Operation Cobra order of battle
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This is the order of battle
for Operation Cobra
, a World War II
American offensive against German
forces in Normandy
, France
.
commanding
Note: During the operation, American units involved were sometimes referred to as "Cobra Command".
Paul Hausser
Order of battle
In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...
for Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II...
, a World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
American offensive against German
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
forces in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
US First Army
Lieutenant General Omar BradleyOmar Bradley
Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
commanding
- VII Corps - Major General J. Lawton CollinsJ. Lawton CollinsJoseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins was a General in the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the army as a Major General...
- 1st Infantry Division, Major General Clarence R. HuebnerClarence R. HuebnerClarence Ralph Huebner was a Lieutenant General of the United States Army.-World War I:A farm boy from Bushton, Kansas who spent almost seven years serving from private to sergeant in the 18th Infantry, Huebner received a regular commission in November 1916...
- 2nd Armored Division, Major General Edward H. BrooksEdward H. BrooksEdward Hale Brooks was a decorated officer in the United States Army and a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean War...
- 3rd Armored Division, Major General Leroy Hugh Watson
- 4th Infantry Division, Major General Raymond O. BartonRaymond O. BartonMajor General Raymond O. "Tubby" Barton was a graduate of the United States Military Academy as well as a career U.S. Army officer and combat commander in World War I and World War II...
- 9th Infantry Division, Major General Manton S. EddyManton S. EddyManton Sprague Eddy was a lieutenant general of the United States Army.-Early life:Eddy graduated from Shattuck Military School in Faribault, Minnesota in 1913. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1916. Thoroughly the infantryman, Manton Eddy served in France in World War I in rifle and machine...
- 30th Infantry Division, Major General Leland S. Hobbs
- 1st Infantry Division, Major General Clarence R. Huebner
- VIII CorpsVIII Corps (United States)The U.S. VIII Corps was a corps of the United States Army that saw service during various times over a fifty-year period during the twentieth century. The VIII Corps was organized 26–29 November 1918 in the Regular Army in France and demobilized on 20 April 1919. The VIII Corps was soon...
- Major General Troy H. MiddletonTroy H. MiddletonLieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton was a distinguished soldier-educator who served as a corps commander in Europe during World War II and later as President of Louisiana State University...
- 4th Armored Division, Major General John S. Wood
- 8th Infantry Division, Major General Donald A. Stroh
- 90th Infantry Division, Major General Eugene M. Landrum
- XIX CorpsXIX Corps (United States)XIX Corps started as the III Armored Corps at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 20 August 1942 under the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger....
- Major General Charles H. CorlettCharles H. CorlettCharles H. Corlett , nicknamed “Cowboy Pete,” was a major general in the U.S. Army who commanded troops in both the Pacific and European Theaters during World War II. He led the attack on Kiska in 1943 and commanded the 7th Infantry Division in the taking of Kwajalein in 1944...
- 29th Infantry Division, Major General Charles H. GerhardtCharles H. GerhardtMajor General Charles Hunter Gerhardt commanded the U.S. 29th Infantry Division from 1943 until the end of World War II and during part of the occupation of Germany...
- 35th Infantry Division, Major General Paul W. Baade
- 29th Infantry Division, Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Note: During the operation, American units involved were sometimes referred to as "Cobra Command".
Seventh Army
SS-ObergruppenführerObergruppenführer
Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS rank inferior only to Reichsführer-SS...
Paul Hausser
Paul Hausser
Paul "Papa" Hausser was an officer in the German Army, achieving the high rank of lieutenant-general in the inter-war Reichswehr. After retirement from the regular Army he became the "father" of the Waffen-SS and one of its most eminent leaders...
- II Parachute Corps
- 5th Fallschirmjäger Division5th Parachute Division (Germany)The 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division was a fallschirmjäger division of the German military during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.The division was formed in France in early 1944, commanded by Gustav Wilke...
, Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke - 2nd Panzer Division Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von LüttwitzHeinrich Freiherr von LüttwitzHeinrich Diepold Georg Freiherr von Lüttwitz was a German general of the Panzer troops, serving during World War II...
- Panzer-Lehr-Division, Generalmajor Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und CamminetzHyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und CamminetzHyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz was a German Army officer. Strachwitz saw action in World War I, but rose to fame for his command of armored forces in World War II.-Early life:...
- 5th Fallschirmjäger Division
- 87th Corps
- 2nd SS Panzer Division, Standartenführer Christian TychsenChristian TychsenNot to be confused with the governor of the Danish Gold Coast of the same nameChristian Tychsen was a Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von BerlichingenThe 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen was a German SS panzergrenadier division which saw action on the Western Front during World War II.-Formation and training:...
, Brigadeführer Otto BaumOtto BaumOtto Baum, was an SS-Oberführer of the Waffen-SS. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords... - 116th Panzer Division116th Panzer Division (Germany)The 116th Panzer Division, also known as the "Greyhound 'Windhund' Division", was a German panzer division that saw combat during World War II. It was reconstituted in the Rhineland and Westphalia areas of western Germany in March 1944 from the remnants of the 16th Panzergrenadier Division, and...
, General der Panzertruppen Gerhard von SchwerinGerhard von SchwerinGerhard Helmuth Detloff Graf von Schwerin was a German army General in World War II. As General der Panzertruppe, he was tasked with defending the city of Aachen while in command of the 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" .By the time the 3rd US Armored Division reached Aachen on 13 September 1944,... - 352nd Infantry Division
- 353rd Infantry Division
- 2nd SS Panzer Division, Standartenführer Christian Tychsen