Korück 559

Korück 559 is an Axis Infantry division in Steel Division II. Korück stands for Kommandant Rückwärtiges Armeegebiet, meaning “Commandant Army Rear Area”, a formation usually tasked with security and anti-partisan duties. Korück 559 found itself as the only sizable force in front of the main Soviet armored thrust, which had broken through at Orsha and Minsk.

This division is built around weak police troops and units composed of captured light tanks and armored cars originating from every part of Europe (USSR, France, the Netherlands, Poland). Korück 559 also amalgamates various fractured units, including some French (LVF) and Russian (RONA) collaborationists, a handful of surviving Tigers, and Flak troops. Its strongest asset is the number of Luftwaffe Stukas operating from nearby Minsk airfields.

Korück 559 is a motley force, hastily cobbled together, with a few elite tanks and a large number of unwilling soldiers.