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of Allied and German forces involved during
Operation Market Garden Operation Market Garden was an Allies of World War II, Allied military operation during the World War II, Second World War fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944. Its objective was to create a Salient (military), salient into G ...
.


Allied forces

US
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was Supreme Commander of the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; ) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF th ...
(SHAEF) and in that capacity was ultimately responsible for the planning and execution of the whole operation. British
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Sir
Arthur Tedder Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went o ...
was his deputy, while
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Walter Bedell Smith was
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. British general
Bernard Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and t ...
was in charge of the 21st Army Group which included all the ground forces in the operation. Montgomery was also the chief advocate for Market Garden.


First Allied Airborne Army

Commanded by Lieutenant General
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, USAAF


British I Airborne Corps

Lieutenant-General
Frederick Browning Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague "Boy" Browning, (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobslei ...
; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army 1st Airborne Division, Major-General Roy Urquhart *
1st Parachute Brigade The 1st Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade formed by the British Army during the Second World War. As its name indicates, the unit was the first parachute infantry brigade formation in the British Army. Formed from three parachute ...
, Brigadier
Gerald Lathbury General Sir Gerald William Lathbury, (14 July 1906 – 16 May 1978) was a senior British Army officer who fought during the Second World War, serving with distinction with the British Army's airborne forces, commanding the 1st Parachute Brigade ...
** 1st Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Dobie **
2nd Parachute Battalion The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a battalion-sized formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade whose Commanding Officer for the period 2013-2016 was Li ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost **
3rd Parachute Battalion The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and is a subordinate unit within 16 Air Assault Brigade. Roled as an Airborne light infantry unit, the battalion is capable ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Fitch *
4th Parachute Brigade The 4th Parachute Brigade was an airborne, specifically a parachute infantry, brigade formation of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in late 1942 in the Mediterranean and Middle East, the brigade was composed of three parachute ...
, Brigadier John W. Hackett ** 10th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth B.I. Smyth **
11th Parachute Battalion The 11th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in World War II. The battalion was formed in the Middle East and was assigned to the 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Divi ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Lea **
156th Parachute Battalion The 156th Parachute Battalion was a battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed in 1941 from volunteers serving in India initially numbered the 151st Parachute Battalion a ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de Bacquencourt Des Voeux *
1st Airlanding Brigade The 1st Airlanding Brigade was an airborne infantry brigade of the British Army during the Second World War and the only glider infantry formation assigned to the 1st Airborne Division, serving alongside the 1st Parachute Brigade and 4th Par ...
, Brigadier Philip Hicks ** 1st Battalion Border Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas Haddon Brigadier Thomas Haddon (19 February 1913 – 12 April 1993) was a British Army officer who served with the airborne forces during the Second World War, most notably during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Following the war he raised ...
** 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. Derek H. McCardie ** 7th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Payton-Reid * 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, Major Charles Frederick Gough * 21st Independent Parachute Company (Pathfinders), Major Bernard Wilson * 1st Airborne Divisional Signals, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G.V. Stephenson * 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, Captain William B. Gray * 89th (Parachute) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps, Captain
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* Royal Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Loder-Symonds **
1st Airlanding Light Regiment The 1st Airlanding Light Regiment was an airborne forces unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during the Second World War. The regiment was raised in 1943, by the expansion of an existing airborne artillery battery. Attached to the 1st Ai ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel William F.K. Thompson ** 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major William F. Arnold ** 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major A.F. Haynes ** 1st Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, Major Denys R. Wight-Boycott * Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.W. Myers ** 1st Parachute Field Squadron, Major Douglas C. Murray then Captain Eric Mackay ** 4th Parachute Field Squadron, Major Aeneas Perkins ** 9th Airborne Field Company, Major John C. Winchester ** 261st (Airborne) Field Park Company, Lieutenant William H. Skinner * Royal Army Service Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel M. St. John Packe ** 250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Major D.G. Clarke * Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Mobbs ** 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, Major Cecil Cyril Chidgey * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Major Jack Carrick * Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel Graeme M. Warrack **
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance The 16th (Parachute) 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 Opera ...
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Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps a ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel E. Townsend **
133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance The 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British Army's airborne forces during the World War II, Second World War. The 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance was formed in Palestine in January 1943, by the conver ...
, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Alford ** 163rd Field Ambulance, Lieutenant-Colonel Martin E.M. Herford **
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance The 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the British Army during the Second World War, Second World War. The Field Ambulance was assigned to the 1st Airlanding Brigade, the ...
, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur T. Marrable *
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 in support of Allied airborne operations. Establish ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel George Chatterton ** No.1 Wing, Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Murray ** No.2 Wing, Lieutenant-Colonel John Place Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade,
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Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st) * 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Tonn * 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ploszewski * 3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Major W. Sobocinski * Light Artillery Battery, Major J. Bielecki * Anti-Tank Battery, Capt. J. K. Wardzala * Engineers Company, Captain B.B. Budziszewski * Medical Company, Lieutenant J. Moździerz * Signals Company, Lieutenant-Colonel. W. D. Tucker
82nd Airborne Division The 82nd Airborne Division is an Airborne forces, airborne infantry division (military), division of the United States Army specializing in Paratrooper, parachute assault operations into denied areasSof, Eric"82nd Airborne Division" ''Spec Ops ...
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James M. Gavin James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 8 ...
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504th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 504th Infantry Regiment, originally the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, with a long and distinguished history. The regiment was f ...
, Colonel Reuben H. Tucker ** 1st Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Berry ** 2nd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Willems ** 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel
Julian Cook Colonel Julian Aaron Cook (October 7, 1916 – June 19, 1990) was an officer of the United States Army who gained fame during World War II for his crossing of the Waal river during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Biography Cook ...
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505th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR), originally the 505th Infantry Regiment, is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, with ...
, Colonel William E. Ekman ** 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, Major Talton Long ** 2nd Battalion, 505th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel
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** 3rd Battalion, 505th PIR, Major James, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Krause *
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 508th Infantry Regiment (508th PIR, 508th AIR, or 508th IR) ("Red Devils" or "Fury from the Sky") is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. The 508th is a parent regiment u ...
- Colonel
Roy E. Lindquist Major General Roy Ernest Lindquist (February 18, 1907 – November 19, 1986) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer. He saw service during World War II and is most noted for his leadership of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regimen ...
** 1st Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Shields Warren ** 2nd Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Shanley, Major Otho Holmes ** 3rd Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Louis G. Mendez, Jr. *
325th Glider Infantry Regiment The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment is a light infantry parachute insertion fighting force of the United States Army. The subordinate units of the regiment constitute the bulk of the infantry elements assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Com ...
, Colonel
Charles Billingslea Major General Charles Billingslea (May 16, 1914 – March 18, 1989) was a highly decorated United States Army officer. A graduate of the United States Military Academy (USMA) and a trained parachutist, Billingslea received the Distinguished Servic ...
(arrived September 23rd) ** 1st Battalion, 325th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel R. Klemm Boyd, Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Sanford ** 2nd Battalion, 325th GIR, Major Charles T. Major ** 2nd Battalion, 401st GIR, Major
Osmund A. Leahy Osmund Alfred Leahy (31 August 1915 – 9 December 1989) was a retired United States Army major general (United States), major general. He was a highly decorated airborne infantry leader during World War II. Leahy later commanded II Corps (United ...
* Divisional Artillery, Colonel Francis A. March **
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion The 319th Field Artillery Regiment, more commonly referred to as the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (319th AFAR), is a parent regiment in the U.S. Army Regimental System. Four battalions of the regiment are currently active. The first t ...
, Lieutenant Colonel J. Carter Todd **
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion The 320th Field Artillery Regiment (320th FAR) is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the 320th FAR currently has two active elements in the 101st Airborne Division (Air ...
, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wright **
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion The 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (376th PFAB) (later redesignated the 376th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion) is an inactive airborne field artillery battalion of the United States Army. Active with the 82nd Airborne Division from 194 ...
, Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur Griffith ** 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner d’Allessio ** 80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Singleton * 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Bedell * 307th Airborne Medical Company, Major Jerry J. Belden * 82nd Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mohrmann * 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment * 782nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company * 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company
101st Airborne Division The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operati ...
, Major General
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501st Parachute Infantry Regiment The 501st Infantry Regiment, previously the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army with a long history, having served in World War II and the Vietnam Wa ...
, Colonel
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** 1st Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel
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** 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Ballard ** 3rd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Ewell *
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd IR), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment was established shortly after U.S. entry into World War II, and was ass ...
, Lieutenant Colonel
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** 1st Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy ** 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Steven A. Chapuis, Lieutenant Colonel Elbridge Chapman ** 3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel
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(KIA September 18th) *
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regiment ...
, Colonel Robert F. Sink ** 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harwick, James L. LaPrade ** 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strayer ** 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver M. Horton, Lloyd E. Patch *
327th Glider Infantry Regiment The 327th Infantry Regiment (Bastogne Bulldogs) is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army. During World War II, the 327th was a glider-borne regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. It fough ...
, Colonel Joseph H. Harper ** 1st Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Hartford T. Sallee ** 2nd Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie ** 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Roy C. Allen * Divisional Artillery, Brigadier General
Anthony McAuliffe Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 1975) was a senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Ba ...
** 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Carmichael ** 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Elkins ** 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Nelson ** 81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel X.B. Cox, Jr. * 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Mozley or John Pappas * 326th Airborne Medical Company, Major William E. Barfield * 101st Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel Sidney S. Davis * 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment * 801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, Lieutenant Colonel Roger W. Parkinson * 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company, Major Charles J. Rich


21st Army Group The 21st Army Group was a British headquarters formation formed during the Second World War. It controlled two field armies and other supporting units, consisting primarily of the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army. Established in ...

Commanded by
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery


British Second Army

Commanded by
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Miles Dempsey


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= Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
11th Armoured Division The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed in response to the unanticipated success of the German panzer divisions. The 11th Armou ...
, Major-General G. P. B. Roberts * 29th Armored Brigade, Brigadier C. B. C. Harvey **
23rd Hussars The 23rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised during World War II and in existence from 1940 to 1946. It had no lineal connection with the earlier 23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1794–1802). History The regiment was rai ...
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2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (FFY) was an armoured warfare, Armoured Yeomanry Regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. It saw action in the Second Boer War, the World War I, First World War and the World War II, Second World War. It amalgam ...
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3rd Royal Tank Regiment The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence from 1917 until 1992. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as C Battalion, Tank Corp ...
, Lieutenant Colonel A.W. Brown (
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25 September 1944) ** 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) * 159th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier J. B. Chucher ** 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment ** 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Gerald Orr (
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25 September 1944) ** 4th Battalion,
King's Shropshire Light Infantry The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. In 196 ...
, Lieutenant Colonel Max Robinson *
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it was ama ...
* 2nd Company,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution an ...
* Royal Artillery ** 13th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ** 151st Field Regiment ** 75th Anti-Tank Regiment ** 58th Light AA Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 13th Field Squadron ** 612th Field Squadron ** 10th Bridging Troop ** 147th Field Park Squadron * Royal Army Service Corps ** 29th Armoured Brigade Company ** 159th Infantry Brigade Company ** Divisional Transport Company * Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** Ordnance Field Park * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 29th Armoured Brigade Workshop ** 159th Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 18th Light Field Ambulance ** 179th Light Field Ambulance ** 7th Field Dressing Station ** Field Hygiene Section * Divisional Signals * Divisional Provost Company * Divisional Troops Company * 270th Forward Delivery Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps 3rd Infantry Division, Major-General L. G. Whistler * 8th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier E. E. Cass ** 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment ** 1st Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts, including the First and Second World Wars, before bein ...
** 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment * 9th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier G. D. Browne ** 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers ** 2nd Battalion,
Lancashire Regiment The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army that had a very short existence. History The regiment was formed, as a consequence of defence cuts instigated by the 1957 Defence White Paper, by ...
** 2nd Battalion,
Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County ...
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185th Infantry Brigade 185th may refer to: *185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade, formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army *185th Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135 Stratotanker *185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), unit located at Sioux Gateway Airport, Iowa ...
, Brigadier Eric Bols ** 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment ** 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry ** 2nd Battalion,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. The regiment saw service in many conflicts and wars, including the Second Boer War ...
* 3rd Recce Regiment,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution an ...
* 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment * Royal Artillery ** 131st Field Regiment ** 181st Field Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R.B.W. Bethell, DSO ** 190th Field Regiment ** 97th Anti-Tank Regiment ** 119th Light AA Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 246th Field Company ** 253rd Field Company ** 17th Field Company ** 2nd Bridging Platoon ** 15th Field Park Company * Royal Army Service Corps ** 23rd Field Company ** 47th Field Company ** 48th Field Company * Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** 3rd Ordnance Field Park * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 8th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 9th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 185th Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 8th Field Ambulance ** 9th Field Ambulance ** 223rd Field Ambulance ** 10th Field Dressing Station ** 11th Field Dressing Station * 3rd Divisional Provost Company * 172nd Divisional Company * 3rd Divisional Signals
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division The 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division fought in the First World War in the trenches of the Western Front, in the fields of France and Flanders. During the Second World War, the divis ...
, Lieutenant-General
Evelyn Barker General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker (22 May 1894 – 23 November 1983) was a British Army officer who saw service in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the latter, he commanded the 10th Brigade during the Battle of France in 1 ...
(not committed to the fighting, did not arrive in area until 21 September 1944) * 4th Armoured Brigade -
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R. M. P. Carver ** 2nd Battalion,
King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...
** 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry **
44th Royal Tank Regiment The 44th Royal Tank Regiment (44 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army, which was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps that saw active service in World War II. The 44th RTR was formed before Worl ...
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4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery The 4th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before being redesignated in 1961. It is currently based at Alanbrooke Barracks in Topcliffe ...
, Royal Artillery **
Royal Scots Greys The Royal Scots Greys was a Cavalry regiments of the British Army, cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard ...
** 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, RA ** 5th Field Company, RASC ** 4th Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park, RAOC ** 4th Armoured Brigade Workshop, REME ** 14th Light Field Ambulance, RAMC ** 271st Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade The Independent Belgian Brigade was a Belgian and Luxembourg military unit in the Free Belgian forces during World War II, commonly known as the Piron Brigade (''Brigade Piron'') after its commanding officer Jean-Baptiste Piron. It saw action ...
, Colonel
Jean-Baptiste Piron Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron (10 April 1896 – 4 September 1974) was a Belgian military officer, best known for his role in the Free Belgian forces during World War II as commander of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, widely known ...
* 1st Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major Wintergroen * 2nd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major R. Waterloos * 3rd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major L. Nowe * 1st Belgian Armoured Car Squadron, Major B.E.M. de Solliers de Moranville * 1st Belgian Engineer Field Company, Captain R. Smekens * 1st Belgian/Luxembourg Field Artillery Battery, Lieutenant-Colonel B. de Ridder * Brigade Maintenance * Brigade Signals * Anti-Aircraft Section


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XII Corps 12th Corps, Twelfth Corps, or XII Corps may refer to: * 12th Army Corps (France) * XII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army * XII (Ro ...

= Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie 7th Armoured Division Major-General G. L. Verney *
22nd Armoured Brigade The 22nd Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service during and after the Second World War. The brigade was formed on the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 from Territorial Army (TA) armoured regiments. ...
, Brigadier H. T. B. Cracroft ** 1st (Motor) Battalion,
The Rifle Brigade The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...
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1st Royal Tank Regiment The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) was an Armoured warfare, armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps and operationally under 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingd ...
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5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. It served in the Second World W ...
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5th Royal Tank Regiment 5th Royal Tank Regiment (5 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence for 52 years, from 1917 until 1969. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as E Battalion ...
*
131st Infantry Brigade The 131st Infantry Brigade, originally the Surrey Brigade was an infantry formation of Britain's Territorial Army that saw service during both the First and the Second World Wars. In the First World War the brigade was in British India for most ...
, Brigadier Ernest Cecil Pepper ** 1/5 Battalion,
Queen's Royal Regiment The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Ar ...
** 1/6 Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment ** 1/7 Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment *
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First and Second World Wars. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces ...
, Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Goulborn * 3rd Company, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers * Royal Artillery **
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. They are currently based at Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England. The regiment was constituted in 1939 out of existing batteries. Two of ...
** 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ** 65th Anti-Tank Regiment ** 15th Light AA Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 4th Field Squadron ** 621st Field Squadron ** 7th Bridging Troop ** 143rd Field Park Squadron * Royal Army Service Corps ** 58th Armoured Brigade Company ** 67th Infantry Brigade Company ** 507th Transport Company * Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** 22nd Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park ** 131st Infantry Brigade Ordnance Field Park * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 22nd Armoured Brigade Workshop ** 131st Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 131st Field Ambulance ** 2nd Light Field Ambulance ** 29th Field Dressing Station ** 70th Field Hygiene Section ** 134th Mobile Dental Unit * Divisional Signals * Divisional Provost Company * 507th Divisional Troops Company * 263rd Forward Delivery Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served during the Second World War. It was raised on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Territorial Army (TA) and served in ...
, Major-General C. M. Barber * 44th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier J. C. Cockburn ** 6th Battalion,
Royal Scots Fusiliers The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Mar ...
** 6th
Kings Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own ...
** 8th Battalion, Royal Scots * 46th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier R. M. Villiers ** 2nd Battalion,
Glasgow Highlanders The Glasgow Highlanders was a former infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, later renamed the Territorial Army. The regiment eventually became a Volunteer Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow ...
** 7th Battalion,
Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw servic ...
** 9th Battalion, Cameronians * 227th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier E. C. Colville ** 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry ** 2nd Battalion,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
** 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders * 15th Recce Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Grant-Peterkin, then on 23 September 1944 Lieutenant Colonel K.C.C. Smith * 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment * Royal Artillery ** 131st Field Regiment ** 181st Field Regiment ** 190th Field Regiment ** 97th Anti-Tank Regiment ** 119th Light AA Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 20th Field Company ** 278th Field Company ** 279th Field Company ** 26th Bridging Platoon ** 624th Field Park Company * Royal Army Service Corps ** 283rd Field Company ** 284th Field Company ** 399th Field Company * Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** 15th Ordnance Field Park * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 44th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 46th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 227th Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 153rd Field Ambulance ** 193rd Field Ambulance ** 194th Field Ambulance ** 22nd Field Dressing Station ** 23rd Field Dressing Station ** 40th Field Hygiene Section * 15th Divisional Signals * 62nd Divisional Company * 15th Divisional Provost Company
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division The 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought in both the First and Second World Wars. Originally raised in 1908 as the Welsh Division, part of the Territorial Force (TF), the division saw service in ...
- Major-General R. K. Ross * 71st Infantry Brigade, Brigadier V. Bromfield ** 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry ** 1st Battalion,
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was formed as a consequence of th ...
** 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers *
158th Infantry Brigade The 158th Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the United States Army. It has subordinate battalions throughout Florida and Puerto Rico. The 158th Infantry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The unit is responsible ...
, Brigadier G.O. Sugden ** 1/5 Battalion, Welch Regiment ** 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment ** 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers * 160th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier C.F.C Coleman ** 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment ** 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment ** 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers * 53rd Recce Regiment * 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment * Royal Artillery ** 81st Field Regiment ** 83rd Field Regiment ** 133rd Field Regiment ** 71st Anti-Tank Regiment ** 116th Light AA Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 244th Field Company ** 282nd Field Company ** 555th Field Company ** 22nd Bridging Platoon ** 285th Field Park Company * Royal Army Service Corps ** 531st Field Company ** 532nd Field Company ** 533rd Field Company * Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** 53rd Ordnance Field Park * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 71st Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 158th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 160th Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 147th Field Ambulance ** 202nd Field Ambulance ** 212th Field Ambulance ** 13th Field Dressing Station ** 26th Field Dressing Station ** 53rd Field Hygiene Section * 53rd Divisional Signals * 501st Divisional Company * 43rd Divisional Provost Company


= XXX Corps

= Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
Guards Armoured Division The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was created in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1941 during the Second World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier G ...
, Major-General A.H.S. Adair *
5th Guards Armoured Brigade The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division, that served in the Second World War in North-west Europe from June 1944 until May 1945. History This brigade was con ...
, Brigadier
Norman Gwatkin Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin (2 August 1899 – 31 July 1971) was a British Army officer and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II. Military career Gwatkin was the son of Hugh Fortescue Wilmshurst Gwatkin and Vera Philpots. He wa ...
** 1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards ** 2nd Armoured Battalion,
Grenadier Guards "Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it." , colors = , colors_label = , march = Slow: " Scipio" , mascot = , equipment = , equipment ...
** 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, Lieutenant Colonel
Giles Vandeleur Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur, DSO (2 September 1911 – 9 March 1978) was a British Army officer during the Second World War. He was the only son of Alexander Moore Vandeleur of Cahercon, Kildysart, Co. Clare, Ireland ...
** 1st Motorised Battalion, Grenadier Guards *
32nd Guards Brigade 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
, Brigadier George Johnson ** 1st Battalion,
Welsh Guards The Welsh Guards (WG; cy, Gwarchodlu Cymreig), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It was founded in 1915 as a single-battalion regiment, during the First World War, by Royal Warrant of George V ...
** 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards ** 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards, Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur * 2nd
Household Cavalry Regiment The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is an Armoured Cavalry regiment of the British Army based in Bulford Camp in Wiltshire. It is the brother regiment of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) based at Hyde Park Barracks in London - both ...
, Lieutenant Colonel H. Abel Smith * 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, Welsh Guards, Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Windsor-Lewis * 1st Independent Machine Gun Company (
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution an ...
) * No. 268th Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC * 77th Field Security Section * Guards Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, Lieutenant Colonel W.D. Tucker * Royal Artillery, Brigadier Herbert C. Phipps ** 55th Field Regiment ** 153rd Field Regiment ** 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel R.C. Hulbert ** 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment * Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel, C.P. Jones ** 14th Field Squadron ** 615th Field Squadron ** 148th Field Park Squadron ** 11th Bridging Troop * Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel B.J. Daunt ** 19th Light Field Ambulance, Lieutenant Colonel B.M. Nicol ** 128th Field Ambulance, Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Scott ** 8th Field Dressing Station ** 60th Field Hygiene Section * Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant Colonel F.B.H. Villiers ** Guards Armoured Divisional Ordnance Field Park * Royal Army Service Corps, Lieutenant Colonel A.K. Woods ** 224th Infantry Brigade Company ** 310th Armoured Brigade Company ** 535th Divisional Troops Company ** 648th General Transport Company * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel L.H. Atkinson ** 5th Guards Brigade Workshop ** 32nd Guards Brigade Workshop
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division. During the First World War, it was broken-up and never served as a complete formatio ...
, Major-General Ivor Thomas * 129th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier G.H.L. Luce ** 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel C.G. Lipscomb ** 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel E.L. Luce ** 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, Lieutenant W.G. Roberts * 130th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier B.B. Walton ** 4th Battalion,
Dorsetshire Regiment The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "The Dorsets". In 19 ...
, Colonel Gerald Tilly ** 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel B.A. Coad ** 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel D.E.B. Talbot * 214th Infantry Brigade Brigadier Hubert Essame ** 1st Battalion,
Worcestershire Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. The regimen ...
, Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Osborne-Smith ** 5th Battalion,
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light ...
, Lieutenant Colonel George Taylor ** 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Osborne-Smith * 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Lane Fox * 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Guns) * 43rd Divisional Signals * 506th Divisional Company * Royal Artillery ** 94th Field Regiment ** 112th Field Regiment ** 179th Field Regiment ** 59th Anti-Tank Regiment ** 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 204th Field Company ** 260th Field Company ** 553rd Field Company ** 207th Field Park Company ** 13th Bridging Platoon * Royal Army Service Corps ** 204th Field Company ** 260th Field Company ** 553rd Field Company * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 129th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 130th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 214th Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 129th Field Ambulance ** 130th Field Ambulance ** 213th Field Ambulance ** 14th Field Dressing Station ** 15th Field Dressing Station ** 38th Field Dressing Station
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw distinguished service in the Second World War. Pre-war, the division was part of the Territorial Army (TA) and the two ''Ts'' in the divisional ins ...
, Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On 18 September the division was transferred to VIII Corps * 69th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox ** 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment ** 6th Battalion,
Green Howards The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under vario ...
** 7th Battalion, Green Howards * 151st Infantry Brigade, Brigadier D. S. Gordon ** 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ** 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ** 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry *
231st Infantry Brigade The 231st Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars. In each case it was formed by redesignation of existing formations. In the First World War, it fought in Palestine ...
Brigadier Sir
Alexander Stanier Brigadier Sir Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier, 2nd Baronet of Peplow Hall, (31 January 1899 – 10 January 1995) was a British Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, particularly distinguished for his actions at Boulogne ...
** 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment ** 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment ** 7th Battalion,
Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1958 ...
* 61st Recce Regiment * 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun) * Royal Artillery ** 74th Field Regiment ** 90th Field Regiment ** 124th Field Regiment ** 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment ** 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment * Royal Engineers ** 235th Field Company ** 295th Field Company ** 505th Field Company ** 13th Bridging Platoon ** 233rd Field Park Company * Royal Army Service Corps ** 346th Field Company ** 508th Field Company ** 522nd Field Company * Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ** 69th Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 151st Infantry Brigade Workshop ** 231st Infantry Brigade Workshop * Royal Army Medical Corps ** 149th Field Ambulance ** 186th Field Ambulance ** 200th Field Ambulance ** 47th Field Dressing Station ** 48th Field Dressing Station ** 22nd Field Hygiene Station * 524th Divisional Company * 50th Divisional Signals * 19 Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps 8th Armoured Brigade, Brigadier George E. Prior-Palmer * 4th/7th Dragoon Guards * 13th/18th Hussars *
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) was a British Yeomanry regiment. In 1967 it was amalgamated with other units to form the Royal Yeomanry (RY), a light cavalry regiment of the Army Reserve. Originally raised as the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cav ...
* 12th ( Queen's Westminsters) Battalion,
King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...
* 147th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery * 552nd Field Company, Royal Army Service Corps * 8th Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers * 168th Light Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene', Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck * 1st Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Paessens * 2nd Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Molenaar * 3rd Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Huber * 1st Netherlands Reconnaissance Squadron, Captain Immink * 1st Netherlands Field Artillery Battery


Air forces


Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

Second Tactical Air Force The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War. It was made up of squadrons and personnel from the RAF, other British Commonwealth air forces, ...
- Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham *
No. 83 Group RAF No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group is a group within the Royal Air Force, currently based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Originally formed in 1943, during the Second World War it formed part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) and was known as No ...
- Air Vice-Marshal H. Broadhurst ** RCAF 39 Reconnaissance Wing ** 121, 122, 123, 143 Wings (
Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
) ** 125 Wing (
Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Griff ...
) ** RCAF 126, 127 Wings (Spitfire) *
No. 2 Group RAF No. 2 Group is a group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Comma ...
- Air Vice-Marshal B. E. Embry ** 136, 138, 140 Wings ( Mosquito) ** 137, 139 Wings (
B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...
) * No. 84 Group RAF - Air Vice Marshal Leslie Brown Fighter Command - Air Marshal
Roderick Hill Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Maxwell Hill, (1 March 1894 – 6 October 1954) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War. He was a former Rector of Imperial College and Vice-Chancellor of London University. The Department ...
Bomber Command -
Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...
Sir Arthur Harris
RAF Coastal Command RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands and played an important role during the Second World War. Maritime Aviation ...
- Air Chief Marshal
Sholto Douglas Sholto Douglas was the mythical progenitor of Clan Douglas, a powerful and warlike family in medieval Scotland. A mythical battle took place: "in 767, between King '' Solvathius'' rightful king of Scotland and a pretender ''Donald Bane''. The vic ...


United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

U.S. Eighth Air Force The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces ...
- Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle U.S. Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General
Hoyt S. Vandenberg Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. During World War II, Vandenberg was ...


German forces

The majority of German units stationed west of the
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were under the responsibility of
Oberbefehlshaber West ''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (German: initials OB West), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the ''Westheer'', the German armed forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to the Obe ...
(
OB West ''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (German: initials OB West), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the ''Westheer'', the German armed forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to the Obe ...
), commanded at the time by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt. Due to a lack of replacements (both in terms of personnel and
materiel Materiel (; ) refers to supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context. In a military context, the term ''materiel'' refers either to the specifi ...
) German units were generally severely understrength at this point in the war, with many units at about 50% of establishment strength.


Army Group B

Generalfeldmarschall
Walther Model Otto Moritz Walter Model (; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German field marshal during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defen ...


German Armed Forces Group (AFC) Netherlands

General der Flieger
Friedrich Christiansen Friedrich Christiansen (12 December 1879 – 3 December 1972) was a German general who served as commander of the German ''Wehrmacht'' in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. Christiansen was a World War I flying ace and the only seap ...


Seventh Army

General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger


= I. SS Panzerkorps

= *
1st SS Panzer Division The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH, (german: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guardin ...
“Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” (remnants) *
12th SS Panzer Division The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (german: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from me ...
“Hitler Jugend” (remnants) * Kampfgruppe 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” + Kampfgruppe 2. Panzer-Division * Kampfgruppe Division Nr. 172


= LXXXI. Armeekorps

= * 183rd Volksgrenadier Division * 49. Infanterie-Division (remnants) * 246th Volksgrenadier Division * 12. Infanterie-Division * 275. Infanterie-Division


= LXXIV. Armeekorps

= * 353. Infanterie-Division * Kampfgruppe 347. Infanterie-Division * 89. Infanterie-Division * 348. Infanterie-Division (remnants)


= LXXX. Armeekorps

= * Kampfgruppe Hauser (Panzer-Lehr-Division (part)) * 36th Grenadier Division * Kampfgruppe 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division


1. Fallschirm-Armee

Colonel General Kurt Student


= II. SS-Panzerkorps

= SS- Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich 9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen, SS-Standartenführer
Walter Harzer Walter Harzer (September 29, 1912 – May 29, 1982) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the SS Division Hohenstaufen and SS Polizei Division. After the war, Harzer became active in HIAG, a lobby group established by se ...
* SS-Panzer Regiment 9 ** Abteilung I ** Abteilung II * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 19 ** Bataillon I * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 20 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9 ** Abteilung I, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Spindler * SS-Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner * SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmfürer Klaus von Allworden * SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller * SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9, Obersturmfürer Gropp * SS Pionier Lehr Abteilung 9 * SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 9 * SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 9 * SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 9 * SS-Beobachtungs-Batterie 9 * SS-Nachschubtruppen 9 * SS-Panzer-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 9 * SS-Wirtschafts-Battalion 9 * SS-Verwaltungstruppen-Abteilung 9 * SS-Sanitäts-Kompanien 9 * SS-Feldlazarett * SS-Krankenkraftwagenzug 9 * SS-Feldpostamt 9 * SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 9 * SS-Feldersatz-Battalion 9 * SS-Ausbildungs-Battalion 9 10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg, SS-Gruppenführer
Heinz Harmel __NOTOC__ Heinz Harmel (29 June 1906 – 2 September 2000) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg during World War II. Harmel was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross wit ...
* SS-Panzer-Regiment 10, SS-Oberstürmbannführer Otto Paetsch ** Abteilung I ** Abteilung II * SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21, SS-Sturmbannführer Heinz Laubscheer ** Bataillon I * SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 22, SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Schulze ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Hans-George Sonnenstuhl ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * SS-Aufklärungs Battalion 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Heinrich Brinkmann * SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Leo-Hermann Reinhold * SS-Pionier-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Tröbinger * SS-FlaK-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf Schrembs * SS-Nachrichten Battalion 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Willi Kruft * SS-Kradschützen-Regiment 10 * SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 10 * SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 10 * SS-Verwaltungs Truppen 10 * SS-Instandsetzungs Abteilung 10 * SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 10 * SS-Nachschub Truppen 10 * SS-Feldpostamt 10 * SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 10 * SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 10 6th Parachute Regiment, Oberstleutnant
Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (30 March 1907 – 7 July 1994) was a German paratroop officer during World War II who later served in the armed forces of West Germany, achieving the rank of General. Following the war, Heydte pursued aca ...
* Bataillon I, Hauptmann Emil Priekschat * Bataillon II, Hauptmann Rolf Mager * Bataillon III, Hauptmann Horst Trebes * Pionier Kompanie * Panzerjäger Kompanie * Fusilier Kompanie Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau", Generalleutnant
Hans von Tettau __NOTOC__ Hans von Tettau (30 November 1888 – 30 January 1956) was a German general ( General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cros ...
* SS Unterführerschule Arnheim, SS-Standartenführer Michael Lippert ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * SS Polizei Schule * SS Training and Replacement Battalion 4, Leutnant Labahn ** Battalion 1, SS-Haüptstürmführer Günther Schulz ** Battalion 2, SS-Sturmbannführer Eugen Eberwein * SS Wach Battalion 3, SS-Sturmbannführer Paul Anton Helle * Schiffsturm Abteilung 10, Kapitan Leutnant Zaubzer * Schiffsturm Abteilung 6/14 * Fliegerhorst Battalion 2 * Fliegerhorst Battalion 3 * Artillerie Regiment 184 * Sicherheit Regiment 42 Kampfgruppe "Knoche", Major Knoche * Sicherheit Regiment 26 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * MG Bataillon 30 * FlaK Abteilung 688 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Hermann Göering Schule Regiment, Oberst Waldemar Kluge ** Hermann Göering Schule Regiment *** Bataillon I ** Panzer Abteilung 224 ** SS Ersatz Abteilung 4 ** Deelen Airfield FlaK Kompanie ** Wach Kompanie ** Reichs AD Kampfgruppe "Kraft", SS- Sturmbannführer Sepp Kraft * SS Panzergrendier Bataillon 16 Schwerepanzer Abteilung 506, Major Eberhard Lange Schwerepanzer Kompanie Hummel StuG Abteilung 280???? Artillerie Regiment 191 * Bataillon I * Bataillon II * Bataillon III * SS-Werfer Abteilung 102, Hauptsturmfürer Nickmann Kampfgruppe "Brinkmann" Kampfgruppe "Bruhn" Kampfgruppe "Harder" Sperrverband "Harzer", Gerhard * MG Bataillon 47 * Marine Kampfgruppe 642 * Kampfgruppe "Schörken" * Kampfgruppe "Kauer" * SS Abteilung "Landstrum Nederland" Kampfgruppe "Knaust", Major Knaust * Ersatz Abteilung Bocholt * Panzer Kompanie "Mielke" Kampfgruppe "Spindler" FlaK Abteilung "Swoboda" Kampfgruppe "von Allworden", Captain Klaus von Allworden Kampfgruppe "Weber" * Nachrichten Abteilung 213 Sösterberg Fliegerhorst Battalion? Kampfgruppe "Henke", A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke?


= II. Fallschirm-Korps

= General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl * 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division, Generalmajor Walter Wadehn ** Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5, Major H. Müller *** Bataillon I ** Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 8, Oberstleutnant Ernst Liebach *** Bataillon I ** Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 9, Oberst Hellmut Hoffmann *** Bataillon I ** Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II *** Bataillon III ** 3rd Fallschirmjäger Aufklärungs Battalion ** Abteilung Isphording ** Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 3 ** Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3 ** Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 3, Major Karl-Heinz Beth * 6th Fallschirmjäger Division, Oberst Harry Hermann ** 6th Fallschirm-Artillerie Regiment, Oberst Winkler or Major Walter-Otto Franke? ** Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 6 ** Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 17, Oberst Martin Vetter? ** Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 18, Oberst Erich Walther ** Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 6 ** Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 6, Major Stipschitz * 5th Fallschirmjäger Division, Generalmajor Sebastian-Ludwig Heilmann ** Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13, Hauptmann Plodder or Oberstleutnant Achim Fehse? *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II *** Bataillon III ** Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 5, Oberst Winzer *** Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 5 *** Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 14, Oberst Arno Schimmel? *** Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 15, Oberst
Kurt Gröschke The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded ...
? *** Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5? *** Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5, Major
Gerhard Mertins Gerhard Mertins (30 December 1919 – 19 March 1993) was a German paratrooper, post-war arms dealer and German Intelligence operative. In 1943, he participated in the Gran Sasso raid rescuing Benito Mussolini from prison. According to Manuel Co ...
? ** Kampfgruppe "Greshick" *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II *** Bataillon III ** Fallschirmjäger FlaK


= XII. SS-Armeekorps

= SS- Obergruppenführer
Curt von Gottberg Curt Gustav Friedrich Walther von Gottberg (11 February 1896 – 31 May 1945) was a high-ranking SS ''Obergruppenführer'' who served as Higher SS and Police Leader for central Russia and, from September 1943, as the ''Generalkommissar'' (Comm ...
* 180th Infantry Division, Generalmajor Bernhard Klosterkemper ** Grenadier Regiment 1221 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Grenadier Regiment 1222 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Grenadier Regiment 1223 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Fusilier Abteilung 180 ** Artillerie Regiment 880 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II *** Bataillon III ** Panzerjäger Kompanie 1180 ** 1180th Pionier Battalion? * 190th Infantry Division, Generalleutnant
Ernst Hammer __NOTOC__ Ernst Hammer (20 October 1884 – 2 December 1957) was a German-Austrian officer of four armies since 1 October 1903, entering as a one-year volunteer. He was Oberleutnant of the Common Army, Hauptmann of the k.u.k. Armee, Generalmajor ...
** Grenadier Regiment 1224 ** Grenadier Regiment 1225 ** Grenadier Regiment 1226 ** Fusilier Battalion 190 ** Artillerie Regiment 890 *** Abteilung I *** Abteilung II *** Abteilung III ** Panzerjäger Abteilung 1190 ** Pionier Bataillon 1190 ** Nachrichten Bataillon 1190 * 363rd Volkgrenadier Division, Generalleutnant Augustus Dettling ** Grenadier Regiment 957 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Grenadier Regiment 958 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Grenadier Regiment 959 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II ** Fusilier Kompanie 363 ** Artillerie Regiment 363 *** Bataillon I *** Bataillon II *** Bataillon III *** Bataillon IV ** 363rd Panzerjäger Battalion? ** 363rd Pionier Battalion? ** Kampfgruppe Klauck?


= LXXXVI Corps

= General der Infanterie
Hans von Obstfelder __NOTOC__ Hans von Obstfelder (6 September 1886 – 20 December 1976) was a German general ( General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. I ...
* 176th Infantry Division, Oberst
Christian-Johannes Landau __NOTOC__ Christian-Johannes Landau (13 October 1897 – 10 December 1952) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 176th Infantry Division. Awards and decorations * German Cross in Gold on 2 May 1944 as ''Obe ...
** 1176th Panzerjäger Battalion ** 1176th Pionier Battalion ** 176th Fusilier Battalion * Kampfgruppe "Walther" * Fallschirmjäger Regiment von Hoffmann ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** FlaK ** Panzerjäger Kompanie * Luftwaffe Ersatz Abteilung * Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559 *
107th Panzer Brigade The 25th Infantry Division was a military unit of the German Wehrmacht. It was later reclassified to 25th Infantry Division (mot.), and in June 1943 to the 25th Panzer Grenadier Division. The 25th Panzergrenadier Division fought in the central s ...
, Major Berndt-Joachim Freiherr von Maltzahn ** Panzer Abteilung 2107, Major Hans-Albrecht von Plüskow (KIA September 22nd) ** Panzergrenadier Regiment 2107, Hauptmann Kurt Wild (KIA September 23rd) ** Flakzug 2107 ** Panzerjäger Kompanie 2107 ** Panzer Pionier Kompanie 2107 * Division "Erdmann", Generalleutnant
Wolfgang Erdmann __NOTOC__ Wolfgang Erdmann (13 November 1898 – 5 September 1946) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and decorations * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2n ...
(Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4th) ** Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Grossmehl", Oberstleutnant Grossmehl ** Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Hübner" ** Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Laytved-Hardegg", Oberst Laytved-Hardegg ** Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Menzel", Oberst Günther Menzel ** Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment Greve ** Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung Grunwald ** Bataillon Schäfer ** Bataillon Schluckebier * Kampfgruppe "Heinke" ** SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 19, Bataillon II ** SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21, Bataillon II ** SS Panzerjäger Abteilung 10 ** SS Artillerie 9, Bataillon I ** SS Artillerie 10, Bataillon I * Kampfgruppe SS FlaK Bataillon 10


Fifteenth Army

General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen


= LXXXIX. Armeekorps

= * 64. Infanterie-Division * 70. Infanterie-Division


= LXVII. Armeekorps

= General der Infanterie
Otto Sponheimer __NOTOC__ Otto Sponheimer (19 December 1886 – 14 March 1961) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Na ...
346. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant
Erich Diestel __NOTOC__ Erich Diestel (8 November 1892 – 3 August 1973) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ...
* Grenadier-Regiment 857 * Grenadier-Regiment 858 * Grenadier-Regiment 1018 * Füsilier-Bataillon 346 * Artillerie-Regiment 346, Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Vahrenhorst * Pionier-Bataillon 346 * Panzerjäger-Abteilung 346 * Nachrichten-Abteilung 346 * Feldersatz-Bataillon 346 * Versorgungseinheiten 346 711. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant
Josef Reichert __NOTOC__ Josef Reichert (12 December 1891 – 15 March 1970) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Awards * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 Dec ...
* Grenadier-Regiment 731 * Grenadier-Regiment 744 * Grenadier-Regiment 763 * Füsilier-Bataillon 1711 * Artillerie-Regiment 1711, Oberstleutnant Hermann Freiherr von Ebner * Pionier-Bataillon 711 * Panzerjäger-Abteilung 711 * Nachrichten-Abteilung 711 * Feldersatz-Bataillon 1711 * Versorgungseinheiten 711 719. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Karl Sievers - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4. * Artillerie Regiment 1719 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Pionier Battalion 719, Major der Reserve Theodor Fleischhut * Grenadier Regiment 723, Oberst Vehrenkamp ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * Grenadier Regiment 743, Oberst Bosselman ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * Panzerjäger-Abteilung 719 * Nachrichten-Abteilung 719 * Feldersatz-Bataillon 719 * Versorgungseinheiten 719


= LXXXVIII. Armeekorps

= General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard 59th Infantry Division, Generalleutnant
Walter Poppe __NOTOC__ Walter Fritz Rudolf Poppe (8 August 1892 – 17 August 1968) was a German general during the Second World War leading the 59th Infantry Division. On 12 January 1942, he succeeded Wilhelm Wetzel as command of the 255th Infantry Divisi ...
* Grenadier Regiment 1034 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Grenadier Regiment 1035 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Grenadier Regiment 1036 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Artillerie Regiment 159 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * Panzerjäger Abteilung 59 * Pionier Abteilung 59 * Fallschirmjäger-Regiment "Jungwirth" Kampfgruppe "Rink" * Bataillon I * Polizei * FlaK Kampfgruppe "Ewald" * Marsch Bataillon Zedlitz 245. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Erwin Sande * Infanterie Regiment 935 * Infanterie Regiment 936 * Infanterie Regiment 937 * 245th Artillerie Regiment ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II ** Bataillon III * Fusilier Bataillon 245 * Feldersatz Bataillon 245 * Pionier Bataillon 245 * Signals Bataillon 245? * Supply Troops? 712. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann * Grenadier Regiment 732 * Grenadier Regiment 745 * 652nd Artillerie Battalion ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Panzerjäger Kompanie 712 * Pionier Bataillon 712 * Nachrichten Abteilung 712 * Supply Troops 712? * 1712th Artillerie Battalion, Hauptmann Wilhelm Kratzer? Kampfgruppe "Chill", Generalleutnant
Kurt Chill Kurt Chill (1 May 1895 – 5 July 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the LV. Armeekorps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron ...
* Fallschirmjäger Regiment 2 ** Bataillon I * Grenadier Regiment 1053 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Grenadier Regiment 1054 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Artillerie Regiment 158 ** Bataillon I ** Bataillon II * Panzerjäger Abteilung 85 FlaK Brigade 18


Wehrkreis VI, Corps "Feldt"

General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt 406. Landesschützen Division, Generalleutnant Gerd Scherbening * 172nd Landesschützen Regiment? * 183rd Landesschützen Regiment? * 33rd Landesschützen Regiment? * 6th Replacement and Training Battalion? * Unteroffizier Schule Wehrkreis 6 * Unteroffizier Schule Jülich * Unteroffizier Schule Düren * Scharfschütze Schule 6 * Landsschützen Abteilung I./6 * Landsschützen Abeilung II./6 * Landsschützen Abteilung III./6 ** 3 Kompanie / 406 Ersatz Abteilung * Landsschützen Abteilung B * Landsschützen Abteilung 254 * Artillerie Abteilung 406 * Kampfgruppe Tiltma Ersatz Abteilung 6 Magen Abteilung Ohr Abteilung


See also

*
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References and notes


Further reading

* Stephen Badsey, ''Arnhem 1944: Operation 'Market Garden''. Osprey Publishing, Ltd. 1998. * Cornelius Ryan, '' A Bridge Too Far''. Simon and Schuster, 1974. {{ISBN, 0-684-80330-5


External links


Royal Engineers Museum
The Royal Engineers and Operation Market Garden World War II orders of battle Operation Market Garden