This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.
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.
Commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army
1st Airborne Division , Major-General Roy Urquhart
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade , Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st)
82nd Airborne Division , Brigadier General James M. Gavin
101st Airborne Division , Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
Commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
11th Armoured Division , Major-General G. P. B. Roberts
3rd Infantry Division , Major-General L. G. Whistler
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division , Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker (not committed to the fighting, did not arrive in area until 21 September 1944)
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade , Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron
Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie
7th Armoured Division Major-General G. L. Verney
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division , Major-General C. M. Barber
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division - Major-General R. K. Ross
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
Guards Armoured Division , Major-General A.H.S. Adair
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division , Major-General Ivor Thomas
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division , Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On 18 September the division was transferred to VIII Corps
8th Armoured Brigade , Brigadier George E. Prior-Palmer
Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene', Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck
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
Eighth Air Force - Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg
United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe
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.
Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model
General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger
Colonel General Kurt Student
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich
9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen , SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer
10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg , SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Harmel
6th Parachute Regiment, Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte
Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau", Generalleutnant Hans von Tettau
Kampfgruppe "Knoche", Major Knoche
Kampfgruppe "Kraft", SS-Sturmbannführer Sepp Kraft
Schwerepanzer Abteilung 506, Major Eberhard Lange
Schwerepanzer Kompanie Hummel
StuG Abteilung 280????
Artillerie Regiment 191
Kampfgruppe "Brinkmann"
Kampfgruppe "Bruhn"
Kampfgruppe "Harder"
Sperrverband "Harzer", Gerhard
Kampfgruppe "Knaust", Major Knaust
Kampfgruppe "Spindler"
FlaK Abteilung "Swoboda"
Kampfgruppe "von Allworden", Captain Klaus von Allworden
Kampfgruppe "Weber"
Sösterberg Fliegerhorst Battalion?
Kampfgruppe "Henke", A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke?
General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl
SS-Obergruppenführer Curt von Gottberg
General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer
346. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Erich Diestel
711. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Josef Reichert
719. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Karl Sievers - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
59th Infantry Division , Generalleutnant Walter Poppe
Kampfgruppe "Rink"
Kampfgruppe "Ewald"
245. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Erwin Sande
712. Infanterie-Division , Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann
Kampfgruppe "Chill", Generalleutnant Kurt Chill
General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt
406. Landesschützen Division , Generalleutnant Gerd Scherbening
Ersatz Abteilung 6
Magen Abteilung
Ohr Abteilung
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