Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944

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The Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle for January 1944, is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in January 1944, during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte Cassino.

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Allied Armies in Italy

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

U.S. Fifth Army

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark

British X Corps (left)

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery

U.S. II Corps (centre)

Major-General Geoffrey Keyes

French Expeditionary Corps (right)

General Alphonse Juin
  • Insigne de la 3deg DIA.JPG 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (Major-General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert)
    • 3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 4th Group of Tabors
      • 3 tabors
    • Divisional troops
      • 67th African Artillery Regiment
      • 83rd Engineer Battalion
      • 3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
  • Insigne 2deg DIM.jpg 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (Brigadier-General André M. Dody)
    • 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 3rd Group of Tabors
      • 3 tabors
    • Divisional troops
      • 63rd African Artillery Regiment
      • 87th Engineer Battalion
      • 3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment

Army Reserve

The 45th was sent to [Salerno] under Major General Troy H. Middleton. MG Wm. Eagles assumed command of the 45th in November '43, and led the 45th in the fighting into the mountains north of Cassino, until January 9th, 1944 until being sent to a rest area. They would then be sent to land at Anzio on January 22nd, 1944.

German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

Commander: General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff

XIV Panzer Corps

Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
  • 5th Mountain Division logo.svg 5th Mountain Division (until 17 January [7] ) (Lieutenant General (General der Gebirgstruppe) Julius Ringel)
    • 85th Mountain Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 100th Mountain Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 95th Reconnaissance battalion
      • 95th Mountain Artillery battalion
      • 95th Anti-tank battalion
      • 95th Mountain Engineer battalion
  • 33rd Infanterie-Division logo 1.jpg 15th Panzer Grenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Eberhard Rodt)
    • 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
  • 44th Reichsgrenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)
    • 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
  • 94th Infanterie Division Logo 1.svg 94th Infantry Division (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
  • Balkenkreuz.svg 71st Infantry Division (from 17 January) [8] (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
      • 171st Engineer battalion
  • 3.Infanterie-Division.jpg 3rd Panzergrenadier Division (relieved 5th Mountain Division on 17 January [7] ) (Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Fritz-Hubert Gräser)
    • 8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions

Army Reserve

German I Parachute Corps

Under Kesselring's direct command) [9] [Note 1]
Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm
  • 29th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 29th Panzergrenadier Division
    • 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
  • 90th leichte Afrika Division Logo 2.svg 90th Panzergrenadier Division
    • 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 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

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ↑ Both divisions were released to XIV Panzer Corps on 18 January [7]
Citations
  1. ↑ Molony, p. 607.
  2. ↑ Molony, p. 607n
  3. ↑ Molony, p. 278n.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Molony, p. 608n.
  5. 1 2 Molony, p. 513.
  6. ↑ Molony, p. 519.
  7. 1 2 3 Ellis, p. 551.
  8. ↑ Ellis p. 550.
  9. ↑ Molony, p. 586.

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