Operation Cobra order of battle

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This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France.

American order of battle

First Army – Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley

VII Corps – Major General J. Lawton Collins

1st Infantry Division – Major General Clarence R. Huebner

2nd Armored Division – Major General Edward H. Brooks

3rd Armored Division – Major General Leroy H. Watson

4th Infantry Division – Major General Raymond O. Barton

9th Infantry Division – Major General Manton S. Eddy

30th Infantry Division – Major General Leland S. Hobbs

VIII Corps – Major General Troy H. Middleton

4th Armored Division – Major General John S. Wood

6th Armored Division – Major General Robert W. Grow

8th Infantry Division – Major General Donald A. Stroh

79th Infantry Division – Major General Ira T. Wyche

83rd Infantry Division – Major General Robert C. Macon

90th Infantry Division – Major General Eugene M. Landrum

XIX Corps – Major General Charles H. Corlett

28th Infantry Division – Major General Lloyd D. Brown

29th Infantry Division – Major General Charles H. Gerhardt

35th Infantry Division – Major General Paul W. Baade

SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser

II Parachute Corps

5th Parachute Division, Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke

2nd Panzer Division Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz

Panzer Lehr Division, Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein

LXXXIV Corps

2nd SS Panzer Division

17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, Brigadeführer Otto Baum

116th Panzer Division, General der Panzertruppen Gerhard von Schwerin

352nd Infantry Division

353rd Infantry Division

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