Battle of Debrecen order of battle

This order of battle lists the German, Hungarian, Romanian, and Soviet forces involved in the Battle of Debrecen in October 1944.

Order of Battle for 6th Army, October 1944

Army Group	Army	Corps	Division	Remarks
South Gen Friessner	German 6th Army Gen Fretter-Pico	IV Panzer Corps LtGen Kleeman	24^th Panzer Division
		LXXII Army Corps LtGen Schmidt	76^th Infantry Division
		Hungarian VII Army Corps MajGen Vörös	Hungarian 8^th Reserve Division
			Hungarian 12^th Reserve Division
		III Panzer Corps LtGen Breith	1^st Panzer Division
			13^th Panzer Division
			23^rd Panzer Division
			Feldherrnhalle Panzergrenadier Division
			22^nd SS Cavalry Division Maria Theresa
			46^th Infantry Division
			503^rd Heavy Tank Battalion
	Hungarian Second Army LtGen von Dalnoki (Attached to German Sixth Army)	Hungarian II Army Corps MajGen Kiss	Hungarian 2^nd Armored Division
			Hungarian 25^th Infantry Division
			German 15^th Infantry Division
		Hungarian Group Finta BrigGen Finta	Hungarian 7^th Replacement Division
			Hungarian 1^st Replacement Mountain Brigade
			Hungarian 2^nd Replacement Mountain Brigade
		Army Reserve LtGen von Dalnoki	Hungarian 9^th Replacement Division

Order of Battle for Second Ukrainian Front, October 1944

2nd Ukrainian Front (Marshal Rodion Malinovsky)

7th Guards Army[1] (Lieutenant General Mikhail Shumilov) 24th Guards Rifle Corps 72nd Guards Rifle Division 81st Guards Rifle Division 6th Rifle Division 25th Guards Rifle Corps 6th Guards Airborne Division 36th Guards Rifle Division 53rd Rifle Division Army Reserves 227th Rifle Division 27th Army[1] (Lieutenant General Sergei Trofimenko) 35th Guards Rifle Corps 3rd Guards Airborne Division 93rd Rifle Division 180th Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Corps 78th Rifle Division 337th Rifle Division 104th Rifle Corps 4th Guards Airborne Division 163rd Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division Army Reserve 11th Artillery Division 27th Guards Tank Brigade Romanian 2nd Mountain Division Romanian 3rd Mountain Division Romanian 18th Infantry Division Romanian Tudor Vladimirescu Infantry Division 40th Army[1] (Lieutenant General Filipp Zhmachenko) 50th Rifle Corps 240th Rifle Division 51st Rifle Corps 38th Rifle Division 133rd Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division Army Reserve 42nd Guards Rifle Division

46th Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Shlemin) 10th Guards Rifle Corps 49th Guards Rifle Division 59th Guards Rifle Division 86th Guards Rifle Division 109th Guards Rifle Division 31st Guards Rifle Corps 4th Guards Rifle Division 34th Guards Rifle Division 40th Guards Rifle Division 37th Rifle Corps 108th Guards Rifle Division 320th Rifle Division Army Reserve 7th Breakthrough Artillery Division 53rd Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Managarov) 27th Guards Rifle Corps 297th Rifle Division 409th Rifle Division 49th Rifle Corps 1st Guards Airborne Division 110th Guards Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 57th Rifle Corps 203rd Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division Army Reserve 18th Tank Corps 5th Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division

6th Guards Tank Army (Major General Andrei Grigoryevich Kravchenko) 9th Guards Mechanized Corps 5th Guards Tank Corps 6th Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade Romanian Cavalry Corps 1st Cavalry Training Division 1st Infantry Training Division Cavalry – Mechanized Group Pliyev (Major General Issa Pliyev) 4th Guards Cavalry Corps 9th Guards Cavalry Division 10th Guards Cavalry Division 30th Cavalry Division 6th Guards Cavalry Corps 8th Guards Cavalry Division 13th Guards Cavalry Division 8th Cavalry Division 7th Mechanized Corps Cavalry – Mechanized Group Gorshkov (Major General Sergey Gorshkov) 5th Guards Cavalry Corps 11th Guards Cavalry Division 12th Guards Cavalry Division 63rd Cavalry Division 23rd Tank Corps

Romanian First Army (General Nicolae Macici) IV Corps 2nd Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division VII Corps 9th Cavalry Division 19th Infantry Division Romanian Fourth Army (General Gheorghe Avramescu) Mountain Corps 1st Mountain Division 3rd Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division II Corps 8th Cavalry Division 20th Infantry Division VI Corps 7th Infantry Division 9th Infantry Division 21st Infantry Division Army Reserve 1st Cavalry Division 11th Infantry Division Armored Group (Remnants of 1st Armored Division) Front Reserve 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps 25th Guards Rifle Division 303rd Rifle Division

Notes

1. Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 October 1944, pp 289–290

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