55th and 153rd Field, 21st Anti-Tank and 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
Guards Armoured Divisional Signals
7th Armoured Division
Major-General G. W. E. J. Erskine (to 3.8.44)
Major-General G. L. Verney (from 4.8.44)
22nd Armoured Brigade
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29.7.44)
1st and 5th Battalions RTR
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (from 29.7.44)
1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Motor)
131st Infantry Brigade
1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Battalions The Queen’s Royal Regiment
Divisional Troops
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars
7th Armoured Divisional Engineers
7th Armoured Divisional Signals
3rd and 5th Regiments RHA; 6th Anti-Tank and 15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
11th Armoured Division
Major-General G. P. B. Roberts
29th Armoured Brigade
23rd Hussars
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
3rd Battalion RTR
8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Motor)
159th Infantry Brigade
3rd Battalion The Monmouthshire Regiment
4th Battalion The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion The Herefordshire Regiment
Divisional Troops
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17.8.44)
15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars (from 17.8.44)
11th Armoured Divisional Engineers
13th Regiment RHA; 151st Field, 75th Anti-Tank and 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
11th Armoured Divisional Signals
3rd Division
Major-General T. G. Rennie (to 13.6.44)
Brigadier E. E. E. Cass (acting)
Major-General L. G. Whistler (from 23.6.44)
8th Brigade
1st Battalion The Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment
9th Brigade
2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
185th Brigade
2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment
2nd Battalion The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
3rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
3rd Divisional Engineers
3rd Divisional Signals
7th, 33rd and 76th Field, 20th Anti-Tank and 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
6th Airborne Division
Major-General R. N. Gale
3rd Parachute Brigade
8th and 9th Battalions The Parachute Regiment
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
5th Parachute Brigade
7th, 12th and 13th Battalions The Parachute Regiment
6th Airlanding Brigade
12th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
Divisional Troops
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
6th Airborne Divisional Engineers
53rd Airlanding Light Regiment RA
6th Airborne Divisional Signals
15th (Scottish) Division
Major-General G. H. A. MacMillan (to 2.8.44)
Major-General C. M. Barber (from 3.8.44)
44th (Lowland) Brigade
8th Battalion The Royal Scots
6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
6th Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
46th (Highland) Brigade
9th Battalion The Cameronians
2nd Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders
7th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders
227th (Highland) Brigade
10th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry
2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders
2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Troops
15th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
15th Divisional Engineers
15th Divisional Signals
131st, 181st and 190th Field, 97th Anti-Tank and 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
43rd (Wessex) Division
Major-General G. I. Thomas
129th Brigade
4th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry
4th and 5th Battalions The Wiltshire Regiment
130th Brigade
7th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
4th and 5th Battalions The Dorsetshire Regiment
214th Brigade
7th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment
5th Battalion The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
43rd Divisional Engineers
43rd Divisional Signals
94th, 112th and 179th Field, 59th Anti-Tank and 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
49th (West Riding) Division
Major-General E. H. Barker
70th Brigade (to 20.8.44)
10th and 11th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry
1st Battalion The Tyneside Scottish
146th Brigade
4th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Hallamshire Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
147th Brigade
11th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
6th Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (to 6.7.44)
7th Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (from 6.7.44)
56th Brigade (from 20.8.44)
See under GHQ
Divisional Troops
49th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
49th Divisional Engineers
49th Divisional Signals
69th, 143rd and 185th Field, 55th Anti-Tank and 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment (Machine Gun)
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Major-General D. A. H. Graham
69th Brigade
5th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment
6th and 7th Battalions The Green Howards
151st Brigade
6th, 8th and 9th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry
231st Brigade
2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment
Divisional Troops
61st Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
50th Divisional Engineers
50th Divisional Signals
74th, 90th and 124th Field, 102nd Anti-Tank and 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
51st (Highland) Division
Major-General D. C. Bullen-Smith (to 26.7.44)
Major-General T. G. Rennie (from 27.7.44)
152nd Brigade
2nd and 5th Battalions The Seaforth Highlanders
5th Battalion The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
153rd Brigade
5th Battalion The Black Watch
1st and 5th/7th Battalions The Gordon Highlanders
154th Brigade
1st and 7th Battalions The Black Watch
7th Battalion The Argyll and Sut
herland Highlanders
Divisional Troops
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry RAC
51st Divisional Engineers
51st Divisional Signals
126th, 127th and 128th Field, 61st Anti-Tank and 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
53rd (Welsh) Division
Major-General R. K. Ross
71st Brigade
1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (to 3.8.44)
1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry
4th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 5.8.44)
158th Brigade
4th and 6th Battalions The Royal Welch Fusiliers (to 3.8.44)
7th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers
1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (from 4.8.44)
1/5th Battalion The Welch Regiment (from 4.8.44)
160th Brigade
2nd Battalion The Monmouthshire Regiment
4th Battalion The Welch Regiment
1/5th Battalion The Welch Regiment (to 3.8.44)
6th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 4.8.44)
Divisional Troops
53rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
53rd Divisional Engineers
53rd Divisional Signals
81st, 83rd and 133rd Field, 71st Anti-Tank and 116th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun)
59th (Staffordshire) Division
Major-General L. O. Lyne
176th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
7th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion The North Staffordshire Regiment
177th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
5th, 1/6th and 2/6th Battalions The South Staffordshire Regiment
197th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
1/7th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2/5th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers
5th Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Troops
59th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC (to 31.8.44)
59th Divisional Engineers
59th Divisional Signals
61st, 110th and 116th Field (to 31.8.44), 68th Anti-Tank (to 26.8.44) and 68th Light Anti-Aircraft (to 22.8.44) Regiments RA
7th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun) (to 24.8.44)
4th Canadian Armoured Division
Major-General G. Kitching (to 21.8.44)
Major-General H. W. Foster (from 22.8.44)
4th Armoured Brigade
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General’s Foot Guards)
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)
The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)
10th Infantry Brigade
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
The Algonquin Regiment
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)
Divisional Troops
29th Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)
4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Engineers
15th and 23rd Field, 5th Anti-Tank and 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals
2nd Canadian Division
Major-General C. Foulkes
4th Brigade
The Royal Regiment of Canada
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
The Essex Scottish Regiment
5th Brigade
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
The Calgary Highlanders
6th Brigade
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The South Saskatchewan Regiment
Divisional Troops
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)
2nd Canadian Divisional Engineers
2nd Canadian Divisional Signals
4th, 5th and 6th Field, 2nd Anti-Tank and 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)
3rd Canadian Division
Major-General R. F. L. Keller (to 8.8.44)
Major-General D. C. Spry (from 18.8.44)
7th Brigade
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
The Regina Rifle Regiment
1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment
8th Brigade
The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Le Régiment de la Chaudière
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
9th Brigade
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Divisional Troops
7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars)
3rd Canadian Divisional Engineers
3rd Canadian Divisional Signals
12th, 13th and 14th Field, 3rd Anti-Tank and 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
1st Polish Armoured Division
Major-General S. Maczek
10th Polish Armoured Brigade
1st Polish Armoured Regiment
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment
24th Polish Armoured (Lancer) Regiment
10th Polish Motor Battalion
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade
1st Polish (Highland) Battalion
8th Polish Battalion
9th Polish Battalion
Divisional Troops
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment
1st Polish Armoured Divisional Engineers
1st and 2nd Polish Field, 1st Polish Anti-Tank and 1st Polish Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments
1st Polish Armoured Divisional Signals
LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND REAR MAINTENANCE AREA
Headquarters Lines of Communication
Major-General R. F. B. Naylor
Nos. 11 and 12 Lines of Communication Areas
Nos. 4, 5 and 6 Lines of Communication Sub-Areas
Nos. 7 and 8 Base Sub-Areas
Nos. 101, 102 and 104 Beach Sub-Areas
Nos. 10 and 11 Garrison
Engineers
Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6 Railway Construction and Maintenance Groups
No. 3 Railway Operating Group
No. 1 Canadian Railway Operating Group
No. 1 Railway Workshop Group
Nos. 2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Port Operating Groups
Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 Port Construction and Repair Groups
Nos. 3 and 4 Inland Water Transport Groups
No. 2 Mechanical Equipment (Transportation) Unit
Signals
Nos. 2 and 12 Lines of Communication Headquarters Signals
No. 1 Canadian Lines of Communication Headquarters Signals
Infantry
5th and 8th Battalions The King’s Regiment
7th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment
6th Battalion The Border Regiment
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
5th Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment
18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
UNITED STATES TWELFTH ARMY GROUP
Commanding General
Lieutenant-General Omar N. Bradley
Chief of Staff
Major-General Leven C. Allen
First Army
Commanding General
Lieutenant-General Courtney H. Hodges
(Succeeded General Bradley from 1.8.44)
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sp; Chief of Staff
Major-General William B. Keen
Third Army
Commanding General
Lieutenant-General George S. Patton, Jr
Chief of Staff
Major-General Hugh J. Gaffey
Corps
V. Major-General Leonard T. Gerow
VII. Major-General J. Lawton Collins
VIII. Major-General Troy H. Middleton
XII. Major-General Gilbert R. Cook (to 18.8.44)
Major-General Manton S. Eddy (from 19.8.44)
XV. Major-General Wade H. Haislip
XIX. Major-General Charles H. Corlett
XX. Major-General Walton H. Walker
Divisions
Armored: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th; 2nd French
Infantry: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 79th, 80th, 83rd and 90th
Airborne: 82nd and 101st
Appendix C
Forces available in ETO for Operation OVERLORD D-Day, 6 June 1944
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Appendix D
German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy
The composition of German armies and corps varied constantly during the campaign, but at different times part or all of the following were engaged:
Seventh, Fifteenth, Fifth Panzer (formerly Panzer Group West) and First Armies, embracing the following 13 corps and 15 divisions:
Panzer Corps: I SS, II SS, XLVII, LVIII
Infantry Corps: II Parachute, XXV, LXVII, LXXIV, LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIV, LXXXVI
Panzer Divisions: 1st SS, 2nd SS, 2nd, 9th, 9th SS, 10th SS, 12th SS, 21st, 116th, Panzer Lehr
Panzergrenadier divisions: 3rd, 15th, 17th SS
Infantry Divisions: 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th Parachute; 16th, 17th, 18th Luftwaffe Field; 47th, 48th, 49th, 77th, 84th, 85th, 89th, 91st Airlanding, 226th, 243rd, 245th, 265th, 266th, 271st, 272nd, 275th, 276th, 277th, 326th, 331st, 343rd, 344th, 346th, 348th, 352nd, 353rd, 363rd, 708th, 709th, 711th, 716th
SS Panzer divisions were substantially larger and better-equipped than their Wehrmacht counterparts. All panzer divisions normally contained an armoured regiment of two battalions – one equipped with Mark IV tanks, the other with Panthers. Army panzer divisions also contained two infantry regiments, each of two battalions, but SS divisions mustered six infantry battalions. The average panzer division went into Normandy with 160 tanks, 700 machine-guns, 70 mortars, 37 infantry guns, 40 field and medium guns, 33 anti-tank guns and over 100 anti-aircraft guns. Each division’s vehicle establishment was around 3,000. Wehrmacht divisions mustered almost 15,000 men at full strength, SS divisions up to 20,000.
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