1. Fallschirm-Armee (Fs.AOK 1)
Oberbefehlshaber:
- GenOb Kurt Student, 1.3.44 - 4.11.44
- GenOb Alfred Schlemm, 4.11.44 - 28.3.45
- GenOb Günther Blumentritt (Heer), 28.3.45 - 10.4.45
- GenOb Kurt Student, 10.4.45 - 28.4.45
- GenOb Erich Straube (Heer), 28.4.45 - 8.5.45
Ständiger Vertreter:
- GenLt Walter Lackner, 1.3.44 - 15.11.44
Chef des Stabes:
- GenLt Dipl.Ing. Wolfgang Erdmann 1.5.44 - 20.8.44
- Oberst Reinhard, 20.8.44 - 11.44
- Oberst Ernst Kusserow, 11.44 - 8.5.45
Formed 5.11.43 to 1.4.44 in Nancy from XI. Fliegerkorps. First used as a training command, attached to Heeresgruppe D in France. When the allies landed in France, in June 1944, the unit came under the direct control of OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), while continuing its training duties. Went into combat the first time on the 4th September 1944, at the Lower Rhein, now attached to Heeresgruppe B. From December 1944 under Heeresgruppe H and from April 1945 directly under Oberbefehlshaber Nordwest. During November 1944 the unit was known as Armeegruppe Student (with 15th Army attached). The Army saw combat at:
| 17.9.44 - 26.9.44 | Arnhem and Nijmegen |
| 27.9.44 - 7.2.45 | Maas and Waal |
| 7.2.45 - 13.2.45 | Reichswald |
| 14.2.45 - 10.3.45 | Rheine and Xanten |
| 10.3.45 - 22.3.45 | Rheine |
| 23.3.45 - 8.5.45 | Ems and Weser |
HQ at Nancy (7.44), Eindhoven (9.44), Dinxperlo (10.44 - 12.44) and the Dorsten area (3.45).
The following units were attached directly to the Army (Armeetruppe):
- Höherer Artilleriekommandeur der Fallschirm-Armee 1
- Fallschirm-Jäger-Lehr-Regiment 21
- Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 1
- Fallschirm-Radfahrer-Bataillon 1
- Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 21
- schwere Werfer-Abteilung der Fallschirm-Armee 1
- Fallschirm-Pioneer-Regiment 1
- Fallschirms-Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 1
- Fallschirm-Nachschub-Abteilung 21
- Transport-Abteilung der Fallschirm-Armee 1
- Kranken-Transport-Abteilung der Fallschirm-Armee 1
- Fallschirm-Armee-Waffenschule 21
- Sturm-Bataillon der Fallschirm-Armee
- Feldersatz-Regiment der Fallschirm-Armee
- Genesenden-Bataillon der Fallschirm-Armee 1
The Army controlled the following units:
| Date: | Corps: | Divisions: |
| 16.9.44 | LXXXVIII. AK | 353. ID, 176. ID, 6. FJD, 84. ID, 89. ID, 85. ID, 179. ID |
| 13.10.44 | LXXXVI. AK II. FsAK II. SS XII. SS Reserve |
176. ID, 180. ID, Panzer-Brigade 107 (Walter) 190. ID, 84. ID, 406. ID 10. SS Div., 9. SS Div., 9. Pz.Div. 363. ID 526. ID |
| 5.11.44 |
II. FsAK II. SS 15th Army |
190. ID, 84. ID 10. SS Div., 363. ID * |
| 26.11.44 | LXXXVI. AK II. FsAK Reserve |
606. Div, 180. ID, 7. FJD 190. ID, 84. ID 85. ID, LXVII.AK, 363. ID |
| 31.12.44 |
II. FsAK LXXXVI. AK Reserve |
606. Div 190. ID, 180. ID, 84. ID 7. FJD, and Korps Feldt |
| 19.2.45 |
II. FsAK LXXXVI. AK XXXXVII. AK Reserve |
8. FJD, 190. ID 180. ID, 7. FJD, 15. ID 84. ID, 116. PD, 6. FJD Korps Feldt, LXIII. AK, Panzer Lehr Div. |
| 1.3.45 | LXIII. AK LXXXVI. AK II. FsAK XXXXVII. AK Reserve |
406. ID 190. ID 7. FJD, 8. FJD 84. ID, 116. PD, 6. FJD Korps Feldt, 15. ID, 180. ID, Panzer Brigade 106 |
| 12.4.45 | LXXXVI. AK II. FsAK |
15. ID, 325. ID, 471. ID, Pz. Vb. Großdeutschland 245. ID, 7. FJD, 8. FJD |
* the 15th Army consisted of the following units on 5.11.44:
LXXXVIII. AK: 59. ID, 712. ID, 256. ID
LXVII. AK: 711. ID, 719. ID, 245. ID, 346. ID, 85. ID
Reserve: 70. ID, 226. IDReplacement troops were provided by Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 3.
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