Appendix D
Forces Under SHAEF, 1944-45
British 21 Army Group Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Second Army Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey 1 Corps Lt. Gen. Sir J. T. Crocker 8 Corps Lt. Gen. Sir Richard N. O'Connor
Lt. Gen. E. H. Barker12 Corps Lt. Gen. N. M. Ritchie 30 Corps Lt. Gen. Gerard C. Bucknall
Lt. Gen. B. G. Horrocks1 Airborne Corps Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale Bomber Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris 2d Tactical Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham Eastern Task Force1 Rear Adm. Philip L. Vian Divisions: 3d Infantry, 5th Infantry, 15th Infantry, 43d Infantry, 49th Infantry, 51st Infantry, 52d Infantry, 53d Infantry, 1st Polish Armored, 7th Armored, 1 1th Armored, 79th Armored, Guards Armored, 1st Airborne, 6th Airborne Canadian First Army Gen. Henry D. G. Crerar 1st Corps Lt. Gen. C. Foulkes 2d Corps Lt. Gen. G. G. Simonds Divisions: 1st Infantry, 2d Infantry, 3d Infantry, 4th Armored, 5th Armored French First Army Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny I Corps Lt. Gen. Emile Béthouart II Corps Lt. Gen. de Goislard de Monsabert Detachment of the Army of the Alps Lt. Gen. Paul Doyen Detachment of the Army of the Atlantic Lt. Gen. Edgar de Larminat
Divisions activated under North African rearmament program: 1st DMI (1re Division de Marche d'Infanterie), 2d DIM (2e Division de l'Infanterie Marocaine), 3d DIA (3e Division de l'Infanterie Algérienne), 4th DMM (4e Division Marocaine de Montagne), 9th DIC (9e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale), 1st DB (1re Division Blindée), 2d DB (2e Division Blindbée), 5th DB (5e Division Blindbe)
Divisions activated under Metropolitan program and assigned to First French Army: 10th DI (10e Division),2 2 27th DIA (27e Division d'Infanterie Alpine), 14th DI (14e Division d'Infanterie), 1st DI (1re Division d'Infanterie)3
United States 12th Army Group Gen. Omar N. Bradley 6th Army Group Gen. Jacob L. Devers First Army Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. HodgesThird Army Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Seventh Army Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch Ninth Army Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson Fifteenth Army Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow First Allied Airborne Army4 Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton III Corps Maj. Gen. John Millikin
Maj. Gen. James A. Van FleetV Corps Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
Maj. Gen. Clarence R. HuebnerVI Corps Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott
Maj. Gen. Edward H. BrooksVII Corps Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins VIII Corps Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton XII Corps Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy
Maj. Gen. Stafford LeR. IrwinXIII Corps Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, Jr. XV Corps Maj. Gen. Wade H. Haislip XVI Corps Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson XIX Corps Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett
Maj. Gen. Raymond S. McLainXX Corps Maj. Gen. Walton H. Walker XXI Corps Maj. Gen. Frank W. Milburn XXII Corps Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon XXIII Corps Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet
Maj. Gen. Hugh J. GaffeyXVIII Corps (Airborne) Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe Gen. Carl Spaatz Eighth Air Force Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle Ninth Air Force Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg IX Tactical Air Command Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada XIX Tactical Air Command Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland XXIX Tactical Air Command Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent Western Task Force5 Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk Infantry Divisions: 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th, 42d, 44th, 45th, 63d, 65th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 83d, 84th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 90th, 94th, 95th, 97th, 99th, 100th, 102d, 103d, 104th, 106th Armored Divisions: 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 20th Airborne Divisions: 13th, 17th, 82d, 101st
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Footnotes
1. This Allied unit is included in the British list because its commander was a British officer.
2. The 10th DI, initially equipped with old French equipment, had been withdrawn at the close of the war to be re-equipped with U.S. armament.
3. The 1st DI was activated in February 1945, but had not become operational at the war's end.
4. This Allied unit Is included in the U.S. list because its commander was an American.
5. This Allied unit is included in the U.S. list because its commander was an American.