Wehrkreis I Wehrkreis I was headquartered at
Königsberg and contained the territory of the German exclave of
East Prussia, making it also a coastal state on the
Baltic Sea coast.
Wehrkreis I was the home district of the
I Army Corps, which was formed in October 1934 from the
1st Division of the
Reichswehr.
Wehrkreis I was expanded to include the
Memel Territory after the
German ultimatum to Lithuania (accepted by Lithuania on 23 March 1939); After the
German occupation of Belgium (1940), parts of eastern Belgium were added to
Wehrkreis VI.
Wehrkreis VII was the home district of
VII Army Corps, which was formed in October 1934 from the
7th Division of the
Reichswehr.
Wehrkreis XVII was the home district of
XVII Army Corps, which was formed on 1 April 1938 with headquarters at Vienna. The district was expanded after the
Munich Agreement (1938) to include parts of southern Bohemia.
Wehrkreis XVIII Wehrkreis XVIII was headquartered at
Salzburg. It contained the southwestern and southeastern thirds of
Austria, added to the German Reich after the 1938
Anschluss.
Wehrkreis XVIII was the home district of
XVIII Army Corps (after 1940: XVIII Mountain Corps), which was formed on 1 April 1938 with headquarters in Salzburg.
Wehrkreis XX Wehrkreis XX was headquartered at
Danzig. It contained the historic province of
West Prussia, occupied by Germany in the 1939
Invasion of Poland.
Wehrkreis XXI Wehrkreis XXI was headquartered at
Posen. It contained the territories of the historic
region by the same name, occupied by Germany in the 1939
Invasion of Poland.
Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia The
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was also a
Wehrkreis, with respective institutions being created in late 1942.
Generalgouvernement The
General Government was also a
Wehrkreis, with respective institutions being created in 1943. == Gaps in numbering ==