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Gnl der PzTr Heinrich Eberbach
Operation Goodwood British Army against the German Wehrmacht , which took place between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the larger battle for Caen in Normandy , France during the Second World War .
While Goodwood failed in its primary aim, it forced the Germans to keep powerful formations opposite the British and Canadians on the eastern flank of the Normandy beachhead and Operation Cobra , the First US Army attack which began on 25 July, caused the weaker German defences opposite to collapse.
British Order of Battle
Sherman Firefly awaiting orders to move forward Operation Goodwood July 1944 Second Army Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
Army troops
4th Army Group Royal Artillery 8th Army Group Royal Artillery 79th Armoured Division Major-General Percy Hobart 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers (Churchill AVRE
22nd Dragoons (Sherman Crab mine flails 141st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tanks 1st Lothians and Border Horse (Sherman Crabs )
I Corps Lieutenant-General John Crocker Corps troops
27th Armoured Brigade
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 1st East Riding Yeomanry 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
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
VIII Corps Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor Guards Armoured Division Major-General Allan Henry Shafto 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
7th Armoured Division Major-General George 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
1st Royal Tank Regiment 5th Royal Tank Regiment 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 1st Battalion, Rifle 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)
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
German Order of Battle
Panzer Group West General der Panzertruppe Heinrich Eberbach
See also
Bibliography
Trew, Simon; Stephen Badsey (2004). Battle for Caen . Battle Zone Normandy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-7509-3010-1 
Second Army
79th Armoured Division (elements)
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