Allied Invasion of Italy Order of Battle is a listing of the significant Allied and Axis formations that were involved during the Allied Invasion of Italy

Allied invasion of Italy

The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on September 3, 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group during the Second World War. The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign...

 (the landings at Salerno, Reggio and Taranto) 3 September – 16 September 1943.

Allied Forces

• Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean (AFHQ)
  Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower
  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
  
  
• Allied Naval Forces - Mediterranean
  Commanded by Admiral Andrew Cunningham
  Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
  Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope KT, GCB, OM, DSO and two Bars , was a British admiral of the Second World War. Cunningham was widely known by his nickname, "ABC"....
  
  
  • Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
    Commanded by Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt
  • Force H
    Force H
    Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in 1940 to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean that had been removed by the French armistice with Nazi Germany....
    
    
    Commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Willis
    Algernon Willis
    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis KCB DSO was a British Royal Navy officer.-Naval career:Willis joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1904 and went on to serve in World War I and then actions against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic from 1918 to 1919.In the Second World War he was...
    
    
  • Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick
    Commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur Power
    Arthur Power
    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power GCB, GBE, CVO was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service in World War I and World War II.-Naval career:Power joined the Royal Navy in 1909 and served in World War I...
    
    
• Mediterranean Air Command
  Mediterranean Air Command
  The Mediterranean Air Command was the official Allied air force command organization in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations between February 18 and December 10, 1943. MAC was commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder whose headquarters were established next to those...
  
   (Allied)
  Commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Headquarters at Algiers, Algeria

Allied 15th Army Group

Under the command of General

General (United Kingdom)

General is currently the highest peace-time rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It is subordinate to the Army rank of Field Marshal, has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank....

 Sir Harold Alexander

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian...

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Under direct Army Group command (Operation Slapstick

Operation Slapstick

Operation Slapstick was the code name for a British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy, was undertaken by the British 1st Airborne Division in September 1943.Planned at short...

 at Taranto

Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....

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• British 1st Airborne Division
  Commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson
  George F. Hopkinson
  Major-General George Frederick Hopkinson OBE MC was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Airborne Division during the Second World War...
  
   (Killed in Action 9 September replaced by Major-General Ernest Down
  Ernest Down
  Lieutenant-General Sir Ernest Edward Down KBE CB was a British General during World War II.-Military career:Ernest Down was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in February 1923. He served in World War II being appointed Commander of the 2nd Parachute Brigade in North Africa in 1942...
  
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  • 1st Parachute Brigade - Brigadier G.W. Lathbury
    Gerald Lathbury
    General Sir Gerald William Lathbury, GCB, DSO, MBE was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later became Governor of Gibraltar-Military career:...
    
    
    • 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      The First Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade, but is permanently attached to the Special Forces Support Group....
      
      
    • 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      The Second Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is a battalion-sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade whose Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O'Sullivan....
      
      
    • 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      The 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16 Air Assault Brigade....
      
      
    • 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      The 16th Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War. The unit was the first parachute field ambulance unit of the British Army. Their first deployment was in Operation Torch the Allied landings in North Africa. This was followed...
      
      
  • 2nd Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Ernest Down
    Ernest Down
    Lieutenant-General Sir Ernest Edward Down KBE CB was a British General during World War II.-Military career:Ernest Down was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in February 1923. He served in World War II being appointed Commander of the 2nd Parachute Brigade in North Africa in 1942...
    
    
    • 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      The 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is a Territorial Army unit of the British Army. It is based across the U.K. Originally the Battalion covered the North of England with its Headquarters located in Pudsey, West Yorkshire...
      
      
    • 5th (Scottish) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
      The 5th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in 1942.The four proceeding British parachute battalions had been raised by volunteers from all ranks of the army...
      
      
    • 6th (Royal Welch) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
      The 6th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War....
      
      
    • 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      The 127th Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War.The 127th Field Ambulance was originally a pre war Territorial Army unit converted to parachute duties, becoming the second parachute field ambulance in the British Army...
      
      
  • 4th Parachute Brigade - Brigadier J.W. Hackett
    • 156th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      156th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
      The 156th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War....
      
      
    • 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      The 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is a Territorial Army unit of the British Army. It is based across the U.K. Originally the Battalion covered the North of England with its Headquarters located in Pudsey, West Yorkshire...
      
      
    • 11th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
      11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
      The 11th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War....
      
      
    • 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      The 133rd Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War.The 133rd Field Ambulance was formed in Palestine in January 1943, by the conversion of the 133rd Field Ambulance to parachute duties...
      
      
  • 1st Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Pip Hicks
    Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks
    Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks CBE, DSO, MC was an officer in the British Army during both world wars.He was commissioned in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914, during the First World War, and fought on the Western Front. In the Second World War he was commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade of the...
    
    
    • 1st Battalion Border Regiment
      Border Regiment
      The Border Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 34th Regiment of Foot and the 55th Regiment of Foot....
      
      
    • 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
      South Staffordshire Regiment
      The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th Regiment of Foot and the 80th Regiment of Foot. In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment...
      
      
    • 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
      181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
      The 181st Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War.The Field Ambulance was assigned to the 1st Airlanding Brigade, the glider borne element of the 1st Airborne Division. Some men of the unit took part in the first parachute raid...
      
      
  • Glider Pilot Regiment
    Glider Pilot Regiment
    The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European Theatre of World War II in support of Allied airborne operations...
    
    

U.S. 5th Army (Operation Avalanche at Salerno)

Commanded by Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General (United States)

In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...

 Mark Clark.

Army troops

• US Ranger Force - Lieutenant-Colonel William O. Darby
  • 1st Ranger Battalion
    1st Ranger Battalion
    The 1st Ranger Battalion is an elite special operations unit of the US Army that is currently based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, United States....
    
    
  • 3rd Ranger Battalion
  • 4th Ranger Battalion

• British Special Service Brigade - Brigadier Robert Laycock
  Robert Laycock
  Major General Sir Robert Edward Laycock KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ was a British soldier, most famous for his service with the commandos during the Second World War...
  
  
  • No. 2 Commando
    No. 2 Commando
    No. 2 Commando was a battalion-sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The No. 2 Commando unit was reformed three times during the Second World War. The original No. 2 Commando, unlike the other commando units, was formed from volunteers from across the United...
    
    
  • 41st (Royal Marine) Commando

U.S. VI Corps

Commanded by Major General Ernest J. Dawley

Ernest J. Dawley

Ernest J. "Mike" Dawley was a Major General in the United States Army, known for commanding VI Corps during Operation Avalanche. The VI Corps took part in the Allied invasion of Italy when it landed at Salerno on September 9, 1943, with the British X Corps under Fifth Army as part of Operation...

• U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major General Lucian Truscott
  Lucian Truscott
  Lucian King Truscott, Jr. was a U.S. Army General, who successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, U.S. Fifteenth Army and U.S. Fifth Army during World War II.-Early life:...
  
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• U.S. 34th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major General Charles W. Ryder.

• U.S. 36th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major General Fred L. Walker.
  • 141st Regimental Combat Team
  • 142nd Regimental Combat Team
  • 143rd Regimental Combat Team
• U.S. 45th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major General Troy Houston Middleton.
  • 179th Regimental Combat Team
  • 157th Regimental Combat Team
  • 180th Regimental Combat Team

British X Corps

X Corps (United Kingdom)

The X Corps was a British Army formation in the First World War and was later reformed in 1942 during the North African campaign of the Second World War as part of the Eighth Army.- First World War :...

Commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery

Richard McCreery

General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery GCB, KBE, DSO, MC , was a British career soldier, who was Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein and later commanded the British Eighth Army in Northern Italy during...

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• British 46th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major-General
  Major-General (United Kingdom)
  Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...
  
   John Hawkesworth
  John Hawkesworth (British Army officer)
  Lieutenant-General Sir John Ledlie Inglis Hawkesworth, KBE, CB, DSO and Bar was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II.-Early life and career:...
  
  
  • British 128th Infantry Brigade
    British 128th Infantry Brigade
    .-History:The 128th Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line Territorial Army brigade of the British Army during the Second World War.The brigade was initially part of the 43rd Infantry Division before being transferred to the 46th Infantry Division in 1942...
    
     - Brigadier M.A. James
    • 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
    • 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
    • 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
  • British 138th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier G.P.Harding
    • 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
    • 2/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
      King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
      The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.-The 51st Foot:...
      
      
    • 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
      York and Lancaster Regiment
      -History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties...
      
      
  • British 139th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier R.E.H. Stott
    • 2/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
    • 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
      Sherwood Foresters
      The Sherwood Foresters was formed during the Childers Reforms in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 45th Regiment of Foot and the 95th Regiment of Foot...
      
      
    • 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
      Durham Light Infantry
      The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...
      
      
  • Divisional troops
    • 46th Reconnaissance Regiment
    • 70th Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 71st Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 172nd Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 58th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
    • 5th Medium Regiment, R.A.
    • 115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
    • Engineers
      • 270th, 271st and 272nd Field Companies, R.E.
      • 273rd Field Park Company, R.E.
    • 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun)

• British 56th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major-General Douglas Graham
  Douglas Alexander Graham
  Major General Douglas Alexander Henry Graham CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL was a British soldier of the First and Second World Wars. During his early life he studied at the University of Glasgow...
  
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  • British 167th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
    • 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
    • 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
    • 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
      Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
      The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army.The regiment was formed as a consequence of Childers reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms, by the amalgamation of the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 52nd Regiment of Foot , forming the 1st...
      
      
  • British 169th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.O. Lyne
    • 2/5th Battalion Queen's Regiment
    • 2/6th Battalion Queen's Regiment
    • 2/7th Battalion Queen's Regiment
  • 201st Guards Brigade
    22nd Guards Brigade
    The British 22nd Guards Brigade was a British Army unit during the Second World War .-History:The 22nd Infantry Brigade was formed by the conversion of the 29th Infantry Brigade on 3 September 1939 and in March 1940 became responsible for all the troops in the Mersa Matruh Garrison area...
    
     - Brigadier J.A. Gascoigne
    • 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards
      Grenadier Guards
      The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
      
      
    • 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards
      Coldstream Guards
      Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
      
      
    • 2nd Battalion Scots Guards
      Scots Guards
      The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
      
      
  • Divisional troops
    • 44th Reconnaissance Regiment
    • 64th Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 65th Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 113th Field Regiment, R.A.
    • 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
    • 69th Medium Regiment, R.A.
    • 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
    • 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
    • Engineers
      • 220th, 221st and 42nd Field Companies, R.E.
      • 563rd Field Park Company, R.E.
    • 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
      Cheshire Regiment
      The Cheshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division.The regiment was created in 1881 as part of the Childers reforms by the linking of the 22nd Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire...
      
       (Machine Gun)

• British 7th Armoured Division
  British 7th Armoured Division
  The 7th Armoured Division was a British armoured division which saw service during the Second World War where its exploits made it famous as the Desert Rats....
  
  
  Commanded by Major-General George Erskine
  George Erskine
  General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine GCB, KBE, DSO was a senior British Army officer during World War II-Background:...
  
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  • British 22nd Armoured Brigade
    British 22nd Armoured Brigade
    The 22nd Armoured Brigade, a British Army brigade, was formed as the 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade on 3 September 1939 with three Yeomanry mechanised cavalry regiments The 22nd Armoured Brigade, a British Army brigade, was formed as the 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade on 3 September 1939 with three...
    
     - Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde
    • 1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
      Royal Tank Regiment
      The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment...
      
      
    • 5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
    • 4th Battalion County of London Yeomanry
      County of London Yeomanry
      Several British Army regiments have born the title County of London Yeomanry . Most have been mounted, then armoured regiments.-1st County of London Yeomanry:...
      
      
    • 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
  • 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Lashmer Whistler
    Lashmer Whistler
    General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars, DL , known as Bolo, was a British army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he achieved senior ranks serving with Field Marshal Montgomery in North Africa and Europe...
    
    
    • 1/5th Queen's Regiment
    • 1/6th Queen's Regiment
    • 1/7th Queen's Regiment
  • Divisional troops
    • 11th Hussars
      11th Hussars
      The 11th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.-History:The regiment was founded in 1715 as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons and was known by the name of its Colonel until 1751 when it became the 11th Regiment of Dragoons...
      
      
    • 3rd Regiment, R.H.A.
    • 5th Regiment, R.H.A.
    • 146th Field Battery, R.A.
    • 65th Anti-tank Regiment, R.A.
    • 15th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.A.
    • Engineers
      • 4th and 621st Field Squadrons, R.E.
      • 143rd Field Park Squadron, R.E.

• Corps Troops
  • Royal Scots Greys (Sherman tanks, attached to 56th Division)
  • 40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached to 46th Infantry Division)

Army Group Reserve available to 5th Army

• U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
  U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
  The 82nd Airborne Division is an active airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute landing operations. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is the primary fighting arm of the XVIII Airborne Corps....
  
  
  Commanded by Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway.

• U.S. 1st Armored Division
  U.S. 1st Armored Division
  The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
  
  
  Commanded by Major General Ernest N. Harmon
  Ernest N. Harmon
  Ernest Nason Harmon was a United States Army general. He is best known for his actions in reorganizing U.S. II Corps after the debacle at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass in North Africa during World War II....
  
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British Eighth Army

Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns....

Commanded by General Bernard Montgomery

British XIII Corps

XIII Corps (United Kingdom)

XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...

 (Operation Baytown at Reggio di Calabria)

Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

Miles Dempsey

General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC was commander of the British Second Army during the D-Day landings in the Second World War...

• British 5th Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major-General Gerard Bucknall
  Gerard Bucknall
  Lieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall, CB, MC was a British Army officer and corps commander during World War II.-Military career:...
  
  
  • British 13th Infantry Brigade
    British 13th Infantry Brigade
    The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation during the Second World War.-History:This brigade was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in 1940. After the retreat from France the 13th Brigade was involved in the landings on Vichy held French Madagascar in 1942...
    
     - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
    • 2nd Battalion The Cameronians
    • 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
      Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
      The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was a Irish infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot...
      
      
    • 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
      Wiltshire Regiment
      The Wiltshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment of Foot....
      
      
  • British 15th Infantry Brigade
    British 15th Infantry Brigade
    The 15th Infantry Brigade is a British Army brigade. It was part of the regular British 5th Infantry Division during the Second World War, and is now part of the British 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom, with specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and...
    
     - Brigadier E.O. Martin
    • 1st Battalion Green Howards
    • 1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
      King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
      The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.-The 51st Foot:...
      
      
    • 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
      York and Lancaster Regiment
      -History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties...
      
      
  • British 17th Infantry Brigade
    British 17th Infantry Brigade
    The 17th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the British Army which provided active service in both the First and Second World Wars. It was mainly composed of Regular Army battalions.- History :...
    
     - Brigadier Dudley Ward
    Alfred Dudley Ward
    General Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, GCB, KBE, DSO , was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later Governor of Gibraltar. He served as an ordinary soldier for three years before being sent for officer training in 1926...
    
    
    • 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
      Royal Scots Fusiliers
      -The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot :The regiment was raised in Scotland in 1678 by Stuart loyalist Charles Erskine, de jure 5th Earl of Mar for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt . They were used to keep the peace and put down brigands, mercenaries, and...
      
      
    • 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
      Northamptonshire Regiment
      The Northamptonshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1960. Its lineage is now continued by The Royal Anglian Regiment.-Formation:The regiment was formed as part of the reorganisation of the infantry by the Childers reforms...
      
      
    • 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
      Seaforth Highlanders
      The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War...
      
      
  • Divisional troops
    • 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
    • 7th Battalion (Machine Gun) Cheshire Regiment
      Cheshire Regiment
      The Cheshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division.The regiment was created in 1881 as part of the Childers reforms by the linking of the 22nd Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire...
      
      
    • 91st Field Regiment, R.A
    • 92nd Field Regiment, R.A
    • 156th Field Regiment, R.A
    • 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A
    • 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
    • Engineers
      • 38th, 245th, 252nd Field Companies, R.E.

• Canadian 1st Infantry Division
  Commanded by Major-General Guy Simonds
  Guy Simonds
  Lieutenant General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD was a Canadian Army officer who commanded the II Canadian Corps during World War II. He served as acting commander of the First Canadian Army, leading the Allied forces to victory in the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944...
  
  
  • 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier H.D. Graham
    • Royal Canadian Regiment
    • Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
    • 48th Highlanders of Canada
      48th Highlanders of Canada
      The 48th Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment based in Toronto, parading out of Moss Park Armoury. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....
      
      
  • 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Chris Vokes
    • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
      Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
      Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...
      
      
    • Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
    • Loyal Edmonton Regiment
  • 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.H.S. Penhale
    • Royal 22e Regiment
      Royal 22e Régiment
      The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...
      
      
    • Carleton and York Regiment
    • West Nova Scotia Regiment
  • 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R.A. Wyman
    • Ontario Regiment
    • Three Rivers Regiment
    • Calgary Regiment
  • Divisional Troops
    • 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
      4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
      The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards is an inactive armoured regiment of the Canadian militia.-Lineage:The Regiment's history dates back to Ottawa in the early 1870s and its membership in Canada's militia...
      
       (Reconnaissance)
    • Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun)
    • 1st Field Regiment, R.C.H.A.
    • 2nd Field Regiment, R.C.A.
    • 3rd Field Regiment, R.C.A.
    • 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, R.C.A.
    • 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A.
    • Engineers
      • 1st, 3rd & 4th Field Companies, R.C.E.
      • 2nd Field Park Company, R.C.E.

• British 231st Infantry Brigade
  British 231st Infantry Brigade
  .- History :The 231st Infantry Brigade was a Second World War British Army unit, originally formed from the 1st Malta Brigade.It was composed of regular British Army battalions, was stationed on Malta at the start of the Second World War...
  
   - Brigadier Roy Urquhart
  Roy Urquhart
  Major General Robert "Roy" Elliott Urquhart, CB, DSO was a British military officer. He became prominent for his role commanding the British 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden.-Early career:...
  
  
  • 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
  • 165th Field Regiment, R.A.
  • 295th Field Company, R.E.

• Corps Artillery
  • 6th Army Group, R.A.
  • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade

• Corps Troops
  • 1st Special Reconnaissance Squadron
  • 3rd Commando
  • 40th Royal Marine Commando

• Also supporting XIII Corps
  • 5th Army Group, R.A.
  • XXX Corps Artillery

Army Command South

OB Süd

The German Army Command in the South The German Army Command in the South The German Army Command in the South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd (German: initials OB Süd) was the overall command of all the Luftwaffe units based in the Mediterranean and North African theatre of World War II.-Commanding officers:...

Commanded by Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall

Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...

) Albert Kesselring

Albert Kesselring

Albert Kesselring was a German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. In a military career that spanned both World Wars, Kesselring became one of Nazi Germany's most skilful commanders, being one of 27 soldiers awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords...

German Tenth Army

Commanded by General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff

Heinrich von Vietinghoff

Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel was a German Colonel-General of the German Army during the Second World War....

XIV Panzer Corps

Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Balck

Hermann Balck

Hermann Balck was a career German army officer who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds...

 (acting commander).

• 16th Panzer Division
  Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Rudolf Sieckenius
  Rudolf Sieckenius
  Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius was a German soldier, most famous for his command of 16 Panzer Division during Operation Avalanche in September 1943...
  
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• 15th Panzer Grenadier Division
  Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Eberhard Rodt
  Eberhard Rodt
  Eberhard Rodt was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who command several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
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• Luftwaffe Panzer Division Hermann Göring
  Commanded by Major-general (Generalleutnant) Paul Conrath
  Paul Conrath
  General Paul Conrath was a German General der Fallschirmtruppe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class...
  
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LXXVI Panzer Corps

LXXVI Panzer Corps (Germany)

The LXXVI Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Corps was commanded by General Traugott Herr during the Italian Campaign.-Order of battle:In 1943 the corps included:...

Commanded by Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe

General der Panzertruppe

General der Panzertruppe was a rank of German Army General introduced by the Wehrmacht in 1935. As the commander of a Panzer Corp this rank corresponds to a US Army Lieutenant-General...

) Traugott Herr

Traugott Herr

Traugott Herr was a German general of Panzer troops who served during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...

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• German 29th Panzergrenadier Division
  Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Walter Fries
  Walter Fries
  Walter Fries was a German General of the tank troops, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
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  • 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
  • 71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment

• 26th Panzer Division
  Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  Smilo Walther Hinko Oskar Constantin Wilhelm Freiherr von Lüttwitz was a German general of the Panzer troops, serving during World War II and son of Walther von Lüttwitz...
  
  

• 1st Parachute Division
  1st Parachute Division (Germany)
  The German 1st Parachute Division was a German elite military parachute-landing Division that fought during World War II. A division of paratroopers was termed a Fallschirmjäger Division...
  
  
  Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Richard Heidrich
  Richard Heidrich
  Richard Heidrich , was a highly decorated German Fallschirmjäger and general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
  
  • 1st Parachute Regiment - (less 3rd Battalion detached to Hermann Göring Division)
  • 3rd Parachute Regiment - (detached to 26th Panzer Division and then to 29th Panzer Grenadier Division)
  • 4th Parachute Regiment - (detached to 26th Panzer Division)