Order of Battle
Formations and units involved in the battle:
- Allied 15th Army Group - Lieutenant General Mark Clark
- British Eighth Army - Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery
- British V Corps - Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley
- 56th Infantry Division - Major-General J.Y. Whitfield
- 24th Guards Brigade
- 167th Infantry Brigade
- 169th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Commando Brigade (under command)
- 9th Armoured Brigade(under command)
- 78th Infantry Division - Major-General Keith Arbuthnott
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 36th Infantry Brigade
- 38th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Armoured Brigade (under command)
- 56th Infantry Division - Major-General J.Y. Whitfield
- British V Corps - Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley
- British Eighth Army - Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery
- German Army Group C - General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
- German Tenth Army - Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr
- LXXVI Panzer Corps - Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Gerhard von Schwerin
- German 162nd (Turkestan) Infantry Division - Major-General (Generalleutnant) Ralph von Heygendorff
- 42nd Jäger Division - Major-General (Generalleutnant) Walter Jost)
- 362nd Infantry Division - Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Alois Weber
- In Army reserve
- German 29th Panzergrenadier Division - Major-General (Generalleutnant) Fritz Polack
- LXXVI Panzer Corps - Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Gerhard von Schwerin
- German Tenth Army - Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr
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