Moro River Campaign order of battle

Moro River Campaign order of battle

Moro River Campaign order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting during the Moro River Campaign in December, 1943, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II.

Contents

Allied Forces and organisation

Allied Armies in Italy

C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander

Eighth Army

Commander:

General Bernard Montgomery
V Corps
Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
XIII Corps
Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
  • 2nd New Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg)
    • 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
      • 18th New Zealand Armoured Regiment
      • 19th New Zealand Armoured Regiment
      • 20th New Zealand Armoured Regiment
    • 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
    • 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
      • 24th New Zealand Battalion
      • 25th New Zealand Battalion
      • 26th New Zealand Battalion
      • 27th New Zealand Battalion
    • British 2nd Parachute Brigade
      • 4th Parachute Battalion
      • 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
      • 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
      • 1st Independent Glider Pilot Squadron
  • 5th British Infantry Division (Major-General Gerard Bucknall)

German forces and organisation

German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

Commander: Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppe)[note 1] Joachim Lemelsen
German LXXVI Panzer Corps
General Traugott Herr
  • German 1st Parachute Division (Brigadier-General (Generalmajor)[note 2] Richard Heidrich)
    • 1st Parachute Regiment
    • 3rd Parachute Regiment
    • 4th Parachute Regiment
    • 1st Parachute Artillery Regiment
    • 1st Parachute Anti-tank Battalion
  • 26th Panzer Division (Major-General (Generalleutnant)[note 2] Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz)
    • 26th Panzer Regiment
    • 9th Panzergrenadier Regiment
    • 67th Panzergrenadier Regiment
    • 93rd Panzer Artillery Regiment
    • 93rd Anti-tank battalion
    • 26th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 65th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General (Generalmajor)[note 2]Hellmuth Pfeifer)
    • 145th Grenadier Regiment
    • 146th Grenadier Regiment
    • 147th Grenadier Regiment
    • 165th Artillery Regiment
    • 165th Anti-tank Battalion
    • 165th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General (Generalleutnant)[note 2] Carl-Hans Lungershausen until 20 December then Colonel (Oberst) Ernst-Günther Baade)
    • 155th Panzergrenadier Regiment
    • 200th Panzergrenadier Regiment
    • 361st Panzergrenadier Regiment
    • 190th Artillery Regiment
    • 190th Panzer Battalion
    • 1/190th Anti-tank Battalion

Notes

  1. ^ In the German army and air force the rank equivalent to lieutenant-general was formally linked to the branch of the army (Heer) or air force (Luftwaffe) in which the officer served: General der Kavallerie (cavalry), General der Artillerie (artillery), General der Infanterie (infantry), General der Panzertruppen (armoured troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Flakartillerie (anti-aircraft) and General der Nachrichtentruppen (communications troops).
  2. ^ a b c d Confusion sometimes arises because the ranks of Generalleutnant and Generalmajor were equivalent to the British and US wartime ranks of Major General and Brigadier General (British: Brigadier, which was not a general officer rank).

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