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This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France.

American order of battle

First Army – Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
- VII Corps – Major General J. Lawton Collins
  - 1st Infantry Division – Major General Clarence R. Huebner
  - 2nd Armored Division – Major General Edward H. Brooks
  - 3rd Armored Division – Major General Leroy H. Watson
  - 4th Infantry Division – Major General Raymond O. Barton
  - 9th Infantry Division – Major General Manton S. Eddy
  - 30th Infantry Division – Major General Leland S. Hobbs
- VIII Corps – Major General Troy H. Middleton
  - 4th Armored Division – Major General John S. Wood
  - 6th Armored Division – Major General Robert W. Grow
  - 8th Infantry Division – Major General Donald A. Stroh
  - 79th Infantry Division – Major General Ira T. Wyche
  - 83rd Infantry Division – Major General Robert C. Macon
  - 90th Infantry Division – Major General Eugene M. Landrum
- XIX Corps – Major General Charles H. Corlett
  - 28th Infantry Division – Major General Lloyd D. Brown
  - 29th Infantry Division – Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
  - 35th Infantry Division – Major General Paul W. Baade

Note: During the operation, American units involved were sometimes referred to as "Cobra Command".

German order of battle

Seventh Army^[1]

SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser^[2]

II Parachute Corps
- 5th Parachute Division,^[3] Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke
- 2nd Panzer Division^{[nb 1]} Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
- Panzer Lehr Division, Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein
LXXXIV Corps
- 2nd SS Panzer Division
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, Brigadeführer Otto Baum
- 116th Panzer Division, General der Panzertruppen Gerhard von Schwerin
- 352nd Infantry Division
- 353rd Infantry Division

Notes

Footnotes

^ Transferred to the Orne Vallye area on the evening of July 24th.^[4]

Citations

^ Wilmot, p. 363
^ Reynolds, p. 22
^ Wilmot, p. 289
^ Wilmot, p. 390

References

Hastings, Max (2006) [1985]. Overlord D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition. ISBN 0-307-27571-X.
Wilmot, Chester; McDevitt, Christopher Daniel (1997) [1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN 1-85326-677-9.

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