Operation Market Garden order of battle

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This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.

1 Allied forces
2 German forces
3 References

[edit] Allied forces

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.

[edit] 12th Army Group

Commanded by then-Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley (USAR)

US First Army (from 24 September) - Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges (USAR)

XIX US CORPS - Major General Charles H. Corlett (USAR)
- 2nd Armored Division
- 30th Infantry Division
- 7th Armored Division (from 27 September}
- 29th Infantry Division (from 27 September)
- 113th Cavalry Group

[edit] 21st Army Group

Under Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

British Second Army - Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey

XII Corps - Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie
- 7th Armoured Division - Major General G. L. Verney
- 15th (Scottish) Division - Major General C. M. Barber
- 53rd (Welsh) Division - Major General R. K. Ross
VIII Corps - Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor
- 11th Armoured Division - Major General G. P. B. Roberts
- 3rd Division - Major General L. G. Whistler
- 4th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R. M. P. Carver
- Belgian 1st Brigade - Colonel B. Piron
XXX Corps - Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks
- 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment
- Guards Armoured Division - Major General A. H. S. Adair
  - 5th Guards Brigade (Grenadiers/lrish)
  - 32nd Guards Brigade (Coldstream/Welsh)
- 43rd (Wessex) Division - Major General G. I. Thomas
  - 129th Brigade
    - 4 Somerset Light Infantry
    - 4, 5 Wiltshire
  - 130th Brigade
    - 7 Hampshire
    - 4, 5 Dorsetshire
  - 214th Brigade
    - 7 Somerset Light Infantry
    - 1 Worcestershire
    - 5 The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  - Machine Gun Battalion - 8 Middlesex
- 50th (Northumbrian) Division - Major General D. A. H. Graham; this unit was later transferred to VIII Corps on 18th of September
  - 69th Brigade
    - 5 East Yorks
    - 6, 7 Green Howards
  - 151st Brigade
    - 6, 8, 9 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  - 231st Brigade
    - 7 Devonshire
    - 1 Hampshire
    - 1 Dorsetshire
  - Machine Gun Battalion - 2 Chesires
- 8th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier E. G. Prior-Palmer
- Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene' - Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck

First Allied Airborne Army - Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton (USAAF)

XVIII Airborne Corps - Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
- 82nd Airborne Division - Brigadier General James M. Gavin
  - 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
  - 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
  - 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
  - 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
- 101st Airborne Division - Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
  - 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
  - 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
  - 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion
  - 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
British I Airborne Corps - Lieutenant General Frederick Browning; he was also deputy commander for the Airborne Army
- 1st Airborne Division - Major General Roy Urquhart
  - 1st Parachute Brigade
    - 1, 2, 3 Battalions, Parachute Regiment
  - 4th Parachute Brigade
    - 10, 11, 156 Battalions, Parachute Regiment
  - 1st Airlanding Brigade
    - 2 South Staffordshire Regiment
    - 9 Border Regiment
    - 7 King's Own Scottish Borderers
  - 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - Glider Pilot Regiment
- Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade - Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
  - 1, 2, 3 Parachute Infantry Battalions
- 52nd (Lowland) Division - Major General E. Hakewell-Smith
  - 155th Brigade
    - 7/9 Royal Scots
    - 4 King's Own Scottish Borderers
    - 6 Highland Light Infantry
  - 156th Brigade
    - 4/5 Royal Scots Fusiliers
    - 6 Camerons
    - 1 Glasgow Highlanders
  - 157th Brigade
    - 5 King's Own Scottish Borderers
    - 7 Camerons
    - 5 Highland Light Infantry
  - Machine Gun Battalion - 7 Manchesters
  - 79, 80, 186 Field Regiments
  - 1 Mountain Regiments
  - 54 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery

Combined Troop Carrier Command Post (under operational control of First Allied Airborne Army)
- IX Troop Carrier Command - Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams
  - 50th Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain) - Brig. Gen. Julian M. Chappell
    - 439th, 440th, 441st, 442d Troop Carrier Groups
  - 52nd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47) - Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark
    - 61st, 313th, 314th, 315th, 316th, 349th Troop Carrier Groups
  - 53rd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47) - Brig. Gen. Maurice M. Beach
    - 434th, 435th, 436th, 437th, 438th Troop Carrier Groups

- No. 38 Group RAF - Air Marshal L.M. Hollinghurst (RAF)
  - No. 190, 196, 295, 296, 297, 299, 570, 620, 644 Squadrons (Stirlings)
  - No. 198, 644 Squadrons (Albemarle/Halifaxes)
- No. 46 Group RAF - Air Commodore L. Darvall
  - No. 48, 233, 271, 437, 512, 575 Squadrons RAF (Dakotas)
  - No. 437 Squadron RCAF

[edit] Air forces

[edit] Royal Air Force

RAF 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 E.O. Brown; assigned but did not see action.

RAF Fighter Command - Air Marshal Roderick Hill

RAF Bomber Command - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

RAF Coastal Command - Air Chief Marshal Sholto Douglas

[edit] United States Army Air Forces

Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg

Eighth Air Force - Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle

[edit] German forces

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.

[edit] German Armed Forces Group (AFC) Netherlands

Commanded by General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen

II SS Panzer Corps - SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich; this unit was reassigned to Army Group B on Sept. 17

SS-Kampfgruppe "Hohenstauffen" - SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer
SS-Kampfgruppe "Frundsberg" - SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Harmel
Hermann Goering's Division Training Regiment - Oberstleutnant Fritz Fullriede
Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau" - Generalleutnant Hans von Tettau

[edit] Army Group B

Commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model

Fifteenth Army - General der Infanterie Gustav von Zangen

LXVIII Corps - General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer
- 346th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Erich Deister
- 711th Static Division - Generalleutnant Josef Reihert
- 719th Coastal Division - Generalleutnant Karl Sievers
LXXXVIII Corps - General der Infaterie Hans Reinhard
- Kampfgruppe "Chill" - Generalleutnant Kurt Chill
- 59th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Walter Poppe
- 245th Infantry Division - Oberst Gerhard Kegler
- 712th Static Division - Generalleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Neuman

First Parachute Army - General der Fallschirmtruppen Kurt Student

LXXXVI Corps - General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
- 176th Infantry Division - Oberst Christian Landau
- Kampfgruppe "Walther"
- 6th Parachute Regiment - Oberstleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von der Heydte
- 107th Panzer Brigade - Major Frieher von Maltzahn
- Division "Erdmann" - Generalleutnant Wolfgang Erdmann
II Parachute Corps - General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugene Meindl
XII SS Corps - Obergruppenführer Kurt von Gottberg
- 180th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Bernard Kloster Kemper
- 190th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Ernst Hammer
363rd Volkgrenadier Division - Generalleutnant Augustus Dettling

[edit] Wehrkreis VI

Corps "Feldt" - General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt

406th Landesschützen Division - Generalleutnant Scherbenning

[edit] Luftwaffe West

Drawn from a pool of available units, almost all understrength

[edit] References

Stephen Badsey, Arnhem 1944: Operation 'Market Garden. Osprey Publishing, Ltd. 1998. ISBN 1-85532-302-8
Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far. Simon and Shuster, 1974. ISBN 0-684-80330-5

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