet Union

Fronts and Fleets

Northern Front

The Northern Front was active from 10 July to 23 August 1941 when the command was divided into the Karelian and Leningrad Fronts. Operated in Estonia.

Composition as of 1 July 1941:[1] 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad) 16th Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 1st Mountain Rifle Brigade 8th Rifle Brigade Separate Kursantska Rifle Brigade 21st Fortified Region 22nd Fortified Region 573rd Gun Artillery Regiment 519th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment 541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 577th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 20th Mortar Battalion 47th Mortar Battalion 2nd PVO Corps Vyborg PVO Brigade Region Pskov PVO Brigade Region Luga PVO Brigade Region Svir PVO Brigade Region Murmansk PVO Brigade Region 6th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 29th Engineer Regiment 39th Fighter Aviation Division 41st Bomber Aviation Division 1st Mixed Aviation Division 2nd Mixed Aviation Division 3rd Mixed Aviation Division 4th Mixed Aviation Division 5th Mixed Aviation Division 55th Mixed Aviation Division 3rd PVO Fighter Aviation Division 54th PVO Fighter Aviation Division 14th Bomber Aviation Regiment

Composition as of 1 August 1941[1] 8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad) Luga Operational Group Kingisepp Defense Sector 265th Rifle Division 272nd Rifle Division 281st Rifle Division 1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 2nd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 3rd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 4th Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 8th Rifle Brigade 22nd Fortified Region 29th Fortified Region Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region 2nd PVO Corps Svir PVO Brigade Region 7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps seven Fighter Aviation Regiments 39th Fighter Aviation Division 2nd Bomber Aviation Division 41st Bomber Aviation Division 1st Mixed Aviation Division

Leningrad Front

The Leningrad Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was first formed on 23 August 1941, by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front, during the German approach on Leningrad. The Front participated through the ed of the operation. It operated from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ilmen and in Estonia until 27 August.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad) 42nd Army 48th Army 55th Army Kopor Operational Group Southern Operation Group 10th Rifle Division 16th Rifle Division 115th Rifle Division (minus 708th Rifle Regiment) 4th Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 1st Rifle Division (NKVD) 8th Rifle Brigade 3rd Rifle Regiment (1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division) 22nd Fortified Region 29th Fortified Region 101st Howitzer Artillery Regiment 108th High-Power Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 16th Mortar Battalion 20th Mortar Battalion 27th Antiaircraft Battalion 2nd PVO Corps Svir PVO Brigade Region 1st Tank Division (minus 24th Tank and 1st Motorized Rifle Regiments) 48th Tank Battalion 53rd Engineer Battalion 54th Engineer Battalion 21st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps eleven Fighter Aviation Regiments 8th Fighter Aviation Division 39th Fighter Aviation Division 2nd Mixed Aviation Division

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad) 42nd Army 54th Army 55th Army Nevskaya Operational Group 111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 3rd Rifle Brigade 8th Rifle Brigade 9th Rifle Brigade 10th Rifle Brigade 11th Rifle Brigade 290th Fortified Region 108th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 1st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (- 2nd Battalion) 24th Antitank Artillery Regiment Mortar Battalion (unnumbered) 53rd Engineer Battalion 54th Engineer Battalion 106th Motorized Engineer Battalion 41st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 42nd Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps five Fighter Aviation Fighter Regiments 2nd Mixed Aviation Division 8th Fighter Aviation Division 39th Fighter Aviation Division 65th Assault Aviation Regiment 175th Assault Aviation Regiment 116th Reconnaissance Squadron 19th Corrective Aviation Squadron 50th Corrective Aviation Squadron 101st Corrective Aviation Squadron 90th Bomber Aviation Division (Headquarters) 91st Mixed Aviation Division (Headquarters) 92nd Aviation Division (Headquarters)

Northwestern Front

The Northwestern Front was involved in the operation for the entire duration. It operated in the area from Pskov to Novorzhev, then south and southeast of Lake Ilmen.

Composition on 1 July 1941:[1] 8th Army 11th Army 27th Army 29th Rifle Corps 170th Rifle Division 22nd Rifle Corps 180th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 25th Fortified Region 41st Fortified Region 45th Fortified Region 46th Fortified Region 48th Fortified Region 270th Corps Artillery Regiment 614th Corps Artillery Regiment 615th Corps Artillery Regiment 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 247 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 10th PVO Brigade 12th PVO Brigade 14th PVO Brigade Riga PVO Brigade Region Estonian PVO Brigade Region Kaunas PVO Brigade Region 21st Mechanized Corps 42nd Tank Division 185th Motorized Division 4th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment 30th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment 6th Mixed Aviation Division 7th Mixed Aviation Division 8th Mixed Aviation Division 57th Mixed Aviation Division

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 11th Army 27th Army Novgorod Operational Group 5th Airborne Corps 9th Airborne Brigade 10th Airborne Brigade 201st Airborne Brigade 41st Cavalry Division (Forming) 9th Antitank Brigade 10th Antitank Brigade 270th Corps Artillery Regiment 448th Corps Artillery Regiment 110th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment 402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment 429th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 10th PVO Brigade Riga PVO Brigade Region Estonian PVO Brigade Region Kaunas PVO Brigade Region 1st Mechanized Corps 3rd Tank Division 12th Mechanized Corps 23rd Tank Division 28th Tank Division 125th Tank Regiment 25th Engineer Battalion 110th Motorized Engineer Battalion 50th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 55th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 56th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 4th Mixed Aviation Division 6th Mixed Aviation Division 57th Mixed Aviation Division

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 11th Army 27th Army 34th Army Novgorod Operational Group 33rd Rifle Division 84th Rifle Division 54th Cavalry Division 310th Rifle Division (Under command of the Northwestern direction) 10th Antitank Brigade 402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 429th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 171st Antitank Artillery Regiment 759th Antitank Artillery Regiment 19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 111th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 239th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 246th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 250th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Riga PVO Brigade Region Estonian PVO Brigade Region Kaunas PVO Brigade Region 34th Motorcycle Regiment 25th Engineer Battalion 50th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 55th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 56th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 6th Mixed Aviation Division 415th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Composition on 1 October 1941[2] 11th Army 27th Army 34th Army Novgorod Operational Group 25th Cavalry Division 46th Cavalry Division 54th Cavalry Division 10th Antitank Brigade 171st Antitank Artillery Regiment 759th Antitank Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Mortar Regiment Riga PVO Brigade Region Estonian PVO Brigade Region Kaunas PVO Brigade Region 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 29th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 239th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 246th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 250th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 125th Tank Brigade 87th Tank Battalion 110th Tank Battalion 112? Tank Battalion (source is unclear) 112? Tank Battalion (source is unclear) 116th Tank Battalion 34th Motorcycle Regiment 57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 67th Sapper Battalion 492nd Sapper Battalion 494th Sapper Battalion 6th Mixed Aviation Division

Baltic Fleet

SOURCE:^[3]

Battleship squadron battleship Marat (named after Jean-Paul Marat) battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (named after October revolution) destroyer leader Leningrad (named after the city of Leningrad) destroyer leader Minsk (named after the capital of Belarus)

1st destroyer division/1 Flotilla cruiser Kirov destroyer Gnevny destroyer Gordyy destroyer Grozyashchiy destroyer Smetlivyi destroyer Steregushchy 2nd destroyer division/2 Flotilla Serdityy Silnyi Stoikiy Storozhevoy 3rd destroyer division/3 Flotilla Karl Marx Volodarsky Lenin Yakov Sverdlov Artiom Engels Kalinin

Guard division/Naval Guards Squadron Burya Sneg Taifun Tsiklon Tucha Vihr Minesweeper Task Group Minesweepers T201, T202, T203, T204, T205, T206, T207, T208, T209, T210, T211, T212, T213, T214, T215, T216, T217 and T218 15 auxiliary minesweepers

1st submarine brigade/1 Submarine Battle Fleet S1, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S101, S102, L3, M71, M77, M78, M79, M80, M81, M83, ex-Estonian submarine Lembit, ex-Estonian submarine Kalev, ex-Latvian submarine Ronis, ex-Latvian submarine Spidola 2nd submarine brigade/2 Submarine Battle Fleet SC309, SC310, SC311, SC317, SC318, SC319, SC320, SC322, SC323, SC324, M90, M94, M95, M96, M97, M98, M99, M102, M103

Support vessels Polyarnaya Zvezda (Polar Star) Oka (named after the river of Oka) Training Task Group of the Navy M72, M73, M74, M75, M76, SC303, SC304, K3, K21, K22, K23, L1, L2, S11, S12, SC405, SC406 Training Task Group SC301, SC302, SC305, SC306, SC307, SC308, P1, P2, P3

Red Army

8th Army

The 8th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. First operating in Estonia, then divided into two parts, one the Tallinn area and the other in the Narva - Kingisepp, the army ended the operation in the area which would become the Oranienbaum Bridgehead.

Composition on 1 July 1941:[1] 10th Rifle Corps 10th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Corps 48th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 65th Rifle Corps (Headquarters) 22nd Rifle Division (NKVD) 44th Fortified Region 9th Antitank Brigade 47th Corps Artillery Regiment 51st Corps Artillery Regiment 73rd Corps Artillery Regiment 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 242nd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 12th Mechanized Corps 23rd Tank Division 28th Tank Division 3rd Mechanized Corps 2nd Tank Division 5th Tank Division 84th Motorized Division 29th Sapper Battalion

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 10th Rifle Corps 10th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Corps 16th Rifle Division 48th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 48th Rifle Division 268th Rifle Division 22nd Rifle Division (NKVD) 47th Corps Artillery Regiment 51st Corps Artillery Regiment 73rd Corps Artillery Regiment 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 29th Sapper Battalion 80th Sapper Battalion

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 11th Rifle Division 48th Rifle Division 118th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division (minus 522nd Rifle Regiment) 268th Rifle Division 76th Latvian Separate Rifle Regiment 266th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 47th Corps Artillery Regiment 73rd Corps Artillery Regiment 1/24th Corps Artillery Regiment 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 19th Rifle Corps 10th Rifle Division 11th Rifle Division 85th Rifle Division 48th Rifle Division 80th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 281st Rifle Division 2nd Naval Infantry Brigade 76th Latvian Separate Rifle Regiment 519th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 2nd Battalion, 1st Howitzer Artillery Regiment 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 251st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 2nd Separate Tank Regiment Separate Armored Train Battalion 112th Sapper Battalion 295th Sapper Battalion 65th Corrective Aviation Squadron

11th Army

The 11th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. It led the defense of the ares west and southwest of the Lake Ilmen retreating to the area south and then southeast of the lake.

Composition on 1 July 1941:[1] 16th Rifle Corps 5th Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 41st Rifle Corps 111th Rifle Division 118th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 90th Rifle Division 126th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 42nd Fortified Region 10th Antitank Brigade 448th Corps Artillery Regiment 110th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment 429th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 19th Antiaircraft Battalion 1st Mechanized Corps 3rd Tank Division 163rd Motorized Division 5th Motorcycle Regiment 202nd Motorized Division 38th Engineer Battalion

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 22nd Rifle Corps 180th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 254th Rifle Division 24th Rifle Corps 181st Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 398th Rifle Regiment (118th Rifle Division) 21st Motorized Rifle Regiment 28th Motorized Rifle Regiment 264th Corps Artillery Regiment 613th Corps Artillery Regiment 614th Corps Artillery Regiment 698th Antitank Artillery Regiment Separate Antitank Artillery Regiment (Major Bogdanov) 111th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 202nd Motorized Division 163rd Motorized Division 5th Motorcycle Regiment 41st Tank Battalion 28th Engineer Battalion 38th Engineer Battalion

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 180th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 254th Rifle Division 21st Motorized Rifle Regiment 9th Antitank Brigade 614th Corps Artillery Regiment 698th Corps Artillery Regiment 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 23rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 87th Tank Battalion 110th Tank Battalion 28th Engineer Battalion 38th Engineer Battalion 202nd Sapper Battalion 7th Mixed Aviation Division

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 26th Rifle Division 84th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 254th Rifle Division 28th Motorized Rifle Regiment 614th Corps Artillery Regiment 698th Antitank Artillery Regiment 23rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 8th Tank Brigade 28th Engineer Battalion 38th Engineer Battalion 202nd Sapper Battalion 57th Mixed Aviation Division

27th Army

The 27th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. Led the defense in the area from Slavkovich - Novorzhev, retreating towards Kholm and then further to the north shore of Lake Seliger.

Composition on 1 July 1941:[1] 24th Rifle Corps 181st Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 67th Rifle Division 3rd Rifle Brigade 5th Airborne Corps 9th Airborne Brigade 10th Airborne Brigade 201st Airborne Brigade 613th Corps Artillery Regiment 402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 111th Antiaircraft Battalion 25th Engineer Regiment

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 65th Rifle Corps 5th Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 84th Rifle Division 21st Mechanized Corps 42nd Tank Division 46th Tank Division 185th Motorized Division 160th Sapper Battalion 238th Sapper Battalion 239th Sapper Battalion

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 5th Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 181st Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 37th Rifle Regiment (NKVD) 613th Corps Artillery Regiment 134th Motorized Engineer Battalion 67th Sapper Battalion 160th Sapper Battalion 188th Sapper Battalion 339th Sapper Battalion 4th Mixed Aviation Division 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment 268th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 23rd Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 181st Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 1291st Rifle Regiment (4th Rifle Division) 613th Corps Artillery Regiment 111th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 28th Tank Division 110th Motorized Engineer Battalion 134th Motorized Engineer Battalion 67th Sapper Battalion 160th Sapper Battalion 188th Sapper Battalion 491st Sapper Battalion 4th Mixed Aviation Division

34th Army

The army's involvement began in early August 1941 near Staraya Russa and to the south. The army eventually retreated to the area east of Demyansk.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 163rd Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division 257th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 262nd Rifle Division 25th Cavalry Division 3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment 264th Corps Artillery Regiment 270th Corps Artillery Regiment 108th Tank Battalion 112th Tank Battalion 47th Engineer Battalion 238th Sapper Battalion 299th Sapper Battalion 57th Mixed Aviation Division

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 163rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division (minus 1042nd Rifle Regiment) 257th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 262nd Rifle Division 270th Corps Artillery Regiment 429th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 46th Motorcycle Battalion 85th Tank Battalion 103rd Tank Battalion 108th Tank Battalion 238th Sapper Battalion 299th Sapper Battalion 469th Sapper Battalion 7th Mixed Aviation Division

42nd Army

The army took part in the operation from 9–30 September 1941. Conducted combat operations in the approaches to Leningrad from the Gulf of Finland to the city of Pushkin.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 2nd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division 3rd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division (minus 2nd Rifle Regiment) Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region 51st Corps Artillery Regiment 690th Antitank Artillery Regiment Mixed Artillery Regiment 704th Artillery Regiment (198th Motorized Division) 42nd Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 106th Motorized Engineer Battalion

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 13th Rifle Division 44th Rifle Division 56th Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Division (NKVD) 6th Naval Infantry Brigade 7th Naval Infantry Brigade 268th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 282nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 291st Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 14th Antitank Brigade 28th Corps Artillery Regiment 47th Corps Artillery Regiment 51st Corps Artillery Regiment 73rd Corps Artillery Regiment 101st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGJ) 704th Artillery Regiment 296th Antitank Artillery Battalion 1st Separate Mortar Battalion 2nd Separate Mortar Battalion 3rd Separate Mortar Battalion Separate Guards Mortar Battalion 51st Tank Battalion 29th Sapper Battalion 456th Sapper Battalion

48th Army

The army was involved in the operation from 10 August to 14 September 1941 when the army was disbanded. The army operated in the area west of the Lake Ilmen.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 128th Rifle Division 311th Rifle Division 1st Mountain Rifle Brigade 170th Separate Cavalry Regiment 531st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 21st Tank Division 109th Motorized Engineer Battalion 12th Sapper Battalion

52nd Separate Army

The army was involved in the operation from 26 August to the turn of the Volkhov River north of Novogorod.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 267th Rifle Division 285th Rifle Division 288th Rifle Division 292nd Rifle Division 312th Rifle Division 314th Rifle Division 316th Rifle Division 442nd Corps Artillery Regiment 884th Antitank Artillery Regiment

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 267th Rifle Division 288th Rifle Division 312th Rifle Division 316th Rifle Division 442nd Corps Artillery Regiment 884th Antitank Artillery Regiment 3rd Motorized Engineer Battalion 4th Motorized Engineer Battalion

54th Army

The army was formed on 5 September 1941 with the mission of securing the shores of Lake Ladoga to prevent the Germans from encircling Leningrad. The army participated in the operation to the end.

Composition on 1 October 1941:^[2]

3rd Guards Rifle Division

4th Guards Rifle Division

128th Rifle Division

286th Rifle Division

294th Rifle Division

310th Rifle Division

1st Mountain Brigade

881st Artillery Regiment (RVGK)

882nd Artillery Regiment (RVGK)

2/5th Guards Mortar Regiment

4/4th Guards Mortar Regiment

21st Tank Division

16th Tank Brigade

122nd Tank Brigade

5th Motorized Engineer Battalion

135th Motorized Engineer Battalion

136th Motorized Engineer Battalion

3rd Reserve Aviation Group

four Fighter Aviation Regiments

three Bomber Aviation Regiment

one Assault Aviation Regiment

55th Army

The army was formed on 1 September 1941 and operated in the area from Pushkin to the bend of the Neva River through the end of the operation.

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 70th Rifle Division 90th Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 1st Leningrad People's Militia Division (minus 3rd Rifle Regiment) 4th Leningrad People's Militia Division 2nd Rifle Regiment (3rd Leningrad People's Militia Division) Slutsk-Kolpino Fortified Region 14th Antitank Brigade 24th Corps Artillery Regiment (minus 1st Battalion) 47th Mortar Battalion 84th Tank Battalion 86th Tank Battalion

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 70th Rifle Division 86th Rifle Division 90th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 268th Rifle Division 55th Rifle Regiment, 17th Rifle Division Slutsk-Kolpinsky Fortified Region 24th Corp Artillery Regiment 16th Mortar Battalion 47th Mortar Battalion 84th Tank Battalion 86th Tank Battalion 2nd Sapper Battalion 367th Sapper Battalion

Leningrad People's Militia

See Leningrad Narodnoe Opolcheniye Army for details on Leningrad's Militia units. In late September 1941 the divisions were incorporated into the Red Army.

Operational Groups

Luga Operational Group/Southern Operational Group

Took part in the fighting from mid-July in Luga through 16 September when the group was disbanded in Leningrad.

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 41st Rifle Corps 111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 1st Rifle Regiment (3rd Leningrad People's Militia Division) 260th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 262nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK) Luga PVO Brigade Region 24th Tank Division 259th Sapper Battalion

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 41st Rifle Corps 111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 260th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 262nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion 274th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion Antitank Artillery Regiment (Major Bogdanov) Luga PVO Brigade Region 24th Tank Division 24th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion 259th Sapper Battalion

Kopor Operational Group

Composition on 1 September 1941:^[1]

1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division

2nd Leningrad People's Militia Division

522nd Rifle Regiment (191st Rifle Division)

519th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)

24th Tank Regiment (1st Tank Division)

295th Sapper Battalion

Nevskaya Operational Group

Composition on 1 October 1941:^[2]

115th Rifle Division

1st Rifle Division (NKVD)

4th Naval Infantry Brigade

1st Fighter Battalion

4th Fighter Battalion

5th Fighter Battalion

230th Artillery Regiment (71st Rifle Division)

1/577th Howitzer Artillery Regiment

24th Antitank Artillery Battalion

20th Mortar Battalionn

107th Tank Battalion

21st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion

Novogorod Operational Group

Composition on 1 August 1941:[1] 16th Rifle Corps (headquarters used to form 48th Army on 7 August) 70th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 1st Leningrad People's Militia Division 1st Mountain Rifle Brigade 21st Tank Division

Composition on 1 September 1941:[1] 305th Rifle Division 448th Corps Artillery Regiment Separate Mortar Battalion 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 3rd Tank Division 28th Tank Division 50th Engineer Battalion

Composition on 1 October 1941:[2] 180th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 305th Rifle Division Mixed Rile Regiment 264th Corps Artillery Regiment 448th Corps Artillery Regiment Mortar Battalion (unnumbered) 8th Antiaircraft Battalion 242nd Antiaircraft Battalion 3rd Tank Division 25th Engineer Battalion 50th Engineer-Bridge Battalion 55th Engineer-Bridge Battalion 56th Engineer-Bridge Battalion

German

Presents the largest and units of the German armed forces. It should be borne in mind that the operation involved a variety of specialist, such as artillery and self-propelled artillery (including the provision of OKH), Samokatnaya, rail, engineering, combat engineers, pontoon bridge, part of the army air defense and air defense and the Luftwaffe.

Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord)

Data on 8 August 1941.

18th Army

Participated throughout the operation. Led offensive in Estonia, along the eastern shore of Lake Peipsi, then advanced on Leningrad from the south-west and west.

The XXXXII Army Corps was transferred to the 18th Army on 18 July 1941.

XXXXII Army Corps

61st Infantry Division

217th Infantry Division

XXVI Army Corps

93rd Infantry Division

254th Infantry Division

291st Infantry Division

Panzergruppe 4

Participated in the operation from 10 July to 18 September 1941. The unit was the main striking force for the German forces attack towards Leningrad. The LVI Motorized Corps advanced towards Luga, bypassing the city to the north, breaking through Soviet positions south of Kingisepp, Krasnogvardeisk, and reached the Pulkovo Heights. On 15 September the main forces of the group begin its redeployment from the Leningrad axis to the Moscow axis.

The L Army Corps was transferred to the group on 14 August 1941.

XXXXI Corps (mot.)

1st Infantry Division

1st Panzer Division

6th Panzer Division

8th Panzer Division

36th Infantry Division (mot.)

LVI Motorized Corps

269th Infantry Division

SS Police Division

3rd Infantry Division (mot.)

XXXVIII Corps

58th Infantry Division

L Army Corps (from 14 August 1941)

269th Infantry Division

SS Polizei Division

16th Army

Participated in the operation for the entire period. Originally moving in the area south of Lake Ilmen, the army's right flank was engaged against the Western Front. After regrouping the army advanced north and south of Lake Ilmen on the Novgorod-Chudovo-Leningrad and Staraya Russa-Kholm-Demyansk axis.

XXVII Army Corps

96th Infantry Division

121st Infantry Division

122nd Infantry Division

SS Totenkopf Division

I Army Corps

11th Infantry Division

21st Infantry Division

126th Infantry Division

II Army Corps

12th Infantry Division

32nd Infantry Division

123rd Infantry Division

X Army Corps

30th Infantry Division

290th Infantry Division

3rd Panzer Group

Part of the group was involved in operations from 24 August to the end of the operation at Leningrad (XXXIX Motorized Corps) and from 30 August to 24 September 1941 in the Demyanks direction (LVII Motorized Corps).

XXXIX Motorized Corps

12th Panzer Division

18th Motorized Division

20th Motorized Division

LVII Motorized Corps

19th Panzer Division

20th Panzer Division

Luftflotte 1

Data as of 3 August 1941.^[4]

2.(F)/ObdL Wekusta (2nd Squadron, Long-Range reconnaissance Luftwaffe High Command)

1 KGr z.b.V. 106 (1st Transport Squadron, 106th Military Transport Group)

1st Fliegercorps

Took part in the entire operation. Reinforces by Kampfgeschwader 4 on 6 August 1941.

5th Squadron, 122nd Intelligence Group

Kampfgeschwader 1 - He-111H, JU-88A (Group 2 and 3)

Kampfgeschwader 76 - JU-88A

Kampfgeschwader 77 - JU-88A

Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 - Ju-87B, Bf-110

Zerstörergeschwader 26 - Bf-110 (Group 1 and 2)

Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf-109F

Jagdgeschwader 53 - Bf-109F (Group 2 only)

8th Fliegercorps

The 8th Fliegercorps took part in the operation from late July to 20 September 1941.

2nd Squadron, 11th Intelligence Group

1st Transport Squadron, 4th Transport Group

Kampfgeschwader 2 - Do-17Z (Group 1)

Kampfgeschwader 3 - Do-17Z (Group 3)

Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Bf-110 (Group 2)

Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 Ju-87B (Group 1, 3)

Lehrgeschwader 2 Bf-109E, Hs-123 (2nd and 10th Squadron)

Jagdgeschwader 27 - Bf-109F, Bf-109E (Group 3 only)

Jagdgeschwader 52 - Bf-109F (Group 2 only)

Reconnaissance Group East

125th Naval Intelligence Group

Kampfgruppe 806 - Ju-88A

Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf-109E (only 1 staffel)

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2. Marchand, Jean-Luc (2010). Order of Battle Soviet Army World War 2 1941 October to December Vol 2. West Chester, OH: The Nafziger Collection. ISBN 978-1585452705.
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