Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944

Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line January 1944 during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte Cassino.

Allied Armies in Italy

C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

U.S. Fifth Army

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark

British X Corps (left)

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery

U.S. II Corps (centre)

Major-General Geoffrey Keyes
  • U.S. 1st Armored Division (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
    • 1st Armored Infantry Regiment
      • 6th, 11th and 14th Armoured Infantry Battalions
    • 1st Armored Regiment
      • 1st, 4th and 13th Tank Battalions
    • Divisional troops
  • U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)
    • 133rd Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions (1st, 3rd, 100th)
    • 135th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions
    • 168th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 125th, 151st and 175th Light Artillery Batteries
      • 185th Medium Artillery Battery
      • 109th Engineer Battalion
  • U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Major General Fred Walker)
    • 141st Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions
    • 142nd Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions
    • 143rd Infantry Regiment
      • 3 infantry battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 131st, 132nd and 133rd Light Artillery Batteries
      • 155th Medium Artillery Battery
      • 111th Engineer Battalion
  • 1st Special Service Force (Brigadier-General Robert T. Frederick)
    • 3 Regiments of two battalions. Each battalion two companies.[5]
    • 1 battery airborne artillery[5]
  • Italy 1st Italian Motorised Group (Brigadier-General Vincenzo di Pino)
    • 67th Infantry Regiment[6]
    • 51st Bersaglieri Battalion
    • 11th Artillery Regiment
    • 5th Anti-tank Regiment
    • One engineer battalion

France French Expeditionary Corps (right)

General Alphonse Juin
  • 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (Major-General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert)
    • 3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 4th Group of Tabors
      • 3 tabors
    • Divisional troops
      • 67th African Artillery Regiment
      • 83rd Engineer Battalion
      • 3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
  • 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (Brigadier-General André M. Dody)
    • 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 3rd Group of Tabors
      • 3 tabors
    • Divisional troops
      • 63rd African Artillery Regiment
      • 87th Engineer Battalion
      • 3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment

United States Army Reserve

Was sent to Anzio and took no part in the fighting at Cassino

German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Nazi Germany German Tenth Army

Commander: General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff

XIV Panzer Corps

Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
  • 5th Mountain Division (until 17 January[7]) (Lieutenant General (General der Gebirgstruppe) Julius Ringel)
    • 85th Mountain Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 100th Mountain Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 95th Reconnaissance battalion
      • 95th Mountain Artillery battalion
      • 95th Anti-tank battalion
      • 95th Mountain Engineer battalion
  • 15th Panzer Grenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Eberhard Rodt)
    • 104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
      • 115th Panzer battalion
      • 33rd Artillery battalion
      • 33rd Anti-tank battalion
      • 115th Engineer battalion
  • 44th Reichsgrenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)
    • 131st Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 132nd Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 134th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 44th Fusilier battalion
      • 96th Artillery Regiment
      • 46th Anti-tank battalion
      • 96th Engineer battalion
  • 94th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Bernhard Steinmetz)
    • 267th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 274th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 276th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 94th Fusilier battalion
      • 194th Artillery Regiment
      • 194th Anti-tank battalion
      • 94th Engineer battalion
  • 71st Infantry Division (from 17 January)[8] (Major General (Generalleutnant) Wilhelm Raapke)
    • 191st Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 194th Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 211st Infantry Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 171st Fusilier battalion
      • 171st Artillery Regiment
      • 171st Anti-tank battalion
      • 171st Engineer battalion
  • 3rd Panzergrenadier Division (relieved 5th Mountain Division on 17 January[7]) (Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Fritz-Hubert Gräser)
    • 8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions

Army Reserve

German I Parachute Corps

Under Kesselring's direct command)[9][Note 1]
Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm
  • 29th Panzergrenadier Division
    • 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
      • 129th Panzer battalion
      • 29th Artillery Regiment
      • 29th Anti-tank battalion
      • 29th Engineer battalion
  • 90th Panzergrenadier Division
    • 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • 361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
      • 3 battalions
    • Divisional troops
      • 190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
      • 190th Panzer battalion
      • 190th Artillery Regiment
      • 90th Anti-tank battalion
      • 90th Engineer battalion

Notes

Footnotes
  1. Both divisions were released to XIV Panzer Corps on 18 January[7]
Citations
  1. Molony, p. 607.
  2. Molony, p. 607n
  3. Molony, p. 278n.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Molony, p. 608n.
  5. 1 2 Molony, p. 513.
  6. Molony, p. 519.
  7. 1 2 3 Ellis, p. 551.
  8. Ellis p. 550.
  9. Molony, p. 586.

Sources


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