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Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944

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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.

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

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark
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 L. 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 Dapino)
    • 67th Infantry Regiment[6]
    • 51st Bersaglieri Battalion
    • 11th Artillery Regiment
    • 5th Anti-tank Regiment
    • One engineer battalion
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

Army Reserve

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

Commander:

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
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

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. ^ a b c d Molony, p. 608n.
  5. ^ a b Molony, p. 513.
  6. ^ Molony, p. 519.
  7. ^ a b c Ellis, p. 551.
  8. ^ Ellis p. 550.
  9. ^ Molony, p. 586.

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