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词条 List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign
释义

  1. United States

  2. United Kingdom

  3. Canada

  4. Free Belgian Forces

  5. Free Dutch Forces

  6. Free French Forces & Fusiliers Marins

  7. Free Norwegian Forces

  8. Free Polish Forces

  9. See also

  10. Notes

  11. References

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This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign between 6 June-25 August 1944. Primary combat units are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle.

United States

Unit Arrival Commander
1st Infantry Division 6 June Major General Clarence R. Huebner
2nd Infantry Division 7 June Major General Walter M. Robertson
4th Infantry Division 6 June Major General Raymond O. Barton
5th Infantry Division 9 July Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin
8th Infantry Division 4 July Major General William C. McMahon
Major General Donald A. Stroh (from 12 July)
9th Infantry Division 10 June Major General Manton S. Eddy
Major General Louis A. Craig (from 19 August)
28th Infantry Division 22 July Major General Lloyd D. Brown
Brigadier General James E. Wharton (12–13 August)
Major General Norman D. Cota (from 14 August)
29th Infantry Division 6 June Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
30th Infantry Division 10 June Major General Leland Hobbs
35th Infantry Division 5 July Major General Paul W. Baade
79th Infantry Division 12 June Major General Ira T. Wyche
83rd Infantry Division 18 June Major General Robert C. Macon
90th Infantry Division 6 June Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie (until early July)
Major General Eugene M. Landrum (July)
Brigadier General Raymond S. McLain (from 30 July)
2nd Armored Division 9 June Major General Edward H. Brooks
3rd Armored Division 23 June Major General Leroy H. Watson
Major General Maurice Rose (from 7 August)
4th Armored Division 11 July Major General John S. Wood
5th Armored Division24 JulyMajor General Lunsford E. Oliver
6th Armored Division 19 July Major General Robert W. Grow
82nd Airborne Division 6 June Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
101st Airborne Division 6 June Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
2nd Ranger Battalion 6 June Lt. Colonel James Rudder
5th Ranger Battalion 6 June Lt. Colonel Max F. Schneider

United Kingdom

UnitArrivalCommander
Guards Armoured Division28 JuneMajor-General Allan H.S. Adair
5th Guards Armoured Brigade30 JuneBrigadier Norman W. Gwatkin
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards?Lt.-Col. J. N. R. Moore
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards?Lt.-Col. R. Myddleton, M.V.O
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Irish Guards?Lt.-Col. C. K. Finlay
1st (Motorised) Battalion, Grenadier Guards?Lt.-Col. E. H. Goulburn
32nd Guards Brigade25 JuneBrigadier G.F. Johnson
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards?Lt.-Col. Lord Stratheden
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards?Lt.-Col. G. W. Browning
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards?Lt.-Col. J. O. E. Vandeleur
7th Armoured Division6/12 JuneMajor-General George Erskine
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment??
22nd Armoured Brigade6/7 JuneBrigadier William R.N. Hinde
1st Royal Tank Regiment7 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.M.P. Carver[1]
5th Royal Tank Regiment7 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Holliman[1]
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards on 29 July 1944)7 JuneLieutenant-Colonel The Viscount Cranley
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced 4th CLY on 29 July 1944)??
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)7 June?
131st Infantry Brigade8 JuneBrigadier M.S. Ekins
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)8 June?
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)8 June?
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)8? June?
11th Armoured Division13 JuneMajor-General George P.B. Roberts
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17 August)??
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment (from 17 August)??
29th Armoured Brigade15 JuneBrigadier C.B.C. Harvey
23rd Hussars??
3rd Royal Tank Regiment?Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.H. Silvertop[1]
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry??
8th (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)??
159th Infantry Brigade15 JuneBrigadier J.G. Sandie
4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry?Lieutenant-Colonel Miles
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment??
1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment??
4th Armoured Brigade7 JuneBrigadier John C. Currie (KIA 26 June)
Brigadier Michael Carver
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment?Lieutenant-Colonel G.C. Hopkinson[1]
Royal Scots Greys?Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. J. Readman[2]
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29 July 1944)?Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (from 1 August 1944)??
2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps9 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Ronald B. Littledale
8th Armoured Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Bernard Cracroft
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.G.G. Byron[3]
24th Lancers6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel W.A.C. Anderson
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel John Anderson
12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps6 June?
27th Armoured Brigade6 JuneBrigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R. T. G Harrap
1st East Riding Yeomanry6 June?
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel J. A. Eadie
6th Airborne Division6 JuneMajor-General Richard Gale
3rd Parachute Brigade6 JuneBrigadier James Hill
8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Alastair Pearson
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke
5th Parachute Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Nigel Poett
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Johnny Johnson (KIA 12 June)
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard
6th Airlanding Brigade6 JuneBrigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley
12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment7 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Dick Stevens
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Michael Roberts
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson
3rd Infantry Division6 JuneMajor-General Thomas G. Rennie (WIA 13 June)
Major-General Lashmer G. Whistler
3rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment??
2nd Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion??
8th Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier E.E. Cass
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.E. Goodwin
2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel G.F. Hutchinson
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.P.H. Burbury (KIA 6 June)
Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Bolster (KIA 28 July)
9th Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier J.O. Cunningham
2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Christopher E. Welby-Everard
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel G. D. Renny
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel I. C. Harris
185th Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier K. P. Smith
2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel H.O.S. Herdon
1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R. H. Bellamy
2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel F. J. Maurice
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division14 JuneMajor General G.H.A. MacMillan
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion? Lieutenant-Colonel J.P. Hall
15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment?Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Grant-Peterkin
44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade17 JuneBrigadier H.D.K. Money
8th Battalion, Royal Scots14 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R. Delacombe
6th (The Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers?Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Shillington
6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers?Lieutenant-Colonel C.R. Buchanan
46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade17 JuneBrigadier C.M. Barber
9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)?Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Villiers
2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry?Lieutenant-Colonel P.U. Campbell
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders?Lieutenant-Colonel E.H.G. Grant
227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade18 JuneBrigadier J.R. Mackintosh-Walker
10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry?Lieutenant-Colonel J.D.S. Young
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders?Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Colville
2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders?Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Tweedie
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division24 JuneMajor General G.I. Thomas
43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment24 June Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lane Fox
Lieutenant-Colonel C.H. Kinnersley
8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion?Lieutenant-Colonel M. Crawford
129th Infantry Brigade23 JuneBrigadier G.H.L. Mole (Mortally Wounded 14 November)
Brigadier J.O.E. Vandeleur
4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry? Lieutenant-Colonel W.S.C. Curtis
Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Lipscomb
4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel E.L. Luce
Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.L. Corbyn
5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel N.C.E. Kenrick
Lieutenant-Colonel J.H.C. Pearson (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Roberts
Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Brind
130th Infantry Brigade24 JuneBrigadier N.D. Leslie
Brigadier B.B. Walton
Brigadier B.A. Coad
7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel D.W.G. Gray (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.C. Mallock (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel D.E.B. Talbot
4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Cowie
Lieutenant-Colonel G. Tilley
Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Roberts
5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel B.A. Coad
Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Venour
Lieutenant-Colonel A.E.C. Bredin
214th Infantry Brigade24 JuneBrigadier Hubert Essame
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry? Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.P. Besley (WIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel G.C.P. Lance (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel E.J. Bruford (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Nichol
Lieutenant-Colonel H.A. Borradaile
Major T.B. Elliott (WIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel I.L. Reeves (WIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel C. Brooke Smith
1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment? Lieutenant-Colonel A.R. Harrison
Lieutenant-Colonel R.E. Osborne-Smith (WIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel A.W.N.L. Vickers
Lieutenant-Colonel M.R.J. Hope-Thompson
5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry? Lieutenant-Colonel H.W. Atherton (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel R.W. James (KIA)
Lieutenant-Colonel G. Taylor
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division12 JuneMajor General E.H. Barker
49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment??
2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment Machine Gun Battalion??
146th Infantry Brigade10 JuneBrigadier A. Dunlop
4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment??
1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry10 June?
Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment??
147th Infantry Brigade12 JuneBrigadier E.R. Mahony
6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment??
1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment3 July?
7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment??
11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers??
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August)14 JuneBrigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis
10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry??
11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry??
1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, (Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment))??
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August)6 JuneBrigadier E. C. Pepper
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers6 June?
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment6 June?
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment6 June?
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division6 JuneMajor General D.A.H. Graham
61st Reconnaissance Regiment??
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Machine Gun Battalion??
69th Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier F.Y.C. Cox
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel White
6th Battalion, Green Howards6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Robin Hastings
7th Battalion, Green Howards6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel P.H. Richardson
151st Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier R.H. Senior
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel A.E. Green
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.P. Lidwill
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel H. Woods
231st Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier A.G.B. Stanier Bart
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel C.A.R. Nevill
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel E. Norie[4]
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel David Nelson-Smith
51st (Highland) Infantry Division6 JuneMajor-General D.C. Bullen-Smith
Major-General T.G. Rennie (from 26 July)
152nd Infantry Brigade8 JuneBrigadier D.H. Haugh
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders??
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders??
5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders??
153rd Infantry Brigade7 JuneBrigadier H. Murray
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)6 June?
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders??
5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders??
154th Infantry Brigade10 JuneBrigadier J.A. Hopwood
1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)?Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Hopwood
7th (Fife) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)??
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders??
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division27 JuneMajor General R.K. Ross
53rd (Welsh) Reconnaissance Regiment??
1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment Machine Gun Battalion??
71st Infantry Brigade25 JuneBrigadier V. Blomfield (WIA 21 September 1944)
1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment??
1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry??
1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry?Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. Hare
158th Infantry Brigade23 JuneBrigadier S.O. Jones
4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers??
6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers??
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers??
160th Infantry Brigade28 JuneBrigadier L.G. Whistler
Brigadier C.F.C. Coleman (from 22 June)
4th Battalion, Welch Regiment??
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment??
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment26 June?
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division27 JuneMajor General L.O. Lyne
59th Reconnaissance Regiment??
7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun Battalion??
176th Infantry Brigade29 JuneBrigadier R.W.H. Fryer
7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment??
7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment??
6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment??
177th Infantry Brigade27 JuneBrigadier M.S. Ekins
5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment??
1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment??
2/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment??
197th Infantry Brigade29 JuneBrigadier J. Lingham
1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment??
2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers??
5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment??
Others
79th Armoured Division6 JuneMajor-General Percy Hobart
5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (5th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel D.H.V. Board (KIA 6 June)
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (6th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.D.R. Sale
8th (Irish) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (7th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel W.J. Humphrey
5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (8th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel A.L. Taffs
2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (9th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel J.R. Harper
6th Battalion, Border Regiment (10th Beach Group)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Cooper
18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (36th Beach Group)6 June?
1st Special Service Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Lord Lovat
No. 3 Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Peter Young
No. 4 Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Robert W.P. Dawson
No. 6 Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Derek Mills-Roberts
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando6 June?
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Norman C. Ries
4th Special Service Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Bernard W. Leicester
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Eric C.E. Palmer
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando7 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Campbell R. Hardy
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel C. Farndale Phillips
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel James L. Moulton

Canada

UnitArrivalCommander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division29 JulyMajor General George Kitching
Major General Harry W. Foster (from 22 August)
29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)24 JulyLieutenant Colonel G.D. Wotherspoon
10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers)26 July?
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade?Brigadier Eric Leslie Booth
Brigadier Robert W. Moncel (from 19 August)
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)24 July?
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)26 July?
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)28 JulyLieutenant-Colonel Donald G. Worthington (KIA 9 August)
1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)26 and 27 July?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade?Brigadier James C. Jefferson
1st Battalion, The Lincoln and Welland Regiment25 JulyLieutenant Colonel J.G. McQueen
1st Battalion, The Algonquin Regiment25 JulyLieutenant Colonel Hay
1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)26 July?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division?Major General C. Foulkes
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)7 JulyLieutenant Colonel B.M. Alway
1st Battalion, The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)6 and 7 July?
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade?Brigadier Sherwood Lett
1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada7 JulyLieutenant-Colonel D.E. Catto
1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry5 JulyLieutenant Colonel D. Whitaker (Until 17 July). Lieutenant Colonel Rockingham
1st Battalion, The Essex Scottish Regiment5 JulyLieutenant Colonel B.J. MacDonald (Until 22 July) Lieutenant Colonel T.S. Jones
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade?Brigadier W. J. Megill
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada6 JulyLieutenant Colonel S.S. Cantile (KIA 25 July) Lieutenant Colonel G.P. Henderson
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve7 JulyLieutenant Colonel Bisiallon
1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders6 JulyLieutenant Colonel Donald G.H. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade??
1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal7 July?
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada7 JulyLieutenant Colonel P.C. Klaehn
1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment8 JulyLieutenant-Colonel F. A. Clift
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division6 JuneMajor General Rodney F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Harry W. Foster
1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Foster M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel John M. Meldram
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Frederick N. Cabeldu
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Kenneth G. Blackadder
1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Donald B. Buell
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel John G. Spragge
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Paul Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Douglas G. Cunningham
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel G.H. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel Charles Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade6 JuneBrigadier Robert A. Wyman
6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.J. Colwell
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel R.E.A.Morton
27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel M.B.K. Gordon
Others
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division)6 JuneLieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke

Free Belgian Forces

Unit Arrival Commander
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron" Between 30 July-8 August Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron

Free Dutch Forces

  • Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene" ("Princess Irene Brigade")
    • Three motorised infantry companies
    • One reconnaissance battalion
    • One artillery battery
    • three Naval ships HNLMS Soemba, HNLMS Sumatra and HNLMS Flores

Free French Forces & Fusiliers Marins

{{Main|1st Free French Division|List of French paratrooper units}}
UnitArrivalCommander
2e Division Blindée1 AugustGeneral Philippe Leclerc
er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains ({{lang-fr>1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains}})
—
Colonel Jean Rémy
501e Régiment de Chars de Combat
—
Major Cantarel
Colonel Warabiot (from 8 August)
e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique ({{lang-fr>12e Régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique}})
—
Colonel de Langlade
e Régiment de Cuirassiers ({{lang-fr>12e Régiment de Cuirassiers}})Colonel Nioret
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins of the Fusiliers Marins.

The Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins RBFM Naval led similarly, to the naval leadership of the 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins.
—
Naval Ship-of-the-line captain Maggiar
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando)6 JuneCapitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer
3ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air 3e BIA (3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes 3e RCP from 1 August) / (3rd SAS) 17 JulyCapitaine Pierre Château-Jobert
4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air 4e BIA (2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes 2e RCP from 1 August) / (4th SAS) 6 JuneCapitaine Pierre-Louis Bourgoin

Free Norwegian Forces

Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy Campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian ships[5] with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.

Some of the participating units:

  • Air Force
    • 331 Squadron
    • 332 Squadron
  • Navy
    • 10 ships
    • {{HNoMS|Stord|G26|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Svenner|G03|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Glaisdale|L44|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Andenes|K01|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Eglantine|K197|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Rose|K102|6}}
    • {{HNoMS|Nordkapp}}
    • Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573

Free Polish Forces

UnitArrivalCommanderKilledWounded
1st Armoured Division?Major-General Stanislaw Maczek??
10th Mounted Rifle Regiment (reconnaissance, Cromwell tanks)?Major J. Maciejowski??
10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade?Colonel T. Majewski??
1st Armoured Regiment1 August 1944Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Stefanowicz208?
2nd Armoured Regiment?Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki??
24th Lancers Regiment?Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kanski??
10th Dragoons Regiment (armoured infantry)?Lieutenant-Colonel Wladyslaw Zgorzelski??
3rd Infantry Brigade?Colonel Marian Wieronski??
1st Highland Battalion?Lieutenant-Colonel K. Complak??
8th Rifle Battalion?Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Nowaczynski??
9th Rifle Battalion?Lieutenant-Colonel Zygmunt Szydlowski??

See also

  • Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy

Notes

1. ^1 2 3 Chadwick (1970), The Royal Tank Regiment, p.114
2. ^Blacklock (1971), The Royal Scots Greys: (The 2nd Dragoons), p100
3. ^Essame (1952), The 43rd Wessex Division at War, 1944–1945, p276
4. ^Delaforce (2004), Monty's Northern Legions, p67
5. ^Berg 1997: 136

References

  • Orders of Battle Second World War 1939–1945, Lieut-Col. H.F. Joslen, Reprinted by The London Stamp Exchange by permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, {{ISBN|0-948130-03-2}}.
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/jscsc/jscsc-library/archives/operation-overlord/CONF4171_AssaultLandNormandy.pdf |title=The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army |work=Defence Academy of the United Kingdom }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.2ndbn5thmar.com/history/BrFollowonDivisions1944.pdf |title=British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944 |work=2nd Battalion, 5th Marines |year=2010 }}
  • {{cite book |title=I skjærgården og på havet – Marinens krig 8. april 1940 – 8. mai 1945 |last=Berg |first=Ole F. |year=1997 |publisher=Marinens krigsveteranforening |location=Oslo |isbn=82-993545-2-8 |page= |pages= |url= |language= Norwegian}}
  • 6juin1944.com (French/English)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927232835/http://montormel.evl.pl/?id=56 OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org](en/fr)
  • Canadiansoldiers.com{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120209010054/http://www.regiments.org/ Regiments.org]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211092459/http://www.army.mil/d-day/divisions/orderofbattle.html U.S. Army official site]
  • Maj-Gen Hubert Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45, London: William Clowes, 1952. [NB: Personnel are given for whole North West Europe campaign].
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