:
C-in-C: General
Sir Harold Alexander :
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General
Sir John Harding British 8th Army Commander: :Lieutenant-General
Oliver Leese New Zealand Corps :Lieutenant-General
Bernard Freyberg :*
2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General
Howard Kippenberger) :**
5th Infantry Brigade :***
21st Infantry Battalion :***
23rd Infantry Battalion :***
28th (Māori) Infantry Battalion :**
6th Infantry Brigade :***
24th Infantry Battalion :***
25th Infantry Battalion :***
26th Infantry Battalion :**
4th Armoured Brigade :***
18th Armoured Regiment :***
19th Armoured Regiment :***
20th Armoured Regiment :***
22nd Motorised Battalion :**Divisional troops :***
4th,
5th and
6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery :***
14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA :***11th and 17th Field Regiments,
Royal Artillery :***66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA :***6th, 7th and 8th Field Company,
New Zealand Engineers :***5th Field Park Company, NZE :***2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment :*
4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General
Francis Tuker until 4 February then Brigadier
Harry Dimoline (due to illness)) :**
5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman) :***1/4th Battalion,
Essex Regiment :***4th Battalion,
6th Rajputana Rifles :***1st Battalion,
6th Gurkha Rifles :**
7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier O. de T. Lovett) :***1st Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment :***4th Battalion,
16th Punjab Regiment :***1st Battalion,
2nd Gurkha Rifles :**
11th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier V. C. Griffin) :***2nd Battalion,
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders :***1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles :***2nd Battalion,
7th Gurkha Rifles :**Divisional troops :***1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery :***149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA :***27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA :***Engineers :****4th Field Company,
King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners :****12th Field Company,
Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners :****21st Field Company,
Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners :****11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners :****5th Indian Bridging Platoon :***
Central India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment) :***Machine gun Battalion,
6th Rajputana Rifles :*
British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February) (Major-General
Charles Keightley) :**
11th British Infantry Brigade :***2nd Battalion,
Lancashire Fusiliers :***1st Battalion,
East Surrey Regiment :***
5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment :**
36th British Infantry Brigade :***5th Battalion,
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) :***6th Battalion,
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment :***8th Battalion,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders :**
38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade :***2nd Battalion,
London Irish Rifles :***1st Battalion,
Royal Irish Fusiliers :***6th Battalion,
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers :**Divisional troops :***17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA :***64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA :***49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA :***214th, 237th and 256th Field Company,
Royal Engineers :***281st Field Park Company, RE :***21st Bridging Platoon, RE :***56th Reconnaissance Regiment :***1st Battalion,
Kensington Regiment (MG) :*Corps troops :*2nd Army Group, RA (under command) :**Two additional Field Regiments, RA :**Five Medium Regiments, RA ==
German Army Group C==