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Order of battle for Operation Epsom

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June 26, 1944

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Operation Epsom, Operation Martlet, Operation Perch, Operation Jupiter, Operation Goodwood

Order of battle for operation epsom


This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944.

Contents

British Order of Battle

Second Army General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

Seventh Army / Panzer Group West

General Friedrich Dollmann (until 1700 hours 28 June)
General der Panzertruppe (General of Armoured Troops) Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (from 1700 hours 28 June)

Army Troops

  • Projector Brigade 7
  • Projector Brigade 8

    • I SS Panzer Corps

    SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich

  • Corps Troops
  • Heavy SS Panzer Battalion 101 - SS-Obersturmbannführer Heinz von Westerhagen
  • 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - SS-Standartenführer Kurt Meyer
  • SS-Panzer Regiment 12
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 25
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 26
  • SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 12
  • SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 12
  • SS-Anti-Tank Battalion 12
  • SS-Projector Battalion 12
  • SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 12
  • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 12
  • 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - SS-Obersturmbannführer Albert Frey
  • battlegroup Frey
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 (elements)
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 (elements)
  • 21st Panzer Division - Generalmajor Edgar Feuchtinger
  • One battlegroup
  • Panzer-Lehr-Division (elements) - Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein
  • 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich - SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Weidinger
  • Battlegroup Weidinger
  • 1st Battalion, 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer"
  • 14th, 15th and 16th (Support) Companies, 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer"
  • 1st Battalion, 3rd SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Deutschland"

    • II SS Panzer Corps

    SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser (until morning of 29 June)
    SS-Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich (from morning of 29 June)

  • 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller
  • SS-Panzer Regiment 9
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 19
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 20
  • SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 9
  • SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 9
  • SS-Anti-Tank Battalion 9
  • SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 9
  • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 9
  • 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg - SS-Oberführer Heinz Harmel
  • SS-Panzer Regiment 10
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 21
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 22
  • SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 10
  • SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 10
  • SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 10
  • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 10

    • III Anti-Aircraft Corps

    General der Flakartillerie Wolfgang Pickert

  • 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (88mm Anti-Aircraft and other guns)

    • XLVII Panzer Corps

  • 2nd Panzer Division (elements)
  • One battlegroup based around a tank battalion

    • References

    Order of battle for Operation Epsom Wikipedia
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