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The following units and commanders participated in the Lorraine campaign from September 1 to December 18, 1944.

U.S. Third Army

Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.

Corps Division Regiments and others

XII Corps
     Major General Manton S. Eddy

Corps troops
  • 2nd Cavalry Group
  • 106th Cavalry Group
  • 702nd Tank Battalion
  • 737th Tank Battalion
  • 761st Tank Battalion
  • 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (self-propelled)
  • 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (self-propelled)
  • 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion (self-propelled)
  • 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion (self-propelled)
  • 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion (towed)
  • 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion (towed)
  • 808th Tank Destroyer Battalion (towed)
  • 177th Field Artillery Group
  • 182nd Field Artillery Group
  • 183rd Field Artillery Group
  • 404th Field Artillery Group
  • 410th Field Artillery Group
26th Infantry Division


   Major General Willard S. Paul

  • 101st Infantry Regiment
  • 104th Infantry Regiment
  • 328th Infantry Regiment
  • 101st, 102nd, 180th, and 263rd Field Artillery Battalions
  • 39th Signal Company
  • 726th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 26th Quartermaster Company
  • 26th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 101st Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 114th Medical Battalion
  • 26th CIC Detachment
35th Infantry Division[1]


   Major General Paul W. Baade

  • 134th Infantry Regiment
  • 137th Infantry Regiment
  • 320th Infantry Regiment
  • 127th, 161st, 216th, and 219th Field Artillery Battalions
  • 35th Signal Company
  • 735th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 35th Quartermaster Company
  • 35th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 60th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 110th Medical Battalion
  • 35th CIC Detachment
80th Infantry Division[2]


   Major General Horace L. McBride

  • 317th Infantry Regiment
  • 318th Infantry Regiment
  • 319th Infantry Regiment
  • 313th, 314th, 315th, and 905th Field Artillery Battalions
  • 80th Signal Company
  • 780th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 80th Quartermaster Company
  • 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 305th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 305th Medical Battalion
  • 80th CIC Detachment
4th Armored Division[3]


   Major General John S. Wood

  • 8th Tank Battalion
  • 35th Tank Battalion
  • 37th Tank Battalion
  • 10th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 51st Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 22nd, 66th, and 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalions
  • 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
  • 144th Armored Signal Company
  • 126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
  • 24th Armored Engineer Battalion
  • 4th Armored Medical Battalion
  • 504th CIC Detachment
6th Armored Division[4]


   Major General Robert W. Grow

  • 15th Tank Battalion
  • 68th Tank Battalion
  • 69th Tank Battalion
  • 9th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 44th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 50th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 128th, 212th, and 231st Armored Field Artillery Battalions
  • 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
  • 146th Armored Signal Company
  • 128th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
  • 25th Armored Engineer Battalion
  • 76th Armored Medical Battalion
  • 506th CIC Detachment

XX Corps
     Major General Walton Walker

Corps troops
5th Infantry Division[5]


   Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin

90th Infantry Division[6]


   Major General James Van Fleet

  • 357th Infantry Regiment
  • 358th Infantry Regiment
  • 359th Infantry Regiment
  • 343rd, 344th, 345th, and 915th Field Artillery Battalions
  • 90th Signal Company
  • 790th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 90th Quartermaster Company
  • 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 325th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 315th Medical Battalion
  • 90th CIC Detachment
95th Infantry Division


   Major General Harry L. Twaddle

  • 377th Infantry Regiment
  • 378th Infantry Regiment
  • 379th Infantry Regiment
  • 358th, 359th, 360th, and 920th Field Artillery Battalions
  • 95th Signal Company
  • 795th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 95th Quartermaster Company
  • 95th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 320th Engineer Battalion
  • 320th Medical Battalion
  • 95th CIC Detachment
10th Armored Division[7]


   Major General William H. H. Morris Jr.

  • 3rd Tank Battalion
  • 11th Tank Battalion
  • 21st Tank Battalion
  • 20th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 54th Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 61st Armored Infantry Battalion
  • 419th, 420th, and 423rd Armored Field Artillery Battalions
  • 150th Armored Signal Company
  • 132nd Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
  • 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
  • 55th Armored Engineer Battalion
  • 80th Armored Medical Battalion
  • 510th CIC Detachment

German Army Group G

General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck

  • Chief of Staff: Friedrick von Mellenthin

First Army

General der Panzertruppe otto von Knobelsdorff

Corps Division Regiments and others

XIII SS Army Corps
     Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß

Corps troops
  • 1431st Fortress Battalion
  • 43rd Machinegun Battalion
  • 111th Flak Battalion
  • 401st Volks Artillery Corps
347th Infantry Division


   Lieutenant General Wolf Trierenberg

  • 860th Grenadier Regiment
  • 861st Grenadier Regiment
  • 862nd Grenadier Regiment
  • 347th Artillery Regiment
  • 347th Fusilier Battalion
  • 347th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 347th Engineer Battalion
  • 347th Signal Battalion
  • 347th Field Replacement Battalion
  • 347th Divisional Supply Troops
36th Volksgrenadier Division


   Major General August Wellm

  • 87th Grenadier Regiment
  • 118th Grenadier Regiment
  • 165th Grenadier Regiment
  • 268th Artillery Regiment
  • 36th Fusilier Company
  • 36th FLaK Company
  • 1036th Assault-gun detachment
  • 36th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 36th Signal Company
  • 36th Pioneer Company
  • 36th Supply Regiment
  • 36th Divisional Supply Troops
48th Volksgrenadier Division


  

  • 126th Grenadier Regiment
  • 127th Grenadier Regiment
  • 128th Grenadier Regiment
  • 148th Artillery Regiment
  • 48th Fusilier Battalion
  • 148th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 148th Engineer Battalion
  • 148th Signal Battalion
  • 148th Divisional Supply Troops
559th Volksgrenadier Division


   MG Kurt von Muehlen

  • 1125th Grenadier Regiment
  • 1126th Grenadier Regiment
  • 1127th Grenadier Regiment
  • 1559th Artillery Regiment
  • 1559th Fusilier Company
  • 1559th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 1559th Pioneer Battalion
Panzer Lehr Division


   Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerlein

  • 130th Panzer Lehr Regiment
  • 901st Panzergrenadier Lehr Regiment
  • 902nd Panzergrenadier Lehr Regiment
  • 130th Panzer Lehr Artillery Regiment
  • 130th Panzer Lehr Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 130th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 130th Panzer Lehr Engineer Battalion
  • 130th Panzer Lehr Signal Battalion
  • 311th Army Panzer Anti-Aircraft Battlion
11th Panzer Division


   Lieutenant General Wend von Wietersheim

  • 15th Panzer Regiment
  • 4th Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 110th Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 76th Artillery Regiment
  • 61st Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 11th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 277th Anti-Aircraft Battalion
  • 209th Pioneer Battalion
  • 89th Signal Battalion
  • 61st Field Replacement Battalion
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division


   Hans Lingner

  • 37th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 38th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 17th SS Panzer Battalion
  • 17th SS Artillery Regiment
  • 17th SS Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 17th SS Assault Gun Battalion
  • 17th SS Flak Battalion
  • 17th SS Signal Battalion
  • 17th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 17th SS Pionier Battalion
  • 17th SS Division Supply Troops
  • 17th SS Panzer Repair Battalion
  • 17th SS Wirtschafts Battalion
  • 17th SS Medical Battalion
25th Panzergrenadier Division


   Lieutenant General Paul Schürmann

  • 35th Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 119th Panzergrenadier Regiment
  • 8th Panzer Battalion
  • 25th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 125th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 25th Artillery Regiment
  • 25th Signals Battalion

LXXXIX Corps
     General der infanterie Gustav Höhne

361st Infantry Division


   Major General Alfred Philippi

  • 951st Grenadier Regiment
  • 952nd Grenadier Regiment
  • 953rd Grenadier Regiment
  • 361st Artillery Regiment
  • 361st Fusilier Battalion
  • 361st Tank Destroyer Company
  • 361st Engineer Battalion
  • 361st Signal Battalion
  • 361st Field Replacement Battalion
  • 361st Divisional Supply Troops
553rd Infantry Division


  

  • 1119th Regiment
  • 1120th Regiment

LXXXII Corps
     General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein

Corps troops
  • 1010th Security Regiment
  • 22nd Fortress Regiment
  • 25th Fortress Regiment
  • 43rd Fortress Battalion
  • 44th Machinegun Battalion
  • 45th Machinegun Battalion
  • 48th Machinegun Battalion
  • 53rd Machinegun Battalion
  • 55th Engineer Battalion
  • 811th Flak Battalion
  • 243rd Assault Gun Brigade
  • 404th Volks Artillery Corps
  • 485th Antitank Battalion
  • 485th Antitank Battalion
19th Volksgrenadier Division[8]


   Lieutenant General Walter Wissmath

  • 59th Grenadier Regiment
  • 73rd Grenadier Regiment
  • 74th Grenadier Regiment
  • 119th Artillery Regiment
  • 119th Fusilier Battalion
  • 119th Engineer Battalion
  • 119th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 119th Signal Battalion
  • 119th Field Replacement Battalion
  • 119th Divisional Supply Troops
416th Infantry Division[9]


  

  • 712th Grenadier Regiment
  • 713th Grenadier Regiment
  • 774th Grenadier Regiment
  • 416th Artillery Regiment
  • 416th Fusilier Company
  • 416th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • 416th Pionier Battalion
  • 416th Signal Battalion
  • 416th Sanitary Battalion
  • 416th Field Replacement Battalion
462nd Infantry Division


  

  • 1215th Regiment
  • 1216th Regiment
  • 1217th Regiment
21st Panzer Division


   Lieutenant General Edgar Feuchtinger

  • 22nd Panzer Regiment
  • 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
  • 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment
  • 155th Panzer Artillery Regiment
  • 21st Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 200th Assault Gun Battalion
  • 200th Anti-tank Battalion
  • 200th Panzer Signals Battalion
  • 220th Panzer Engineer Battalion
  • 305th Flak Battalion

Notes

  1. ^ Order of battle from 35th Infantry Division in World War II, 1941-1945.
  2. ^ Order of battle and commander information from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
  3. ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
  4. ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History Archived 2010-05-24 at WebCite.
  5. ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
  6. ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
  7. ^ Order of battle information from U.S. Army Center of Military Information.
  8. ^ <Mitcham, vol. 1, p. 63.
  9. ^ 416th Infantry Division page of feldgrau.com.

Sources

  • Balkoski, Joseph. " Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign, 8 Nov. – 1 Dec. '44" in Strategy & Tactics, no. 78 (January/February 1980).
  • Mitcham, Jr., Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 1: 1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WW II. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5.
  • Mitcham, Jr., Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0.