Order of battle for Operation Nordwind
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This is the order of battle
of German and Allied forces during Operation Nordwind
in World War II
I Corps
II Corps
First Army (Obstfelder
XIII SS Corps
Order of battle
In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...
of German and Allied forces during Operation Nordwind
Operation Nordwind
Operation North Wind was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front. It began on 1 January 1945 in Alsace and Lorraine in northeastern France, and it ended on 25 January.-Objectives:...
in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Sixth Army Group (DeversJacob L. DeversGeneral Jacob "Jake" Loucks Devers , commander of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II. He was the first United States military officer to reach the Rhine after D-Day.-Biography:...
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US Seventh ArmyUnited States Army EuropeUnited States Army Europe and Seventh Army, is an Army Service Component Command of the United States Army and the land component of United States European Command. It is the largest American formation in Europe.-Invasion of Sicily:...
(PatchAlexander PatchGeneral Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch was an officer in the United States Army, best known for his service in World War II. He commanded Army and Marine forces during the invasion of Guadalcanal, and the U.S...
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XV CorpsXV Corps (United States)The XV Corps of the US Army was initially constituted on 1 October 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, and was activated on 15 February 1943 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. During the Second World War, XV Corps fought for 307 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Normandy...
(HaislipWade H. HaislipWade Hampton Haislip was a United States Army four star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1949 to 1951.-Military career:...
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- 103rd Infantry Division
44th Infantry Division
- 100th Infantry Division
- 63rd Infantry Division
VI Corps (BrooksEdward H. BrooksEdward Hale Brooks was a decorated officer in the United States Army and a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean War...
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- 45th Infantry Division
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70th Infantry Division
42nd Infantry Division
French First Army (TassignyJean de Lattre de TassignyJean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC was a French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War.-Early life:...
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I CorpsI Corps (France)The I Corps was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940, on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Elba in 1943 - 1944, and in the campaigns to liberate France in 1944 and invade Germany in 1945....
(BéthouartAntoine BéthouartMarie Émile Antoine Béthouart was a French Army general who served during World War I and World War II....
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- 1st Infantry March Division
- 2nd Armored Division
3rd Algerian Infantry Division3rd Algerian Infantry DivisionThe 3rd Algerian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the last half of the Second World War. The 3e DIA had one of the most successful combat records of any French Army division during the Second World War. It paid a high price for this distinction, suffering more...
II CorpsII Corps (France)The 2nd Army Corps was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940 and during the 1944-45 campaigns in southern France, the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, and southwestern Germany...
(MonsabertJoseph de Goislard de MonsabertJoseph de Goislard de Monsabert , was a French general who served during the Second World War....
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- 1st Armored Division1st Armored Division (France)The 1st Armored Division was an armored unit of the French Army. The division fought during World War II as a part of the First French Army and was active during the Cold War...
- 1st Colonial Infantry Division
- 3rd Moroccan Division
- 4th Moroccan Mountain Division
- 5th Armored Division5th Armored Division (France)The 5th Armored Division was an armored division of the French Army that fought in World War II and the Algerian War. It was also active in Germany during the Cold War.-World War II:...
- 10th Infantry Division
US XXI CorpsXXI Corps (United States)Initially constituted on 2 December 1943 in the Army of the United States, the XXI Corps was activated on 6 December 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. XXI Corps fought for 116 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Alsace through southern Germany and into Austria. The corps was...
(MilburnFrank W. MilburnFrank William Milburn was a general in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War....
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- 12th Armored Division
- 14th Armored Division
36th Infantry Division
First Army (ObstfelderHans von ObstfelderHans von Obstfelder was a German general of infantry, 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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25th Panzergrenadier Division25th Panzergrenadier DivisionThe 25th Panzergrenadier Division fought in the central sector of the Eastern front from June 1943 to July 1944. It was destroyed in the encirclement east of Minsk and reformed in October 1944. It then fought in France between October 1944 and January 1945 and in eastern Germany January to May 1945...
21st Panzer Division
- 6th SS Mountain Division Nord6th SS Mountain Division NordThe 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" was a German unit of the Waffen SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord ....
XIII SS CorpsXIII SS Army CorpsXIII SS Army Corps was formed August 1944 at Breslau. It was moved to France and the Western Front, where it remained until the end of the war, by which time it had retreated to the Alps...
(SimonMax SimonMax Simon was a German SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS during World War II, who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. Simon was a private in the Prussian Army during World War I and was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s...
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- 19th Volksgrenadier Division19th Grenadier Division (Germany)The 19th Grenadier Division of the German Army in World War II was formed from remnants of the 19. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division and was renamed 19...
- 36th Volksgrenadier Division
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von BerlichingenThe 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen was a German SS panzergrenadier division which saw action on the Western Front during World War II.-Formation and training:...
LXXXIX Corps
- 361st Volksgrenadier Division
- 245th Infantry Division
- 256th Volksgrenadier Division
LXIV Corps
- 189th Infantry Division
- 198th Infantry Division
- 708th Volksgrenadier Division708th Infantry Division (Germany)The 708th Infantry Division was a German Army infantry division in World War II.- History :The 708th Infantry Division was formed in May 1941 and transferred to France in June to serve as an occupational force in the area around Bordeaux and Royan.A month after the D-day landings in July 1944,...
- 16th Infantry Division
LXXXIX Corps
- 338th Infantry Division
- 159th Infantry Division
- 716th Infantry Division
- 269th Infantry Division
Sources
- Steven Zaloga "Operation Nordwind 1945" Osprey Publishing (June 22, 2010) ISBN 978-1-84603-683-5
- Engler, Richard. The Final Crisis: Combat in Northern Alsace, January 1945. Aberjona Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-9666389-1-2
- Smith and Clarke, "Riviera To The Rhine," The official US Army History of the Seventh US Army.
- Nordwind & the US 44th Division *Battle History of the 44th I.D.
- 14th Armored Division Combat History
- The NORDWIND Offensive (January 1945) on the website of the 100th Infantry Division Association contains a list of German primary sources on the operation.