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Battle of the Bulge order of battle

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This is the order of battle of German and Allied forces during the Battle of the Bulge.

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Caveat: This Battle lasted more than a month, with assignments in considerable flux. Any hierarchy of unit within Corps within Army within Army Group is inherently a snapshot of a single moment in that flux. The hierarchy given here is at a moment nearly at the end of the Battle. To fully understand the hierarchy at any given moment in the Battle, you must not rely on this page alone. For example, the hierarchy here places the U. S. 7th Armored Division in XVIII Corps in U. S. First Army in 12th Army Group. However, when the German attack began on 16 December 1944, the alignment of U. S. 7th Armored Division was (XIII Corps, U. S. Ninth Army, 12th Army Group). Later that day, the alignment became (VIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 12th Army Group). On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 12th Army Group) and on the same day (XVIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 21st Army Group). On 18 January 1945, the final alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 12th Army Group) -- the alignment in the hierarchy given here.

Allied Forces

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower

12th Army Group

LTG Omar N. Bradley

U.S. First Army

LTG Courtney H. Hodges

V Corps

MG Leonard T. Gerow

1st Infantry Division "Big Red One"BG Clift Andrus 2nd Infantry Division "Indianhead"MG Walter M. Robertson 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables"MG Louis A. Craig 78th Infantry Division "Lightning"MG Edwin P. Parker, Jr. 99th Infantry Division "Checkerboard"MG Walter E. Lauer
VII Corps

MG Joseph Lawton Collins

2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels"MG Ernest N. Harmon 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead"MG Maurice Rose 83rd Infantry Division "Ohio"MG Robert C. Macon 84th Infantry Division "Railsplitters"BG Alexander R. Bolling
XVIII Airborne Corps

MG Matthew B. Ridgway

7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh"BG Robert W. Hasbrouck 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory"MG Leland S. Hobbs 75th Infantry DivisionMG Fay B. Prickett 82nd Airborne Division "All American"MG James M. Gavin 106th Infantry Division "Golden Lions"MG Alan W. Jones 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles"BG Anthony C. McAuliffe (MG Maxwell D. Taylor)

U.S. Third Army

LTG George S. Patton, Jr.

109th, 115th, 217th, and 777th AA Gun Battalions456th, 465th, 550th, and 565th AAA AW Battalions280th ECB - Engineer Combat Battalion - Non Divisional Unit (later assigned to the 9th Army)
III Corps

MG John Millikin

4th Armored DivisionMG Hugh J. Gaffey 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth"MG Robert W. Grow 26th Infantry Division "Yankee"MG Willard S. Paul 35th Infantry Division "Santa Fe"MG Paul W. Baade 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres"MG James A. Van Fleet
VIII Corps

MG Troy H. Middleton

9th Armored Division "Phantom"MG John W. Leonard 11th Armored Division "Thunderbolt"BG Charles S. Kilburn 17th Airborne Division "Golden Talons"MG William M. Miley 28th Infantry Division "Keystone"MG Norman D. Cota 87th Infantry Division "Golden Acorn"BG Frank L. Culin, Jr.
XII Corps

MG Manton S. Eddy

4th Infantry Division "Ivy"MG Raymond O. Barton 5th Infantry Division "Red Diamond"MG Stafford L. Irwin 10th Armored Division "Tiger"MG William H.H. Morris, Jr. 80th Infantry Division "Blue Ridge"MG Horace L. McBride

21st Army Group

Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

XXX Corps

Lt-Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

6th Airborne DivisionMaj-Gen. Eric Bols 51st (Highland) Infantry DivisionMaj-Gen. G T.G. Rennie 53rd (Welsh) Infantry DivisionMaj-Gen. Robert Knox Ross29th Armoured BrigadeBrig. C.B.C Harvey33rd Armoured BrigadeBrig. H.B. Scott34th Army Tank BrigadeBrig. G W.S. Clarke

Corps Reserve

Guards Armoured DivisionMaj.-Gen. Allan Henry Shafto Adair 43rd (Wessex) Infantry DivisionMaj-Gen. G. Thomas 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry DivisionMaj-Gen. Douglas Alexander Graham

U.S. Army Air Forces

U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe Gen Carl Spaatz

U.S. Eighth Air Force (Strategic)

Lt Gen James H. Doolittle

U.S. Ninth Air Force

Lt Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg

IX Bombardment DivisionMaj Gen Samuel E. AndersonIX Troop Carrier CommandMaj Gen Paul L. WilliamsIX Tactical Air Command (supporting First Army)Maj Gen Elwood R. QuesadaXIX Tactical Air Command (supporting Third Army)Maj Gen Otto P. WeylandXXIX Tactical Air Command (supporting Ninth Army)Brig Gen Richard E. Nugent

Royal Air Force

Bomber Command
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
Fighter Command
Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill
Second Tactical Air Force
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
  • No. 2 Group RAF
  • No. 83 Group RAF
  • No. 84 Group RAF

    • Axis Forces

    Oberbefehlshaber West
    Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

    Army Group B

    Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model

    Fifth Panzer Army

    General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel

    XXXIX Panzer Corps

    Genlt Karl Decker

    167th Volksgrenadier DivisionGenlt Hanskurt Höcker
    XLVII Panzer Corps

    General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz

    2nd Panzer DivisionCol Meinrad von Lauchert 9th Panzer DivisionGenmaj Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt Panzer-Lehr-DivisionGenlt Fritz Bayerlein 26th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Heinz KokottFuhrer Begleit BrigadeCol Otto Remer
    LVIII Panzer Corps

    General der Panzertruppen Walter Krüger

    116th Panzer DivisionGenmaj Siegfried von Waldenburg 560th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Rudolf Langhauser
    LXVI Corps

    General der Artillerie Walter Lucht

    18th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Hoffman-Schonborn 62nd Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Friedrich Kittel

    Sixth Panzer Army

    Oberstgruppenfuhrer der Waffen SS Josef Dietrich

    I SS Panzer Corps

    SS-Gruppenfuhrer Hermann Priess

    1st SS Panzer DivisionSS Oberfuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke 3rd Parachute DivisionGenmaj Wadehn 12th SS Panzer DivisionSS Standartenfuhrer Hugo Kraas 12th Volksgrenadier DivisionGenmaj Gerhard Engel 277th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Wilhelm Viebig150th Panzer BrigadeObersturmbannfuhrer der Waffen SS Otto Skorzeny
    II SS Panzer Corps

    SS Obergruppenfuhrer Willi Bittrich

    2nd SS Panzer DivisionSS Brigadefuhrer Heinz Lammerding 9th SS Panzer DivisionSS Oberfuhrer Sylvester Stadler
    LXVII Corps

    Genlt Otto Hitzfeld

    3rd Panzergrenadier DivisionGenmaj Walter Denkert246th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Peter Körte272nd Volksgrenadier DivisionGenmaj Eugen König326th Volksgrenadier Division751st, 752nd, and 753rd Volksgrenadier Regiments326th Artillery Regiment326th Antitank Battalion326th Engineer Battalion326th Signals Battalion

    Seventh Army

    General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger

    LIII Corps

    General der Kavallerie Edwin von Rothkirch

    9th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Werner Kolb15th Panzergrenadier DivisionCol Hans Joachim Deckert Führer Grenadier BrigadeCol Hans-Joachim Kahler
    LXXX Corps

    General der Infanterie Franz Beyer

    212th Volksgrenadier DivisionGenmajor Franz Sensfuß276th Volksgrenadier DivisionGen Kurt Möhring (later Col Hugo Dempwolff) 340th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Theodor Tolsdorff
    LXXXV Corps

    General der Infanterie Baptist Kniess

    5th Parachute DivisionCol Ludwig Heilmann 352nd Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Erich-Otto Schmidt 79th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Alois Weber

    Luftwaffe

    II Fighter Corps
    Genmaj. Dietrich Peltz

    III Flak Corps
    Genlt. Wolfgang Pickert

    References

    Battle of the Bulge order of battle Wikipedia
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