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词条 Order of battle for Operation Epsom
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  1. British Order of Battle

  2. German Order of Battle

     Seventh Army / Panzer Group West  Army Troops  I SS Panzer Corps  II SS Panzer Corps  III Anti-Aircraft Corps  XLVII Panzer Corps 

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. References

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This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944.

British Order of Battle

Second Army[1]

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey[1]

VIII Corps[2]
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard O'Connor[2]
Corps Troops[2]
91st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
121st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
21st Army Group Troops (attached to VIII Corps for Epsom)[2]
8th Army Group Royal Artillery[2]16 BL 5.5 inch Medium Guns,
16 BL 7.2 inch Howitzer Mk.Is
24 heavy anti aircraft guns.[3][4]
The 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry was the 11th Armoured Division's reconnaissance regiment.[5] 'A' squadron was detached for Operation Epsom.[2]|group=nb}}Cromwell[5] and M5 Stuart tanks[6]
77th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Medium artillery
75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
58th Light [lAnti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (elements)[2]
Counter-Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
13th, 612th, 147th Field Park Squadrons, Royal Engineers[2]
10th Bridging Troop and Royal Engineers[2]
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)[7]Sherman II, Sherman Vc "Firefly"[8] and M5 Stuart[6] tanks
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)[7]Sherman II, Sherman Vc[8] and M5 Stuarts[6]
44th Royal Tank RegimentSherman II, Sherman Vc[8] and M5 Stuarts[6]
2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps[7]
4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery[7]Sexton self-propelled 25 pounder guns[9]
144th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[7]M10C Achilles self-propelled anti-tank guns[7][10]
23rd Hussars[2]Sherman V, Sherman Vc[5] and M5 Stuarts[6]
3rd Royal Tank Regiment[2]Sherman V, Sherman Vc[5] and M5 Stuarts[6]
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry[2]Sherman V, Sherman Vc[5] and M5 Stuarts[6]
8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)[2]
13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)[2]Sexton self-propelled 25 pounder guns[11]
119th Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]M10 and M10C SP Anti-Tank Guns[12]
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry[2]
1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment[2]
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment[2]
2nd (Independent) Machine-Gun Company, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers[2]
151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[11]
117th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
81st Squadron, 6th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers[2]
Divisional Troops[2]
15th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps[2]Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
Humber armoured car[13]
HQ and 346th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
HQ 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
HQ 15th Division Engineers Regiment[2]
624th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers[2]
26th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers[2]
6th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers[2]
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers[2]
8th Battalion, Royal Scots[2]
Elements of The Buffs were attached to the brigade from the 79th Armoured Division.[2]|group=nb}}
A Company, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
190th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[14]
159th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
81st Squadron, 6th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers[2]
279th Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders[2]
7th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders[2]
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)[2]
The Squadron was attached to the brigade from the 11th Armoured Division.[5]|group=nb}}Cromwell tanks[5]
Two troops were attached to the brigade from the 79th Armoured Division.[2]|group=nb}}Churchill Crocodile[2]
B Company, 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2][15]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[15]
161st Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
81st Squadron, 6th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers[2]
279th Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[2]
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders[2]
10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)[2]
C Company, 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
131st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[14]
286th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
391st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
20th Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
7th Royal Tank Regiment[7]Churchill tanks[7]
9th Royal Tank Regiment[7]Churchill tanks[7]
[7]{{#tag:ref>C Squadron, 2nd County of London Yeomanry was attached from the 79th Armoured Division/[16]|group=nb}}Flail tanks, Churchill AVREs and Churchill Crocodiles.[16]
[7]{{#tag:ref>B Squadron, 22nd Dragoons was attached from the 79th Armoured Division.[16]|group=nb}}Flail tanks, Churchill AVREs and Churchill Crocodiles.[16]
Divisional Troops[2]
43rd (Gloucestershire) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps[2]Armoured cars
HQ 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
HQ and 236th Battery, 59th (Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
HQ, 360th and 362nd Batteries, 110th (7th Dorset) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
HQ 43rd Division Engineers Regiment[2]
20th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers[2]
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry[2]
4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment[2]
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment[2]
A Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
94th (Dorset and Hampshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[14]
235th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
360th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
20th Independent Anti-Aircraft Troop[2]
206th Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment[2]
5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment[2]
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment[2]
B Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-Pounder field guns[14]
223rd Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
362nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
32nd Independent AA Troop, Royal Artillery[2]
553rd Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment[2]
5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry[2]
7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry[2]
C Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)[2]
179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]Towed 25-pounder field guns[14]
333rd Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
361st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery[2]
31st Independent Anti-Aircraft Troop, Royal Artillery[2]
20th Field Company, Royal Engineers[2]
[37]
  • 14th, 15th and 16th (Support) Companies, 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer"[37]
  • 1st Battalion, 3rd SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Deutschland"[37]

    II SS Panzer Corps

    SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser (until morning of 29 June)[19]

    SS-Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich (from morning of 29 June)[23]

    • 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller{{#tag:ref|The 9th SS Panzer Division was equipped with a mixture of Panzer Mark IV, Mark V Panthers and Assault Guns.[39]|group=nb}}
      • SS-Panzer Regiment 9[23]
      • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 19[23]
      • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 20[23]
      • SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 9[23]
      • SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 9[23]
      • SS-Anti-Tank Battalion 9[23]
      • SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 9[23]
      • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 9[23]
    • 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg - SS-Oberführer Heinz Harmel[23]{{#tag:ref|The 10th SS Panzer Division was equipped with a mixture of Panzer Mark IV and Assault Guns.[40]|group=nb}}
      • SS-Panzer Regiment 10[23]
      • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 21[23]
      • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 22[23]
      • SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 10[23]
      • SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 10[23]
      • SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 10[23]
      • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 10[23]

    III Anti-Aircraft Corps

    [24] General der Flakartillerie Wolfgang Pickert[32]
    • 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (88mm Anti-Aircraft and other guns)[24]

    XLVII Panzer Corps

    • 2nd Panzer Division (elements)[33]{{#tag:ref|The 2nd Panzer Division was equipped with Mark V Panthers.[34]|group=nb}}
      • One battlegroup based around a tank battalion[33]

    See also

    {{Portal|World War II}}
    • List of orders of battle

    Notes

    Footnotes
    1. ^1 Wilmot, p. 732
    2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 Clark, pp. 34 – 35
    3. ^Jackson, p. 30
    4. ^Brayley, p. 21
    5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Fortin, pp. 14 and 92
    6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Fortin, p. 103
    7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Clark, p. 36
    8. ^1 2 Fortin, pp. 44
    9. ^Paterson, "Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division"
    10. ^Fire and Fury, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division at Hill 112, 10 July 1944, p. 9
    11. ^1 Dunphie, p. 39
    12. ^Fortin, p. 15
    13. ^Kemsley, Chapter 5
    14. ^1 2 3 4 Reid, p. 107
    15. ^1 Neal.
    16. ^1 2 3 Fortin, p. 64
    17. ^Jackson, p. 40
    18. ^1 2 Fortin, p. 37
    19. ^1 Reynolds, p. 23
    20. ^1 2 Clark, p. 73
    21. ^Clark, p. 97
    22. ^Reynolds, p. 32
    23. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Clark, p. 27
    24. ^1 2 3 Clark, p. 28
    25. ^Forty, p. 61
    26. ^Zetterling, p. 120
    27. ^Zetterling, p. 133
    28. ^Clark, p. 25
    29. ^Clark, p. 61
    30. ^1 2 Clark, p. 80
    31. ^1 Clark, p. 24
    32. ^1 Ford, p. 14
    33. ^1 2 3 4 5 Clark, p. 63
    34. ^1 Clark, p. 64
    35. ^Forty, p. 30
    36. ^Clark, p. 26
    37. ^1 2 3 Meyer, p. 409
    38. ^Reynolds, p. 21
    39. ^Clark, pp. 108–109
    40. ^Clark, pp. 176 and 179
    Citations
    {{Reflist|3}}

    References

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    • {{cite book| first=Christopher|last=Dunphie|authorlink=| series=Battle | title=The Pendulum of Battle: Operation Goodwood - July 1944|publisher=Leo Cooper Ltd |year=2005|origyear=| isbn=978-1-84415-278-0}}
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