Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the

Winter Line The Winter Line was a series of German and Italian military fortifications in Italy, constructed during World War II by Organisation Todt and commanded by Albert Kesselring. The series of three lines was designed to defend a western section of ...

in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.

Allied Armies in Italy

:C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander :Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General

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British 8th Army

Commander: :Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese

New Zealand Corps

:Lieutenant-General

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2nd New Zealand Division The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry Division (military), division of the New Zealand Army, New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the World War II, Second World War. The division was ...

(Major-General

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) :** 5th Infantry Brigade :*** 21st Infantry Battalion :*** 23rd Infantry Battalion :*** 28th (Māori) Infantry Battalion :** 6th Infantry Brigade :*** 24th Infantry Battalion :*** 25th Infantry Battalion :*** 26th Infantry Battalion :** 4th Armoured Brigade :*** 18th Armoured Regiment :*** 19th Armoured Regiment :*** 20th Armoured Regiment :*** 22nd Motorised Battalion :**Divisional troops :***

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and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery :*** 14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA :***11th and 17th Field Regiments,

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:***66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA :***6th, 7th and 8th Field Company,

New Zealand Engineers The Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RNZEME) was a New Zealand Army Corps comprising Army trained tradesmen (craftsmen) who repaired Army equipment wherever New Zealand Forces served. Prior to 1946 NZEME functions were carr ...

:***5th Field Park Company, NZE :***2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment :*

4th Indian Infantry Division The 4th Indian Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is an infantry division of the Indian Army. This division of the British Indian Army was formed in Egypt in 1939 during the Second World War. During the Second World War, i ...

(Major-General

Francis Tuker Lieutenant General Sir Francis Ivan Simms Tuker KCIE CB DSO OBE (4 July 1894 – 7 October 1967) was a senior British Indian Army officer who commanded the 4th Indian Infantry Division during the Second World War. Early life The son of Willi ...

until 4 February then Brigadier

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(due to illness)) :**

5th Indian Infantry Brigade The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was converted from the 9th Indian Infantry Brigade in September 1939, and assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade fi ...

(Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman) :***1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment :***4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles :***1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles :**

7th Indian Infantry Brigade The 7th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939, by the redesignation of the Poona Independent Brigade as the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade and renumbered 4th in June 1 ...

(Brigadier O. de T. Lovett) :***1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment :***4th Battalion,

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:***1st Battalion,

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11th Indian Infantry Brigade The 11th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was relocated from India to Egypt in the middle of August 1939 and trained at Fayed in Ismailia Governorate on the Great Bitter Lake. I ...

(Brigadier V. C. Griffin) :***2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders :***1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles :***2nd Battalion,

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:**Divisional troops :***1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery :***149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA :***27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA :***Engineers :****4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners :****12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners :****21st Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners :****11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners :****5th Indian Bridging Platoon :*** Central India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment) :***Machine gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles :* British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February) (Major-General Charles Keightley) :** 11th British Infantry Brigade :***2nd Battalion,

Lancashire Fusiliers The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and had many different titles throughout its 28 ...

:***1st Battalion,

East Surrey Regiment The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th ...

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5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the British Army. Formed in the Territorial Force in February 1914, it remained in the United Kingdom throughout the First World War. After the war, in 1920, it was convert ...

:** 36th British Infantry Brigade :***5th Battalion,

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:***6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment :***8th Battalion,

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38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade The 38th (Irish) Brigade, is a brigade formation of the British Army that served in the Second World War. It was composed of North Irish line infantry regiments and served with distinction in the Tunisian and Italian Campaigns. Following the en ...

:***2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles :***1st Battalion,

Royal Irish Fusiliers The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot in ...

:***6th Battalion,

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:**Divisional troops :***17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA :***64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA :***49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA :***214th, 237th and 256th Field Company,

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:***281st Field Park Company, RE :***21st Bridging Platoon, RE :***56th Reconnaissance Regiment :***1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (MG) :*Corps troops :*2nd Army Group, RA (under command) :**

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:**Two additional Field Regiments, RA :**Five Medium Regiments, RA

German Army Group C

Commander: :

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Albert Kesselring

Tenth Army

:Commander: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff

XIV Panzer Corps

:Lieutenant-General

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15th Panzergrenadier Division 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicious num ...

(elements at

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ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (''Generalleutnant'') Rudolf Sperl) :**104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion :***115th Panzer battalion :***33rd Artillery battalion :***33rd Anti-tank battalion :***115th Engineer battalion :* 29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to

early Feb) Lieutenant General (''General der Panzertruppen'')

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) :**15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion :***129th Panzer battalion :***29th Artillery Regiment :***29th Anti-tank battalion :***29th Engineer battalion :***171st Engineer battalion :* 44th Infantry Division (Major General (''Generalleutnant'')

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) :**131st Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**132nd Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**134th Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***44th Fusilier battalion :***96th Artillery Regiment :***46th Anti-tank battalion :***96th Engineer battalion :* 71st Infantry Division (elements at

ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 FebruaryMolony, p. 734.) (Major General (''Generalleutnant'') Wilhelm Raapke) :**191st Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**194th Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**211st Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***171st Fusilier battalion :***171st Artillery Regiment :***171st Anti-tank battalion :*

90th Panzergrenadier Division 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

(Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.Molony, p. 696.) :**155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr) :***3 battalions :**361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion :***190th Panzer battalion :***190th Artillery Regiment :***90th Anti-tank battalion :***90th Engineer battalion :***3rd battalion 3rd Parachute Regiment :***2nd battalion 1st Parachute Regiment :***Parachute Machine Gun Battalion :***4th Alpine Battalion :*

94th Infantry Division In military terms, 94th Division or 94th Infantry Division may refer to: * 94th Division (People's Republic of China) * 94th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 94th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 94th Gu ...

(Major General (''Generalleutnant'') Bernhard Steinmetz) :**267th Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**274th Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**276th Infantry Regiment :***3 battalions :**Divisional troops :***94th Fusilier battalion :***194th Artillery Regiment :***194th Anti-tank battalion :***94th Engineer battalion

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Monte Cassino Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of . Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first h ...

Italian campaign (World War II) Battle of Monte Cassino