Gothic Line order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in Operation Olive, the Allied offensive on the

Gothic Line The Gothic Line (german: Gotenstellung; it, Linea Gotica) was a German defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence along the summits of the northern part of ...

in northern Italy, August–September 1944, and in the subsequent fighting in the central

Apennine mountains The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...

and on the plains of eastern

Emilia–Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

up to April 1945.

Allied Forces Headquarters Mediterranean

Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean: :General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (until 12 December 1944) :Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander (from 12 December 1944) Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean: :Lieutenant General

Jacob L. Devers Jacob Loucks Devers (; 8 September 1887 – 15 October 1979) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the 6th Army Group in the European Theater during World War II. He was involved in the development and adoption of numerous w ...

(until September 1944) :Lieutenant General

Joseph T. McNarney Joseph Taggart McNarney (August 28, 1893 – February 1, 1972) was a four-star general in the United States Army and in the United States Air Force, who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany. Early life Joseph Taggart McNarney was ...

(from September 1944) Chief of Staff :Lieutenant-General Sir James Gammell (to 12 December 1944) :Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding (from 12 December 1944 to 6 March 1945Jackson (1988), p. 196.) :Lieutenant-General William Morgan (from 6 March 1945)

Allied Armies in Italy (until 12 December 1944)

:Commander-in-chief: General Sir Harold Alexander :Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

Allied 15th Army Group (from 12 December 1944)

:Commander: Lieutenant General

Mark W. Clark Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the US Army during World War II. During World War I ...

(promoted to full general 10 March 1945) :Chief of Staff: Major General

Alfred Gruenther General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (March 3, 1899 – May 30, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player. After being commissioned towards the end of World War I, he served in the army throughout t ...

U.S. Fifth Army

Commander: :Lieutenant General

(until 16 December 1944) :Lieutenant General

Lucian Truscott General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–1945, he successively commanded the 3rd ...

(from 16 December 1944)

=U.S. II Corps

= :Major General Geoffrey Keyes :* U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General

Charles L. Bolte General Charles Lawrence Bolte (May 8, 1895 – February 11, 1989) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. In World War II he distinguished himself as commander of the 34th Infantry Division durin ...

) :* U.S. 88th Infantry Division (Major General Paul W. Kendall) :* U.S. 91st Infantry Division (Major General William G. Livesay) :* U.S. 85th Infantry Division (Major General

John B. Coulter Lieutenant General John Breitling Coulter (April 27, 1891 – March 6, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer. Enjoying a distinguished 40-year military career, Coulter served during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Early ...

) (until April 1945 when transferred to IV Corps) :*Italian

Combat Group "Legnano" Combat ( French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or ...

(from 1945)

=U.S. IV Corps

= :Major General Willis D. Crittenberger :*

U.S. 1st Armored Division The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides," is a combined arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U ...

(Major General Vernon Prichard) :* 6th South African Armoured Division (Major-General Evered Poole) :* U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (Major General

Edward Almond Lieutenant General Edward Mallory Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, where he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division, and the Korean War, where he command ...

) (from August 1944)* :* 1st Brazilian Infantry Division (General

Mascarenhas de Morais Mascarenhas may refer to: * Mascarenhas (surname), people named Mascarenhas * Mascarenhas (footballer), Domingos António da Silva (1937–2015), Angolan footballer *Mascarenhas, a civil parish of Mirandela Mirandela () is a city and a municipal ...

) (from November 1944) :* U.S. 10th Mountain Division (Major General George Price Hays) (from February 1945) :* U.S. 85th Infantry Division (Major-General

) (transferred from II Corps April 1945) * ''Order of entry into battle''

=British XIII Corps (transferred to British Eighth Army in January 1945)

= :Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman (until 25 January 1945) :Lieutenant-General John Harding (from 25 January 1945) :* 6th Army Group Royal Artillery :*

British 4th Infantry Division The 4th Infantry Division was a regular infantry division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War, the Crimean War, the First World War, and during the Second World War. It was disbanded after ...

(Major-General

Alfred Dudley Ward General Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, (27 January 1905 – 28 December 1991), commonly known as Sir Dudley Ward, was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during the Second World War and later became Governor of Gibraltar. ...

) (until September 1944) :** 10th Infantry Brigade :** 12th Infantry Brigade :** 28th Infantry Brigade :* British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General

Horatius Murray General Sir Horatius Murray, (18 April 1903 – 1989) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War and later in the Korean War. Early life and military career Educated at Peter Symonds School and th ...

) (from August 1944 to March 1945) :** 26th Armoured Brigade :** 1st Guards Brigade :**

61st Infantry Brigade The 61st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army raised for active service in both the First and the Second World Wars. History First World War The brigade was raised in September 1914 during the First World War from men volu ...

8th Indian Infantry Division The 8th Mountain Division was raised as the 8th Indian Infantry division of the British Indian Army. It is now part of the Indian Army and specialises in mountain warfare. The 8th Indian Infantry Division was formed as an infantry division in M ...

(Major-General

Dudley Russell Lieutenant General Sir Dudley Russell KBE, CB, DSO, MC (1 December 18964 February 1978) was a senior officer of both the British Army and the British Indian Army, and served during World War I and World War II, where he commanded the 8th ...

) (until March 1945) :** 17th Indian Infantry Brigade :**

19th Indian Infantry Brigade The 19th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in October, 1940 at Old Delhi in British Raj, India and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division (India), 8th Indian Infantry Di ...

:**

21st Indian Infantry Brigade The 21st Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. History It was converted from the Quetta Brigade in September 1940, and assigned to the 9th Indian Infantry Division. In March 1941, i ...

10th Indian Infantry Division The 10th Indian Infantry Division was a war formed infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the division travelled over from Tehran to Trieste, fought three small wars, and fought two great campaigns: ...

(Major-General Denys Whitehorn Reid) (from February 1945) :**

10th Indian Infantry Brigade The 10th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939. In June 1940 it was assigned to the 5th Indian Infantry Division and in September 1940, sailed for Eas ...

:**

20th Indian Infantry Brigade The 20th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. History The brigade was formed in September 1940, by the conversion of the Khojak Brigade and assigned to the 9th Indian Infantry Divis ...

:**

25th Indian Infantry Brigade The 25th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in February, 1941 at Ahmednagar in India and assigned to the 10th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade was attached to the 8 ...

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th and 14th Canadian Armoured regiments ...

(until February 1945) :* British 1st Infantry Division (Major-General

Charles Loewen General Sir Charles Falkland Loewen, (17 September 1900 – 17 August 1986) was a Canadian-born British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1956 to 1959. Early life and military career Educated at the Royal Military ...

) (until January 1945) :** 2nd Infantry Brigade :** 3rd Infantry Brigade :** 66th Infantry Brigade

=Independent units under Army HQ

= :*Brazilian Expeditionary Force (General

Mascarenhas de Moraes Mascarenhas may refer to: *Mascarenhas (surname), people named Mascarenhas *Mascarenhas (footballer), Domingos António da Silva (1937–2015), Angolan footballer *Mascarenhas, a civil parish of Mirandela, Portugal *Mascarenhas Islands The Masc ...

) (from November 1944) :*U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (Major-General

Edward M. Almond Lieutenant General Edward Mallory Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, where he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division, and the Korean War, where he commanded ...

) (from November 1944)

British Eighth Army

Commander: :Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese (until 1 October 1944) :Lieutenant-General Sir Richard L. McCreery (from 1 October 1944)

=British V Corps

= :Lieutenant-General

Charles Keightley General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974) was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War. After serving with distinction during the Second World War – becoming, in 1944, th ...

1st Army Group Royal Artillery 1st Army Group Royal Artillery was a brigade-sized formation organised by Britain's Royal Artillery during World War II to command medium and heavy guns. It served in the final stages of the Tunisian Campaign and throughout the Italian Campaig ...

British 1st Armoured Division The 1st (United Kingdom) Division, formerly known as the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division and the 1st Division, is a division of the British Army. Divisional history (1809–1959) The 1st Division was formed following the disbandment of ...

(Major-General Richard Hull) (until 25 September 1944) :** 2nd Armoured Brigade :** 18th Infantry Brigade :** 43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade :*

(Major-General

) (from October to November 1944) :** 10th Infantry Brigade :** 12th Infantry Brigade :** 28th Infantry Brigade :*

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 W ...

(Major-General Arthur Holworthy) (until October 1944) :** 5th Indian Infantry Brigade :** 7th Indian Infantry Brigade :**

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 ...

:* British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General John Hawkesworth until 6 November 1944, then Major-General

Stephen Weir Major-General Sir Stephen Cyril Ettrick Weir, (5 October 1904 – 24 September 1969) was a New Zealand military leader and diplomat. Born in Otago, Weir became a professional soldier in 1927. He served in a number of postings around the countr ...

) (until December 1944) :** 128th Infantry Brigade :** 138th Infantry Brigade :** 139th Infantry Brigade :** British 25th Tank Brigade :* British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General John Whitfield) :** 167th Infantry Brigade :** 168th Infantry Brigade :** 169th Infantry Brigade :**

British 7th Armoured Brigade The 7th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army. The brigade is also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held by the 7th Armoured Division, of which the brigade formed a part of during the Se ...

:* British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General

Donald Butterworth Major General Donald Clunes Butterworth (3 February 18952 March 1983) was a senior British Army officer. Military career Butterworth was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment on 23 February 1915 during the First World War. As co ...

until 10 October 1944 and then Major-General Keith Arbuthnott) (from March 1945) :** 11th Infantry Brigade :** 36th Infantry Brigade :** 38th Infantry Brigade :* British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General

) (from 18–23 April 1945) :*

(Major-General

) (from March 1945) :*

(Major-General Denys Reid) (from October 1944 to February 1945) :* 2nd New Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard C. Freyburg) (November 1944 to 14 April 1945) :** 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade :** 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade :** 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade :*

Jewish Brigade The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade, was a military formation of the British Army in the World War II, Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 and was recruited among Yishuv, Y ...

(from February to March 1945) :*

Italian Liberation Corps The Italian Liberation Corps ( it, Corpo Italiano di Liberazione (CIL)) was an corps of the Italian Co-belligerent Army during the Italian campaign of World War II. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the It ...

(1944)Jackson (1987), p. 225. :**

184th Paratroopers Division "Nembo" The 184th Paratroopers Division "Nembo" ( it, 184ª Divisione paracadutisti "Nembo") was an airborne division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. After the Armistice of Cassibile the division joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army's ...

:** I Brigade :** II Brigade :* Italian Combat Group "Cremona" (from 1945) :* Italian 28th Brigade "Garibaldi" (from 1945)

=British X Corps (until December 1944 and from February 1945)

= :Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery (until 6 November 1944) :Lieutenant-General John Hawkesworth (from 6 November 1944) :*2nd Army Group Royal Artillery :*

(Major-General Denys Whitehorn Reid) (until October 1944) :**

:**

:* British 9th Armoured Brigade :*

(from March 1945) :*Italian Combat Group "Friuli" (from 1945)

=British XIII Corps (transferred from U.S. Fifth Army January 1945)

= see listing above under U.S. Fifth Army)

=Canadian I Corps (until February 1945)

= :Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns (until 10 November 1944) :Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes (from 10 November 1944) :*First Canadian Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery :* Canadian 1st Infantry Division (Major-General Chris Vokes until 1 December 1944 then Major-General H. W. Foster) :**1st Canadian Infantry Brigade :**2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade :**3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade :* Canadian 5th Armoured Division (Major-General

Bert Hoffmeister Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister, (15 May 1907 – 4 December 1999) was a Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist. He served with distinction during the last two years of the Second World War, becoming, in Jack Granatstein' ...

) :**5th Canadian Armoured Brigade :**11th Canadian Infantry Brigade :**12th Canadian Infantry Brigade :*

:* British 21st Tank Brigade :*

(Major-General Dudley Ward) (from September to October 1944) :* 2nd New Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg. Major-General C. E. Weir acting commander 3 September to 17 October 1944) (September to October 1944) :*

3rd Greek Mountain Brigade The 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade ( el, 3η Ελληνική Ορεινή Ταξιαρχία, ''Triti Elliniki Οrini Τaxiarkhia'', ΙΙΙ Ε.Ο.Τ.) was a unit of mountain infantry formed by the Greek government in exile in Egypt during World War I ...

(Colonel

Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos ( el, Θρασύβουλος Τσακαλώτος; 3 April 1897 – 15 August 1989) was a distinguished Hellenic Army Lieutenant General who served in World War I, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, World War II and ...

) (from September to October 1944)

=Polish II Corps

= :Lieutenant-General

Władysław Anders ) , birth_name = Władysław Albert Anders , birth_date = , birth_place = Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = London, England, United Kingdom , serviceyear ...

:*Army Group Polish Artillery :*

Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon supe ...

(Major-General Bolesław Bronisław Duch) :**1st Carpathian Rifle Brigade :**2nd Carpathian Rifle Brigade :* Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (Major-General

Nikodem Sulik Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski (August 15, 1893 – January 14, 1954; noms de guerre Jodko, Jod, Karol, and Sarnowski) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, and Generał brygady of the Polish Army. Biography Born August 15, 1893 in the village of ...

) :**5th Wilenska Infantry Brigade :**6th Lwowska Infantry Brigade :* Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier-General Bronislaw Rakowski)

=Other Units

= :* British 2nd Commando Brigade (Brigadier Ronnie Tod) (1945) :* British 2nd Parachute Brigade (Brigadier Charles Pritchard) (to December 1944)

German Army Group C

Commander: :Field Marshal

Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 – 16 July 1960) was a German '' Generalfeldmarschall'' of the Luftwaffe during World War II who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. In a military career that spanned both world wars, Kesselring beca ...

(until 25 October 1944, from January 1945 until 9 March 1945) :General

Heinrich von Vietinghoff Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (6 December 1887 – 23 February 1952) was a German general (''Generaloberst'') of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oa ...

(from 25 October 1944 until January 1945 and from 9 March 1945)

Tenth Army

Commander: :General

(until 25 October 1944) :Lieutenant-General

Joachim Lemelsen Joachim Lemelsen (28 September 1888 – 30 March 1954) was a German general during World War II who rose to army-level command. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, troops of the XLVII Motorized Corps under his ...

(from 25 October 1944 to 15 February 1945) :Lieutenant-General

Traugott Herr Traugott Herr (16 September 1890 – 13 April 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 14th Army and the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...

(from 15 February 1945)

LXXVI Panzer Corps

:Lieutenant-General

(until 26 December 1944) :Lieutenant-General Graff

Gerhard von Schwerin Gerhard Helmut Detleff Graf von Schwerin (23 June 1899 – 29 October 1980) was a German General der Panzertruppe during World War II. World War I Gerhard von Schwerin was born to a Prussian aristocratic family in 1899. His father was a civil ...

(from 26 December 1944 to 25 April 1945) :Major-General

Karl von Graffen __NOTOC__ Karl von Graffen (6 June 1893 – 1 November 1964) was a German general during World War II who held divisional and corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Graffen was taken prison ...

(from 25 April 1945) :* 1st Parachute Division (Lieutenant-General

Richard Heidrich __NOTOC__ Richard Heidrich (27 July 1896 – 22 December 1947) was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Heidrich was taken prison ...

until 18 November 1944 then Brigadier Karl-Lothar Schulz) :* 5th Mountain Division (Major-General

Max-Günther Schrank August Max-Günther Schrank (19 November 1898 – 22 September 1960) was a German ''Generalleutnant'' who commanded the ''5. Gebirgs-Division'' in World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for the Battle of C ...

to 18 January 1945, then Brigadier-General

Hans Steets Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

) :* 71st Infantry Division (Major-General

Wilhelm Raapke Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

) (until December 1944) :* 162nd Infantry Division (Major-General Ralph von Heygendorff) :* 278th Infantry Division (Major-General

Harry Hoppe Harry Hoppe (11 February 1894 – 23 August 1969) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Awards * Iron Cross (191 ...

)

LI Mountain Corps

:Lieutenant-General

Valentin Feurstein Valentin Feurstein (1 January 1885 – 8 June 1970) was an Austrian military officer who served in the Austrian and German armies. Feurstein joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907, he served in World War I and in the Austrian Bundesheer in t ...

until March 1945 and then Lieutenant-General

Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck __NOTOC__ Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck (10 January 1897 – 15 April 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Biography Under his command, the 305th Inf ...

:* 44th Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister (Major-General

Hans-Günther von Rost Hans-Günther von Rost (15 November 1894 – 23 March 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Rost was killed on 23 March 1945 near Székesfeh ...

) (until November 1944) :* 114th Jäger Division (Brigadier-General Hans-Joachim Ehlert to 15 April 1945 then Brigadier-General Martin Strahammer) :* 232nd Infantry Division (Lieutenant-General

Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz __NOTOC__ Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz (26 January 1891 – 17 December 1978) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He participated in the campaigns of Poland, France and the invasion of the Sovi ...

) :* 305th Infantry Division (Lieutenant-General

until Dec 1944 then Brigadier-General Friedrich von Schellwitz) :* 334th Infantry Division (Major-General

Hellmuth Böhlke __NOTOC__ Hellmuth Böhlke (7 February 1893 – 8 April 1956) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 334. Infanterie-Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, ...

) :* 715th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General

Hanns von Rohr Hanns is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hanns Blaschke (1896–1971), Austrian politician *Hanns Bolz (1885–1918), German expressionist and cubist painter *Hanns Brandstätter (born 1949), Austrian fencer * Hanns Braun (18 ...

) (until January 1945) :* Italian 1st "Italia" Bersaglieri Division (Major-General

Mario Carloni General Mario Carloni (27 December 1894 – 30 January 1962) was an Italian soldier who fought in World War I and World War II. He started his career in 1912 joining as a volunteer in the 5th Reg. of Bersaglieri in Senigallia. In 1940 he reached ...

)

Fourteenth Army

:Commander: :Lieutenant-General

(to 24 October 1944 and from 17 February 1945) :Lieutenant-General

Frido von Senger und Etterlin Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (4 September 1891 – 9 January 1963) was a general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Biography Fridolin Rudolph von Senger und Etterlin was born on 4 September 1891, in Waldshut near the Swiss bo ...

(October 1944) :Lieutenant-General

Heinz Ziegler Heinz Ziegler (19 May 1894 – 21 August 1972) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II acting commander of the 5th Panzer Army and commander of the 14th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iro ...

(24 October to 22 November 1944) :Lieutenant-General

(22 November to 12 December 1944) :Lieutenant-General

Kurt von Tippelskirch __NOTOC__ Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (9 October 1891 – 10 May 1957) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the United S ...

(from 12 December 1944 to 16 February 1945)

I Parachute Corps

:Lieutenant-General

Alfred Schlemm Alfred Schlemm (18 December 1894 – 24 January 1986) was a German ''General der Fallschirmtruppe'' in the Wehrmacht. His last command in World War II opposed the advance of the First Canadian Army through the Reichswald in February 1945. Early ...

(to 30 September 1944) :Lieutenant-General

(from 1 November 1944 to 23 January 1945) :Major-General

(from 23 January 1945 to 7 February 1945) :Lieutenant-General

(from 7 February 1945) :* 4th Parachute Division (Major-General Heinrich Trettner) :* 356th Infantry Division (Major-General

Karl Faulenbach Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austri ...

to October 1944) :* 362nd Infantry Division (Major-General Heinz Greiner)

XIV Panzer Corps

:Lieutenant-General

26th Panzer Division 23rd Infantry Division The German 23rd Infantry Division (''23. Infanterie-Division''), later the 26th Panzer Division, was a military unit operational during World War II. It was organized along standard lines for a German infantry division. ...

(Major-General

Eduard Crasemann Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a German ''General der Artillerie'' in the Wehrmacht and convicted war criminal who commanded several Panzer divisions during World War II. Crasemann fought as an artillery officer during W ...

to 29 January 1945 then Brigadier-General Alfred Kuhnert to 19 April 1945 then Major-General Viktor Linnarz) :* 65th Infantry Division (Major-General

Hellmuth Pfeifer __NOTOC__ Hans-Hellmuth Pfeifer (18 February 1894 – 22 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. A veteran of World War I, he held higher command positions in WWII, among other, that of the 65th Infantry Division in Italy, selecti ...

) :*

16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS The 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" (german: 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS") was a motorised infantry formation in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. The division, during its time in It ...

(SS-Gruppenführer

Max Simon Max Simon (6 January 1899 – 1 February 1961) was a German SS commander and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander dur ...

until 24 October 1944 then SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum)

Army Group Liguria

:Commander: General

Rodolfo Graziani Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (; 11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was a prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's '' Regio Esercito'' ("Royal Army"), primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and durin ...

:* 42nd Jäger Division (Major-General

Walter Jost Walter Jost (25 July 1896 – 24 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Jost was killed in action on 24 April 1945 in Villadose. Troops under his command ...

) :* 34th Infantry Division (Major-General

Theobald Lieb __NOTOC__ Theo-Helmut Lieb (25 November 1889 – 20 March 1981) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who held several divisional commands during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. ...

) :*Italian 3rd "San Marco" Marine Division (Major-General Amilcare Farina) :*Italian 4th "Monterosa" Mountain Division (Colonel Giorgio Milazzo)

Army Reserve

29th Panzergrenadier Division The 29th Infantry Division was a unit of the German army created in the fall of 1936. It was based on the old Reichswehr 15th Infantry Regiment and drew its initial recruits from Thuringia. It was upgraded to 29th Motorized Infantry Division in ...

(Major-General Fritz Polack) :* 20th Luftwaffe Field Division re-designated 20th Luftwaffe Sturm Division in June 1944 (Brigadier-General

Wilhelm Crisolli __NOTOC__ Wilhelm Crisolli (20 January 1895 – 12 September 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht in World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Crisolli was ki ...

until 1 June 1944 then Brigadier-General Erich Fronhöfer)

Independent Units

LXXV Corps (Italian–French border)

:Lieutenant-General Hans Schlemmer :* 148th Reserve Division (Major-General Otto Schönherr) (to August 1944) :* 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General

Ernst-Günther Baade Ernst-Günther Baade (20 August 1897 – 8 May 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Baade was wounded in action and died from his i ...

to 9 December 1944 then Lieutenant-General

to 26 December 1944 then Brigadier-General Heinrich Baron von Behr) :* 157th Mountain Division re-designated 8th Mountain Division in February 1945 (Major-General

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Adriatic Coast Command

:* 94th Infantry Division (Major-General Bernhard Steinmetz) :* 188th Mountain Division (Major-General

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{cite web, url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 , title=Axis History Factbook: German army order of battle , access-date=2007-07-23 , last=Wendell , first=Marcus , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029135233/http://axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 , archive-date=2006-10-29 World War II orders of battle Italian campaign (World War II)