List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign between 6 June-25 August 1944. Primary combat units are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle.

United States

Unit	Arrival	Commander
1st Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Clarence R. Huebner
2nd Infantry Division	7 June	Major General Walter M. Robertson
4th Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Raymond O. Barton
5th Infantry Division	9 July	Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin
8th Infantry Division	4 July	Major General William C. McMahon Major General Donald A. Stroh (from 12 July)
9th Infantry Division	10 June	Major General Manton S. Eddy Major General Louis A. Craig (from 19 August)
28th Infantry Division	22 July	Major General Lloyd D. Brown Brigadier General James E. Wharton (12–13 August) Major General Norman D. Cota (from 14 August)
29th Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
30th Infantry Division	10 June	Major General Leland Hobbs
35th Infantry Division	5 July	Major General Paul W. Baade
79th Infantry Division	12 June	Major General Ira T. Wyche
83d Infantry Division	18 June	Major General Robert C. Macon
90th Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Eugene M. Landrum Brigadier General Raymond S. McLain (from 30 July)
2nd Armored Division	9 June	Major General Edward H. Brooks
3rd Armored Division	23 June	Major General Leroy H. Watson Major General Maurice Rose (from 7 August)
4th Armored Division	11 July	Major General John S. Wood
6th Armored Division	19 July	Major General Robert W. Grow
82nd Airborne Division	6 June	Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
101st Airborne Division	6 June	Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

United Kingdom

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
Guards Armoured Division	28 June	Major-General Allan H.S. Adair	?	?
5th Guards Armoured Brigade	30 June	Brigadier Norman W. Gwatkin	?	?
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards	?	?	?	?
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards	?	?	?	?
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Irish Guards	?	?	?	?
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Grenadier Guards	?	?	?	?
32nd Guards Infantry Brigade	25 June	Brigadier G.F. Johnson	?	?
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards	?	?	?	?
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards	?	?	?	?
7th Armoured Division	6/12 June	Major-General George Erskine	?	?
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?
22nd Armoured Brigade	6/7 June	Brigadier William R.N. Hinde	?	?
1st Royal Tank Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.M.P. Carver	?	?
5th Royal Tank Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Holliman	?	?
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards on 29 July 1944)	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel The Viscount Cranley	?	?
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced 4th CLY on 29 July 1944)	?	?	?	?
1st (Motorized) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	7 June	?	?	?
131st Infantry Brigade	8 June	Brigadier M.S. Ekins	?	?
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8 June	?	?	?
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8 June	?	?	?
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8? June	?	?	?
11th Armoured Division	13 June	Major-General George P.B. Roberts	?	?
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17 August)	?	?	?	?
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment (from 17 August)	?	?	?	?
29th Armoured Brigade	15 June	Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey	?	?
23rd Hussars	?	?	?	?
3rd Royal Tank Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.H. Silvertop	?	?
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry	?	?	?	?
8th (Motorized) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	?	?	?	?
159th Infantry Brigade	15 June	Brigadier J.G. Sandie	?	?
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Miles	?	?
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
4th Armoured Brigade	7 June	Brigadier John C. Currie (KIA 26 June) Brigadier Michael Carver	?	?
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel G.C. Hopkinson	?	?
Royal Scots Greys (The 2nd Dragoons)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. J. Readman	?	?
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29 July 1944)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson	?	?
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (from 1 August 1944)	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps	9 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald B. Littledale	?	?
8th Armoured Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Bernard Cracroft	?	?
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.G. Byron	?	?
24th Lancers	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W.A.C. Anderson	?	?
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson	?	?
12th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps	6 June	?	?	?
27th Armoured Brigade	6 June	Brigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer	?	?
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. T. G Harrap	?	?
1st East Riding Yeomanry	6 June	?	?	?
The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Eadie	?	?
6th Airborne Division	6 June	Major-General Richard Gale	?	?
3rd Parachute Brigade	6 June	Brigadier James Hill	?	?
8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Pearson	?	?
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway	?	?
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke	?	?
5th Parachute Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Nigel Poett	?	?
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin	?	?
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Johnny Johnson (KIA 12 June)	?	?
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard	?	?
6th Airlanding Brigade	6 June	Brigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley	?	?
12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Stevens	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Roberts	?	?
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson	?	?
3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major-General Thomas G. Rennie (WIA 13 June) Major-General Lashmer G. Whistler	?	?
2nd Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
8th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier E. E. Cass	?	?
1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Goodwin	?	?
2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Hutchinson	?	?
1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. H. Burbury (KIA 6 June) Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Bolster (KIA 28 July)	?	?
9th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier J. O. Cunningham	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher E. Welby-Everard	?	?
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G. D. Renny	?	?
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel I. C. Harris	?	?
185th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier K. P. Smith	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel H.O.S. Herdon	?	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Bellamy	?	?
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Maurice	?	?
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division	14 June	Major General G.H.A. MacMillan	?	?
1st Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.P. Hall	?	?
15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Grant-Peterkin	?	?
44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade	17 June	Brigadier H.D.K. Money	?	?
8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)	14 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. Delacombe	?	?
6th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Shillington	?	?
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers	?	Lieutenant-Colonel C.R. Buchanan	?	?
46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade	17 June	Brigadier C.M. Barber	?	?
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Villiers	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel P.U. Campbell	?	?
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel E.H.G. Grant	?	?
227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade	18 June	Brigadier J.R. Mackintosh-Walker	?	?
10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.D.S. Young	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders	?	Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Colville	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Tweedie	?	?
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division	24 June	Major General G.I. Thomas	?	?
43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lane Fox	?	?
8th Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
129th Infantry Brigade	23 June	Brigadier G.H.L. Mole		?
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)	?	?	?	?
4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)	?	?	?	?
130th Infantry Brigade	24 June	Brigadier N.D. Leslie	?	?
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
214th Infantry Brigade	24 June	Brigadier H. Essame	?	?
7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division	12 June	Major General E.H. Barker	?	?
49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Bn, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's) Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
146th Infantry Brigade	10 June	Brigadier A. Dunlop	?	?
4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	10 June	?	?	?
The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment	?	?	?	?
147th Infantry Brigade	12 June	Brigadier E.R. Mahony	?	?
6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment	3 July	?	?	?
7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)	?	?	?	?
11th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August)	14 June	Brigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis	?	?
10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	?	?	?
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August)	6 June	Brigadier E. C. Pepper	?	?
2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment	6 June	?	?	?
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division	6 June	Major General D.A.H. Graham	?	?
61st Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
69th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox	?	?
5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York's Own)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel White	?	?
6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Hastings	?	?
7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Richardson	?	?
151st Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier R. H. Senior	?	?
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. Green	?	?
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.P. Lidwill	?	?
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel H. Woods	?	?
231st Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. R. Nevill	?	?
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel E. Norie	?	?
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel David Nelson-Smith	?	?
51st (Highland) Infantry Division	6 June	Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith Major-General T.G. Rennie (from 26 July)	?	?
152nd Infantry Brigade	8 June	Brigadier D.H. Haugh	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)	?	?	?	?
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	?	?	?	?
153rd Infantry Brigade	7 June	Brigadier H. Murray	?	?
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	6 June	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders	?	?	?	?
5th/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders	?	?	?	?
154th Infantry Brigade	10 June	Brigadier J.A. Hopwood	?	?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel John Adam Hopwood	?	?
7th (Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	?	?	?
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	?	?	?	?
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division	27 June	Major General R.K. Ross	?	?
53rd (Welsh) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
71st Infantry Brigade	25 June	Brigadier V. Blomfield (WIA 21 September 1944)	?	?
1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Hare	?	?
158th Infantry Brigade	23 June	Brigadier S.O. Jones	?	?
4th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
6th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
160th Infantry Brigade	28 June	Brigadier L.G. Whistler Brigadier C.F.C. Coleman (from 22 June)	?	?
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment	?	?	?	?
4th Battalion, The Welch Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment	26 June	?	?	?
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division	27 June	Major General L.O. Lyne	?	?
59th Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
7th Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
176th Infantry Brigade	29 June	Brigadier R.W.H. Fryer	?	?
7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment	?	?	?	?
7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
177th Infantry Brigade	27 June	Brigadier M.S. Ekins	?	?
5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
2/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
197th Infantry Brigade	29 June	Brigadier J. Lingham	?	?
1/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
2/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment	?	?	?	?
Others
79th Armoured Division	6 June	Major-General Percy Hobart	?	?
5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) (5th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. V. Board (KIA 6 June)	?	?
8th (Irish) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) (7th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Humphrey	?	?
The Buckinghamshire Battalion (6th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. D. R. Sale	?	?
1st Special Service Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Lord Lovat	?	?
No. 3 Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Young	?	?
No. 4 Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. P. Dawson	?	?
No. 6 Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Mills-Roberts	?	?
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando	6 June	?	?	?
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Norman C. Ries	?	?
4th Special Service Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Bernard W. Leicester	?	?
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Eric C.E. Palmer	?	?
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell R. Hardy	?	?
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. Farndale Phillips	?	?
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Moulton	?	?

Canada

Unit	Arrival	Commander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division	29 July	Major General George Kitching Major General Harry W. Foster (from 22 August)
29th Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)	?	?
10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers)	?	?
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade	?	Brigadier Eric Leslie Booth Brigadier Robert W. Moncel (from 19 August)
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)	24 July	?
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)	26 July	?
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)	28 July	Lieutenant-Colonel Donald G. Worthington (KIA 9 August)
1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)	26 and 27 July	?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	Brigadier James C. Jefferson
1st Battalion, The Lincoln and Welland Regiment	25 July	?
1st Battalion, The Algonquin Regiment	25 July	Lieutenant Colonel Hay
1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	26 July	?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division	?	Major General C. Foulkes
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)	?	?
The Toronto Scottish Regiment	?	?
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	5 July	?
1st Battalion, The Essex Scottish Regiment	5 July	?
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	6 July	?
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders	6 July	Lieutenant Colonel Donald G.H. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	7 July	Lieutenant Colonel P.C. Klaehn
1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment	8 July	Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Clift
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Rodney F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Harry W. Foster
1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Foster M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Meldram
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick N. Cabeldu
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Kenneth G. Blackadder
1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Donald B. Buell
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Spragge
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Douglas G. Cunningham
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Robert A. Wyman
6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.J. Colwell
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.E.A.Morton
27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel M.B.K. Gordon
Others
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke

Free Belgian Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron"	Between 30 July-8 August	Major Jean-Baptiste Piron

Free Dutch Forces

• Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene" ("Princess Irene Brigade")
  • Three motorised infantry companies
  • One reconnaissance battalion
  • One artillery battery

Free French Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander
2e Division Blindée	1 August	General Philippe Leclerc
1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains	?	Colonel Jean Rémy
501e Régiment de Chars de Combat	?	Major Cantarel Colonel Warabiot (from 8 August)
12e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique	?	Colonel de Langlade
12e Régiment de Cuirassiers	?	Colonel Nioret
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins	?	Corvette captain Maggiar
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando)	6 June	Capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer
3ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes from 1 August) / (3rd SAS)	17 July	Capitaine Pierre Château-Jobert
4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (2ème RCP from 1 August) / (4th SAS)	6 June	Capitaine Pierre-Louis Bourgoin

Free Norwegian Forces

Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy Campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian ships with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.

Some of the participating units:

• Air Force
  • 331 Squadron
  • 332 Squadron
• Navy
  • 10 ships
    • HNoMS Stord
    • HNoMS Svenner
    • HNoMS Glaisdale
    • HNoMS Andenes
    • HNoMS Eglantine
    • HNoMS Rose
    • HNoMS Nordkapp
    • Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573

Free Polish Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
1st Armoured Division	?	Major-General Stanislaw Maczek	?	?
10th Mounted Rifle Regiment (reconnaissance, Cromwell tanks)	?	Major J. Maciejowski	?	?
10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade	?	Colonel T. Majewski	?	?
1st Armoured Regiment	1 August 1944	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Stefanowicz	208	?
2nd Armoured Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki	?	?
24th Lancers Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kanski	?	?
10th Dragoons Regiment (armoured infantry)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Wladyslaw Zgorzelski	?	?
3rd Infantry Brigade	?	Colonel Marian Wieronski	?	?
1st Highland Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel K. Complak	?	?
8th Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Nowaczynski	?	?
9th Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Zygmunt Szydlowski	?	?

See also

• Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy

References

• Orders of Battle Second World War 1939–1945, Lieut-Col. H.F. Joslen, Reprinted by The London Stamp Exchange by permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, ISBN 0-948130-03-2.
• "The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army". Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. 
• "British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944". 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2010. 
• Berg, Ole F. (1997). I skjærgården og på havet – Marinens krig 8. april 1940 – 8. mai 1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Marinens krigsveteranforening. ISBN 82-993545-2-8. 
• 6juin1944.com (French/English)
• OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org (en/fr)
• Canadiansoldiers.com
• Regiments.org
• U.S. Army official site