Gothic Line order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in
Operation Olive
The Gothic Line (; ) was a German and Italian defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains du ...
, the Allied offensive on the
Gothic Line
The Gothic Line (; ) was a German and Italian defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains du ...
in northern Italy, August–September 1944, and in the subsequent fighting in the central
Apennine Mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains ( ; or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; or – a singular with plural meaning; )Latin ''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented ''Apenn-inus'', often used with nouns s ...
and on the plains of eastern
Emilia–Romagna
Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 million.
Emilia-Romagna is one of ...
up to April 1945.
Allied Forces Headquarters Mediterranean
Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean:
:General
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (until 12 December 1944)
:Field Marshal
Sir Harold Alexander (from 12 December 1944)
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean:
:Lieutenant General
Jacob L. Devers (until September 1944)
:Lieutenant General
Joseph T. McNarney
Joseph Taggart McNarney (28 August 1893 – 1 February 1972) was a Four-star rank, four-star General (United States), general in the United States Army Air Forces, United States Army and in the United States Air Force, who served as Military Go ...
(from September 1944)
Chief of Staff
:Lieutenant-General Sir
James Gammell (to 12 December 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Sir John Harding (from 12 December 1944 to 6 March 1945
[Jackson (1988), p. 196.])
:Lieutenant-General
William Morgan (from 6 March 1945)
Allied Armies in Italy (until 12 December 1944)
:Commander-in-chief: General
Sir Harold Alexander
:Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General
Sir John Harding
Allied 15th Army Group (from 12 December 1944)
:Commander: Lieutenant General
Mark W. Clark
Mark Wayne Clark (1 May 1896 – 17 April 1984) was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
During World War I, he wa ...
(promoted to full general 10 March 1945)
:Chief of Staff: Major General
Alfred Gruenther
General (United States), General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (3 March 1899 – 30 May 1983) was a senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer, American Red Cross, Red Cross president, and Bridge (game), bridge player. After be ...
U.S. Fifth Army
Commander:
:Lieutenant General
Mark W. Clark
Mark Wayne Clark (1 May 1896 – 17 April 1984) was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
During World War I, he wa ...
(until 16 December 1944)
:Lieutenant General
Lucian Truscott
General (United States), General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (9 January 1895 – 12 September 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer, who saw distinguished Active duty, active service during World War ...
(from 16 December 1944)
=U.S. II Corps
=
:Major General
Geoffrey Keyes
Geoffrey Keyes (October 30, 1888 – September 17, 1967) was a highly decorated senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer who served with distinction in Allied invasion of Sicily, Sicily and Italian campaign (World War II), Italy ...
:*
U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General
Charles L. Bolte)
:*
U.S. 88th Infantry Division (Major General
Paul W. Kendall)
:*
U.S. 91st Infantry Division (Major General
William G. Livesay)
:*
U.S. 85th Infantry Division (Major General
John B. Coulter) (until April 1945 when transferred to
IV Corps 4 Corps, 4th Corps, Fourth Corps, or IV Corps may refer to:
France
* 4th Army Corps (France)
* IV Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* IV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperi ...
)
:*Italian
Combat Group "Legnano" (from 1945)
=U.S. IV Corps
=
:Major General
Willis D. Crittenberger
:*
U.S. 1st Armored Division (Major General
Vernon Prichard)
:*
6th South African Armoured Division (Major-General
Evered Poole)
:*
U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (Major General
Edward Almond
Edward Mallory Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, where he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division, and the Korean War, where he commanded the U.S. X Corps ...
) (from August 1944)*
:*
1st Brazilian Infantry Division (General
Mascarenhas de Morais) (from November 1944)
:*
U.S. 10th Mountain Division (Major General
George Price Hays) (from February 1945)
:*
U.S. 85th Infantry Division (Major-General
John B. Coulter) (transferred from II Corps April 1945)
* ''Order of entry into battle''
=British XIII Corps (transferred to British Eighth Army in January 1945)
=
:Lieutenant-General
Sidney Kirkman
General (United Kingdom), General Sir Sidney Chevalier Kirkman, (29 July 1895 – 29 October 1982) was a British Army officer, who served in both the First World War and Second World War. During the latter he commanded the artillery of the Eigh ...
(until 25 January 1945)
:Lieutenant-General
John Harding (from 25 January 1945)
:*
6th Army Group Royal Artillery
6th Army Group Royal Artillery (6 AGRA), was one of number of Army Group Royal Artillery units developed by the British Army to add weight of fire and increased artillery flexibility to the battlefield. It was one of the main AGRAs to fight in the ...
:*
British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General
Alfred Dudley Ward) (until September 1944)
:**
10th Infantry Brigade
:**
12th Infantry Brigade
:**
28th Infantry Brigade
:*
British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General
Horatius Murray
General Sir Horatius Murray, (18 April 1903 – 1989) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War and later in the Korean War.
Early life and military career
Educated at Peter Symonds School and th ...
) (from August 1944 to March 1945)
:**
26th Armoured Brigade
:**
1st Guards Brigade
:**
61st Infantry Brigade
61st Brigade (61st Bde) was an infantry formation of the British Army during the First World War. It was formed in September 1914 as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and was assigned to the 20th (Light) Division, serving in the t ...
:*
8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General
Dudley Russell) (until March 1945)
:**
17th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
19th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 19th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in 1 October, 1940 at Old Delhi in India and assigned to the 8th Indian Infantry Division. In August 1941, they took part i ...
:**
21st Indian Infantry Brigade
The 21st Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.
History
It was converted from the Quetta Brigade in September 1940, and assigned to the 9th Indian Infantry Division. In March 1941, ...
:*
10th Indian Infantry Division
The 10 RAPID Division (erstwhile 10 Inf Division) was a war formed infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the division travelled over from Tehran to Trieste, fought three small wars, and fought two gre ...
(Major-General
Denys Whitehorn Reid) (from February 1945)
:**
10th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
20th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
25th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 25th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in February 1941 at Ahmednagar in British Raj, India and assigned to the 10th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade was attac ...
:*
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an Armoured warfare, armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the World War II, Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th and ...
(until February 1945)
:*
British 1st Infantry Division (Major-General
Charles Loewen) (until January 1945)
:**
2nd Infantry Brigade
:**
3rd Infantry Brigade
:**
66th Infantry Brigade
=Independent units under Army HQ
=
:*Brazilian Expeditionary Force (General
Mascarenhas de Moraes) (from November 1944)
:*U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (Major-General
Edward M. Almond) (from November 1944)
British Eighth Army
Commander:
:Lieutenant-General
Sir Oliver Leese (until 1 October 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Sir Richard L. McCreery (from 1 October 1944)
=British V Corps
=
:Lieutenant-General
Charles Keightley
General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974) was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War. After serving with distinction during the Second World War – becoming, in 1944, th ...
:*
1st Army Group Royal Artillery
:*
British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General
Richard Hull) (until 25 September 1944)
:**
2nd Armoured Brigade
:**
18th Infantry Brigade
:**
43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade
:*
British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General
Alfred Dudley Ward) (from October to November 1944)
:**
10th Infantry Brigade
:**
12th Infantry Brigade
:**
28th Infantry Brigade
:*
4th Indian Infantry Division
The 4th Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is an infantry division of the Indian Army. This division of the British Indian Army was formed in Egypt in 1939 during the Second World War. During the Second World War, it took ...
(Major-General
Arthur Holworthy) (until October 1944)
:**
5th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was converted from the 9th Indian Infantry Brigade in September 1939, and assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade f ...
:**
7th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
11th Indian Infantry Brigade
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British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General
John Hawkesworth until 6 November 1944, then Major-General
Stephen Weir) (until December 1944)
:**
128th Infantry Brigade
:**
138th Infantry Brigade
:**
139th Infantry Brigade
:**
British 25th Tank Brigade
:*
British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General
John Whitfield)
:**
167th Infantry Brigade
:**
168th Infantry Brigade
:**
169th Infantry Brigade
:**
British 7th Armoured Brigade
:*
British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General
Donald Butterworth until 10 October 1944 and then Major-General
Keith Arbuthnott) (from March 1945)
:**
11th Infantry Brigade
:**
36th Infantry Brigade
The 36th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of British Army that fought in the First World War, as part of 12th (Eastern) Division, on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front. The brigade also fought in the Second World War, ...
:**
38th Infantry Brigade
:*
British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General
Horatius Murray
General Sir Horatius Murray, (18 April 1903 – 1989) was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War and later in the Korean War.
Early life and military career
Educated at Peter Symonds School and th ...
) (from 18–23 April 1945)
:*
8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General
Dudley Russell) (from March 1945)
:*
10th Indian Infantry Division
The 10 RAPID Division (erstwhile 10 Inf Division) was a war formed infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the division travelled over from Tehran to Trieste, fought three small wars, and fought two gre ...
(Major-General
Denys Reid) (from October 1944 to February 1945)
:*
2nd New Zealand Division
The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-G ...
(Lieutenant-General Sir
Bernard C. Freyburg) (November 1944 to 14 April 1945)
:**
4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
:**
5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
:**
6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
:*
Jewish Brigade
The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade, was a military formation of the British Army in the World War II, Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 and was recruited among Yishuv, Y ...
(from February to March 1945)
:*
Italian Liberation Corps (1944)
[Jackson (1987), p. 225.]
:**
184th Infantry Division "Nembo"
:** I Brigade
:** II Brigade
:* Italian
Combat Group "Cremona" (from 1945)
:* Italian
28th Brigade "Garibaldi" (from 1945)
=British X Corps (until December 1944 and from February 1945)
=
:Lieutenant-General
Sir Richard McCreery (until 6 November 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
John Hawkesworth (from 6 November 1944)
:*2nd Army Group Royal Artillery
:*
10th Indian Infantry Division
The 10 RAPID Division (erstwhile 10 Inf Division) was a war formed infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the division travelled over from Tehran to Trieste, fought three small wars, and fought two gre ...
(Major-General
Denys Whitehorn Reid) (until October 1944)
:**
10th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
20th Indian Infantry Brigade
:**
25th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 25th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in February 1941 at Ahmednagar in British Raj, India and assigned to the 10th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade was attac ...
:*
British 9th Armoured Brigade
:*
Jewish Brigade
The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade, was a military formation of the British Army in the World War II, Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 and was recruited among Yishuv, Y ...
(from March 1945)
:*Italian
Combat Group "Friuli" (from 1945)
=British XIII Corps (transferred from U.S. Fifth Army January 1945)
=
see listing above under U.S. Fifth Army)
=Canadian I Corps (until February 1945)
=
:Lieutenant-General
E. L. M. Burns (until 10 November 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Charles Foulkes (from 10 November 1944)
:*First Canadian Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery
:*
Canadian 1st Infantry Division (Major-General
Chris Vokes until 1 December 1944 then Major-General
H. W. Foster)
:**1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
:**2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
:**3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
:*
Canadian 5th Armoured Division (Major-General
Bert Hoffmeister)
:**5th Canadian Armoured Brigade
:**11th Canadian Infantry Brigade
:**12th Canadian Infantry Brigade
:*
British 7th Armoured Brigade
:*
British 21st Tank Brigade
:*
British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General
Dudley Ward) (from September to October 1944)
:*
2nd New Zealand Division
The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-G ...
(Lieutenant-General
Sir Bernard Freyberg. Major-General
C. E. Weir acting commander 3 September to 17 October 1944) (September to October 1944)
:*
3rd Greek Mountain Brigade
The 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade (, ''Triti Elliniki Οrini Τaxiarkhia'', ΙΙΙ Ε.Ο.Τ.) was a unit of mountain infantry formed by the Greek government in exile in Egypt during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 ...
(Colonel
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (; 3 April 1897 – 15 August 1989) was a distinguished Hellenic Army Lieutenant General who served in World War I, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, World War II and the Greek Civil War, rising to become Chief of ...
) (from September to October 1944)
=Polish II Corps
=
:Lieutenant-General
Władysław Anders
Władysław Albert Anders (11 August 1892 – 12 May 1970) was a Polish military officer and politician, and prominent member of the Polish government-in-exile in London.
Born in Krośniewice-Błonie, then part of the Russian Empire, he serv ...
:*Army Group Polish Artillery
:*
Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Major-General
Bolesław Bronisław Duch)
:**1st Carpathian Rifle Brigade
:**2nd Carpathian Rifle Brigade
:*
Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (Major-General
Nikodem Sulik)
:**5th Wilenska Infantry Brigade
:**6th Lwowska Infantry Brigade
:*
Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier-General
Bronislaw Rakowski)
=Other Units
=
:*
British 2nd Commando Brigade (Brigadier
Ronnie Tod) (1945)
:*
British 2nd Parachute Brigade (Brigadier Charles Pritchard) (to December 1944)
German Army Group C
Commander:
:Field Marshal
Albert Kesselring
Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 – 16 July 1960) was a German military officer and convicted war crime, war criminal who served in the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring reached the ra ...
(until 25 October 1944, from January 1945 until 9 March 1945)
:General
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (6 December 1887 – 23 February 1952) was a German general (''Generaloberst'') of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with O ...
(from 25 October 1944 until January 1945 and from 9 March 1945)
Tenth Army
Commander:
:General
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (6 December 1887 – 23 February 1952) was a German general (''Generaloberst'') of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with O ...
(until 25 October 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Joachim Lemelsen
Joachim Lemelsen (28 September 1888 – 30 March 1954) was a German general during World War II who rose to army-level command.
During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, troops of the XLVII Motorized Corps under hi ...
(from 25 October 1944 to 15 February 1945)
:Lieutenant-General
Traugott Herr
Traugott Herr (16 September 1890 – 13 April 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 14th Army and the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...
(from 15 February 1945)
LXXVI Panzer Corps
:Lieutenant-General
Traugott Herr
Traugott Herr (16 September 1890 – 13 April 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 14th Army and the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...
(until 26 December 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (from 26 December 1944 to 25 April 1945)
:Major-General
Karl von Graffen (from 25 April 1945)
:*
1st Parachute Division (Lieutenant-General
Richard Heidrich
Hermann Richard Heidrich (27 July 1896 – 22 December 1947) was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
Life
Richard Heidrich, the ...
until 18 November 1944 then Brigadier
Karl-Lothar Schulz)
:*
5th Mountain Division (Major-General
Max-Günther Schrank to 18 January 1945, then Major-General
Hans Steets)
:*
71st Infantry Division (Major-General
Wilhelm Raapke) (until December 1944)
:*
162nd Infantry Division (Major-General
Ralph von Heygendorff
Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms are:
* Ra ...
)
:*
278th Infantry Division (Major-General
Harry Hoppe)
LI Mountain Corps
:Lieutenant-General
Valentin Feurstein
Valentin Feurstein (1 January 1885 – 8 June 1970) was an Austrian military officer who served in the Austrian and German armies.
Feurstein joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907, he served in World War I and in the Austrian Bundesheer in th ...
until March 1945 and then Lieutenant-General
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck
__NOTOC__
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck (10 January 1897 – 15 April 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Biography
Under his command, the 305th Infa ...
:*
44th Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister (Major-General
Hans-Günther von Rost) (until November 1944)
:*
114th Jäger Division (Brigadier-General
Hans-Joachim Ehlert to 15 April 1945 then Brigadier-General
Martin Strahammer)
:*
232nd Infantry Division (Lieutenant-General
Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz
__NOTOC__
Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz (26 January 1891 – 17 December 1978) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He participated in the campaigns of Poland, France and the invasion of the So ...
)
:*
305th Infantry Division (Lieutenant-General
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck
__NOTOC__
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck (10 January 1897 – 15 April 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Biography
Under his command, the 305th Infa ...
until Dec 1944 then Brigadier-General
Friedrich von Schellwitz)
:*
334th Infantry Division (Major-General
Hellmuth Böhlke
__NOTOC__
Hellmuth Böhlke (7 February 1893 – 8 April 1956) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 334. Infanterie-Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cros ...
)
:*
715th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General
Hanns von Rohr) (until January 1945)
:*
Italian 1st "Italia" Bersaglieri Division (Major-General
Mario Carloni)
Fourteenth Army
:Commander:
:Lieutenant-General
Joachim Lemelsen
Joachim Lemelsen (28 September 1888 – 30 March 1954) was a German general during World War II who rose to army-level command.
During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, troops of the XLVII Motorized Corps under hi ...
(to 24 October 1944 and from 17 February 1945)
:Lieutenant-General
Frido von Senger und Etterlin (October 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Heinz Ziegler (24 October to 22 November 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Traugott Herr
Traugott Herr (16 September 1890 – 13 April 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 14th Army and the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...
(22 November to 12 December 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Kurt von Tippelskirch
Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (9 October 1891 – 10 May 1957) was a German general during World War II who commanded several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the United States Army on 2 May 1945. Tippelskir ...
(from 12 December 1944 to 16 February 1945)
I Parachute Corps
:Lieutenant-General
Alfred Schlemm (to 30 September 1944)
:Lieutenant-General
Richard Heidrich
Hermann Richard Heidrich (27 July 1896 – 22 December 1947) was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
Life
Richard Heidrich, the ...
(from 1 November 1944 to 23 January 1945)
:Major-General
Hellmuth Böhlke
__NOTOC__
Hellmuth Böhlke (7 February 1893 – 8 April 1956) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 334. Infanterie-Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cros ...
(from 23 January 1945 to 7 February 1945)
:Lieutenant-General
Richard Heidrich
Hermann Richard Heidrich (27 July 1896 – 22 December 1947) was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
Life
Richard Heidrich, the ...
(from 7 February 1945)
:*
4th Parachute Division (Major-General
Heinrich Trettner
Heinrich "Heinz" Trettner (19 September 1907 – 18 September 2006) was a German general who served in the Spanish Civil War, and during World War II and the Cold War. From 1964 to 1966, he served as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, the he ...
)
:*
356th Infantry Division (Major-General
Karl Faulenbach to October 1944)
:*
362nd Infantry Division (Major-General
Heinz Greiner)
XIV Panzer Corps
:General der Panzertruppe
Frido(lin) von Senger und Etterlin
:*
26th Panzer Division
The German 23rd Infantry Division (''23. Infanterie-Division''), later the 26th Panzer Division, was a military unit operational during World War II. It was organized along standard lines for a German infantry division. It was non-motorised an ...
(Major-General
Eduard Crasemann
Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a German ''General der Artillerie'' in the Wehrmacht and convicted war criminal who commanded several Panzer divisions during World War II.
Crasemann fought as an artillery officer during W ...
to 29 January 1945 then Major-General
Alfred Kuhnert __NOTOC__
Alfred Kuhnert (19 March 1898 – 28 November 1977) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards
* Knight's Cross of the I ...
to 19 April 1945 then Major-General
Viktor Linnarz
Generalleutnant Viktor Leopold Linnarz (19 August 1894 – 14 October 1979) was a German army officer who served in the Prussian Army in World War I and the German Army during World War II.
He joined the Prussian Army in March 1914 and was awar ...
)
:*
65th Infantry Division (Lieutenant-General
Hellmuth Pfeifer
__NOTOC__
Hans-Hellmuth Pfeifer (18 February 1894 – 22 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. A veteran of World War I, he held higher command positions in WWII, among other, that of the 65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 65th ...
(kia 22 April 1945))
:*
16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS
The 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" () was a motorised infantry formation in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The division, during its time in Italy, committed a number of war crimes, and, together with the ...
(SS-Gruppenführer
Max Simon
Max Simon (6 January 1899 – 1 February 1961) was a German SS commander and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander dur ...
until 24 October 1944 then SS-Brigadeführer
Otto Baum
__NOTOC__
Otto Baum (15 November 1911 – 18 June 1998) was a high-ranking commander (''Oberführer'') of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
L ...
)
Army Group Liguria
:Commander: Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani
Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli ( , ; 11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was an Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Royal Italian Army, Royal Army, primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and during World Wa ...
:*Italian 3rd
"San Marco" Marine Division (Major-General
Amilcare Farina)
:*Italian 4th
"Monterosa" Alpine Division (Colonel
Giorgio Milazzo)
:*
42nd Jäger Division (Major-General
Walter Jost)
:*
34th Infantry Division (Major-General
Theobald Lieb)
Army Reserve
:*
29th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General
Fritz Polack)
:*
20th Luftwaffe Field Division re-designated
20th Luftwaffe Sturm Division in June 1944 (Brigadier-General
Wilhelm Crisolli
__NOTOC__
Wilhelm Crisolli (20 January 1895 – 12 September 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht in World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Crisolli was kil ...
until 1 June 1944 then Brigadier-General
Erich Fronhöfer)
Independent Units
LXXV Corps (Italian–French border)
:Lieutenant-General
Hans Schlemmer
__NOTOC__
Johann Schlemmer (18 January 1893 – 26 June 1973) was a German general during World War II who commanded the LXXV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schlemmer surrendered to Allie ...
:*
148th Reserve Division (Major-General
Otto Schönherr) (to August 1944)
:*
90th Panzergrenadier Division
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(Major-General
Ernst-Günther Baade to 9 December 1944 then Lieutenant-General
Gerhard von Schwerin to 26 December 1944 then Brigadier-General
Heinrich Baron von Behr
Heinrich Alexander Ferdinand Baron von Behr ( – 14 August 1983) was a Baltic German general during World War II.
Early life and education
In 1902, Heinrich von Behr was born into the Baltic German noble von Behr family, which owned Renda Ma ...
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157th Mountain Division re-designated
8th Mountain Division in February 1945 (Major-General
Paul Schricker
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Adriatic Coast Command
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94th Infantry Division (Major-General Bernhard Steinmetz)
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188th Mountain Division
German Division Nr. 188 was raised in late 1939. It consisted of the 136th, 138th and 139th Mountain Replacement Regiments and the 112th Artillery Replacement Regiment, plus supporting units. It began the war on border guard duty in the mountainou ...
(Major-General
Hans von Hößlin)
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World War II orders of battle
Italian campaign (World War II)