Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), Mediterranean General Dwight D. Eisenhower Ground forces :
Allied 15th Army Group : General
Harold Alexander Naval forces : Allied Naval Forces, Mediterranean (Admiral
Andrew Cunningham) :: Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche) (Vice Admiral
H. Kent Hewitt, USN) ::
Force H (Vice Admiral Sir
Algernon Willis, RN) :: Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick (Vice Admiral
Arthur Power, RN)
Air forces :
Mediterranean Air Command (Allied) (Air Chief Marshal Sir
Arthur Tedder)
Operation Baytown – 3 September Landings across Strait of Messina British Eighth Army General Bernard Law Montgomery British XIII Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey : Corps troops :: 1st Special Reconnaissance Squadron ::
No. 3 Commando ::
No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando : Corps artillery :: 6th Army Group, Royal Artillery :: 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade : Also supporting XIII Corps :: 5th Army Group, Royal Artillery ::
XXX Corps Artillery :
British 5th Infantry Division :
Major-General Gerard Bucknall ::
13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
L.M. Campbell) ::: 2nd Battalion
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ::: 2nd Battalion
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ::: 2nd Battalion
Wiltshire Regiment ::
15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E.O. Martin) ::: 1st Battalion
Green Howards ::: 1st Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry :::
1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment ::
17th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Dudley Ward) ::: 2nd Battalion
Royal Scots Fusiliers ::: 2nd Battalion
Northamptonshire Regiment ::: 6th Battalion
Seaforth Highlanders :: Divisional troops ::: 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion) ::: 5th Reconnaissance Regiment,
Reconnaissance Corps :::
91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::: 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 245th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 254th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers :
Canadian 1st Infantry Division :
Major-General Guy Simonds :: 1st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Howard Graham) :::
The Royal Canadian Regiment ::: 1st Battalion,
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment ::: 1st Battalion,
48th Highlanders of Canada :: 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Chris Vokes) :::
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ::: 1st Battalion,
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada ::: 1st Battalion,
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment ::
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier M.H.S. Penhale) :::
Royal 22e Régiment ::: 1st Battalion,
The Carleton and York Regiment ::: 1st Battalion,
The West Nova Scotia Regiment ::
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade (Brigadier R.A. Wyman) :::
11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment) :::
12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment) :::
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment) :: Divisional troops :::
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards) :::
1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry) (Machine Gun Battalion) ::: 1st Field Regiment,
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery ::: 2nd Field Regiment,
Royal Canadian Artillery ::: 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery ::: 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery ::: 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery ::: 1st Field Company,
Royal Canadian Engineers ::: 3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers ::: 4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers ::: 2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers :
British 231st Infantry Brigade Group (Brigadier
Roy Urquhart) ::
Major-General George F. Hopkinson killed in action 9 Sep, then
Major-General Ernest Down :::
1st Parachute Brigade (Brigadier
G.W. Lathbury) ::::
1st Parachute Battalion ::::
2nd Parachute Battalion ::::
3rd Parachute Battalion ::::
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance :::
2nd Parachute Brigade (Brigadier
Ernest Down) ::::
4th Parachute Battalion ::::
5th Parachute Battalion ::::
6th Parachute Battalion ::::
127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance :::
4th Parachute Brigade (Brigadier
J.W. Hackett) ::::
10th Parachute Battalion ::::
11th Parachute Battalion ::::
156th Parachute Battalion ::::
133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance :::
1st Airlanding Brigade (Brigadier
Pip Hicks) :::: 1st Battalion
Border Regiment :::: 2nd Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment ::::
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance :::
Glider Pilot Regiment Operation Avalanche – 9 September Landings at Salerno US Fifth Army Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark Army Group Reserve :
US 82nd Airborne ("All-American") Division :
Major General Matthew B. Ridgway ::
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment ::
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment ::
325th Glider Infantry Regiment :
US 1st Armored ("Old Ironsides") Division :
Major General Ernest N. Harmon British X Corps Lieutenant-General Richard L. McCreery Northern landing beaches :
Corps troops ::
Royal Scots Greys (Sherman tanks, attached to 56th Division) ::
40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached to British 46th Infantry Division) :
Major-General John Hawkesworth ::
128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
M.A. James) ::: 2nd Battalion,
Hampshire Regiment ::: 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment ::: 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment ::
138th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier G.P. Harding) ::: 6th Battalion,
Lincolnshire Regiment ::: 2/4th Battalion,
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ::: 6th Battalion,
York and Lancaster Regiment ::
139th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R.E.H. Stott) ::: 2/5th Battalion,
Leicestershire Regiment ::: 5th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters ::: 16th Battalion,
Durham Light Infantry :: Divisional Troops :::
2nd Battalion,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Battalion) ::: 46th Reconnaissance Regiment,
Reconnaissance Corps :::
70th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery ::: 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::: 270th Field Company,
Royal Engineers :::: 271st Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers :
56th (London) Infantry Division :
Major-General Douglas Graham ::
167th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C.E.A. Firth) ::: 8th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers ::: 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers ::: 7th Battalion,
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ::
169th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
L.O. Lyne) ::: 2/5th Battalion,
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::
201st Guards Brigade (Brigadier
J.A. Gascoigne) ::: 6th Battalion,
Grenadier Guards ::: 3rd Battalion,
Coldstream Guards ::: 2nd Battalion,
Scots Guards :: Divisional Troops ::: 6th Battalion,
Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion) ::: 44th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps ::: 64th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
113th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::: 220th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 221st Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 563rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers :
British 7th Armoured Division :
Major-General George Erskine ::
22nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier
W.R.N. Hinde) :::
1st Royal Tank Regiment :::
5th Royal Tank Regiment :::
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) ::: 1st Battalion,
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ::
131st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Lashmer Whistler) ::: 1/5th Battalion,
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) :: Divisional Troops :::
11th Hussars :::
3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery :::
5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery ::: 146th Field Battery, Royal Artillery :::
65th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::: 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 621st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 143rd Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
US VI Corps Major General Ernest J. Dawley Southern landing beaches :
US 3rd Infantry ("Rock of the Marne") Division :
Major General Lucian K. Truscott ::
7th Infantry Regiment ::
15th Infantry Regiment ::
30th Infantry Regiment :: HHB
3rd DIVARTY :::
9th Field Artillery Battalion :::
10th Field Artillery Battalion ::: 39th Field Artillery Battalion :::
41st Field Artillery Battalion :: 3rd Reconnaissance Troop ::
10th Engineer Combat Battalion :: 3rd Medical Battalion :: Headquarters, 3rd Special Troops ::: HHC, 3rd Infantry Division ::: 703rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company ::: 3rd Signal Company ::: 3rd Quartermaster Company :
US 34th Infantry ("Red Bull") Division :
Major General Charles W. Ryder ::
133rd Infantry Regiment ::
135th Infantry Regiment ::
168th Infantry Regiment :
US 36th Infantry ("Arrowhead") Division :
Major General Fred L. Walker ::
141st Infantry Regiment ::
142nd Infantry Regiment ::
143rd Infantry Regiment :
US 45th Infantry ("Thunderbird") Division :
Major General Troy H. Middleton ::
157th Infantry Regiment ::
179th Infantry Regiment ::
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