Allied invasion of Italy order of battle
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Allied Invasion of Italy Order of Battle is a listing of the significant Allied and Axis formations that were involved during the Allied invasion of Italy (the landings at Salerno, Reggio and Taranto) 3 September – 16 September 1943.
Allied Forces
- Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean (AFHQ)
Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower - Allied Naval Forces - Mediterranean
Commanded by Admiral Andrew Cunningham- Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
Commanded by Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt - Force H
Commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Willis - Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick
Commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur Power
- Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
- Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)
Commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Headquarters at Algiers, Algeria[1]
Allied 15th Army Group
Allied 15th Army Group under the command of General Sir Harold Alexander.
Under direct Army Group command
- British 1st Airborne Division[2]
(Operation Slapstick at Taranto), commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson (Killed in action 9 September replaced by Major-General Ernest Down)- 1st Parachute Brigade - Brigadier G.W. Lathbury
- 2nd Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Ernest Down
- 4th Parachute Brigade - Brigadier J.W. Hackett
- 1st Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Pip Hicks
- 1st Battalion Border Regiment
- 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
- 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
- Glider Pilot Regiment
U.S. Fifth Army
(Operation Avalanche at Salerno) U.S. Fifth Army commanded by Lieutenant General Mark Clark.
Army troops
- U.S. Ranger Force - Lieutenant-Colonel William Darby
- British Special Service Brigade - Brigadier Robert Laycock
U.S. VI Corps
U.S. VI Corps commanded by Major General Ernest J. Dawley
- U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Lucian K. Truscott. - U.S. 34th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Charles W. Ryder. - U.S. 36th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Fred L. Walker. - U.S. 45th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Troy H. Middleton.
British X Corps
British X Corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery.
- British 46th Infantry Division[3]
Commanded by Major-General John Hawkesworth- 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.A. James
- 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 138th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier G.P.Harding
- 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
- 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- 139th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier R.E.H. Stott
- 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
- 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
- Divisional Troops
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Battalion)
- 46th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
- 70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 270th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 271st Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.A. James
- British 56th Infantry Division[4]
Commanded by Major-General Douglas Graham.- 167th (London) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
- 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 169th (London) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.O. Lyne
- 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 201st Guards Brigade - Brigadier J.A. Gascoigne
- 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
- Divisional Troops
- 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion)
- 44th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
- 64th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 113th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 220th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 221st Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 563rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 167th (London) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
- British 7th Armoured Division[5]
Commanded by Major-General George Erskine.- 22nd Armoured Brigade - Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde
- 131st Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Lashmer Whistler
- 1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- Divisional Troops
- 11th Hussars
- 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 146th Field Battery, Royal Artillery
- 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 15th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 621st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 143rd Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
- Corps Troops
- Royal Scots Greys (Sherman tanks, attached to 56th Division)[6]
- 40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached to British 46th Infantry Division)[3]
Army Group Reserve available to U.S. Fifth Army
- U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
Commanded by Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. - U.S. 1st Armored Division
Commanded by Major General Ernest N. Harmon. (note, 1st Armored Division was in Morocco being reorganized in the new "light armored division" organization. It began to arrive at Naples on 28 October 1943 and thus was not in the Army Group reserve for the landings in Italy).
British Eighth Army
British Eighth Army commanded by General Bernard Montgomery
British XIII Corps
(Operation Baytown at Reggio di Calabria) British XIII Corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
- 5th British Infantry Division[7]
Commanded by Major-General Gerard Bucknall- 13th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
- 2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
- 15th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier E.O. Martin
- 1st Battalion Green Howards
- 1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
- 17th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Dudley Ward
- 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
- Divisional troops
- 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion)
- 5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
- 91st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 92nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 245th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 254th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 13th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division[8]
Commanded by Major-General Guy Simonds- 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier general#Brigadier general ranks by country H.D. Graham
- The Royal Canadian Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada
- 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Chris Vokes
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
- 1st Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
- 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.H.S. Penhale
- Royal 22e Régiment
- 1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment
- 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R.A. Wyman
- Divisional troops
- 4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
- 1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry) (Machine Gun Battalion)
- 1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
- 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier general#Brigadier general ranks by country H.D. Graham
- British 231st Infantry Brigade Group - Brigadier Roy Urquhart[7]
- 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
- 165th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 295th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Corps artillery
- 6th Army Group, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
- Corps troops
- 1st Special Reconnaissance Squadron
- No. 3 Commando
- No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
- Also supporting XIII Corps
- 5th Army Group, Royal Artillery
- XXX Corps Artillery
German Forces
Army Command South
Commanded by Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring
German Tenth Army
Commanded by General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Balck (acting commander).
- 16th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Rudolf Sieckenius. - 15th Panzer Grenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Eberhard Rodt. - Luftwaffe Panzer Division Hermann Göring
Commanded by Major-general (Generalleutnant) Paul Conrath.
LXXVI Panzer Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr.
- German 29th Panzergrenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Walter Fries. - 26th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz - 1st Parachute Division
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Richard Heidrich
Notes
- Footnotes
- Citations
- ↑ Secret Document 161, Location of units in the Royal Air Force, 34th issue, July 1943, Royal Air Force Museum accession number PR02859.
- ↑ Molony, pp. 242, 244 & 245.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Molony, p. 278n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 277n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 337n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 276n.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Molony, p. 234n.
- ↑ Molony, pp. 117 & 234.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Molony, p. 239.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Molony, p. 243n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 231n.
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