The following units and commanders participated in the Lorraine campaign from September 1 to December 18, 1944.
Balck, who had since August been in charge of the Fourth Panzer Army on the Eastern Front took command on 21 September replacing Johannes Blaskowitz who had lost a substantial amount of his forces in the retreat following the Allied invasion of the south of France.
[8] His Chief of Staff was Friedrick von Mellenthin The 1st Army (1.
Armee) was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff XIII SS Army Corps was commanded by Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß
Hans Lingner Generalleutnant Paul Schürmann LXXXIX Corps, General der infanterie Gustav Höhne (took command 7 September 1944) LXXXII Corps, General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein