The following units and commanders participated in the Lorraine campaign from September 1 to December 18, 1944.
U.S. Third Army
editLieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.
- Chief of Staff: Major General Hugh Gaffey
Corps | Division | Regiments and others |
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XII Corps
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Corps troops |
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26th Infantry Division
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35th Infantry Division[1]
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80th Infantry Division[2]
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4th Armored Division[3]
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6th Armored Division[4]
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XX Corps
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Corps troops |
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5th Infantry Division[5]
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90th Infantry Division[6]
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95th Infantry Division
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10th Armored Division[7]
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German Army Group G
editArmy Group G was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck.
Balck, who had since August been in charge of the Fourth Panzer Army on the Eastern Front took command on 21 September replacing Johannes Blaskowitz who had lost a substantial amount of his forces in the retreat following the Allied invasion of the south of France.[8]
His Chief of Staff was Friedrick von Mellenthin
The 1st Army (1. Armee) was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff
XIII SS Army Corps
editXIII SS Army Corps was commanded by Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß
Division | Regiments and others |
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Corps troops |
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347th Infantry Division
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36th Volksgrenadier Division
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48th Volksgrenadier Division
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559th Volksgrenadier Division |
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Panzer Lehr Division (130th Panzer Division)
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11th Panzer Division
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17th SS Panzergrenadier Division[a]
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25th Panzergrenadier Division[b]
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LXXXIX Corps
editLXXXIX Corps, General der infanterie Gustav Höhne (took command 7 September 1944)
- 361st Volksgrenadier Division (Generalmajor Alfred Philippi, appointed 1 September 1944 )
- 951st Grenadier Regiment
- 952nd Grenadier Regiment
- 953rd Grenadier Regiment
- 361st Artillery Regiment
- 361st Fusilier Battalion
- 361st Tank Destroyer Company
- 361st Engineer Battalion
- 361st Signal Battalion
- 361st Field Replacement Battalion
- 361st Divisional Supply Troops
- 553rd Infantry Division
- 1119th Regiment
- 1120th Regiment
LXXXII Corps
editLXXXII Corps, General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein
Division | Regiments and others |
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Corps troops |
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19th Volksgrenadier Division[9]
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416th Infantry Division[10]
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462nd Infantry Division
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21st Panzer Division
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Notes
edit- ^ Order of battle from 35th Infantry Division in World War II, 1941-1945.
- ^ Order of battle and commander information from U.S. Army Center of Military History Archived 2016-07-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
- ^ "6th Armoured Division", Order of Battle of the U.S. Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army Center of Military History, December 1945, archived from the original on 2010-06-08
- ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History Archived 2016-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military Information Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Pogue, Chapter XII The Campaign in Southern France p.229
- ^ Mitcham, vol. 1, p. 63.
- ^ 416th Infantry Division feldgrau.com.
Sources
edit- Balkoski, Joseph. " Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign, 8 Nov. – 1 Dec. '44" in Strategy & Tactics, no. 78 (January/February 1980).
- Mitcham, Jr., Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 1: 1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WW II. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5.
- Mitcham, Jr., Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0.