Operation Market Garden order of battle

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This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.

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Allied forces

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) and in that capacity was ultimately responsible for the planning and execution of the whole operation. British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was his deputy, while Major General Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff.

British general Bernard Montgomery was in charge of the 21st Army Group which included all the ground forces in the operation. Montgomery was also the chief advocate for Market Garden.

First Allied Airborne Army

Commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF

British I Airborne Corps

Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army

Organization of I Airborne Corps during Operation Market Garden Briths I Airborne Corps Op Market Garden.png
Organization of I Airborne Corps during Operation Market Garden

British Airborne Units.svg 1st Airborne Division , Major-General Roy Urquhart

Sztandar 1 SBS.jpg Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade , Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st)

  • 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Tonn
  • 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ploszewski
  • 3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Major W. Sobocinski
  • Light Artillery Battery, Major J. Bielecki
  • Anti-Tank Battery, Capt. J. K. Wardzala
  • Engineers Company, Captain B.B. Budziszewski
  • Medical Company, Lieutenant J. Moździerz
  • Signals Company, Lieutenant-Colonel. W. D. Tucker

82 ABD SSI.svg 82nd Airborne Division , Brigadier General James M. Gavin

US 101st Airborne Division patch.svg 101st Airborne Division , Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

21st Army Group

Commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

British Second Army

Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

Organization of the British Second Army during Operation Market Garden during the Second World War. British 2nd Army Op Market Garden.png
Organization of the British Second Army during Operation Market Garden during the Second World War.
VIII Corps

Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor

11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) Insignia.svg 11th Armoured Division , Major-General G. P. B. Roberts

British 3rd Infantry Division2.svg 3rd Infantry Division , Major-General L. G. Whistler

49th Inf Brigade (Logo Polar Bears).jpg 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division , Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker (not committed to the fighting, did not arrive in area until 21 September 1944)

Armee secrete.jpg 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade , Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron

  • 1st Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major Wintergroen
  • 2nd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major R. Waterloos
  • 3rd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major L. Nowe
  • 1st Belgian Armoured Car Squadron, Major B.E.M. de Solliers de Moranville
  • 1st Belgian Engineer Field Company, Captain R. Smekens
  • 1st Belgian/Luxembourg Field Artillery Battery, Lieutenant-Colonel B. de Ridder
  • Brigade Maintenance
  • Brigade Signals
  • Anti-Aircraft Section
XII Corps

Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie

7th armoured division insignia 1944 3000px.png 7th Armoured Division Major-General G. L. Verney

British 15th (Scottish) Division Insignia.png 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division , Major-General C. M. Barber

53 inf div -vector.svg 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division - Major-General R. K. Ross

XXX Corps

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks

Guards armoured.svg Guards Armoured Division , Major-General A.H.S. Adair

  • 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Brigadier Norman Gwatkin
  • 32nd Guards Brigade, Brigadier George Johnson
  • 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel H. Abel Smith
  • 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, Welsh Guards, Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Windsor-Lewis
  • 1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • No. 268th Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC
  • 77th Field Security Section
  • Guards Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, Lieutenant Colonel W.D. Tucker
  • Royal Artillery, Brigadier Herbert C. Phipps
  • Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel, C.P. Jones
    • 14th Field Squadron
    • 615th Field Squadron
    • 148th Field Park Squadron
    • 11th Bridging Troop
  • Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel B.J. Daunt
    • 19th Light Field Ambulance, Lieutenant Colonel B.M. Nicol
    • 128th Field Ambulance, Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Scott
    • 8th Field Dressing Station
    • 60th Field Hygiene Section
  • Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant Colonel F.B.H. Villiers
    • Guards Armoured Divisional Ordnance Field Park
  • Royal Army Service Corps, Lieutenant Colonel A.K. Woods
    • 224th Infantry Brigade Company
    • 310th Armoured Brigade Company
    • 535th Divisional Troops Company
    • 648th General Transport Company
  • Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel L.H. Atkinson
    • 5th Guards Brigade Workshop
    • 32nd Guards Brigade Workshop

43 inf div -vector.svg 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division , Major-General Ivor Thomas

  • 129th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier G.H.L. Luce
  • 130th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier B.B. Walton
  • 214th Infantry Brigade Brigadier Hubert Essame
  • 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Lane Fox
  • 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Guns)
  • 43rd Divisional Signals
  • 506th Divisional Company
  • Royal Artillery
  • Royal Engineers
    • 204th Field Company
    • 260th Field Company
    • 553rd Field Company
    • 207th Field Park Company
    • 13th Bridging Platoon
  • Royal Army Service Corps
    • 204th Field Company
    • 260th Field Company
    • 553rd Field Company
    • 536 DUKW Company (Attached from 30 Corps 16th sep)
  • Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
    • 129th Infantry Brigade Workshop
    • 130th Infantry Brigade Workshop
    • 214th Infantry Brigade Workshop
  • Royal Army Medical Corps
    • 129th Field Ambulance
    • 130th Field Ambulance
    • 213th Field Ambulance
    • 14th Field Dressing Station
    • 15th Field Dressing Station
    • 38th Field Dressing Station

50 inf div -vector.svg 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division , Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On 18 September the division was transferred to VIII Corps

8th armoured brigade.svg 8th Armoured Brigade , Brigadier George E. Prior-Palmer

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene', Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck

  • 1st Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Paessens
  • 2nd Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Molenaar
  • 3rd Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Huber
  • 1st Netherlands Reconnaissance Squadron, Captain Immink
  • 1st Netherlands Field Artillery Battery

Air forces

Royal Air Force

Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Second Tactical Air Force - Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

Fighter Command - Air Marshal Roderic Hill

Bomber Command - Air chief marshal Sir Arthur Harris

RAF Coastal Command - Air chief Marshal Sholto Douglas

United States Army Air Forces

Eighth Air Force - Emblem.png Eighth Air Force - Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle

Ninth Air Force - Emblem (Cold War).png Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg

Usstaf-emblem.jpg United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe

German forces

The majority of German units stationed west of the Rhine were under the responsibility of Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West), commanded at the time by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt. Due to a lack of replacements (both in terms of personnel and materiel) German units were generally severely understrength at this point in the war, with many units at about 50% of establishment strength.

Army Group B

Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model

German Armed Forces Group (AFC) Netherlands

General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen

Seventh Army

General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger

I. SS Panzerkorps
  • 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” (remnants)
  • 12th SS Panzer Division “Hitler Jugend” (remnants)
  • Kampfgruppe 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” + Kampfgruppe 2. Panzer-Division
  • Kampfgruppe Division Nr. 172
LXXXI. Armeekorps
LXXIV. Armeekorps
LXXX. Armeekorps

1. Fallschirm-Armee

Colonel General Kurt Student

II. SS-Panzerkorps

SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich

9th SS Division Logo.svg 9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen , SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer

  • SS-Panzer Regiment 9
    • Abteilung I
    • Abteilung II
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 19
    • Bataillon I
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 20
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9
    • Abteilung I, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Spindler
  • SS-Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner
  • SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmfürer Klaus von Allworden
  • SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller
  • SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9, Obersturmfürer Gropp
  • SS Pionier Lehr Abteilung 9
  • SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 9
  • SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 9
  • SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 9
  • SS-Beobachtungs-Batterie 9
  • SS-Nachschubtruppen 9
  • SS-Panzer-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 9
  • SS-Wirtschafts-Battalion 9
  • SS-Verwaltungstruppen-Abteilung 9
  • SS-Sanitäts-Kompanien 9
  • SS-Feldlazarett
  • SS-Krankenkraftwagenzug 9
  • SS-Feldpostamt 9
  • SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 9
  • SS-Feldersatz-Battalion 9
  • SS-Ausbildungs-Battalion 9

10th SS Divsion Logo.svg 10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg , SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Harmel

  • SS-Panzer-Regiment 10, SS-Oberstürmbannführer Otto Paetsch
    • Abteilung I
    • Abteilung II
  • SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21, SS-Sturmbannführer Heinz Laubscheer
    • Bataillon I
  • SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 22, SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Schulze
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Hans-George Sonnenstuhl
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • SS-Aufklärungs Battalion 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Heinrich Brinkmann
  • SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Leo-Hermann Reinhold
  • SS-Pionier-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Tröbinger
  • SS-FlaK-Abteilung 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf Schrembs
  • SS-Nachrichten Battalion 10, SS-Sturmbannführer Willi Kruft
  • SS-Kradschützen-Regiment 10
  • SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 10
  • SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 10
  • SS-Verwaltungs Truppen 10
  • SS-Instandsetzungs Abteilung 10
  • SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 10
  • SS-Nachschub Truppen 10
  • SS-Feldpostamt 10
  • SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 10
  • SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 10

6th Parachute Regiment, Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte

  • Bataillon I, Hauptmann Emil Priekschat
  • Bataillon II, Hauptmann Rolf Mager
  • Bataillon III, Hauptmann Horst Trebes
  • Pionier Kompanie
  • Panzerjäger Kompanie
  • Fusilier Kompanie

Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau", Generalleutnant Hans von Tettau

  • SS Unterführerschule Arnheim, SS-Standartenführer Michael Lippert
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • SS Polizei Schule
  • SS Training and Replacement Battalion 4, Leutnant Labahn
    • Battalion 1, SS-Haüptstürmführer Günther Schulz
    • Battalion 2, SS-Sturmbannführer Eugen Eberwein
  • SS Wach Battalion 3, SS-Sturmbannführer Paul Anton Helle
  • Schiffsturm Abteilung 10, Kapitan Leutnant Zaubzer
  • Schiffsturm Abteilung 6/14
  • Fliegerhorst Battalion 2
  • Fliegerhorst Battalion 3
  • Artillerie Regiment 184
  • Sicherheit Regiment 42

Kampfgruppe "Knoche", Major Knoche

  • Sicherheit Regiment 26
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • MG Bataillon 30
  • FlaK Abteilung 688
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Hermann Göering Schule Regiment, Oberst Waldemar Kluge
    • Hermann Göering Schule Regiment
      • Bataillon I
    • Panzer Abteilung 224
    • SS Ersatz Abteilung 4
    • Deelen Airfield FlaK Kompanie
    • Wach Kompanie
    • Reichs AD

Kampfgruppe "Kraft", SS-Sturmbannführer Sepp Kraft

  • SS Panzergrendier Bataillon 16

Schwerepanzer Abteilung 506, Major Eberhard Lange

Schwerepanzer Kompanie Hummel

StuG Abteilung 280????

Artillerie Regiment 191

  • Bataillon I
  • Bataillon II
  • Bataillon III
  • SS-Werfer Abteilung 102, Hauptsturmfürer Nickmann

Kampfgruppe "Brinkmann"

Kampfgruppe "Bruhn"

Kampfgruppe "Harder"

Sperrverband "Harzer", Gerhard

  • MG Bataillon 47
  • Marine Kampfgruppe 642
  • Kampfgruppe "Schörken"
  • Kampfgruppe "Kauer"
  • SS Abteilung "Landstrum Nederland"

Kampfgruppe "Knaust", Major Knaust

  • Ersatz Abteilung Bocholt
  • Panzer Kompanie "Mielke"

Kampfgruppe "Spindler"

FlaK Abteilung "Swoboda"

Kampfgruppe "von Allworden", Captain Klaus von Allworden

Kampfgruppe "Weber"

  • Nachrichten Abteilung 213

Sösterberg Fliegerhorst Battalion?

Kampfgruppe "Henke", A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke?

II. Fallschirm-Korps

General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl

  • 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division , Generalmajor Walter Wadehn
    • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5, Major H. Müller
      • Bataillon I
    • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 8, Oberstleutnant Ernst Liebach
      • Bataillon I
    • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 9, Oberst Hellmut Hoffmann
      • Bataillon I
    • Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
      • Bataillon III
    • 3rd Fallschirmjäger Aufklärungs Battalion
    • Abteilung Isphording
    • Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 3
    • Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3
    • Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 3, Major Karl-Heinz Beth
  • 6th Fallschirmjäger Division , Oberst Harry Hermann
    • 6th Fallschirm-Artillerie Regiment, Oberst Winkler or Major Walter-Otto Franke?
    • Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 6
    • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 17, Oberst Martin Vetter?
    • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 18, Oberst Erich Walther
    • Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 6
    • Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 6, Major Stipschitz
  • 5th Fallschirmjäger Division , Generalmajor Sebastian-Ludwig Heilmann
    • Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13, Hauptmann Plodder or Oberstleutnant Achim Fehse?
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
      • Bataillon III
    • Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 5, Oberst Winzer
      • Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 5
      • Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 14, Oberst Arno Schimmel?
      • Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 15, Oberst Kurt Gröschke?
      • Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5?
      • Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5, Major Gerhard Mertins?
    • Kampfgruppe "Greshick"
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
      • Bataillon III
    • Fallschirmjäger FlaK
XII. SS-Armeekorps

SS-Obergruppenführer Curt von Gottberg

  • 180th Infantry Division, Generalmajor Bernhard Klosterkemper
    • Grenadier Regiment 1221
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Grenadier Regiment 1222
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Grenadier Regiment 1223
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Fusilier Abteilung 180
    • Artillerie Regiment 880
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
      • Bataillon III
    • Panzerjäger Kompanie 1180
    • 1180th Pionier Battalion?
  • 190th Infantry Division, Generalleutnant Ernst Hammer
    • Grenadier Regiment 1224
    • Grenadier Regiment 1225
    • Grenadier Regiment 1226
    • Fusilier Battalion 190
    • Artillerie Regiment 890
      • Abteilung I
      • Abteilung II
      • Abteilung III
    • Panzerjäger Abteilung 1190
    • Pionier Bataillon 1190
    • Nachrichten Bataillon 1190
  • 363rd Volkgrenadier Division, Generalleutnant Augustus Dettling
    • Grenadier Regiment 957
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Grenadier Regiment 958
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Grenadier Regiment 959
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
    • Fusilier Kompanie 363
    • Artillerie Regiment 363
      • Bataillon I
      • Bataillon II
      • Bataillon III
      • Bataillon IV
    • 363rd Panzerjäger Battalion?
    • 363rd Pionier Battalion?
    • Kampfgruppe Klauck?
LXXXVI Corps

General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder

  • 176th Infantry Division , Oberst Christian-Johannes Landau
    • 1176th Panzerjäger Battalion
    • 1176th Pionier Battalion
    • 176th Fusilier Battalion
  • Kampfgruppe "Walther"
  • Fallschirmjäger Regiment von Hoffmann
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • FlaK
    • Panzerjäger Kompanie
  • Luftwaffe Ersatz Abteilung
  • Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559
  • 107th Panzer Brigade, Major Berndt-Joachim Freiherr von Maltzahn
    • Panzer Abteilung 2107, Major Hans-Albrecht von Plüskow (KIA September 22nd)
    • Panzergrenadier Regiment 2107, Hauptmann Kurt Wild (KIA September 23rd)
    • Flakzug 2107
    • Panzerjäger Kompanie 2107
    • Panzer Pionier Kompanie 2107
  • Division "Erdmann", Generalleutnant Wolfgang Erdmann (Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4th)
    • Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Grossmehl", Oberstleutnant Grossmehl
    • Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Hübner"
    • Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Laytved-Hardegg", Oberst Laytved-Hardegg
    • Fallschirmjäger Regiment "Menzel", Oberst Günther Menzel
    • Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment Greve
    • Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung Grunwald
    • Bataillon Schäfer
    • Bataillon Schluckebier
  • Kampfgruppe "Heinke"
    • SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 19, Bataillon II
    • SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21, Bataillon II
    • SS Panzerjäger Abteilung 10
    • SS Artillerie 9, Bataillon I
    • SS Artillerie 10, Bataillon I
  • Kampfgruppe SS FlaK Bataillon 10

Fifteenth Army

General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen

LXXXIX. Armeekorps
LXVII. Armeekorps

General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer

346. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Erich Diestel

  • Grenadier-Regiment 857
  • Grenadier-Regiment 858
  • Grenadier-Regiment 1018
  • Füsilier-Bataillon 346
  • Artillerie-Regiment 346, Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Vahrenhorst
  • Pionier-Bataillon 346
  • Panzerjäger-Abteilung 346
  • Nachrichten-Abteilung 346
  • Feldersatz-Bataillon 346
  • Versorgungseinheiten 346

711th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 711. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Josef Reichert

  • Grenadier-Regiment 731
  • Grenadier-Regiment 744
  • Grenadier-Regiment 763
  • Füsilier-Bataillon 1711
  • Artillerie-Regiment 1711, Oberstleutnant Hermann Freiherr von Ebner
  • Pionier-Bataillon 711
  • Panzerjäger-Abteilung 711
  • Nachrichten-Abteilung 711
  • Feldersatz-Bataillon 1711
  • Versorgungseinheiten 711

719th Infantry Division Logo.svg 719. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Karl Sievers - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.

  • Artillerie Regiment 1719
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Pionier Battalion 719, Major der Reserve Theodor Fleischhut
  • Grenadier Regiment 723, Oberst Vehrenkamp
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • Grenadier Regiment 743, Oberst Bosselman
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • Panzerjäger-Abteilung 719
  • Nachrichten-Abteilung 719
  • Feldersatz-Bataillon 719
  • Versorgungseinheiten 719
LXXXVIII. Armeekorps

General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard

59th Infanterie Division.svg 59th Infantry Division , Generalleutnant Walter Poppe

  • Grenadier Regiment 1034
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Grenadier Regiment 1035
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Grenadier Regiment 1036
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Artillerie Regiment 159
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • Panzerjäger Abteilung 59
  • Pionier Abteilung 59
  • Fallschirmjäger-Regiment "Jungwirth"

Kampfgruppe "Rink"

  • Bataillon I
  • Polizei
  • FlaK

Kampfgruppe "Ewald"

  • Marsch Bataillon Zedlitz

245. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Erwin Sande

  • Infanterie Regiment 935
  • Infanterie Regiment 936
  • Infanterie Regiment 937
  • 245th Artillerie Regiment
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
    • Bataillon III
  • Fusilier Bataillon 245
  • Feldersatz Bataillon 245
  • Pionier Bataillon 245
  • Signals Bataillon 245?
  • Supply Troops?

712th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg 712. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann

  • Grenadier Regiment 732
  • Grenadier Regiment 745
  • 652nd Artillerie Battalion
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Panzerjäger Kompanie 712
  • Pionier Bataillon 712
  • Nachrichten Abteilung 712
  • Supply Troops 712?
  • 1712th Artillerie Battalion, Hauptmann Wilhelm Kratzer?

Kampfgruppe "Chill", Generalleutnant Kurt Chill

  • Fallschirmjäger Regiment 2
    • Bataillon I
  • Grenadier Regiment 1053
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Grenadier Regiment 1054
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Artillerie Regiment 158
    • Bataillon I
    • Bataillon II
  • Panzerjäger Abteilung 85

18th Flak Brigade

Wehrkreis VI, Corps "Feldt"

General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt

406. Landesschützen Division , Generalleutnant Gerd Scherbening

Ersatz Abteilung 6

Magen Abteilung

Ohr Abteilung

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The 305th Infantry Division was a German Army unit that saw extensive, front-line action during World War II. This division was present at the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Monte Cassino, and surrendered to U.S. Army's 88th Infantry Division in Northern Italy near Trento in late April 1945.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">162nd Turkestan Division</span> Military unit

The 162nd Turkistan Division was a military division that was formed by the German Army during the Second World War. It drew its men from prisoners of war who came from the Caucasus and from Turkic lands further east.

The II Fallschirmkorps was created in 1943 from Division Meindl, an experienced division on the Eastern Front. In the wake of this new Corps, the 3rd and 5th Fallschirmjägerdivision were raised and attached to the Corps. A year later the Corps was almost completely annihilated while fighting in the Falaise Pocket during the Battle for Normandy. The II Fallschirmkorps was later refitted with replacement troops provided by Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz-Battalion 2 and sent to aid the 1st Fallschirm-Armee until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. Under the command of the Werner E. Kranz.

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The 15th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army during the interwar period and World War II, active from 1934 to 1945.

The Allied invasion of Italy, a phase of the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, took place on 3 September at Reggio di Calabria, and on 9 September 1943 at Taranto and Salerno. Allied naval forces landed American and Commonwealth troops on the beaches of southern Italy where they faced resistance from Axis forces.


The 708th Infantry Division was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

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The 134th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed in October 1940.

The 181st Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 1 December 1939. The division participated in anti-partisan operations in World War II in German-occupied Yugoslavia.

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This is the Juno Beach order of battle on D-Day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin</span> Major WW2 event

The Battle of Berlin was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin.

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  1. "Operation Market Garden" (PDF). COI Communications. p. 18. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Bowyer 1983, p. 83.
  3. 1 2 Bowyer 1983, p. 92.
  4. 1 2 Bowyer 1983, p. 129.
  5. 1 2 3 "Order of Battle: Operation Market Garden". Antony Beevor . Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. Maurer 1980, p. 312.
  7. Maurer 1980, p. 314.
  8. Maurer 1980, p. 315.
  9. Maurer 1980, p. 126.
  10. Maurer 1980, p. 189.
  11. Maurer 1980, p. 192.
  12. Ashworth 1985, p. 38.
  13. 1 2 Ashworth 1985, p. 293.
  14. Maurer 1980, p. 308.
  15. Ashworth 1985, p. 242.
  16. Ashworth 1985, p. 139.

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