Operation Goodwood order of battle
This is the order of battle for Operation Goodwood, a World War II battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 18 July and 20 July 1944.
British Order of Battle
- 21st Army Group - General Bernard Montgomery
- Second Army - Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
- Army troops
- 4th Army Group Royal Artillery
- 8th Army Group Royal Artillery
- 79th Armoured Division (elements) - Major-General Percy Hobart
- 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers (Churchill AVRE)
- 22nd Dragoons (Sherman Crabs)
- 141st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Churchill Crocodiles)
- 1st Lothians and Border Horse (Sherman Crabs)
- I Corps - Lieutenant-General John Crocker
- Corps troops
- 3rd Infantry Division - Major-General Lashmer Whistler
- Divisional troops
- 3rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- 7th, 33rd, 76th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 20th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 20th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine gun battalion)
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
- 185th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 33rd Armoured Brigade (attached)
- 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
- Staffordshire Yeomanry
- 144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- 148th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- Divisional troops
- 51st (Highland) Infantry Division - Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith
- Divisional troops
- 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry (reconnaissance)
- 126th, 127th and 128th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 61st Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 40th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine gun battalion)
- 152nd (Highland) Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
- 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
- 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 153rd Highland Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Black Watch
- 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
- 5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
- 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Black Watch
- 7th Battalion, Black Watch
- 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- Divisional troops
- VIII Corps - Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
- Guards Armoured Division - Major-General Allan Adair
- Divisional troops
- 55th and 153rd Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 21st Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 94th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards (Armoured reconnaissance)
- 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
- 2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Irish Guards
- 1st (Motor) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- Divisional troops
- 7th Armoured Division - Major-General G.W.E.J. Erskine
- Divisional troops
- 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (reconnaissance)
- 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 65th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 15th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 22nd Armoured Brigade
- 131st (Queens) Infantry Brigade
- 1st/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1st/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1st/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- Divisional troops
- 11th Armoured Division - Major-General George "Pip" Roberts
- Divisional troops
- 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (reconnaissance)
- The Inns of Court Regiment (reconnaissance; attached)
- 13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)
- 151st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 75th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 58th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 29th Armoured Brigade
- 23rd Hussars
- 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
- 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
- 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 159th Infantry Brigade
- 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
- Divisional troops
- Guards Armoured Division - Major-General Allan Adair
- Army troops
- Second Army - Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
German Order of Battle
- Panzer Group West - General der Panzertruppe Heinrich Eberbach
- I SS Panzer Corps - SS-Obergruppenführer Josef Dietrich
- Corps troops
- 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
- 101st SS Artillery Battalion
- 7th Werfer Brigade
- 83rd and 84th Werfer Regiments
- 1st SS Panzer Division (1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler) - SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Wisch
- 1st SS Panzer Regiment
- 1st SS Reconnaissance Battalion
- 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 1st SS Artillery Regiment
- 12th SS Panzer Division (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend) - SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer
- 12th SS Panzer Regiment
- 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
- 25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 12th SS Artillery Regiment
- 272nd Infantry Division - Major General Friedrich Schack
- 980th Infantry Regiment
- 981st Infantry Regiment
- 982nd Infantry Regiment
- 272nd Reconnaissance Battalion
- 272nd Artillery Regiment
- 272nd Anti Tank Battalion
- Corps troops
- LXXXVI Corps - General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
- Corps troops
- 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion
- 9th Werfer Brigade
- 14th and 54th Werfer Regiments
- 555th, 763rd, 1151st and 1193rd Artillery Battalions
- 1255th Heavy Coastal Artillery Battalion
- 1039th and 1053rd Anti Tank Battalions
- 725th Railway Artillery Battalion
- 16th Luftwaffe Field Division - Major General Karl Sievers
- 31st Rifle Regiment
- 32nd Rifle Regiment
- 46th Rifle Regiment
- 16th Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment
- 16th Luftwaffe Anti Tank Battalion
- 21st Panzer Division - Brigadier General Edgar Feuchtinger
- 22nd Panzer Regiment
- 125th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 192nd Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 21st Reconnaissance Battalion
- 155th Artillery Regiment
- 200th Assault Gun Battalion
- 346th Infantry Division - Major General Erich Straube
- 857th Infantry Regiment
- 858th Infantry Regiment
- 346th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 346th Artillery Regiment
- 346th Anti Tank Battalion
- 711th Infantry Division - Major General Josef Reichert
- 731st Infantry Regiment
- 744th Infantry Regiment
- 711th Anti Tank Company
- 1711th Artillery Regiment
- Corps troops
- I SS Panzer Corps - SS-Obergruppenführer Josef Dietrich
See also
Notes
Bibliography
- Trew, Simon; Badsey, Stephen (2004). Battle for Caen. Battle Zone Normandy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-7509-3010-1.
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