German Combat Operations in the Pacific.

[Eric Skrevski]

Order of Battle:

Units in the Dutch East Indies;

Heer:

2nd Armee:
Commanding Officer: General Oberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs
Location: Headquarters located in the town of Oosthaven, Sumatra.

Armee Attachments:

- 200th Sturmgeschütz Battalion (Oosthaven, Sumatra)
- 543rd PanzerJager Battalion (Setup along the beach of Oosthaven)
- 46th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (Building Defenses along the beach.)
- 666th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (In Oosthaven, building defenses around airfields)
- 560th Pioneer Battalion (Brucko B) (In Oosthaven, building defenses around the port)
-- I./14th FlaK Regiment (12 88mm AAGs, 8 20mm AAGs) (Guarding Armee Headquarters in Oosthaven)

- V Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Infantrie Rudolf Ruoff
Location: Headquarters located in Oosthaven, Sumatra

Korps units:

-- I./361st FlaK Regiment (Setup around port area to guard against air attack)
- II./61st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Coastal Artillery)
- II/71st Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Support Artillery)
- 1./405th Brucko B
- 2./405th Brucko B

- 1st Marine Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant Karl Timmerman
Location: Bangka Island

- 58th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: Generalmajor I. Heunert
Location: Guarding the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra

- 87th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant B. von Studnitz
Location: Guarding the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra

- 225th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant E. Schaumburg
Location: Around Palembang, Sumatra

- 40th Panzer Battalion
Commanding Officer: Oberst Carl Meeks
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 480 Soldiers, 24 PzKpfw VA Panthers and 24 PzKpfw IVGs

- XXX Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Artillierie O. Hartmann
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island

Korps units:

- 430th Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)
- 446th Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)
- 1./430th Brucko B
- 2./430th Brucko B

- 75th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant E.Hammer
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island

- 209th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer: Generalmajor H. Stengel
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

- 214th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant T. Groppe
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

- XXXII Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Pioneers Walter Kuntze
Location: Around Medan, Sumatra

Korps Units:

- 10th Machine Gun Battalion (Mot)
- 672nd PanzerJager Battalion
- II./65th Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot)
- II./72nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot)

- 6th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant A. Reichsfreiherr von Biegeleben
Location: Around Medan, Sumatra

- 9th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: Generalleutnant G. von Apell
Location: Around Medan, Sumatra

- 131st Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: General der Artillerie Heinrich Meyer-Bürdorf
Location: Around Medan, Sumatra

Royal Dutch Armed Forces Command, Dutch East Indies:
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant General Gerardus Johannes Berenschot

2nd Royal Dutch Infantry Division:
Commanding Officer: General Major Bert Sas
Location; Oosthaven, Sumatra

1st "East Indies" Infantry Regiment:
Commanding Officer:
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 5,000 Soldiers (12 75mm Howitzers)

Luftwaffe:

Flieger Korps XII:
Commanding Officer: General Major Richard Putzier
Headquarters Location: Palembang, Sumatra

Palembang Air Base, Sumatra:

FlaK Defenses:
- I./100th FlaK Regiment/12th FlaK Brigade
- II./100th FlaK Regiment/12th FlaK Brigade

Air Groups:

- Stab/Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Oberst Eduard Ritter von Schleich
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Headquarters Flight: 3 Messerschmidt Bf 109F Fighters

- I./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Maj Gotthard Handrick
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Messerschmidt Bf-109F Fighters

- II./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Hptm Herwig Knüppel
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

- III./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Major Adolph Galland
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

-- IV./Lehrgeschwader 1
Commanding Officer: Hptm Peter Kögl
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Junkers Ju-87B Dive Bombers

- Stab/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Oberst Hans Behrendt
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Headquarters Flight: 9 Heinkel He-111H Bombers

-- I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj Gerhard Ulbricht
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

-- II./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj de Salengre Drabbe
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

-- III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj Manfred Speck von Sternberg
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

Oosthaven Air Base, Sumatra:

FlaK Defenses:
- II./108th FlaK Regiment/12th FlaK Brigade
- III./108th FlaK Regiment/12th FlaK Brigade

Air Groups:
- III./100th FlaK Regiment (Providing anti-aircraft cover for Medan, Sumatra)
- I./108th FlaK Regiment (Providing anti-Aircraft cover for Medan, Sumatra)

- I./109th FlaK Regiment (Providing Anti-Aircraft cover to Makassar, Celebes Island)
- II./109th FlaK Regiment (Providing Anti-Aircraft cover to Makassar, Celebes Island)

Reconnaissance Flights in Korps:

1) 1.(F)/122 - 12 Do-17P Reconnaissance Bombers


- III./Lehrgeschwader 2
Commanding Officer: Obstlt Günther Lohmann
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Strength: 48 Messerschmidt Bf-109F Fighters



-- III./Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 3:
Commanding Officer: Maj Dr. Max Ziervogel
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 52 Junkers Ju-52 Transports

-- IV./Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 3:
Commanding Officer: Obstlt Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 52 Junkers Ju-52 Transports