Moro River Campaign order of battle
The Moro River Campaign order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting during the Moro River Campaign in December 1943, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Canadian Sherman tank driven off the road by German mortar fire, 10 December 1943.
Allied Forces and organisation
Riflemen of the 48th Highlanders of Canada take cover during German counterattack north of San Leonardo, 10 December 1943
Allied Armies in Italy
- C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
V Corps
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General Christopher Vokes)
- No. 1 Defense and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
- 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
- 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General Christopher Vokes)
- 8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Russell)
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own (Bengal) Lancers (Reconnaissance regiment)
- 5th Battalion, (Machine Gun) 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 17th Indian Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 19th Indian Infantry Brigade
- 1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment
- 6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 21st Indian Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment
- 4th British Armoured Brigade
- 8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Russell)
XIII Corps
- Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg)
- 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
- 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
- 22nd Battalion
- 23rd Battalion
- 28th (Maori) Battalion
- 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
- 2nd British Parachute Brigade
- 4th Parachute Battalion
- 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
- 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
- 1st Independent Glider Pilot Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
- 5th British Infantry Division (Major-General Gerard Bucknall)
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Green Howards
- 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- 17th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
- 5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
- 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg)
German forces and organisation
German Tenth Army
- Commander: Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppe)[note 1] Joachim Lemelsen
German LXXVI Panzer Corps
- General Traugott Herr
- 1st Parachute Division (Brigadier-General (Generalmajor)[note 2] Richard Heidrich)
- 1st Parachute Regiment
- 3rd Parachute Regiment
- 4th Parachute Regiment
- 1st Parachute Artillery Regiment
- 1st Parachute Anti-tank Battalion
- 26th Panzer Division (Major-General (Generalleutnant)[note 2] Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz)
- 26th Panzer Regiment
- 9th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 67th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 93rd Panzer Artillery Regiment
- 93rd Anti-tank battalion
- 26th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 65th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General (Generalmajor)[note 2]Hellmuth Pfeifer)
- 145th Grenadier Regiment
- 146th Grenadier Regiment
- 147th Grenadier Regiment
- 165th Artillery Regiment
- 165th Anti-tank Battalion
- 165th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General (Generalleutnant)[note 2] Carl-Hans Lungershausen until 20 December then Colonel (Oberst) Ernst-Günther Baade)
- 155th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 200th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 361st Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 190th Artillery Regiment
- 190th Panzer Battalion
- 1/190th Anti-tank Battalion
- 1st Parachute Division (Brigadier-General (Generalmajor)[note 2] Richard Heidrich)
Notes
- In the German army and air force the rank equivalent to lieutenant-general was formally linked to the branch of the army (Heer) or air force (Luftwaffe) in which the officer served: General der Kavallerie (cavalry), General der Artillerie (artillery), General der Infanterie (infantry), General der Panzertruppen (armoured troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Flakartillerie (anti-aircraft) and General der Nachrichtentruppen (communications troops).
- Confusion sometimes arises because the ranks of Generalleutnant and Generalmajor were equivalent to the British and US wartime ranks of major general and brigadier general (British: brigadier, which was not a general officer rank).
References
- "Orders of Battle.com". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "World War II unit histories and officers". Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Paora, Ruru. "2nd Infantry Division NZEF WW2. A Brief History of the New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division". Digger History: an unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Forces website. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Wendell, Marcus. "Axis History Factbook: German army order of battle". Archived from the original on 2006-10-29. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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