This is the order of battle of Allied and German forces during Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944, during World War II. The invasion was initiated via a parachute drop by the 1st Airborne Task Force, followed by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, followed a day later by a force made up...

 in 1944.

Seventh Army

United States Army Europe

United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, is an Army Service Component Command of the United States Army and the land component of United States European Command. It is the largest American formation in Europe.-Invasion of Sicily:...

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General (United States)

In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...

 Alexander Patch

Alexander Patch

General Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch was an officer in the United States Army, best known for his service in World War II. He commanded Army and Marine forces during the invasion of Guadalcanal, and the U.S...

• Detachment, Army HQ & HQ Company
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company is a company sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher. In identifying a specific headquarters unit, it is usually referred to by its abbreviation as an HHC...
  
   & Special Troops
• Detachment, HQ Seventh Army (For Beach Control HQ)

SPECIAL FORCES

• 1st Airborne Task Force
  Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick
  Robert T. Frederick
  Robert Tryon Frederick was a highly decorated American combat commander during World War II, who commanded the 1st Special Service Force, the 1st Airborne Task Force and the 45th Infantry Division.-Career:...
  
  
  • HQ & HQ Company, 1st Airborne Task Force
  • 517th Parachute Infantry
  • 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
  • 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
  • 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry (Reinforced)
  • 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
  • 463rd Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
  • 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion
  • 596th Airborne Engineer Company
  • 887th Engineer Company
  • 512th Airborne Signal Company
  • Anti-Tank Co., 442nd Infantry
  • 552nd Infantry Anti-tank Company
  • Company A, 2nd Chemical Battalion
  • Company D, 83rd Chemical Battalion
  • 172nd Detail Issues Depot British Heavy Aerial Resupply Company
  • 334th Quartermaster Depot Company, Aerial Resupply (-)
  • 3358th Quartermaster Truck Company
  • Detachment, 3rd Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)
  • British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group
    • 4th Parachute Battalion
    • 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
      5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
      The 5th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in 1942.The four proceeding British parachute battalions had been raised by volunteers from all ranks of the army...
      
      
    • 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
      6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
      The 6th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War....
      
      
    • 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
      The 127th Field Ambulance was a Royal Army Medical Corps unit of the British airborne forces during the Second World War.The 127th Field Ambulance was originally a pre war Territorial Army unit converted to parachute duties, becoming the second parachute field ambulance in the British Army...
      
      
    • 300th Airlanding Anti-tank Battery Royal Artillery
      Royal Artillery
      The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
      
      
    • 64th Airlanding Battery Royal Artillery
    • 2nd Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
      Royal Engineers
      The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
      
      
    • 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Signal Company Royal Signals
    • 1st Independent Glider Squadron Army Air Corps
    • 23rd Independent Platoon Army Air Corps (Pathfinders)
    • 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Company Royal Army Service Corps
      Royal Army Service Corps
      The Royal Army Service Corps was a corps of the British Army. It was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery ; administration of...
      
      
    • 751st Parachute Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps
    • T Company Royal Army Service Corps
    • 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
      Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
      The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...
      
      
    • 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Section Royal Military Police
      Royal Military Police
      The Royal Military Police is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel, and for providing a military police presence both in the UK, and whilst service personnel are deployed overseas on operations and exercises.Members of the RMP are generally known as...
      
      
• 1st Special Service Force
  Devil's Brigade
  The Devil's Brigade , was a joint World War II American-Canadian commando unit organized in 1942 and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in the United States...
  
   (-)
• French Groupe de Commandos (-)

ENGINEER

• Company D (rem Map Plat) 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
• 697th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
• Mobile Laboratory, 701st Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
• Survey Platoon, 649th Engineer Topographic Battalion
• Co. A, Engineer Camouflage Battalion
• 1202nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
• 1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
• 1711th Engineer Map Depot Detachment

MILITARY POLICE

• 204th Military Police Company
• 372nd Military Police Escort Guard Company
• 377th Military Police Escort Guard Company (-3 Sections)
• 504th Military Police Battalion (-2 Companies)
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion

MEDICAL

• 1st Advance Section, 7th Medical Depot Company

QUARTERMASTER

• 94th Quartermaster Railhead Company (-2 Platoons)
• 138th Quartermaster Truck Company
• 144th Quartermaster Truck Company
• Detachment, 202nd Quartermaster Car Company (-)
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 528th Quartermaster Battalion
• 3357th Quartermaster Truck Company

SIGNAL

• Army Signal Battalion
• 226th Signal Operation Company
• Detachment, 163rd Signal Photo Company
• 982nd Signal Service Company

MISCELLANEOUS

• Detachment 72nd Liaison Squadron
• 11th Postal Regulating Unit
• Special Service Staff (Office Strategic Services)
• Twenty-eight Port Companies and Seven Battalion HQ Detachments.

VI Corps

Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

Lucian Truscott

Lucian King Truscott, Jr. was a U.S. Army General, who successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, U.S. Fifteenth Army and U.S. Fifth Army during World War II.-Early life:...

• HQ & HQ Company, VI Corps

COMBAT COMMAND

• Combat Command Sudre 1ere Division Blindee
  1st Armored Division (France)
  The 1st Armored Division was an armored unit of the French Army. The division fought during World War II as a part of the First French Army and was active during the Cold War...
  
  
• Attached:
  • 1ere Cie, 9e Regt Chasseurs d'Afrique
    Chasseurs d'Afrique
    The Chasseurs d'Afrique were a light cavalry corps in the French Armée d'Afrique . First raised in the 1830s from regular French cavalry posted to Algeria, they numbered five regiments by World War II...
    
    
  • Det, 661/2 Cie De Reparation Engines Blindee
  • 66e Cie de Munitions (-)
  • Det, 705 Cie de Ravitaillement en Essence

FIELD ARTILLERY

• HQ & HQ Battery, VI Corps Artillery
• HQ & HQ Battery, 6th Field Artillery Group
• HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Field Artillery Group
• HQ & HQ Battery, 36th Field Artillery Group
• 2nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion
• 36th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun
  155 mm Long Tom
  The 155 mm Gun M1 and M2 , widely known as Long Tom, were 155 millimeter calibre field guns used by the United States armed forces during World War II and Korean War. The Long Tom replaced the Canon de 155 mm GPF in United States service.-Development:Before entering World War I, the United...
  
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• 59th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP
  M7 Priest
  The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II. It was given the official service name 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, Priest by the British Army, due to the pulpit-like machine gun ring, and following on from the Bishop and...
  
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• 69th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
• 93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
• 141st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer
  M114 155 mm howitzer
  The M114 155 mm howitzer was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1942 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, before being...
  
  )
• 634th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
• 937th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
• 938th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
• 976th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
• 977th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)

ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY

• HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
• HQ & HQ Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
• HQ & HQ Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
• HQ & HQ Battery, 105th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
• 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
• 72nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
• 106th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
• 107th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
• 108th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
• 216th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
• 433rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
• 441st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
• 443rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
• 451st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
• 534th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
• 895th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
• 102nd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
• 103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
• 104th Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)

ARMOR

• 191st Tank Battalion
• 753rd Tank Battalion
• 756th Tank Battalion

TANK DESTROYER

• 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
• 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion
• 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion

CAVALRY

• 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

CHEMICAL WARFARE

• 2nd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
• 3rd Chemical Battalion Motorized
• 83rd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
• 6th Chemical Depot Company
• 11th Chemical Maintenance Company
• 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (-3 platoons) (Smoke Troops)

ENGINEER

• 343rd Engineer General Service Regiment
• 344th Engineer General Service Regiment
• Company C, (Bailey Bridge
  Bailey bridge
  The Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed by the British during World War II for military use and saw extensive use by both British and the American military engineering units....
  
  ), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
• Company D, (Treadway Bridge), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
• 1st Plat 424th Engineer Dump Truck Company
• Contact Platoon, 469th Engineer Maintenance Company
• Survey Platoon, 661st Engineer Topographic Company
• 6617th Engineer Mine Clearance Company

MILITARY POLICE

• 206th Military Police Company

MEDICAL

• 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group
  • 14 General Surgical Teams
  • 3 Shock Teams
  • 1 Gas Team
  • 3 Orthopaedic Teams
  • 2 Thoracic Teams
  • 2 Neurosurgery Teams
  • 3 Dental Prosthetic Teams
  • 2 Maxillofacial Teams
• 10th Field Hospital
• 6703rd Blood Transfusion Unit
• 11th Field Hospital
• 11th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
• 93rd Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
• 95th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)

ORDNANCE

• HQ & HQ Detachment, 43rd Ordnance Battalion
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 44th Ordnance Battalion
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 45th Ordnance Battalion
• 14th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
• 45th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
• 46th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
• 87th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Field Artillery)
• 261st Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Anti Aircraft)
• 3406th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
• 3408th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
• 3432nd Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
• 64th Ordnance Ammunition Company
• 66th Ordnance Ammunition Company
• 680th Ordnance Ammunition Company
• 143rd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
• 144th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
• 145th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
• 146th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad

QUARTERMASTER

• 46th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (-1 Platoon)
• Platoon, 549th Quartermaster Laundry Company
• 3426th Quartermaster Truck Company

SIGNAL

• 1st Signal Center Team
• 57th Signal Battalion
• 3201 SIS
  Signals Intelligence Service
  The Signals Intelligence Service was the United States Army codebreaking division, headquartered at Arlington Hall. It was a part of the Signal Corps so secret that outside the office of the Chief Signal officer, it did not officially exist. William Friedman began the division with three "junior...
  
   Detachment
• 4 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company
• Detachment A, 117th Radio Intelligence Company

NAVAL

• 3 Naval Combat Intelligence Teams
• Naval Gunfire Liaison Personnel
• 15 Naval Shore Fire Control Parties

3rd Infantry Division

Major General John W. O'Daniel

John W. O'Daniel

John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel was a United States Army general, best known for commanding the Third Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Southern France during World War II. He is also known for being the commanding officer of Audie Murphy.O’Daniel was an athlete, a teacher, a...

ORGANIC UNITS

• HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division
  • 3rd Military Police Platoon
  • 3rd Signal Company
  • 3rd Quartermaster Company
  • 3rd Counter Intelligence Corps
    Counter Intelligence Corps
    The Counter Intelligence Corps was a World War II and early Cold War intelligence agency within the United States Army. Its role was taken over by the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in 1961 and, in 1967, by the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency...
    
     Detachment
  • 3rd Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
  • 703rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 10th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 3rd Medical Battalion
• 7th Infantry Regiment
  7th Infantry Regiment (United States)
  The United States Army's 7th Infantry Regiment, known as "The Cottenbalers" from an incident that occurred during the Battle of New Orleans, while under the command of Andrew Jackson, when soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment held positions behind a breastwork of bales of cotton during the...
  
  
• 15th Infantry Regiment
• 30th Infantry Regiment
  30th Infantry Regiment (United States)
  The 30th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.-Lineage:*Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 30th Infantry...
  
  
• HHB, 3rd Division Artillery
  • 9th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer
    M101 howitzer
    The 105 mm M2A1 howitzer was the standard light field howitzer for the United States in World War II, seeing action in both European and Pacific theaters. Entering production in 1941, it quickly entered the war against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific, where it gained a reputation...
    
    )
  • 10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 39th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 41st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP

• 36th Engineer Combat Regiment
• 1st Naval Beach Battalion
• 72nd Signal Company (Special)
• Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
• Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Medical Battalion
  • 376th Medical Collecting Company
  • 377th Medical Collecting Company
  • 378th Medical Collecting Company
  • 682nd Medical Collecting Company
  • 1st Plat & HQ Detachment, 616th Medical Clearing Company
• Detachment, Boat Guards
  • 157th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
  • 706th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
  • 790th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
• Detachment, 377th Military Police Escort Guard Company
• Company A, 759th Military Police Battalion
• 1st Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
• Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
• 3rd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
• 69th Ordnance Ammunition Company
• Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
• Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
• 3407th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW
  DUKW
  The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious...
  
  )
• 6690th Regulating Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 530th Quartermaster Battalion
  • 4133rd Quartermaster Service Company
  • 4134th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 4135th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 4136th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3277th Quartermaster Service Company
• 3357th Quartermaster Truck Company
• 3634th Quartermaster Truck Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
  • 3333rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3334th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3325th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3336th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3353rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3355th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
• Section, 3856th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
• 1 Platoon, 93rd Quartermaster Railhead Company
• 332nd Air Force Beach Detail
• 111th Beach Section, RAF

36th Infantry Division

Major General John E. Dahlquist

John E. Dahlquist

John Ernest Dahlquist was a United States Army general and World War II division commander. In the course of his career, he commanded three different army divisions, commanded at the corps and field army level, and rose to the rank of four-star general.-Biography:Dahlquist was born on March 12,...

Organic Units

• HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division
  • 36th Military Police Platoon
  • 36th Signal Company
  • 36th Quartermaster Company
  • 36th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
  • 36th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
  • 736th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 111th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 111th Medical Battalion
• 141st Infantry Regiment
  141st Infantry Regiment (United States)
  The 141st Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The lineage of the 141st includes units tracing origins to the Texas Revolution, such as Company A, First Texas, 1836, and other infantry companies of the First Texas formed in the 1870s and 1880s.-World War II:During...
  
  
• 142nd Infantry Regiment
• 143rd Infantry Regiment
• HHB, 36th Division Artillery
  • 131st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 132nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 133rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 155th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

36th Infantry Division Beach Group

• 540th Engineer Combat Regiment
• 48th Engineer Combat Battalion
• 8th Naval Beach Battalion
• 74th Signal Company (Special)
• Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
• Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 56th Medical Battalion
  • 885th Medical Collecting Company
  • 886th Medical Collecting Company
  • 887th Medical Collecting Company
  • 891st Medical Clearing Company
  • 1st Platoon, 638th Clearing Company
• Co. C, 759th Military Police Battalion
• 1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
• Detachment, Boat Guards
  • 192nd Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
  • 601st Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
• 3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
• Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
• 1st Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
• 603rd Ordnance Ammunition Company
• Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
• Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
• 3405th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
• Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
• 1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
• 2nd Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Co
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 53rd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
  • 3337th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW
    DUKW
    The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious...
    
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  • 3338th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3339th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3340th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3354th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
  • 3356th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 259th Quartermaster Battalion
  • 3286th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3287th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3288th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3289th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3299th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3300th Quartermaster Service Company
• 3427th Quartermaster Truck Company
• 3360th Quartermaster Truck Company
• Air Force Beach Detail
• 111th Brick Section, RAF

45th Infantry Division

Major General William W. Eagles

ORGANIC UNITS

• HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division
  • 45th Military Police Platoon
  • 45th Signal Company
  • 45th Quartermaster Company
  • 45th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
  • 45th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
  • 700th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 120th Medical Battalion
• 157th Infantry Regiment
• 179th Infantry Regiment
  179th Infantry Regiment (United States)
  The 179th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army National Guard.The unit is an organic element of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oklahoma Army National Guard...
  
  
• 180th Infantry Regiment
• HHB, 45th Division Artillery
  • 158th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 160th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 171st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 189th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

45TH INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP

• 40th Engineer Combat Regiment
• 4th Naval Beach Battalion
• 71st Signal Company (Special)
• Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
• Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 58th Medical Battalion
  • 388th Medical Collecting Company
  • 389th Medical Collecting Company
  • 390th Medical Collecting Company
  • 514th Medical Clearing Company
  • 2nd Platoon, 616th Clearing Company
• Company B, 759th Military Police Battalion
• 1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
• Detachment, Boat Guards
  • 133rd Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
  • 175th Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
  • 191st Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
• 3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
• Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
• 2nd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
• 682nd Ordnance Ammunition Company
• Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
• Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
• 3487th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
• 3633rd Quartermaster Truck Company
• Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 147th Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
  • 829th Amphibian Truck Company
  • 830th Amphibian Truck Company
  • 831st Amphibian Truck Company
  • 832nd Amphibian Truck Company
• 1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
• HQ & HQ Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
  • 3250th Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3251st Quartermaster Service Company
    59th Quartermaster Company (United States)
    The 59th Quartermaster Company is a bulk petroleum company designed to provide semi-portable storage for of fuel and to provide distribution of fuel to military units within a specified geographic area while deployed overseas. Its secondary mission is to provide armed military escort to military...
    
    
  • 3252nd Quartermaster Service Company
  • 3253rd Quartermaster Service Company
  • 4053rd Quartermaster Service Company
• Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Company
• 3425th Quartermaster Truck Company
• Air Force Beach Detail
• 110th Beach Section, RAF

Armee "B"

Général d'armée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC was a French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War.-Early life:...

• E-M Armee "B" Cie QG 162/27 (-)

2ème Corps d'Armee

II Corps (France)

The 2nd Army Corps was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940 and during the 1944-45 campaigns in southern France, the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, and southwestern Germany...

Général de corps d'armée

Général de corps d'armée

A Général de corps d'armée is a senior rank in the French Army.The rank is the equivalent of a Lieutenant General in other countries and is junior to the rank of Général d'armée and senior to Général de division...

 Edgard de Larminat

Edgard de Larminat

Edgard de Larminat was a French general, who fought in two World Wars. He was one of the most important military figures who rejoined the Free French forces in 1940...

• QG CA et Cie QG CA 75

Divisions

• 1re Division de Marche d'Infanterie
  1st Free French Division
  The 1st Free French Division was one of the principal units of the Free French Forces during World War II, and the first Free French unit of divisional size.-World War II:...
  
  

Général de division Diego Brosset

• 1re Division Blindée
  1st Armored Division (France)
  The 1st Armored Division was an armored unit of the French Army. The division fought during World War II as a part of the First French Army and was active during the Cold War...
  
   (-2 CC)

Général de division Jean Touzet du Vigier

• 3ème Division d'Infanterie Algérienne
  3rd Algerian Infantry Division
  The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the last half of the Second World War. The 3e DIA had one of the most successful combat records of any French Army division during the Second World War. It paid a high price for this distinction, suffering more...
  
  

Général de division Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert

• 9e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale

Général de Brigade Joseph Magnan

• 2e Regt Spahis Algérienne (Rcn Btn)
• 1re Groupe de Tabors Marocaine
• 3ème Groupe de Tabors Marocaine
• 4e Groupe de Tabors Marocaine

FIELD ARTILLERY

• E-M du Groupement d'Artillerie
• No. 1 Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Observation Battalion (US)
• 1er Grpe du Regt d'Artillerie Col du Levant
• 3ème Grpe du 65e Regt d'Artillerie

Anti Aircraft Artillery

• Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 34th AAA
  Anti-aircraft warfare
  NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
  
   Brigade (US)
• 62nd AAA Gun Battalion (US)
• Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 80th AAA Group (US)
• 893rd AAA (AW) Battalion (SM)

Tank Destroyer

• Chasseurs d'Afrique
  Chasseurs d'Afrique
  The Chasseurs d'Afrique were a light cavalry corps in the French Armée d'Afrique . First raised in the 1830s from regular French cavalry posted to Algeria, they numbered five regiments by World War II...
  
  
  • 7e Regt Chasseurs d'Afrique
  • 8e Regt Chasseurs d'Afrique

Engineer

• Cie Topographique du Génie No. 31
• 1011e Regt du Génie

MILITARY POLICE

• 521e Regulatrice Routiere
• 2e Cie du 11 Group de Ie Garde

MEDICAL

• 401e Hôpital d'Evacuation Organe de Réanimation et de Transfusion No. 441/3
• 405e Hôpital d'Evacuation
• 432e Bataillion Médical
• 451/1 Depot Avancé
• 422e Hôpital d'Campagne

ORDNANCE

• E-M du 651e Bon de Reparation
  • Cie Moyene de Reparation Material No. 652/1
  • Cie Moyene de Reparation Auto No. 651/3
  • Cie Moyene de Reparation Auto No. 652/3
• 64e Cie de Munitions
• 65e Cie de Munitions

QUARTERMASTER

• 1er Bon du 8 Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais
  Senegalese Tirailleurs
  The Senegalese Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army recruited from Senegal,French West Africa and throughout west, central and east Africa, the main province of the French colonial empire...
  
  , Pioniers
• Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 323
• Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 325
• Cie Mixte de Ravitaillement en Essence No. 704 (2 detachments)

SIGNAL

• 61e Bon de Transmission de CA
• 6693rd Signal Detachment (Provisional) (US)
• 3 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company (US)
• 806 Bataillon de Construction
• Detachment, Trans Armée "B"
  • Cie d' Exploit 827/1
  • Son Ecoutes 828
  • Grp Tele Mil 829
• Det, Parc de Transmission No. 810 & Det Cie Technique de Transmission No. 841

Transportation

• 11e Cie du Grp de Transport No. 501

XII Tactical Air Command

XII Tactical Air Command

The XII Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Bad Kissingen, Germany...

Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville

Gordon P. Saville

Gordon Philip Saville was a United States Air Force major general who was an outspoken proponent of tactical aviation amidst a brotherhood of airmen who promoted strategic bombing. With Benjamin S. Kelsey, Saville co-wrote the technical specifications which led to the P-38 Lightning and the P-39...

• 1st Fighter Group
  1st Operations Group
  The 1st Operations Group is the flying component of the 1st Fighter Wing, assigned to the USAF Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The 1st Operations Group is the oldest major air combat unit in the United States Air Force, being a successor organization...
  
    (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
• 14th Fighter Group
  14th Operations Group
  The 14th Operations Group is the flying component of the 14th Flying Training Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command...
  
   (P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
• 27th Fighter Group
  27th Special Operations Group
  The 27th Special Operations Group is the flying component of the 27th Special Operations Wing, assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command...
  
   (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
• 57th Operations Group
  57th Operations Group
  The 57th Operations Group is a non-flying component of the 57th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.-Overview:...
  
   (P-47 Thunderbolt)
• 79th Fighter Group
  79th Fighter Group
  The 79th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Defense Command 30th Air Division, being assigned to Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960.-World War II:...
  
   (P-47 Thunderbolt)
• 86th Fighter Group
  86th Operations Group
  The 86th Operations Group is the flying operational component of the 86th Airlift Wing. The group is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
  
   (P-47 Thunderbolt)
• 324th Fighter Group
  324th Fighter Group
  The 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
  
   (P-47 Thunderbolt)
• No. 251 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire
  Supermarine Spitfire
  The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
  
   IX)
• No. 322 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
• No. 324 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
• 47th Bombardment Group
  47th Flying Training Wing
  The 47th Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force pilot training wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas...
  
   (Douglas A-20 Havoc)
• 111th Reconnaissance Squadron (F-6A Mustang)
• 415th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI
  Bristol Beaufighter
  The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design...
  
  )
• No. 225 Squadron RAF
  No. 225 Squadron RAF
  No. 225 Squadron RAF was formed on 1 April 1918 at Alimini, Italy from part of No. 6 Wing RNAS, and was equipped with Sopwith Camels. The squadron disbanded on 18 December 1918....
  
   (Spitfire V)
• II/33 Escadrille (Spitfire V)
• Quartieme Escadre (P-47 Thunderbolt)

• 57th Bombardment Wing
  • 310th Bombardment Group
    310th Space Wing
    The 310th Space Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command Tenth Air Force. It is a tenant unit at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo....
    
     (North American B-25 Mitchell)
  • 321st Bombardment Group
    321st Air Expeditionary Group
    The 321st Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit. It now appears to be the 321st Air Expeditionary Training Group at COB Speicher, Iraq, supervising Iraqi Air Force training....
    
     (B-25 Mitchell)
  • 340th Bombardment Group
    340th Flying Training Group
    The 340th Flying Training Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Tenth Air Force...
    
     (B-25 Mitchell)
  • 5th Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning
    P-38 Lightning
    The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament...
    
    )
  • 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning)
  • No. 682 Squadron RAF
    No. 682 Squadron RAF
    No. 682 Squadron RAF was a photo reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.-History:The squadron was formed on 1 February 1943 at Maison Blanche, Algeria from No. 4 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF...
    
     (Supermarine Spitfire XI)

• 42nd Bombardment Wing
  42d Air Base Wing
  The 42nd Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Air University. It is stationed at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama...
  
  
  • 17th Bombardment Group
    17th Training Group
    The 17th Training Group is a component organization of the 17th Training Wing assigned to the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command. The group is stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas....
    
     Martin B-26 Marauder
  • 319th Bombardment Group
    319th Operations Group
    The 319th Operations Group is the flying component of the 319th Air Refueling Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command...
    
     (B-26 Marauder)
  • 320th Bombardment Group
    320th Air Expeditionary Wing
    The 320th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is stationed at Bolling AFB, District of Columbia...
    
     (B-26 Marauder)
  • 31e Escadre (B-26 Marauder)

• 31st Fighter Group
  31st Operations Group
  The 31st Operations Group is the flying component of the 31st Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. It is stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy.-Overview:...
  
   P-51 Mustang
  P-51 Mustang
  The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...
  
   (Escorts for airborne operations)
• 325th Fighter Group
  325th Operations Group
  The 325th Operations Group is the flying component of the 325th Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command...
  
   P-51 Mustang (Escorts for airborne operations)

Source: Jackson (1986), p. 221

Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal

Air Vice-Marshal

Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...

 Hugh Lloyd

63rd Fighter Wing

63d Fighter Wing (World War II)

The 63d Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Texas Air National Guard, based at Ellington Field, Texas...

• No. 326 (GC 2/7 Nice)
  No. 326 Squadron RAF
  The No. 326 Squadron RAF was a Free French fighter squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II.-History:...
  
   (Spitfire V and IX)
• No. 327 (GC 1/3 Corse) (Spitfire IX)
• No. 328 (GC 1/7 Provence)
  No. 328 Squadron RAF
  The No. 328 Squadron RAF was a Free French fighter squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II.-History:...
  
   (Spitfire V and IX)
• 417th Night Fighter Squadron
  417th Weapons Squadron
  The 417th Weapons Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the USAF Weapons School based at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. It was inactivated on September 14, 2006....
  
   (Beaufighter VI)
• VOC-01 (Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman TBF Avenger)
• 350th Fighter Group
  350th Fighter Group
  The 350th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the III Fighter Command, being stationed at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
  
  
  • 345th Fighter Squadron (Bell P-39 Airacobra)
  • 346th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
  • 347th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
• No. 272 Squadron RAF
  No. 272 Squadron RAF
  No. 272 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as an anti–submarine unit in World War I and a coastal fighter unit in World War II.-Formation and World War I:No...
  
   (Beaufighter X)
• 414th Night Fighter Squadron
  414th Combat Training Squadron
  The 414th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada....
  
   (Beaufighter VI)
• No. 256 Squadron RAF
  No. 256 Squadron RAF
  No. 256 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Defiant Mk IIs out of RAF Squires Gate in the night defence of Liverpool....
  
   (Mosquito XII and XIII
  De Havilland Mosquito
  The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft that served during the Second World War and the postwar era. It was known affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews and was also nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder"...
  
  )
• No. 153 Squadron RAF
  No. 153 Squadron RAF
  No. 153 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force. On 1 July, 1958, the unit was renumbered as No. 25 Squadron RAF.-Aircraft operated:...
  
   (Beaufighter VI)
• No. 458 Squadron RAAF
  No. 458 Squadron RAAF
  No. 458 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in Australia, under the Empire Air Training Scheme. The Squadron flew various versions of Vickers Wellington bombers, first in Europe and later in the Middle East.-Over Europe:No. 458 was formed at...
  
   (Wellington XIV
  Vickers Wellington
  The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
  
  )
• No. 36 Squadron RAF
  No. 36 Squadron RAF
  No. 36 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed at Cramlington on February 1, 1916 and was disbanded for the last time in 1975.-First World War:No...
  
    (Wellington XIV)
• No. 17 Squadron SAAF
  17 Squadron SAAF
  17 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is currently a transport/utility helicopter squadron.* First formed: 1 September 1939...
  
   (Lockheed Ventura
  Lockheed Ventura
  The Lockheed Ventura was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises...
  
   V)
• 4S Squadron (Supermarine Walrus
  Supermarine Walrus
  The Supermarine Walrus was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and operated by the Fleet Air Arm . It also served with the Royal Air Force , Royal Australian Air Force , Royal Canadian Air Force , Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal New...
  
  )
• No. 14 Squadron RAF
  No. 14 Squadron RAF
  No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Beechcraft Shadow R1 in the ISTAR role from RAF Waddington.-World War I:...
  
   (Marauder I, II and III
  B-26 Marauder
  The Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe....
  
  )

Source: Jackson (1986), p. 222

Provisional Troop Carrier Air Division

Brigadier General Paul L. Williams

Paul L. Williams (US general)

Paul Langdon Williams was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force general. As head of the IX Troop Carrier Command during World War II, he was responsible for the airlift of the airborne landings in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, southern France, Holland and...

• 50th Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain
  C-47 Skytrain
  The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...
  
  )
  • 439th Troop Carrier Group
    439th Operations Group
    The 439th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 439th Airlift Wing, stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts...
    
    
  • 440th Troop Carrier Group
  • 441st Troop Carrier Group
    441st Troop Carrier Group
    The 441st Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve organization. Its last assignment was to the 441st Troop Carrier Wing, stationed at Chicago-Orchard Airport, Illinois, on 14 March 1951....
    
    
  • 442d Troop Carrier Group
• 51st Troop Carrier Wing
  51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)
  The 51st Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe. It was inactivated on 5 January 1948....
  
   (C-47 Skytrain)
  • 60th Troop Carrier Group
    60th Air Mobility Wing
    The 60th Air Mobility Wing is the host unit at Travis Air Force Base in California. It is the largest air mobility organization in the United States Air Force and is responsible for strategic airlift and aerial refueling missions around the world...
    
    
  • 62nd Troop Carrier Group
    62d Airlift Wing
    The 62d Airlift Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. It is assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of Air Mobility Command and is active duty host wing on McChord. The wing is composed of more than 7,200 active duty military and civilian...
    
    
  • 64th Troop Carrier Group
• 53rd Troop Carrier Wing
  53d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)
  The 53d Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the IX Troop Carrier Command, based at Camp Shanks, New York. It was inactivated on 12 August 1945....
  
   (C-47 Skytrain)
  • 435th Troop Carrier Group
  • 436th Troop Carrier Group
    436th Operations Group
    The 436th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force unit. It is the flying component of the Eighteenth Air Force 436th Airlift Wing, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware....
    
    
  • 437th Troop Carrier Group
  • 438th Troop Carrier Group

Source: Warren, p. 87

Allied Naval forces

Vice Admiral

Vice admiral (United States)

In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and the United States Maritime Service, vice admiral is a three-star flag officer, with the pay grade of...

 Henry Kent Hewitt

CONTROL FORCE, Vice Admiral Hewitt

• Amphibious Force Flagship , destroyer
  Destroyer
  In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
  
   , minesweeper
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
  s , , , , , , , ,

SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP Captain H. C. Johnson

• Western Diversionary Unit, Captain H. C. Johnson

}, four Minelayer

Minelayer

Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines...

s, eight 8 PT boat

PT boat

PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet". The Japanese called them "Devil Boats".The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were...

s, twelve ASRC

• Eastern Diversionary Unit, Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. KBE was an American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.-Early life:...
  
  
  • Gunboat
    Gunboat
    A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
    
    s , , , , three minelayers, four PT boats

Task Force 84 "Alpha Force"

Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry

• Force Flagship Group: , Fighter Director Ship , LCl-953, PC-1169.

• Assault Groups
  • Red Beach Assault Group: 46 LCI, 25 LST, 7 LCC, 43 LCT, 11 LCM, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 7 LCS, 4 British AM, 5 PC
  • Yellow Beach Assault Group: Attack transports , , transports , , attack freighters , , , 6 SC, 4 PC, 3 LCC, 6 LST, 9 LCI, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 17 LCT, 9 LCM, 6 LCS, 4 British AM.

• Gunfire Support Group, Rear Admiral J. M. Mansfield RN
  • Battleship
  • Light cruisers , , , , , French light cruiser
  • Destroyers , , , , ,

• Minesweeper Group

}, , , , , 6 SC, 10 YMS, 8 British and 6 French AM, 2 LCC, 2 danlayer

Danlayer

A danlayer was a type of vessel assigned to minesweeping flotillas during and immediately after World War II. They were usually small trawlers, fitted for the purpose of laying dans...

s.

• Salvage and firefighting group
  • Fleet tug , 1 ATA, British tugs Empire Spitfire, Empire Ann, 1 boom vessel, 1 ATR, 1 YTB, 1 YTL, 1 FT

Task Force 85 DELTA FORCE

Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers

• Force Flagship Group:
  • Seaplane tender
    Seaplane tender
    A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
    
     
  • Destroyer
  • one fighter-director tender

• TRANSPORT GROUP
  Captain R. A. Dierdorff
  • Transports , , Marine Robin, Santa Rosa, ,
  • Attack freighters ,
  • British LSP Dilwara, LSI , Landing Ship Gantry Ennerdale (converted tanker carrying LCM).
  • Destroyers , ,
  • Destroyer escorts ,

• ASSAULT GROUPS
  • Red Beach Assault Group: 10 LST, 6 LCI, 7 LCT, 1 LCG, I LCF, 4 LCS, 2 LCM(R), 2 SC, 2 LCC; 1 LCM
  • Green Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 5 LCI, 7 LCT, 4 LCS, 2 LCM, 2 SC, 1 LCC
  • Yellow Beach Assault Group: 2 LST, 2 LCI, 26 LCVP, 4 LCS, 4 LCT, 3 LCM, 1 SC, 1 LCC
  • Blue Beach Assault Group: 1 LST, 26 LCVP, 16 LCT, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 4 LCS, 3 LCM, 1 PC, 1 LCC, 1 LCI
  • Corps and Division Reserve Groups: 5 LST, 20 LCI, 18 LCT, I FT

• GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
  Rear Admiral C. F. Bryant
  • Battleships ,
  • Light cruiser
  • French light cruisers ,
  • Destroyers , , , , , ,
  • French destroyers , ,

• MINESWEEPER GROUP
  • Minesweepers , ; , , , , ,
  • Danlayers Satsa, Calm

• COMBAT AND FIREFIGHTING GROUP
  • Fleet tugs , , HMS Aspirant, Athlete, Charon, 1 ATA, 2 YTL.

Task Force 87 CAMEL FORCE

Rear Admiral Spencer S. Lewis

• Force Flagship Group: Attack transport , British LCH-3l5·

• ASSAULT GROUPS
  • Red Beach Assault Group:
    • Attack transports ,
    • Transports , ,
    • Attack freighters , ,
    • 5 LCI, 3 LST, 21 LCT, 20 LCVP, 9 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 3 SC, 2 PC; 1 LSI (Br.), 1 LSD (Br.)
  • Green Beach Assault Group: 23 LCI, I LCH, 14 LST, 21 LCT, 7 LCVP, 7 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 2 PC, 2 SC
  • Blue Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 1 LCI, 3 LCS, 2 LCT, 2 SC, 1 PC
  • Escort and Screening Group: Destroyers from Bombardment Group; 6 PC, 10 SC, 1 LST, 2 LCF, 1 LSF, 1 LCC, 5 LCS, 5 LCVP, 1 LCT, 2 LCM

• BOMBARDMENT GROUP
  Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
  Morton Deyo
  Vice Admiral Morton Lyndholm Deyo was an officer in the United States Navy, who was a naval gunfire support task force commander of World War II....
  
  
  • Battleship
  • Heavy Cruiser
  • Light cruisers , , , French cruisers ,
  • Destroyers , , , , , , , , , ,

• Minesweeper Group
  • Minesweepers , , , , 6 YMS, 6 BYMS, 2 danlayers, 6 British ML, 12 British AM, HMS Product

• Salvage and Firefighting Group
  • Fleet ocean tugs , , 1 U.S., 2 British ATA, 1 YTB, 3 LCI, 1 LCT, 4 LCM, 1 boom vessel, 1 YTL

Task Force 86 SITKA FORCE

Rear Admiral

Rear admiral (United States)

Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. The uniformed services of the United States are unique in having two grades of rear admirals.- Rear admiral :...

 Lyal A. Davidson

• GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
  Rear Admiral Davidson

}

• • Heavy cruiser
    Heavy cruiser
    The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
    
      (flagship)
  • Light cruiser
    Light cruiser
    A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
    
     
  • Destroyer
    Destroyer
    In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
    
    s , , , HHMS Themistocles
    HMS Bramham (L51)
    HMS Bramham was a Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down in Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyards Govan, Scotland on 7 April 1941. She was launched on 29 January 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 June 1942. In the following August she served in Operation Pedestal, a mission...
    
    
  • Reserve: Light cruisers , ,

• TRANSPORT GROUP
  Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler
  Theodore E. Chandler
  Theodore Edson Chandler was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II, who commanded battleship and cruiser divisions in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. He was killed in action when Japanese kamikaze aircraft struck his flagship.He was the grandson of William E...
  
  
  • Unit A: Destroyer transports , HMS Prince Baudoin; PT-201
  • Unit B: HMCS Prince Henry; Destroyer transports , , , , four PT boats
  • ROMEO Unit: , , , four PT boats
  • Screen: Eight PT boats

• MINESWEEPER GROUP

}, , , , , four minelayers, Danlayer

Danlayer

A danlayer was a type of vessel assigned to minesweeping flotillas during and immediately after World War II. They were usually small trawlers, fitted for the purpose of laying dans...

 

TG 88.1

Rear Admiral Troubridge (899 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire

Supermarine Seafire

The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.-Origins of the Seafire:...

 (800 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Hellcat (882 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Wildcat (881 Naval Air Squadron) Wildcat (879 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire

Supermarine Seafire

The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.-Origins of the Seafire:...

• anti-aircraft light cruisers (flagship), ,
• destroyers , , , , , ; HHMS Navarinon
  HMS Echo (H23)
  HMS Echo was an E class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, before being transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944, and renamed Navarinon, until scrapped in 1956.-Service history:Echo had a small role in...
  
  

TG 88.2

Rear Admiral C. T. Durgin USN (VOF-01) F6F Hellcat

F6F Hellcat

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy service. Although the F6F resembled the Wildcat, it was a completely new design powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800. Some tagged it as the "Wildcat's big...

, (VF-74

VF-74

VF-74, Fighter Squadron 74, Be-Devilers was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1944 to 1994.-History:VF-74 was established on 16 April 1945 as VBF-20 flying the F4U-1 Corsair from NAS Wildwood in New Jersey. After six months they transitioned to the F6F Hellcat but soon...

) F6F Hellcat

F6F Hellcat

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy service. Although the F6F resembled the Wildcat, it was a completely new design powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800. Some tagged it as the "Wildcat's big...

, (807 Naval Air Squadron

807 Naval Air Squadron

807 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy.-Second World War:807 Squadron was formed at Worthy Down in September 1940, equipped with Fairey Fulmar Is. Three were embarked on HMS Pegasus, where they remained until February 1941, when the entire squadron embarked on for...

) Supermarine Seafire

Supermarine Seafire

The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.-Origins of the Seafire:...

, (809 Naval Air Squadron

809 Naval Air Squadron

-WWII:Formed in January 1941 at St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, the squadron embarked in HMS Victorious in July 1941. At first involved in operations against Petsamo and Bodø, and then the convoys to North Russia, Victorious and her air group fought in the Mediterranean from July 1942, including...

) Supermarine Seafire

Supermarine Seafire

The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.-Origins of the Seafire:...

• antiaircraft light cruisers ,
• destroyers , , , , , , 6 British ML.

TG 80.6 Antisubmarine and Convoy Control Group

Captain J. P. Clay

• Destroyers , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HHMS Pindos
  Greek destroyer Pindos (L65)
  Pindos was a Hunt III class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Bolebroke but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 27 June 1942 as Pindos in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained...
  
  , , , , , , , , , , , , HHMS Kriti
  HMS Hursley (L84)
  HMS Hursley was a Second World War Type 2 Hunt class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is the only Royal Navy ship to have carried this name. Hursley is a village in Hampshire. Commissioned in 1942, she served in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy in...
  
  , HHMS Themistoklis
  HMS Bramham (L51)
  HMS Bramham was a Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down in Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyards Govan, Scotland on 7 April 1941. She was launched on 29 January 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 June 1942. In the following August she served in Operation Pedestal, a mission...
  
  
• Destroyer escort
  Destroyer escort
  A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...
  
  s , , , , ,
• French destroyers Le Fortuné , Forbin , Simoun, Tempête, Alcyon
• French corvette
  Corvette
  A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
  
  s Marocain, Tunisien , Hova, Algérien, Somali
• French sloop
  Sloop
  A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
  
  s Commandant Domine, La Moqueuse, Commandant Bory, La Gracieuse, Commandant Delage, La Boudeuse
• Minesweepers , , , , , , 6 YMS
• Corvettes ,

Source: Morison

Samuel Eliot Morison

Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral, United States Naval Reserve was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history that were both authoritative and highly readable. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years...

, The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945 (1957), pp. 338–343

Nineteenth Army

19th Army (Germany)

The 19th Army was a World War II field army of the German Army .-History:Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern France from Armeegruppe Felber The 19th Army (German: 19. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer).-History:Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern...

General der Infanterie

General of the Infantry (Germany)

General of the Infantry is a rank of general in the Imperial Army, Reichswehr or Wehrmacht - the second-highest regular rank. The same rank spread to the Imperial Russian Army and the Defence forces of Finland between the world wars...

 Friedrich Wiese

Friedrich Wiese

Friedrich Wiese was a German general who commanded the 19. Armee during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

IV Luftwaffe Field Corps

• 716th Infantry Division
• 198th Infantry Division
• 189th Reserve Division
  189th Infantry Division (Germany)
  The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army in the World War II.In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.-Order of Battle 1944:Units...
  
  

LXXXV Army Corps

General der Infanterie

General of the Infantry (Germany)

General of the Infantry is a rank of general in the Imperial Army, Reichswehr or Wehrmacht - the second-highest regular rank. The same rank spread to the Imperial Russian Army and the Defence forces of Finland between the world wars...

 Baptist Kneiss

• 338th Infantry Division
  338th Infantry Division (Germany)
  The 338th Infantry Division was a division of the German Army in World War II.In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.-Order of Battle 1944:*757th Fortress Grenadier Regiment...
  
  
  Generalleutnant René l'Homme de Courbiére
• 244th Infantry Division
  244th Infantry Division (Germany)
  The 244th Infantry Division was a division of the German Army in the World War II.In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.-Order of Battle 1944:*932nd Grenadier Regiment...
  
  
  Generalleutnant Hans Schaefer

LXII Reserve Army Corps

General der Infanterie

General of the Infantry (Germany)

General of the Infantry is a rank of general in the Imperial Army, Reichswehr or Wehrmacht - the second-highest regular rank. The same rank spread to the Imperial Russian Army and the Defence forces of Finland between the world wars...

 Ferdinand Neuling

Ferdinand Neuling

Ferdinand Neuling was a general of the Wehrmacht during World War II. In September 1939, German troops under his command occupied the Polish part of Upper Silesia and cities of Katowice, Mikołów Chorzów, committing numerous war crimes on Polish civilians and resistance fighters.- Biography :In...

• 242nd Infantry Division
  242nd Infantry Division (Germany)
  The 242nd Infantry Division was a division of the German Army in the World War II.In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.-Order of Battle 1944:Commanders*Generalleutnant J...
  
  
  Generalleutnant Johannes Baessler
• 148th Reserve Division
  Generalmajor Otto Fretter-Pico
  Otto Fretter-Pico
  Otto Fretter-Pico was a highly decorated major-general in the German Army during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful...
  
  

LXIV Army Corps 

The Corps swapped units with the IV Luftwaffe Corps in September.

• 159th Reserve Division

Army Reserve

• 11th Panzer Division
  Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim
  Wend von Wietersheim
  Wend von Wietersheim was a German general of Infantry, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
  
• 157th Reserve Division
  8th Mountain Division
  8th Mountain Division or 8. Gebirgs-Division was formed on 27 February 1945 by the redesignation of the 157th Mountain Division. Which itself had been formed from the 157th Infantry Division in September 1944. The division was stationed in France until the Italian surrender when it then moved to...
  
  
• 158th Reserve Division (was in transition forming the 16th Infantry Division)