Lieutenant General Alexander Patch
Detachment, Army HQ & HQ Company & Special Troops
Detachment, HQ Seventh Army (For Beach Control HQ)
SPECIAL FORCES
1st Airborne Task Force
Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick
HQ & HQ Company, 1st Airborne Task Force
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (Glider)
1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)
460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
463rd Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
602d Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm Pack)
596th Airborne Engineer Company
887th Airborne Engineer Aviation Company
512th Airborne Signal Company
Antitank Company, 442d Infantry Regiment*
552nd Antitank Company* (The 552 Antitank Company was formed in July,1944, in Rome, specifically for this operation. Since the 442nd became available while the 552nd was in training and took very little time to train on the British 6 lb. guns need for gliders, it went in first. But the 552nd was always on the compliment of troops slated for this operation (and the 1st ABTF) and relieved the 442nd mid-October 1944 supporting the 1st ABTF member units still in the area. From documents from the National Archives.)
Company A, 2d Chemical Mortar Battalion
Company A, 83d Chemical Mortar Battalion
645th Tank Destroyer Battalion
676th Medical Collecting Company
Provisional Airborne Military Police Platoon
Provisional Pathfinder Detachment
172d Detail Issues Depot British Heavy Aerial Resupply Company
334th Quartermaster Depot Company(-)
3358th Quartermaster Truck Company
Detachment, 3d Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)
British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group
4th Parachute Battalion
5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
300th Airlanding Anti-tank Battery Royal Artillery
64th Airlanding Battery Royal Artillery
2nd Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Signal Company Royal Signals
1st Independent Glider Squadron Army Air Corps
23rd Independent Platoon Army Air Corps (Pathfinders)
2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Company Royal Army Service Corps
751st Parachute Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps
T Company Royal Army Service Corps
2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Section Royal Military Police
US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force(-)(attached 22 August 1944 to replace the British 2nd Parachute Brigade; later assigned)
French Groupe de Commandos (-)
ENGINEER
Company D (rem Map Plat), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
697th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Mobile Laboratory, 701st Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Survey Platoon, 649th Engineer Topographic Battalion
Company A, Engineer Camouflage Battalion
1202nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
1711th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Special Platoon, 460th Engineer Depot Company
MILITARY POLICE
204th Military Police Company
372d Military Police Escort Guard Company
377th Military Police Escort Guard Company (-3 Sections)
504th Military Police Battalion (-2 Companies)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion
MEDICAL
1st Advance Section, 7th Medical Depot Company
QUARTERMASTER
94th Quartermaster Railhead Company (-2 Platoons)
138th Quartermaster Truck Company
144th Quartermaster Truck Company
Detachment, 202nd Quartermaster Car Company (-)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 528th Quartermaster Battalion
3357th Quartermaster Truck Company
SIGNAL
Army Signal Battalion
226th Signal Operation Company
Detachment, 163rd Signal Photo Company
982nd Signal Service Company
MISCELLANEOUS
Detachment 72nd Liaison Squadron
11th Postal Regulating Unit
Special Service Staff (Office of Strategic Services)
Twenty-eight Port Companies and Seven Battalion HQ Detachments.
Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
HQ & HQ Company, VI Corps
COMBAT COMMAND
Combat Command Sudre 1ere Division Blindee
Attached:
1ere Cie, 9e Regt Chasseurs d'Afrique
Det, 661/2 Cie De Reparation Engines Blindee
66e Cie de Munitions (-)
Det, 705 Cie de Ravitaillement en Essence
FIELD ARTILLERY
HQ & HQ Battery, VI Corps Artillery
HQ & HQ Battery, 6th Field Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Field Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 36th Field Artillery Group
2nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion
36th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
59th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
69th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
141st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
634th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
937th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
938th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
976th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
977th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
HQ & HQ Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 105th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
72nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
106th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
107th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
108th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
216th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
433rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
441st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
443rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
451st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
534th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
895th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
102nd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
104th Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
ARMOR
191st Tank Battalion
753rd Tank Battalion
756th Tank Battalion
TANK DESTROYER
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
636th Tank Destroyer Battalion
645th Tank Destroyer Battalion
CAVALRY
117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
CHEMICAL WARFARE
2nd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
3rd Chemical Battalion Motorized
83rd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
6th Chemical Depot Company
11th Chemical Maintenance Company
21st Chemical Decontamination Company (-3 platoons) (Smoke Troops)
ENGINEER
343rd Engineer General Service Regiment
344th Engineer General Service Regiment
Company C, (Bailey Bridge), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
Company D, (Treadway Bridge), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
1st Platoon, 424th Engineer Dump Truck Company
Contact Platoon, 469th Engineer Maintenance Company
Survey Platoon, 661st Engineer Topographic Company
6617th Engineer Mine Clearance Company
MILITARY POLICE
206th Military Police Company
MEDICAL
2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group
14 General Surgical Teams
3 Shock Teams
1 Gas Team
3 Orthopaedic Teams
2 Thoracic Teams
2 Neurosurgery Teams
3 Dental Prosthetic Teams
2 Maxillofacial Teams
10th Field Hospital
6703rd Blood Transfusion Unit
11th Field Hospital
11th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
93rd Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
95th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
ORDNANCE
HQ & HQ Detachment, 43rd Ordnance Battalion
HQ & HQ Detachment, 44th Ordnance Battalion
HQ & HQ Detachment, 45th Ordnance Battalion
14th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
45th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
46th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
87th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Field Artillery)
261st Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Anti Aircraft)
3406th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
3408th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
3432nd Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
64th Ordnance Ammunition Company
66th Ordnance Ammunition Company
680th Ordnance Ammunition Company
143rd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
144th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
145th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
146th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
QUARTERMASTER
46th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (-1 Platoon)
Platoon, 549th Quartermaster Laundry Company
3426th Quartermaster Truck Company
SIGNAL
1st Signal Center Team
57th Signal Battalion
3201 SIS Detachment
4 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company
Detachment A, 117th Radio Intelligence Company
NAVAL
3 Naval Combat Intelligence Teams
Naval Gunfire Liaison Personnel
15 Naval Shore Fire Control Parties
Major General John W. O'Daniel
ORGANIC UNITS
HHC & Special Troops, 3rd Infantry Division
3rd Military Police Platoon
3rd Signal Company
3rd Quartermaster Company
3rd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
3rd Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
703rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
10th Engineer Combat Battalion
3rd Medical Battalion
7th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
HHB, 3rd Division Artillery
9th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
39th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
41st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
3RD INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP
36th Engineer Combat Regiment
1st Naval Beach Battalion
72nd Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Medical Battalion
376th Medical Collecting Company
377th Medical Collecting Company
378th Medical Collecting Company
682nd Medical Collecting Company
1st Plat & HQ Detachment, 616th Medical Clearing Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
157th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
706th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
790th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
Detachment, 377th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Company A, 759th Military Police Battalion
1st Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
3rd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
69th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3407th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
6690th Regulating Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 530th Quartermaster Battalion
4133rd Quartermaster Service Company
4134th Quartermaster Service Company
4135th Quartermaster Service Company
4136th Quartermaster Service Company
3277th Quartermaster Service Company
3357th Quartermaster Truck Company
3634th Quartermaster Truck Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
3333rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3334th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3325th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3336th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3353rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3355th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
Section, 3856th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
1 Platoon, 93rd Quartermaster Railhead Company
332nd Air Force Beach Detail
111th Beach Section, RAF
Major General John E. Dahlquist
ORGANIC UNITS
HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division
36th Military Police Platoon
36th Signal Company
36th Quartermaster Company
36th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
36th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
736th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
111th Engineer Combat Battalion
111th Medical Battalion
141st Infantry Regiment
142nd Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
HHB, 36th Division Artillery
131st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
132nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
133rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
155th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
36TH INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP
540th Engineer Combat Regiment
48th Engineer Combat Battalion
8th Naval Beach Battalion
74th Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 56th Medical Battalion
885th Medical Collecting Company
886th Medical Collecting Company
887th Medical Collecting Company
891st Medical Clearing Company
1st Platoon, 638th Clearing Company
Co. C, 759th Military Police Battalion
1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
192nd Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
601st Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
1st Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
603rd Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3405th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
2nd Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Co
HQ & HQ Detachment, 53rd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
3337th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3338th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3339th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3340th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3354th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
3356th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 259th Quartermaster Battalion
3286th Quartermaster Service Company
3287th Quartermaster Service Company
3288th Quartermaster Service Company
3289th Quartermaster Service Company
3299th Quartermaster Service Company
3300th Quartermaster Service Company
3427th Quartermaster Truck Company
3360th Quartermaster Truck Company
Air Force Beach Detail
111th Brick Section, RAF
Major General William W. Eagles
ORGANIC UNITS
HHC & Special Troops, 45th Infantry Division
45th Military Police Platoon
45th Signal Company
45th Quartermaster Company
45th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
45th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
700th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
120th Engineer Combat Battalion
120th Medical Battalion
157th Infantry Regiment
179th Infantry Regiment
180th Infantry Regiment
HHB, 45th Division Artillery
158th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
160th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
171st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
189th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
45TH INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP
40th Engineer Combat Regiment
4th Naval Beach Battalion
71st Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 58th Medical Battalion
388th Medical Collecting Company
389th Medical Collecting Company
390th Medical Collecting Company
514th Medical Clearing Company
2nd Platoon, 616th Clearing Company
Company B, 759th Military Police Battalion
1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
133rd Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
175th Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
191st Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
2nd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
682nd Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3487th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
3633rd Quartermaster Truck Company
Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 147th Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
829th Amphibian Truck Company
830th Amphibian Truck Company
831st Amphibian Truck Company
832nd Amphibian Truck Company
1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
3250th Quartermaster Service Company
3251st Quartermaster Service Company
3252nd Quartermaster Service Company
3253rd Quartermaster Service Company
4053rd Quartermaster Service Company
Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Company
3425th Quartermaster Truck Company
Air Force Beach Detail
110th Beach Section, RAF
Général d'armée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Etat-major de l'Armée "B", compagnie de quartier général 162/27 (-)
Général de corps d'armée Edgard de Larminat
Etat-major du 2ème Corps d'Armée et compagnie de quartier général 75
Divisions
1ère Division de Marche d'Infanterie
Général de division Diego Brosset
1ère Division Blindée (-2 CC)
Général de division Jean Touzet du Vigier
3ème Division d'Infanterie Algérienne
Général de division Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
9ème Division d'Infanterie Coloniale
Général de Brigade Joseph Magnan
2ème Régiment de Spahis Algériens (Reconnaissance Battalion)
1er Groupe de Tabors Marocains
3ème Groupe de Tabors Marocains
4ème Groupe de Tabors Marocains
FIELD ARTILLERY
Etat-major du Groupement d'artillerie
No. 1 Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Observation Battalion (US)
1er groupe du Régiment d'Artillerie Coloniale du Levant
3ème groupe du 65e Régiment d'Artillerie
Anti Aircraft Artillery
Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 34th AAA Brigade (US)
62nd AAA Gun Battalion (US)
Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 80th AAA Group (US)
893rd AAA (AW) Battalion (SM)
Tank Destroyer
Chasseurs d'Afrique
7ème Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique
8ème Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique
Engineer
Compagnie Topographique du Génie No. 31
101ème Régiment du Génie
MILITARY POLICE
521ème Regulatrice Routiere
2e compagnie du 11e groupe de la Garde
MEDICAL
401ème Hôpital d'Evacuation Organe de Réanimation et de Transfusion No. 441/3
405ème Hôpital d'Evacuation
432ème Bataillion Médical
451/1 Depot Avancé
422e Hôpital de Campagne
ORDNANCE
Etat-major du 651ème Bataillon de Réparation
Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation du Materiel No. 652/1
Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation Automobile No. 651/3
Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation Automobile No. 652/3
64e Compagnie de Munitions
65e Compagnie de Munitions
QUARTERMASTER
1er bataillon du 8ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais, Pioniers
Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 323
Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 325
Compagnie Mixte de Ravitaillement en Essence No. 704 (2 detachments)
SIGNAL
61ème Bataillon de Transmissions de Corps d'Armée
6693rd Signal Detachment (Provisional) (US)
3 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company (US)
806ème Bataillon de Construction
Detachment, Trans Armée "B"
Compagnie d' Exploitation 827/1
Station d'Ecoutes 828
Groupe de télégraphie militaire 829
Détachement du Parc de Transmissions No. 810 & Détachement de la Compagnie Technique de Transmissions No. 841
Transportation
11ème compagnie du Groupe de Transport No. 501
Major General John K. Cannon
XII Tactical Air Command
Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville
1st Fighter Group (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
14th Fighter Group (P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
27th Fighter Group (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
57th Operations Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
79th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
86th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
324th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
No. 251 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
No. 322 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
No. 324 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
47th Bombardment Group (Douglas A-20 Havoc)
111th Reconnaissance Squadron (F-6A Mustang)
415th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
No. 225 Squadron RAF (Spitfire V)
II/33 Escadrille (Spitfire V)
Quartieme Escadre (P-47 Thunderbolt)
57th Bombardment Wing
310th Bombardment Group (North American B-25 Mitchell)
321st Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell)
340th Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell)
5th Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning)
23rd Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning)
No. 682 Squadron RAF (Supermarine Spitfire XI)
42nd Bombardment Wing
17th Bombardment Group Martin B-26 Marauder
319th Bombardment Group (B-26 Marauder)
320th Bombardment Group (B-26 Marauder)
31e Escadre (B-26 Marauder)
31st Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (Escorts for airborne operations)
325th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (Escorts for airborne operations)
Source: Jackson (1986), p. 221
Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Lloyd
63rd Fighter Wing
No. 326 (GC 2/7 Nice) (Spitfire V and IX)
No. 327 (GC 1/3 Corse) (Spitfire IX)
No. 328 (GC 1/7 Provence) (Spitfire V and IX)
417th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
VOC-01 (Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman TBF Avenger)
350th Fighter Group
345th Fighter Squadron (Bell P-39 Airacobra)
346th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
347th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
No. 272 Squadron RAF (Beaufighter X)
414th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
No. 256 Squadron RAF (Mosquito XII and XIII)
No. 153 Squadron RAF (Beaufighter VI)
No. 458 Squadron RAAF (Wellington XIV)
No. 36 Squadron RAF (Wellington XIV)
No. 17 Squadron SAAF (Lockheed Ventura V)
4S Squadron (Supermarine Walrus)
No. 14 Squadron RAF (Marauder I, II and III)
Source: Jackson (1986), p. 222
Brigadier General Paul L. Williams
50th Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
439th Troop Carrier Group
440th Troop Carrier Group
441st Troop Carrier Group
442d Troop Carrier Group
51st Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
60th Troop Carrier Group
62nd Troop Carrier Group
64th Troop Carrier Group
53rd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
435th Troop Carrier Group
436th Troop Carrier Group
437th Troop Carrier Group
438th Troop Carrier Group
Source: Warren, p. 87
Vice Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt
CONTROL FORCE, Vice Admiral Hewitt
Amphibious Force Flagship USS Catoctin, destroyer USS Plunkett, minesweepers USS Pheasant, Raven, Auk, Broadbill, Chickadee, Nuthatch, Staff, Swift, Threat
SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP Captain H. C. Johnson
Western Diversionary Unit, Captain H. C. Johnson
USS Endicott, four Minelayers, eight 8 PT boats, twelve ASRC
Eastern Diversionary Unit, Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Gunboats HMS Aphis, Scarab, Stuart Prince, Antwerp, three minelayers, four PT boats
Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry
Force Flagship Group: USCGC Duane, Fighter Director Ship HMS Ulster Queen, LCl-953, PC-1169.
Assault Groups
Red Beach Assault Group: 46 LCI, 25 LST, 7 LCC, 43 LCT, 11 LCM, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 7 LCS, 4 British AM, 5 PC
Yellow Beach Assault Group: Attack transports USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico, transports USS Anne Arundel, USS Thurston, attack freighters USS Oberon, USS Andromeda, HMS Highway, 6 SC, 4 PC, 3 LCC, 6 LST, 9 LCI, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 17 LCT, 9 LCM, 6 LCS, 4 British AM.
Gunfire Support Group, Rear Admiral J. M. Mansfield RN
Battleship HMS Ramillies
Light cruisers HMS Orion, Aurora, Ajax, Black Prince, USS Quincy, French light cruiser Gloire
Destroyers USS Livermore, Eberle, Kearny, Ericsson, HMS Terpsichore, Termagant
Minesweeper Group
USS Barricade, Prevail, Seer, Dextrous, Pioneer, 6 SC, 10 YMS, 8 British and 6 French AM, 2 LCC, 2 danlayers.
Salvage and firefighting group
Fleet tug USS Hopi, 1 ATA, British tugs Empire Spitfire, Empire Ann, 1 boom vessel, 1 ATR, 1 YTB, 1 YTL, 1 FT
Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers
Force Flagship Group:
Seaplane tender USS Biscayne
Destroyer USS Forrest
one fighter-director tender
TRANSPORT GROUP
Captain R. A. Dierdorff
Transports USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lyon, Marine Robin, Santa Rosa, Barnett, Joseph T. Dickman
Attack freighters USS Procyon, Arcturus
British LSP Dilwara, LSI Ascania, Landing Ship Gantry Ennerdale (converted tanker carrying LCM).
Destroyers USS Baldwin, Madison, Carmick
Destroyer escorts USS Marsh, Haines
ASSAULT GROUPS
Red Beach Assault Group: 10 LST, 6 LCI, 7 LCT, 1 LCG, I LCF, 4 LCS, 2 LCM(R), 2 SC, 2 LCC; 1 LCM
Green Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 5 LCI, 7 LCT, 4 LCS, 2 LCM, 2 SC, 1 LCC
Yellow Beach Assault Group: 2 LST, 2 LCI, 26 LCVP, 4 LCS, 4 LCT, 3 LCM, 1 SC, 1 LCC
Blue Beach Assault Group: 1 LST, 26 LCVP, 16 LCT, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 4 LCS, 3 LCM, 1 PC, 1 LCC, 1 LCI
Corps and Division Reserve Groups: 5 LST, 20 LCI, 18 LCT, I FT
GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral C. F. Bryant
Battleships USS Texas, Nevada
Light cruiser USS Philadelphia
French light cruisers Montcalm, Georges Leygues
Destroyers USS Ellyson, Rodman, Emmons, Forrest, Fitch, Hambleton, Macomb, Hobson
French destroyers Fantasque, Terrible, Malin
MINESWEEPER GROUP
Minesweepers USS Sway, Symbol; HMS Rinaldo, Antares, Arcturus, Brave, Rosario, Spanker
Danlayers Satsa, Calm
COMBAT AND FIREFIGHTING GROUP
Fleet tugs USS Narragansett, Pinto, HMS Aspirant, Athlete, Charon, 1 ATA, 2 YTL.
Rear Admiral Spencer S. Lewis
Force Flagship Group: Attack transport USS Bayfield, British LCH-3l5·
ASSAULT GROUPS
Red Beach Assault Group:
Attack transports USS Charles Carroll, Thomas Jefferson
Transports USS Dorothea L. Dix, Florence Nightingale, General G. O. Squier
Attack freighters USS Cepheus, Achernar, Betelgeuse
5 LCI, 3 LST, 21 LCT, 20 LCVP, 9 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 3 SC, 2 PC; 1 LSI (Br.), 1 LSD (Br.)
Green Beach Assault Group: 23 LCI, I LCH, 14 LST, 21 LCT, 7 LCVP, 7 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 2 PC, 2 SC
Blue Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 1 LCI, 3 LCS, 2 LCT, 2 SC, 1 PC
Escort and Screening Group: Destroyers from Bombardment Group; 6 PC, 10 SC, 1 LST, 2 LCF, 1 LSF, 1 LCC, 5 LCS, 5 LCVP, 1 LCT, 2 LCM
BOMBARDMENT GROUP
Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
Battleship USS Arkansas
Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa
Light cruisers USS Brooklyn, Marblehead, HMS Argonaut, French cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Émile Bertin
Destroyers USS Parker, Kendrick, MacKenzie, McLanahan, Nields, Ordronaux, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison, Boyle, Champlin
Minesweeper Group
Minesweepers USS Strive, Steady, Speed, Sustain, 6 YMS, 6 BYMS, 2 danlayers, 6 British ML, 12 British AM, HMS Product
Salvage and Firefighting Group
Fleet ocean tugs USS Moreno, Arikara, 1 U.S., 2 British ATA, 1 YTB, 3 LCI, 1 LCT, 4 LCM, 1 boom vessel, 1 YTL
Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson
GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral Davidson
French battleship Lorraine
Heavy cruiser USS Augusta (flagship)
Light cruiser HMS Dido
Destroyers USS Somers, USS Gleaves, HMS Lookout, HHMS Themistoklis
Reserve: Light cruisers USS Omaha, USS Cincinnati, HMS Sirius
TRANSPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler
Unit A: Destroyer transports USS Tattnall, HMS Prince Baudoin; PT-201
Unit B: HMCS Prince Henry; Destroyer transports USS Barry, USS Greene, USS Roper, USS Osmond Ingram, four PT boats
ROMEO Unit: HMCS Prince David, HMS Prins Albert, HMS Princess Beatrix, four PT boats
Screen: Eight PT boats
MINESWEEPER GROUP
HMS Larne, Clinton, Octavia, Stormcloud, Welfare, four minelayers, Danlayer HMS Kintyre
Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge RN
Rear Admiral T.H. Troubridge RN
HMS Khedive (899 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
HMS Emperor (800 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Hellcat
HMS Searcher (882 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Wildcat
HMS Pursuer (881 Naval Air Squadron) Wildcat
HMS Attacker (879 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
Anti-aircraft light cruisers HMS Royalist (flagship), HMS Delhi,
Destroyers HMS Troubridge, Tuscan, Tyrian, Teazer, Tumult, Wheatland; HHMS Navarinon
Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin USN
USS Tulagi (VOF-01) F6F Hellcat,
USS Kasaan Bay (VF-74) F6F Hellcat,
HMS Hunter (807 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire,
HMS Stalker (809 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
Antiaircraft light cruisers HMS Colombo, HMS Caledon
Destroyers USS Butler, Gherardi, Herndon, Murphy, Jeffers, Shubrick, 6 British ML.
TG 80.6 Antisubmarine and Convoy Control Group
Captain J. P. Clay
Destroyers USS Jouett, Benson, Niblack, Madison, Hilary P. Jones, Charles F. Hughes, Frankford, Carmick, Doyle, McCook, Baldwin, Harding, Satterlee, Thompson, HMS Aldenham, Beaufort, Belvoir, Whaddon, Blackmore, Eggesford, Lauderdale, HHMS Pindos, HMS Farndale, Atherstone, Brecon, Calpe, Catterick, Cleveland, Haydon, Bicester, Liddesdale, Oakley, Zetland, HHMS Kriti, HHMS Themistoklis
Destroyer escorts USS Tatum, Haines, Marsh, Currier, Frederick C. Davis, Herbert C. Jones
French destroyers Le Fortuné , Forbin , Simoun, Tempête, Alcyon
French corvettes Marocain, Tunisien , Hova, Algérien, Somali
French sloops Commandant Domine, La Moqueuse, Commandant Bory, La Gracieuse, Commandant Delage, La Boudeuse
Minesweepers USS Improve, Implicit, Incessant, Incredible, Mainstay, Pinnacle, 6 YMS
Corvettes HMS Aubretia, Columbine
Source: Morison, The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945 (1957), pp. 338–343
Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz
General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese
IV Luftwaffe Field Corps
716th Infantry Division
198th Infantry Division
189th Infantry Division
LXXXV Army Corps
General der Infanterie Baptist Kneiss
338th Infantry Division
Generalleutnant René l'Homme de Courbiére
244th Infantry Division
Generalleutnant Hans Schaefer
LXII Reserve Army Corps
General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling
242nd Infantry Division
Generalleutnant Johannes Baessler
148th Reserve Division
Generalmajor Otto Fretter-Pico
LXIV Army Corps
The Corps swapped units with the IV Luftwaffe Corps in September.
159th Reserve Division
Army Reserve
11th Panzer Division
Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim
157th Reserve Division
158th Reserve Division (was in transition forming the 16th Infantry Division)
2. Flieger-Division
Kommandierender Admiral der französische Südküste
6. Sicherungsflotille
