Battle of the Bulge order of battle

Corps-level units

406th Volksartillerie Corps

18th Volkswerfer Brigade (21st and 22nd Werfer Regiments)

5th Fallschirmjäger Division ‡

Generalmajor Ludwig Heilmann

13th, 14th, and 15th Parachute Infantry Regiments

5th Artillery Regiment

5th Recon Battalion

5th Engineer Battalion

5th Flak Battalion

11th Assault Gun Brigade

352nd Volksgrenadier Division ‡

Oberst Erich-Otto Schmidt

914th, 915th, and 916th Volksgrenadier Regiments

352nd Artillery Regiment

352nd Antitank Battalion

352nd Engineer Battalion

352nd Signals Battalion

79th Volksgrenadier Division

Oberst Alois Weber

208th, 212th, and 226th Volksgrenadier Regiments

179th Artillery Regiments

179th Antitank Battalion

179th Engineer Battalion

179th Signals Battalion

Corps-level units

408th Volksartillerie Corps

8th Volkswerfer Brigade

2nd and Lehr Werfer Regiments

212th Volksgrenadier Division ‡

Generalmajor Franz Sensfuß

316th, 320th, and 423rd VG Regiments

212th Artillery Regiment

212th Antitank Battalion

212th Engineer Battalion

212th Signals Battalion

276th Volksgrenadier Division ‡

Generalmajor Kurt Möhring^[g]

986th, 987th, and 988th VG Regiments

276th Artillery Regiment

276th Antitank Battalion

276th Engineer Battalion

276th Signals Battalion

340th Volksgrenadier Division

Oberst Theodor Tolsdorff

694th, 695th, and 696th VG Regiments

340th Artillery Regiment

340th Antitank Battalion

340th Engineer Battalion

340th Signals Battalion

9th Volksgrenadier Division

Oberst Werner Kolb

36th, 57th, and 116th VG Regiments

9th Artillery Regiment

9th Antitank Battalion

9th Engineer Battalion

9th Signals Battalion

15th Panzergrenadier Division

Oberst Hans Joachim Deckert

104th and 115th Pzgr Regiments

115th Panzer Battalion

115th Artillery Regiment

115th Recon Battalion

33rd Antitank Battalion

33rd Engineer Battalion

33rd Flak Battalion

33rd Signals Battalion

Führer Grenadier Brigade

Oberst Hans-Joachim Kahler

99th Pzgr Regiment

101st Panzer Battalion

911th Assault Gun Brigade

124th Antitank Battalion

124th Engineer Battalion

124th Flak Battalion

124th Artillery Regiment

6th Airborne Division

Maj-Gen. Eric Bols

3rd Parachute Brigade

8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion

9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

5th Parachute Brigade

7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion

12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion

13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion

6th Airlanding Brigade

12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles

53rd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

3rd and 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries, Royal Artillery

6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

249th Airborne Field Company Royal Engineers

3rd, 591st Parachute Squadrons Royal Engineers

3rd, 9th Airborne Squadrons Royal Engineers

286th Airborne Field Park Company Royal Engineers

6th Airborne Divisional Signals Company Royal Signals

22nd Independent Parachute Company Army Air Corps

51st (Highland) Infantry Division

Maj-Gen. G T.G. Rennie

152nd Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

153rd Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, Black Watch

1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

154th Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, Black Watch

7th Battalion, Black Watch

7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

126th, 127th, and 128th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery

2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry

61st Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery

40th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery

274th, 275th, and 276th Field Companies Royal Engineers

239th Field Park Company Royal Engineers

16th Bridging Platoon Royal Engineers

51st Divisional Signals Company Royal Signals

1/7th Machine Gun Battalion Middlesex Regiment

53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division

Maj-Gen. Robert Knox Ross

71st Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

158th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment

1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

160th Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment

6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

81st, 83rd, and 133rd Field Regiments, Royal Artillery

53rd Recce Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

71st Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery

25th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery

244th, 282nd, and 555th Field Companies Royal Engineers

285th Field Park Company Royal Engineers

22nd Bridging Platoon Royal Engineers

53rd Divisional Signals Company Royal Signals

1st Machine Gun Battalion Manchester Regiment

29th Armoured Brigade

Brig. C.B.C Harvey

23rd Hussars

3rd Royal Tank Regiment

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

33rd Armoured Brigade

Brig. H.B. Scott

144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry

1st East Riding Yeomanry

34th Army Tank Brigade

Brig. G W.S. Clarke

9th Royal Tank Regiment

107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

147th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

Guards Armoured Division

Maj.-Gen. Allan Henry Shafto Adair

5th Guards Armoured Brigade

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards

1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards

2nd Battalion, Irish Guards

1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards (Mechanized)

32nd Guards Brigade

5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards

3rd Battalion, Irish Guards

1st Battalion, Welsh Guards

2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards (Recce)

14th Field Company, Royal Engineers

615th Field Company, Royal Engineers

53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

153rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division

Maj-Gen. Ivor Thomas

129th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry

4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

130th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

214th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry

1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Vickers Machine Gunners)

43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

94th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

112th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

59th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

13th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers

204th Field Company, Royal Engineers

207th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (from Bath, Somerset).

260th Field Company, Royal Engineers (from Chippenham, Wiltshire).

553rd Field Company, Royal Engineers

54th Company, RASC

504th Company, RASC

505th Company, RASC

506th Divisional Company, RASC

110th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

Maj-Gen. Douglas Alexander Graham

69th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

6th Battalion, Green Howards

7th Battalion, Green Howards

151st Infantry Brigade

6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

231st Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

1st/7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

90th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Northumberland Hussars), Royal Artillery

25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers

501st Field Company, Royal Engineers

505th Field Company, Royal Engineers

235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

V Corps

Major General Leonard T. Gerow
♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec

Corps-level units

56th Signal Battalion

102nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized♦

38th and 102nd Cavalry Recon Squadrons (attached)

613th TD Battalion

186th, 196th, 200th, and 955th FA Battalions

254th Engineer Combat Battalion

187th FA Group (751st and 997th FA Battalions)

190th FA Group (62nd, 190th, 272nd, and 268th FA Battalions)

406th FA Group (76th, 941st, 953rd, and 987th FA Battalions)

1111th Engineer Combat Group (51st, 202nd, 291st, and 296th Engineer Combat Battalions)

1121st Engineer Combat Group (146th, 254th Engineer Combat Battalions)

1195th Engineer Combat Group

134th, 387th, 445th, 460th, 461st, 531st, 602nd, 639th, and 863rd AAA AW Battalions

VII Corps

Major General J. Lawton Collins
♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec

Corps-level units

4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized

29th Infantry Regiment

Two French Light Infantry Battalions

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

298th Engineer Combat Battalion

740th Tank Battalion

18th FA Group (188th, 666th, and 981st FA Battalions)

142nd FA Group (195th and 266th FA Battalions)

188th FA Group (172nd, 951st, and 980th FA Battalions)

342nd, 366th, 392nd♦, 1308th, and 1313th Engineer General Service Regiments

18th, 83rd, 87th, 183rd, 193rd, 957th, and 991st FA Battalions

XVIII Airborne Corps

Major General Matthew B. Ridgway^[i]
♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec

Corps-level units

14th Cavalry Group, Mechanized♦

254th, 275th, 400th, and 460th FA Battalions

79th FA Group (153rd, 551st, and 552nd FA Battalions)

179th FA Group (259th and 965th FA Battalions)

211th FA Group (240th and 264th FA Battalions)

401st FA Group (187th and 809th FA Battalions)

US Third Army

Lieutenant General George S. Patton

109th, 115th, 217th, and 777th AA Gun Battalions

456th, 465th, 550th, and 565th AAA AW Battalions

280th ECB - Engineer Combat Battalion - Non Divisional Unit (later assigned to the 9th Army)

III Corps Main article: III Corps (United States) Major General John Millikin Corps-level units 6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized 179th, 274th, 776th, and 777th FA Battalions 193rd FA Group (177th, 253rd, 696th, 776th, and 949th FA Battalions) 203rd FA Group (278th, 742nd, 762nd FA Battalions) 183rd and 243rd Engineer Combat Battalions 1137th Engineer Combat Group (145th, 188th, and 249th Engineer Combat Battalions) 467th and 468th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions 4th Armored Division Major General Hugh J. Gaffey 8th, 35th, and 37th Tank Battalions[l] 10th, 51st, and 53rd Armored Infantry Battalions 22nd, 66th, and 94th Armored FA Battalions 24th Armored Engineer Battalion 25th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech. 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion 489th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 144th Armored Signal Company 6th Armored ("Super Sixth") Division Major General Robert W. Grow 15th, 68th, and 69th Tank Battalions 9th, 44th, and 50th Armored Infantry Battalions 128th, 212th, and 231st Armored FA Battalions 86th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech. 25th Armored Engineer Battalion 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion 777th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 145th Armored Signal Company 26th Infantry ("Yankee") Division Major General Willard S. Paul 101st, 104th, and 328th Infantry Regiments 101st, 102nd, 180th, and 263rd FA Battalions 101st Engineer Combat Battalion 735th Tank Battalion 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion 390th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 35th Infantry ("Santa Fe") Division Major General Paul W. Baade 134th, 137th, and 320th Infantry Regiments 127th, 161st, 216th, and 219th FA Battalions 60th Engineer Combat Battalion 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion 448th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 90th Infantry ("Tough 'Ombres") Division Major General James A. Van Fleet 357th, 358th, and 359th Infantry Regiments 343rd, 344th, 345th, and 915th FA Battalions 315th Engineer Combat Battalion 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 21 December – 6 January) 537th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion VIII Corps Main article: VIII Corps (United States) Major General Troy H. Middleton ♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec Corps-level units 687th FA Battalion 174th FA Group (965th, 969th, and 700th FA Battalions) 333rd FA Group (333rd and 771st FA Battalions) 402nd FA Group (559th, 561st, and 740th FA Battalions) 422nd FA Group (81st and 174th FA Battalions) 178th and 249th Engineer Combat Battalions 1102nd Engineer Group (341st Engineer General Service Regiment) 1107th Engineer Combat Group (159th, 168th, and 202nd Engineer Combat Battalions) 1128th Engineer Combat Group (35th, 44th, and 202nd Engineer Combat Battalions) French Light Infantry (six Light Infantry Battalions from Metz region) 467th, 635th, 778th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions 9th Armored ("Phantom") Division Major General John W. Leonard 2nd, 14th, and 19th Tank Battalions 27th, 52nd, and 60th Armored Infantry Battalions 3rd, 16th, and 73rd Armored FA Battalions 9th Armored Engineer Battalion 89th Cavalry Recon. Squadron, Mech. 9th Armored Engineer Battalion 482nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (detached 9 January 1945) 149th Armored Signal Company 11th Armored ("Thunderbolt") Division Brigadier General Charles S. Kilburn 22nd, 41st, and 42nd Tank Battalions 21st, 55th, and 63rd Armored Infantry Battalions 490th, 491st, and 492nd Armored FA Battalions 56th Armored Engineer Battalion 41st Cavalry Recon. Squadron, Mech. 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 575th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 151st Armored Signal Company 17th Airborne ("Golden Talons") Division Major General William M. Miley 507th and 513th Parachute Infantry Regiments 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments 680th and 681st Glider FA Battalions 466th Parachute FA Battalion 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion 155th Airborne AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 28th Infantry ("Keystone") Division Major General Norman D. Cota 109th♦, 110th♦, and 112th♦ Infantry Regiments 107th, 108th, 109th, and 229th FA Battalions 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion 707th Tank Battalion 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion 447th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 87th Infantry ("Golden Acorn") Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. 345th, 346th, and 347th Infantry Regiments 334th, 335th, 336th, 912th FA Battalions 312th Engineer Combat Battalion 761st Tank Battalion 549th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion (14–22 December) 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion (22–24 December and 8–26 January) 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion (17–19 December) XII Corps Main article: XII Corps (United States) Major General Manton S. Eddy ♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec Corps-level units 2nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized 161st, 244th, 277th, 334th, 336th, and 736th FA Battalions 177th FA group 215th, 255th, and 775th FA Battalions 182nd FA group 802nd, 945th, and 974th FA Battalions 183rd FA group 695th and 776th FA Battalions 404th FA group 273rd, 512th, and 752nd FA Battalions 1303rd Engineer Service Regiment 452nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion [colored] 457th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 4th Infantry ("Ivy") Division Major General Raymond O. Barton 8th♦, 12th♦, and 22nd Infantry Regiments 20th, 29th, 42nd, and 44th FA Battalions 4th Engineer Combat Battalion 70th Tank Battalion 802nd and 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalions 377th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions 5th Infantry ("Red Diamond") Division Major General Stafford L. Irwin 2nd, 10th, and 11th Infantry Regiments 19th, 21st, 46th, and 50th FA Battalions 7th Engineer Combat Battalion 737th Tank Battalion 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion (22–25 December) 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (from 25 December) 807th Tank Destroyer Battalion (17–21 December) 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion (13 July – 20 December) 449th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 10th Armored ("Tiger") Division Major General William H. H. Morris Jr. 3rd, 11th, and 21st Tank Battalions 20th, 54th, and 61st Armored Infantry Battalions 419th, 420th, and 423rd Armored FA Battalions 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion 55th Armored Engineer Battalion 90th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech. 796th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 150th Armored Signal Company 80th Infantry ("Blue Ridge") Division Major General Horace L. McBride 317th, 318th, and 319th Infantry Regiments 313th, 314th, 315th, and 905th FA Battalions 305th Engineer Combat Battalion 702nd Tank Battalion 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion (23 November – 6 December and 21 December – 28 January) 808th Tank Destroyer Battalion (25 September – 21 December) 633rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Allied Air Forces US Strategic Air Forces in Europe General Carl Spaatz US Eighth Air Force (Strategic) Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle US Ninth Air Force (Tactical) Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg IX Bombardment Division (Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson) IX Troop Carrier Command (Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams) IX Tactical Air Command (Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada) Supporting First Army XIX Tactical Air Command (Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland) Supporting Third Army XXIX Tactical Air Command (Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent) Supporting Ninth Army Royal Air Force Bomber Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris Fighter Command Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill Second Tactical Air Force Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham No. 2 Group RAF No. 83 Group RAF No. 84 Group RAF Notes ^ Both Runstedt and Model were deeply skeptical of the offensive's chances of success, but Hitler ignored all their objections. Runstedt in particular was miffed when he learned that the Allies were referring to the operation as the "Runstedt offensive." [Beevor, p. 82] ^ Both Runstedt and Model were deeply skeptical of the offensive's chances of success, but Hitler ignored all their objections. [Beevor, p. 82] ^ In contrast with Manteuffel, Dietrich opened the offensive on his front with a massive artillery bombardment. [Beevor, p. 112] ^ Manteuffel disregarded Hitler's desire for an opening artillery bombardment; he felt such an action was "a World War I concept and completely out of place in the Ardennes, in view of the thinly held lines," and would only serve to destroy the element of surprise. [Beevor, p. 112] ^ In contrast with Manteuffel, Dietrich opened the offensive on his front with a massive artillery bombardment. [Beevor, p. 112] ^ Manteuffel disregarded Hitler's desire for an opening artillery bombardment; he felt such an action was "a World War I concept and completely out of place in the Ardennes, in view of the thinly held lines," and would only serve to destroy the element of surprise. [Beevor, p. 112] ^ Later Oberst Hugo Dempwolff ^ After the war, served as commandant of the former Palace Hotel (called "Camp Ashcan") in the Luxembourg town of Mondorf-les-Bains where high-level German prisoners were kept in the months leading up the Nuremberg Trials. ^ In England when the German assault began; during the Korean War, provided vigorous leadership to the US Eighth Army, followed by a term as Chief of Staff of the Army. ^ Private Kurt Vonnegut, later a noted author, was captured while serving in this unit. [Beevor, p. 186] ^ Regular CO Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor was in the United States and his deputy, Brig. Gen. Gerald J. Higgins, was in England; McAuliffe was the divisional artillery commander. [Beevor, p. 154] ^ The 37th Tank Bttn. was commanded by Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, later commander of all US forces in Vietnam. [Beevor, p. 268] References Beevor, Antony (2015). Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge. New York: Penguin. ISBN 9780143109860. Dupuy, Trevor N. 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