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Order of Battle as of 8 May 1945
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General Omar N. Bradley
This is the order of battle of the United States 12th Army Group on 8 May 1945, the date of the formal surrender of the military forces of Nazi Germany. The order of battle for the 6th Army Group, which opened the second front against Germany in Southern France, can be found here.
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Omar N. Bradley
12th Army Group -
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army -
George S. Patton
Third Army -
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army -
Leonard T. Gerow
Fifteenth Army
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First Army
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General Courtney H. Hodges
- Army-level unit
78th Infantry ("Lightning") Division- Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr.
- Infantry: 309th, 310th, and 311th Infantry Regiments
- Artillery 26th, 60th, and 8th (105 mm), 34th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)
- Armor: 746th Tank Battalion
- Antitank: 629th and 899th Tank Destroyer Battalions
VII Corps- Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins
9th Infantry ("Old Reliables") Division- Major General Louis A. Craig
- Infantry: 39th, 47th, and 60th Infantry Regiments
- Artillery: 307th, 308th, and 393rd (105 mm), 309th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)
- Armor: 709th, 736th, and 774th Tank Battalions
- Antitank: 628th, 817th, and 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalions
9th Armored ("Phantom") Division- Major General John W. Leonard
- Armor: 2nd, 14th, and 19th Tank Battalions
- Infantry: 27th, 52nd, and 60th Armored Infantry Battalions
- Artillery: 3rd, 16th, 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalions
69th Infantry ("Fighting 69th") Division- Major General Emil F. Reinhardt
- Infantry: 271st, 272nd, and 273rd Infantry Regiments
- Artillery: 879th, 880th, and 881st (105 mm), 724th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)
- Armor: 777th Tank Battalion
- Antitank: 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion
104th Infantry Division- Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.
- Infantry: 413th, 414th, Infantry Regiments
- Artillery: 385th, 386th, 929th (105 mm), 387th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)
- Army-level unit
Third Army
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General George S. Patton, Jr.
- Army-level units
1st Infantry ("Big Red One") Division- Major General Clift Andrus
- Infantry: 16th, 18th, 26th Infantry Regiments
- Armor: 745th Tank Battalion
2nd Infantry ("Indianhead") Division- Major General Walter M. Robertson
- Infantry: 9th, 23rd, 38th Infantry Regiments
- Armor: 741st, 759th Tank Battalion
70th Infantry ("Trailblazers") Division- Major General Allison J. Barnett
- Infantry: 274th, 275th, 276th Infantry Regiments
97th Infantry ("Trident") Division- Brigadier General Milton B. Halsey
- Infantry: 303rd, 386th, 387th Infantry Regiments
- Armor: 782nd Tank Battalion
- Army-level units
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III
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III Corps- Major General James Van Fleet
4th Infantry ("Ivy") Division- Major General Harold W. Blakeley
- Infantry: 8th, 12th, and 22nd Infantry Regiments
14th Armored ("Liberators") Division- Major General Albert C. Smith
99th Infantry ("Checkerboard") Division- Major General Walter E. Lauer
V
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V Corps- Major General Clarence R. Huebner
16th Armored Division- Brigadier General John L. Pierce
XII
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XII Corps- Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin
4th Armored Division- Major General William M. Hoge
- Armor: 8th, 35th, and 37th Armored Battalions
- Infantry: 10th, 51st, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalions
- Artillery: 22nd, 66th, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalions
5th Infantry "Red Diamond" Division- Major General Albert E. Brown
- Infantry: 2nd, 10th, and 11th Infantry Regiments
11th Armored "Thunderbolt" Division- Major General Holmes E. Dager
- Armor: 22nd, 41st, and 42nd Armored Battalions
- Infantry: 21st, 55th, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalions
- Artillery: 490th, 491st, 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalions
26th Infantry "Yankee" Division- Major General Willard S. Paul
- Infantry: 101st, 104th, 328th Infantry Regiments
90th Infantry "Tough 'Ombres" Division- Major General Herbert L. Earnest
- Infantry: 357th, 358th, and 359th Infantry Regiments
XX
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XX Corps- Major General Walton H. Walker
13th Armored Division- Major General John Millikin
65th Infantry "Battle-Axe" Division- Major General Stanley E. Reinhart
71st Infantry "Red Circle" Division- Major General Willard G. Wyman
80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division- Major General Horace L. McBride
Ninth Army
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Lieutenant General William H. Simpson
- Army-level unit
2nd Armored Division- Major General Isaac D. White
- Army-level unit
VIII
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VIII Corps- Major General Troy H. Middleton
6th Armored "Super Sixth" Division- Major General Robert W. Grow
76th Infantry "Onaway" Division- Major General William R. Schmidt
87th Infantry "Golden Acorn" Division- Major General Frank L. Culin Jr.
89th Infantry "Rolling W" Division- Major General Thomas D. Finley
XIII
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XIII Corps- Major General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.
30th Infantry Division- Major General Leland S. Hobbs
35th Infantry Division- Major General Paul W. Baade
83rd Infantry Division- Major General Robert C. Macon
84th Infantry Division - Major General Alexander R. Bolling
102nd Infantry Division- Major General Frank A. Keating
XVI
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XVI Corps- Major General John B. Anderson
29th Infantry Division- Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
75th Infantry Division- Major General Ray E. Porter
79th Infantry "Cross of Lorraine" Division- Major General Ira T. Wyche
95th Infantry Division- Major General Harry L. Twaddle
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XIX
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XIX Corps- Major General Raymond S. McLain
3rd Armored Division- Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey
- Armor: 32nd, 33rd Armored Regiments, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment
8th Armored Division- Major General John M. Devine
- Armor: 18th, 36th, 80th Tank Battalions
Fifteenth Army
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Lieutenant General Leonard T. Gerow
- Army-level units
66th Infantry Division- Major General Herman F. Kramer
106th Infantry Division- Major General Donald A. Stroh
- Army-level units
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XVIII Airborne Corps- Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
5th Armored Division- Major General Lunsford E. Oliver
7th Armored Division- Major General Robert W. Hasbrouck
8th Infantry Division- Major General Bryant E. Moore
82nd Airborne Division- Major General James M. Gavin
101st Airborne Division- Major General William C. Lee
22
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XXII Corps- Major General Ernest N. Harmon
17th Airborne Division- Major General William M. Miley
94th Infantry Division- Major General Harry J. Malony
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XXIII Corps- Major General Hugh J. Gaffey
28th Infantry "Keystone" Division- Major General Norman D. Cota
- Infantry: 109th, 110th, 112th Infantry Regiments
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Source: Bradley, Omar, A Soldier's Story, New York: Henry Holt and Company (1950), pp. 557–561
Order of battle (8 May 1945
[edit]Order of battle shifted frequently in the Sixth Army Group, but accelerated dramatically during its late-war push through southern Bavaria into the Austrian Alps to head off German establishment of a National Redoubt and close off passes to Nazi escape. Order of Battle on 8 May represents a significantly different disposition in some instances than in the weeks and even days leading up to it.
General Jacob L. Devers
Seventh Army
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Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch
- Army-level units
12th Armored "Hellcat" Division- Major General Roderick R. Allen
45th Infantry "Thunderbird" Division- Major General Robert T. Frederick
63rd Infantry "Blood and Fire" Division- Major General Louis E. Hibbs
100th Infantry "Success in Battle" Division- Major General Withers A. Burress
- Army-level units
VI Corps- Major General Edward H. Brooks
10th Armored Division- Major General William H. H. Morris, Jr.
44th Infantry Division- Major General William F. Dean
103rd Infantry Division- Major General Anthony C. McAuliffe
XV Corps- Major General Wade H. Haislip
3rd Infantry Division- Major General John W. O'Daniel
20th Armored Division- Major General Orlando Ward
42nd Infantry Division- Major General Harry J. Collins
86th Infantry Division- Major General Harris M. McLaskey
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XXI Corps (Major General Frank W. Milburn
French 2nd Armored Division (Major General Philippe Leclerc
36th Infantry Division (Major General John E. Dahlquist- 101st Airborne Division (Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
French First Army
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- General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny[a]
- French 1st Corps (Lieutenant General Antoine Béthouart
French 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (Brigadier General François de Linarès
French 4th Moroccan Mountain Division (Major General Rene de Hasdin
French 9th Colonial Infantry Division (Brigadier General Jean-Étienne Valluy
French 10th Infantry Division (Brigadier General Pierre Billotte- French 1st Armored Division (Brigadier General Aime Sudre
- French 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
French 1st Motorised Infantry Division (Brigadier General Pierre Garbay
French 1st Infantry Division (Brigadier General Jean Callies
French 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (Major General Augustin Guillaume
French 14th Infantry Division (Brigadier General Raoul Salan
French 5th Armored Division (Brigadier General Guy Schlesser
- French 1st Corps (Lieutenant General Antoine Béthouart
Detachment Army of the Alps
[edit]Lieutenant General Paul Doyen
French 27th Alpine Infantry Division (Colonel Jean Vallette d'Osia
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