US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) and in that capacity was ultimately responsible for the planning and execution of the whole operation. British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was his deputy, while Major General Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff.
Under Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
British I Airborne Corps
Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army
1st Airborne Division - Major-General Roy Urquhart
1st Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
1st Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel David Dobie
2nd Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost
3rd Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Fitch
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery - Major William F. Arnold
1st Parachute Field Squadron, Royal Engineers - Major Douglas C. Murray
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps - Lieutenant-Colonel E. Townsend
4th Parachute Brigade - Brigadier John W. Hackett
10th Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth B.I. Smyth
11th Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Lea
156th Parachute Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de Bacquencourt Des Voeux
2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery - Major A.F. Haynes
4th Parachute Field Squadron, Royal Engineers - Major Aeneas Perkins
133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps - Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Alford
1st Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Philip Hicks
1st Battalion Border Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Haddon
2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel W. Derek H. McCardie
7th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers - Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Payton-Reid
9th Airborne Field Company, Royal Engineers - Major John C. Winchester
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur T. Marrable
21st Independent Parachute Company (pathfinders) - Major Bernard Wilson
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel William F.K. Thompson
1st Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, Royal Artillery - Major Denys R. Wight-Boycott
1st Airborne Divisional Signals - Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Stephenson
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron - Major Charles Frederick H. Gough
261st (Airborne) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers - detachments, Lieutenant William H. Skinner
250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Major Cecil Cyril Chidgey
1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police - Captain William B. Gray
89th (Parachute) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps - Captain John E. Killick
Glider Pilot Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel George Chatterton (flew to Nijmegen)
No.1 Wing - Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Murray
No.2 Wing - Lieutenant-Colonel John Place
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade - Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski
1st Parachute Infantry Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel M. Tonn
2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ploszewski
3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion - Major W. Sobocinski
82nd Airborne Division - Brigadier General James M. Gavin
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel Reuben H. Tucker
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel William E. Eckman
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel Roy E. Lindquist
325th Glider Infantry Regiment
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion
82nd Airborne Signal Company
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
307th Airborne Medical Company
82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
782nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
407th Airborne Quartermaster Company
82nd Parachute Maintenance Company
101st Airborne Division - Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel Howard R. Johnson
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment - Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Michaelis
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel Robert F. Sink
327th Glider Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment
321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion
101st Airborne Signal Company
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
326th Airborne Medical Company
101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
426th Airborne Quartermaster Company
101st Parachute Maintenance Company
IX Troop Carrier Command - Major General Paul L. Williams
50th Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain) - Brigadier General Julian M. Chappell
439th Troop Carrier Group
440th Troop Carrier Group
441st Troop Carrier Group
442d Troop Carrier Group
52nd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47) - Brigadier General Harold L. Clark
61st Troop Carrier Group
313th Troop Carrier Group
314th Troop Carrier Group
315th Troop Carrier Group
316th Troop Carrier Group
53rd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47) - Brigadier General Maurice M. Beach
434th Troop Carrier Group
435th Troop Carrier Group
436th Troop Carrier Group
437th Troop Carrier Group
438th Troop Carrier Group
No. 38 Group RAF - Air Marshal L.M. Hollinghurst (under operational control of IX Troop Carrier Command)
No. 190 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 196 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 295 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 299 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 570 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 620 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 644 Squadron RAF (Stirlings)
No. 296 Squadron RAF (Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle)
No. 297 Squadron RAF (Albemarle)
No. 198 Squadron RAF (Handley Page Halifax)
No. 644 Squadron RAF (Halifax)
No. 46 Group RAF - Air Commodore L. Darvall (under operational control of IX Troop Carrier Command) (Douglas Dakota)
No. 48 Squadron RAF
No. 233 Squadron RAF
No. 271 Squadron RAF
No. 437 Squadron RAF
No. 512 Squadron RAF
No. 575 Squadron RAF
No. 437 Squadron RCAF
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
VIII Corps
Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
11th Armoured Division - Major-General G. P. B. Roberts
3rd Infantry Division - Major-General L. G. Whistler
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
4th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R. M. P. Carver
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade - Colonel B. Piron
XII Corps
Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie
7th Armoured Division - Major-General G. L. Verney
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division - Major-General C. M. Barber
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division - Major-General R. K. Ross
XXX Corps
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
2nd Household Cavalry Regiment
Guards Armoured Division - Major-General A. H. S. Adair
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
2nd Armoured Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards
2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards
1st Motorised Battalion, Grenadier Guards
32nd Guards Brigade
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, Welsh Guards
1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
94th Light Anti-Aircraft, Regiment Royal Artillery
14th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
615th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
148th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
11th Bridging Troop, Royal Engineers
Guards Armoured Division Postal Unit, Royal Engineers
310th Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps
224th Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps
535th Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps
5th Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
32nd Guards Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
19th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
128th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
8th Guards Field Dressing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps
60th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division - Major-General Ivor Thomas
129th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
130th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
214th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Guns)
94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
59th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
204th Field Company, Royal Engineers
260th Field Company, Royal Engineers
553rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
207th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
13th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers
16th Airfield Construction Group, Royal Engineers
43rd (Wessex) Division Postal Unit, Royal Engineers
54th Company, Royal Army Service Corps
504th Company, Royal Army Service Corps
505th Company, Royal Army Service Corps
506th Divisional Company, Royal Army Service Corps
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division - Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On September 18, the division was transferred to VIII Corps
69th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Green Howards
7th Battalion, Green Howards
151st Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
231st Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
7th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
90th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
501st Field Company, Royal Engineers
505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
50th (Northumbrian) Division Postal Unit, Royal Engineers
8th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier E. G. Prior-Palmer
4th/7th Dragoon Guards
13th/18th Hussars
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
147th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
12th (Queen's Westminsters) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene' - Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck
Second Tactical Air Force - Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
No. 83 Group RAF - Air Vice-Marshal H. Broadhurst
RCAF 39 Reconnaissance Wing
121, 122, 123, 143 Wings (Typhoon)
125 Wing (Spitfire)
RCAF 126, 127 Wings (Spitfire)
No. 2 Group RAF - Air Vice-Marshal B. E. Embry
136, 138, 140 Wings (Mosquito)
137, 139 Wings (B-25 Mitchell)
No. 84 Group RAF - Air Vice Marshal Leslie Brown
Fighter Command - Air Marshal Roderick Hill
Bomber Command - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
RAF Coastal Command - Air Chief Marshal Sholto Douglas
U.S. Eighth Air Force - Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
U.S. Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
The majority of German units stationed west of the Rhine were under the responsibility of Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West), commanded at the time by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt.
Due to a lack of replacements (both in terms of personnel and materiel) German units were generally severely understrength at this point in the war, with many units at about 50% of establishment strength.
German Armed Forces Group (AFC) Netherlands
Commanded by General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen
Commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - SS-Obersturmbannführer Walter Harzer
9th SS Panzer Regiment
19th and 20th SS Panzergrenadier Regiments
9th SS Artillery Regiment
9th SS Recon Battalion
9th SS Antitank Battalion
9th SS Engineer Battalion
9th SS Flak Battalion
9th SS Signals Battalion
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg - SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Harmel
10th SS Panzer Regiment
21st and 22nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiments
10th SS Artillery Regiment
10th SS Recon Battalion
10th SS Antitank Battalion
10th SS Engineer Battalion
10th SS Flak Battalion
10th SS Signals Battalion
Training Regiment of Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring- Oberstleutnant Fritz Fullriede
Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau" - Generalleutnant Hans von Tettau
Kampfgruppe "Kraft"-SS-Sturmbannführer Sepp Kraft of Training and Replacement Battalion 16 {of the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS}
Kampfgruppe "Henke" - A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Henke
General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
LXVIII Corps
General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer
346th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Erich Diestel
711th Static Division - Generalleutnant Josef Reichert
719th Coastal Division - Generalleutnant Karl Sievers - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
LXXXVIII Corps
General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
Kampfgruppe "Chill" - Generalleutnant Kurt Chill
59th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Walter Poppe
245th Infantry Division - Oberst Gerhard Kegler
712th Static Division - Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann
LXXXVI Corps
General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
176th Infantry Division - Oberst Christian Landau - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
Kampfgruppe "Walther"
6th Parachute Regiment - Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
107th Panzer Brigade - Major Freiherr von Maltzahn
Division "Erdmann" - Generalleutnant Wolfgang Erdmann - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
XII SS Corps
SS-Obergruppenführer Kurt von Gottberg
180th Infantry Division - Generalmajor Bernhard Klosterkemper
190th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Ernst Hammer
363rd Volkgrenadier Division - Generalleutnant Augustus Dettling
Corps "Feldt" - General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt
406th Landesschützen Division - Generalleutnant Scherbenning
Colonel General Kurt Student
1st Parachute Army - Drawn from a pool of available units, almost all understrength; totaling 3,000 men as of September 1944
I Parachute Corps
II Parachute Corps - General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl
86th Corps
