This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France that lasted 25-31 July 1944.
This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France that lasted 25-31 July 1944.
1st Infantry "Big Red One" Division 
4th Infantry "Ivy" Division 
9th Infantry "Old Reliables" Division 
30th Infantry "Old Hickory" Division 
2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division 
3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division 
8th Infantry "Pathfinder" Division 
79th Infantry "Cross of Lorraine" Division 
83rd Infantry "Thunderbolt" Division 
90th Infantry "Tough 'Ombres" Division 
4th Armored Division 
6th Armored Division 
28th Infantry Division 
29th Infantry Division 
35th Infantry Division 
Seventh Army [1]
SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser [2]
5th Fallschirmjäger Division [3] 
2nd Panzer Division [nb 1] 
Panzer Lehr Division 
2nd SS Panzer Division 
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division 
116th Panzer Division 
352nd Infantry Division 
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