Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944
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Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.
- C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
- Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
[British Eighth Army and United States Army North|U.S. Fifth Army]]
Commander:
New Zealand Corps
- Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Battalion
- 23rd Infantry Battalion
- 28th (Māori) Infantry Battalion
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 24th Infantry Battalion
- 25th Infantry Battalion
- 26th Infantry Battalion
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 18th Armoured Regiment
- 19th Armoured Regiment
- 20th Armoured Regiment
- 22nd Motorised Battalion
- Divisional troops
- 4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery
- 14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA
- 11th and 17th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA
- 6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
- 5th Field Park Company, NZE
- 2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker until 4 February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness))
- 5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)
- 1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
- 7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier O. de T. Lovett)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
- 11th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier V. C. Griffin)
- 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles
- Divisional troops
- 1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
- 27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
- Engineers
- 4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 21st Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 5th Indian Bridging Platoon
- Central India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment)
- Machine gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)
- British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February[1]) (Major-General Charles Keightley)
- 11th British Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
- 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- 36th British Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles
- 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
- 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- Divisional troops
- 17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA
- 64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
- 49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
- 214th, 237th and 256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 281st Field Park Company, RE
- 21st Bridging Platoon, RE
- 56th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (MG)
- 11th British Infantry Brigade
- Corps troops
- 2nd Army Group, RA (under command)[2]
- Three Field Regiments, RA
- Five Medium Regiments, RA
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
Commander:
- Commander: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
- Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
- 15th Panzergrenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February[3]) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Rudolf Sperl)
- 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
- 104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to Anzio early Feb[3]) Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Walter Fries)
- 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
- 171st Engineer battalion
- 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 44th Infantry 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
- 131st Infantry Regiment
- 71st Infantry Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February[3]) (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
- 191st Infantry Regiment
- 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.[4])
- 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 3 battalions
- 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr)
- 3 battalions
- 361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 3 battalions
- Divisional troops
- 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 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
- 267th Infantry Regiment
- 15th Panzergrenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February[3]) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Rudolf Sperl)
Notes
- Footnotes
- Citations
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