Allied Invasion of Italy Order of Battle is a listing of the significant Allied and Axis formations that were involved during the Allied Invasion of Italy (the landings at Salerno, Reggio and Taranto) 3 September – 16 September 1943.
Allied Forces[]
- Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean (AFHQ)
Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower - Allied Naval Forces - Mediterranean
Commanded by Admiral Andrew Cunningham- Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
Commanded by Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt - Force H
Commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Willis - Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick
Commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur Power
- Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
- Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)
Commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Headquarters at Algiers, Algeria[1]
Allied 15th Army Group[]
Under the command of General Sir Harold Alexander.
Under direct Army Group command (Operation Slapstick at Taranto)[]
- British 1st Airborne Division[2]
Commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson (Killed in Action 9 September replaced by Major-General Ernest Down)- 1st Parachute Brigade - Brigadier G.W. Lathbury
- 2nd Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Ernest Down
- 4th Parachute Brigade - Brigadier J.W. Hackett
- 1st Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Pip Hicks
- 1st Battalion Border Regiment
- 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
- 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
- Glider Pilot Regiment
U.S. 5th Army (Operation Avalanche at Salerno)[]
Commanded by Lieutenant General Mark Clark.
Army troops[]
- US Ranger Force - Lieutenant-Colonel William O. Darby
- British Special Service Brigade - Brigadier Robert Laycock
U.S. VI Corps[]
Commanded by Major General Ernest J. Dawley
- U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Lucian Truscott.
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Charles W. Ryder.
- U.S. 36th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Fred L. Walker.- 141st Regimental Combat Team
- 142nd Regimental Combat Team
- 143rd Regimental Combat Team
- U.S. 45th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Troy Houston Middleton.- 179th Regimental Combat Team
- 157th Regimental Combat Team
- 180th Regimental Combat Team
British X Corps[]
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery.
- British 46th Infantry Division[3]
Commanded by Major-General John Hawkesworth- British 128th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.A. James
- 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
- British 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
- British 139th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier R.E.H. Stott
- 2/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
- 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
- 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
- Divisional troops
- 46th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 70th Field Regiment, R.A.
- 71st Field Regiment, R.A.
- 172nd Field Regiment, R.A.
- 58th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
- 5th Medium Regiment, R.A.
- 115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
- Engineers
- 270th, 271st and 272nd Field Companies, R.E.
- 273rd Field Park Company, R.E.
- 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun)
- British 128th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.A. James
- British 56th Infantry Division[4]
Commanded by Major-General Douglas Graham.- British 167th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
- 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
- 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
- 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- British 169th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.O. Lyne
- 2/5th Battalion Queen's Regiment
- 2/6th Battalion Queen's Regiment
- 2/7th Battalion Queen's Regiment
- 201st Guards Brigade - Brigadier J.A. Gascoigne
- 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards
- 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards
- 2nd Battalion Scots Guards
- Divisional troops
- 44th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 64th Field Regiment, R.A.
- 65th Field Regiment, R.A.
- 113th Field Regiment, R.A.
- 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
- 69th Medium Regiment, R.A.
- 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
- 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
- Engineers
- 220th, 221st and 42nd Field Companies, R.E.
- 563rd Field Park Company, R.E.
- 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
- British 167th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
- British 7th Armoured Division[5]
Commanded by Major-General George Erskine.- British 22nd Armoured Brigade - Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde
- 1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
- 5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
- 4th Battalion County of London Yeomanry
- 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
- 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Lashmer Whistler
- 1/5th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/6th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/7th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- Divisional troops
- 11th Hussars
- 3rd Regiment, R.H.A.
- 5th Regiment, R.H.A.
- 146th Field Battery, R.A.
- 65th Anti-tank Regiment, R.A.
- 15th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.A.
- Engineers
- 4th and 621st Field Squadrons, R.E.
- 143rd Field Park Squadron, R.E.
- British 22nd Armoured Brigade - Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde
- Corps Troops
- Royal Scots Greys (Sherman tanks, attached to 56th Division)[6]
- 40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached to 46th Infantry Division)[3]
Army Group Reserve available to 5th Army[]
- U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
Commanded by Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway.
- U.S. 1st Armored Division
Commanded by Major General Ernest N. Harmon.
British Eighth Army[]
Commanded by General Bernard Montgomery
British XIII Corps (Operation Baytown at Reggio di Calabria)[]
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
- British 5th Infantry Division[7]
Commanded by Major-General Gerard Bucknall- British 13th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
- 2nd Battalion The Cameronians
- 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
- British 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
- British 17th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Dudley Ward
- 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
- Divisional troops
- 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 7th Battalion (Machine Gun) Cheshire Regiment
- 91st Field Regiment, R.A
- 92nd Field Regiment, R.A
- 156th Field Regiment, R.A
- 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A
- 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
- Engineers
- 38th, 245th, 252nd Field Companies, R.E.
- British 13th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
- Canadian 1st Infantry Division[8]
Commanded by Major-General Guy Simonds- 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier H.D. 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
- Divisional Troops
- 4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
- 1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry) (machine gun)
- 1st Field Regiment, R.C.H.A.
- 2nd Field Regiment, R.C.A.
- 3rd Field Regiment, R.C.A.
- 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, R.C.A.
- 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A.
- Engineers
- 1st, 3rd & 4th Field Companies, R.C.E.
- 2nd Field Park Company, R.C.E.
- 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier H.D. Graham
- British 231st Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Roy Urquhart[7]
- 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
- 165th Field Regiment, R.A.
- 295th Field Company, R.E.
- Corps artillery
- 6th Army Group, R.A.
- 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
- Corps troops
- 1st Special Reconnaissance Squadron
- 3rd Commando
- 40th Royal Marine Commando
- Also supporting XIII Corps
- 5th Army Group, R.A.
- XXX Corps Artillery
German Forces[]
Army Command South[]
Commanded by Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring
German Tenth Army[]
Commanded by General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps[]
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Balck (acting commander).
- 16th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Rudolf Sieckenius.
- 15th Panzer Grenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Eberhard Rodt.
- Luftwaffe Panzer Division Hermann Göring
Commanded by Major-general (Generalleutnant) Paul Conrath.
LXXVI Panzer Corps[]
Commanded by Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr.
- German 29th Panzergrenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Walter Fries.
- 26th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
- 1st Parachute Division
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Richard Heidrich
Notes[]
- Footnotes
- Citations
- ↑ Secret Document 161, Location of units in the Royal Air Force, 34th issue, July 1943, Royal Air Force Museum accession number PR02859.
- ↑ Molony, pp. 242, 244 & 245.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Molony, p. 278n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 277n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 337n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 276n.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Molony, p. 234n.
- ↑ Molony, pp. 117 & 234.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Molony, p. 239.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Molony, p. 243n.
- ↑ Molony, p. 231n.
References[]
- Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "World War II unit histories and officers". http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; with Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.); Davies, Major-General H.L. & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO:1973]. Butler, Sir James. ed. The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume V: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 1-84574-069-6.
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