Battle of The Argenta Gap - Order of Battle

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)
  • 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

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