The following units and commanders participated in the Lorraine campaign from September 1 to December 18, 1944.
Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.
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XII Corps | Corps troops |
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26th Infantry Division
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35th Infantry Division [1]
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80th Infantry Division [2]
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4th Armored Division [3]
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6th Armored Division [4]
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XX Corps | Corps troops |
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5th Infantry Division [5]
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90th Infantry Division [6]
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95th Infantry Division
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10th Armored Division [7]
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Army Group G was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck.
Balck, who had since August been in charge of the Fourth Panzer Army on the Eastern Front took command on 21 September replacing Johannes Blaskowitz who had lost a substantial amount of his forces in the retreat following the Allied invasion of the south of France. [8]
His Chief of Staff was Friedrick von Mellenthin
The 1st Army (1. Armee) was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff
XIII SS Army Corps was commanded by Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß
Division | Regiments and others |
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Corps troops |
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347th Infantry Division
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36th Volksgrenadier Division
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48th Volksgrenadier Division
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559th Volksgrenadier Division |
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Panzer Lehr Division (130th Panzer Division)
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11th Panzer Division
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17th SS Panzergrenadier Division [lower-alpha 1]
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25th Panzergrenadier Division [lower-alpha 2]
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LXXXIX Corps, General der infanterie Gustav Höhne (took command 7 September 1944)
LXXXII Corps, General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein
Division | Regiments and others |
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19th Volksgrenadier Division [9]
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416th Infantry Division [10]
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462nd Infantry Division
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21st Panzer Division
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