APPENDIX 4
1.1 GERMAN UNITS
Oberkommando West OB West Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
Heeresgruppe B (Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model)
6. SS-Panzerarmee (SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer Josef ‘Sepp’ Dietrich)
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506
Kampfgruppe von der Heydte
schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653
Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217
Stürmgeschutz-Brigade 394, 667 and 902
Mörser-Batterie 1110, 1098 and 1120
Mörser-Batterie 54 cm 428
schwere Kanonen-Batterie 1123
Brücken-Kolonne B (GE) 967 and 968
Brücken-Kolonne J (GE) 175
Brücken-Kolonne mot. 895, 844 and 851
Brücken-Bau-Bataillon 655
Front-OT OT-Brigade 4
2. Flak-Division
Flak-Sturm-Regiment 2, 3 4
LXVII. Armeekorps (Generalleutnant Otto Hitzfeld)
17. Volkswerfer-Brigade
88. 89. Werfer-Regiment
Volksartilleriekorps 405
Sturm-Möser-Kompanie 1001
246. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Peter Korte)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 404, 352 and 689
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 246
Artillerie-Regiment 246
Nachrichten-Abteilung 246
Pionier-Bataillon 246
272. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Eugen König)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 980, 981 and 982
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 272
Artillerie-Regiment 272
Nachrichten-Abteilung 272
Pionier-Bataillon 272
326. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Erwin Kascher)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 751, 752 and 753
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 326
Artillerie-Regiment 326
Nachrichten-Abteilung 326
Pionier-Bataillon 326
3. Panzergrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Walter Denkert)
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8 and 29
Panzer-Abteilung 103
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3
Panzeraufklarungs-Abteilung 103
Artillerie-Regiment 3
Flak-Abteilung 312
Nachrichten-Abteilung 3
Pionier-Bataillon 3
I. SS-Panzerkorps (SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess)
4. Volkswerfer-Brigade
51. and 52. Werfer-Regiment
9. Volkswerfer-Brigade
14. and 15. Werfer-Regiment
Volksartilleriekorps 388
Volksartilleriekorps 402
schwere SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 501
SS-Panzer-Brigade 150 ‘Rabenhügel’ (SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Otto Skorzeny)
SS-Jagdverband Mitte (ett kompani)
SS-Fallschirmjäger-Abteilung 600 (two companies)
Sonderverband Jungwirth (two companies)
7. (reserve) Panzergrenadier Kompanie
II. Panzer-Regiment (4. Kompanie)
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655 (1. Kompanie)
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 190 (1. Kompanie)
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 (1. Kompanie)
I./Artillerie-Abteilung 40 (4. batterie)
Einheit Stielau
12. SS-Panzer-Division ‘Hitlerjugend’ (SS-Standartenführer Hugo Kraas)
SS-Panzerregiment 12
schwere SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 560
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 12
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 and 26
SS-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 12
SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 12
SS-Flak-Abteilung 12
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 12
SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 12
277. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Wilhelm Viebig)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 289, 990 and 991
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 277
Artillerie-Regiment 277
Nachrichten-Abteilung 277
Pionier-Bataillon 277
12. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Gerhard Engel) Fusilier-Regiment 27
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 28 and 89
Fusilier-Bataillon 12
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 12
Artillerie-Abteilung 12
Nachrichten-Abteilung 12
Pionier-Bataillon 12
1. SS-Panzer-Division ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’ (SS-Oberfuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke)
SS-Panzer-Regiment 1
schwere SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 501
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 and 2
SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1
SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 1
SS-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 1
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 1
SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 1
3. Fallschirmjäger-Division (Generalmajor Walter Wadehn, deputy of Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf)
Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5, 8 and 9
Fallschirm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3
Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3
Fallschirm-Luftn achrichten-Abteilung 3
Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 3
II. SS-Panzerkorps (SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Willi Bittrich)
Volksartilleriekorps 410
schwere SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 502
9. SS-Panzer-Division ‘Hohenstaufen’ (SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler)
SS-Panzer-Regiment 9
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9
SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 19 and 20
SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9
SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 9
SS-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 9
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 9
SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 9
2. SS-Panzer-Division (SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding)
SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 ȘDas Reichâ
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 ‘Deutschlandߣ
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 ‘Der Führerߣ
SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2
SS-Panzer-Artillerie Regiment 2
SS-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 2
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 2
SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2
5. Panzerarmee (General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel)
schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653
Russisches Bataillon 669 [Russian volunteers]
Mörser-Batterie 1099, 1119 and 1121
Mörser-Batterie 54 cm 638
12,8 cm Kanonen-Batterie 1094 and 1095
Festungs-Artillerie-Batterie 25/975
Pionier-Bataillon (mot) 207 and 600
Brücken-Kolonne J mot 894, 897 and 957
Front-OT OT-Brigade
3 Flak-Brigade XIX
Führer Begleit Brigade (Oberst Otto-Ernst Remer)
Panzer-Regiment FBB
Panzergrenadier- Regiment FBB
Artillerie-Bataillon
FBB Flak-Regiment FBB
Panzer-Aufklarungs-Kompanie FBB
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Kompanie FBB
LXVI. Armeekorps (General der Artillerie Walther Lucht)
16. Volkswerfer-Brigade
86. and 87. Werfer-Regiment
Stürmgeschutz-Brigade 244
Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 460
18. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Günther Hoffmann-Schonborn)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 293, 294 and 295
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1818
Artillerie-Regiment 1818
Nachrichten-Abteilung 1818
Pionier-Bataillon 1818
62. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Friedrich Kittel)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 164, 183 and 190
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 162
Artillerie-Regiment 162
Nachrichten-Abteilung 1818
Pionier-Bataillon 162
LVIII. Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppe Walter Kruger)
7. Volkswerfer-Brigade
84. and 85. Werfer-Regiment
Volksartilleriekorps 401
Flak-Regiment 1
116. Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Siegfried von Waldenburg)
Panzer-Regiment 16
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 226
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 60 and 156
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 116
Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 146
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 281
Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 228
Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 675
560. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Rudolf Langhauser)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 1128, 1129 and 1130
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1560
Artillerie-Regiment 1560
Nachrichten-Abteilung 1560
Pionier-Bataillon 1560
XLVII. Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Heinrich von Luttwitz)
15. Volkswerfer-Brigade
55. and 85. Werfer-Regiment
Volksartilleriekorps 766
Flak-Regiment 182
2. Panzer-Division (Oberst Meinrad von Lauchert)
Panzer-Regiment 3
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 38
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 and 304
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2
Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 74
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 273
Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 38
Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 38
26. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Heinz Kokott)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 77 and 78
Fusilier-Grenadier-Regiment 39
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 26
Aufklarungs-Abteilung 26
Artillerie-Regiment 26
Nachrichten-Abteilung 26
Pionier-Bataillon 126
130. Panzer-Lehr-Division (Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein)
Panzer -Regiment 130
schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 901 and 902
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Artillerie -Regiment 130
Panzer-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311
Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 130
7. Armee (General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger)
12,8 cm Kanonen-Batterie 1092,1093,1124 and 1125
Mörser-Batterie 1122
schwere Kanonen-Batterie 660
Beobachtungs-Abteilung 44 and 45
Pionier-Bataillon 47
Festungs-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 501
Pionier-Regiment 673
Pionier-Bau-Bataillon 677
Brücken-Kolonne B (GE) 964 and 965
Brücken-Kolonne J mot. 961 and 966
Brücken-Bau-Bataillon 605
Front-OT OT-Brigade 1
Flak-Brigade I
LXXXV. Armeekorps (General derInfanterie Baptist Kniess)
Volkswerfer-Brigade 18
schwere Nebelwerfer-Regiment 90 and 91
406. Volksartilleriekorps
schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 668
5. Fallschirmjäger-Division (Oberst Ludwig Heilmann)
Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 13, 14 and 15
Stürmgeschutz-Brigade 11
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5
Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 5
Fallschirmager-Flak-Abteilung 5
Fallschirm-Luftn achrichten-Abteilung 5
Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5
352. Volksgrenadier-Division
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 914, 915 and 916
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 352
Aufklarungs-Abteilung 26
Artillerie-Regiment 352
Nachrichten-Abteilung 352
Pionier-Bataillon 352
LXXX. Armeekorps (General der Infanterie Franz Beyer)
Volkswerfer-Brigade 8
Werfer-Regiment 2 and Werfer-Lehr-Regiment 1
408. Volksartilleriekorps
276. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalmajor Kurt Mohring)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 986, 987 and 988
Infanterie-Bataillon 276
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 276
Artillerie-Regiment 276
Nachrichten-Abteilung 276
Pionier-Bataillon 276
212. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Franz Sensfuss)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 316, 320 and 423
Infanterie-Bataillon 212
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 212
Artillerie-Regiment 212
Nachrichten-Abteilung 212
Pionier-Bataillon 212
LIII. Armeekorps (General der Kavallerie Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach)
Festungs-MG-Batallion 44
Festungs-Artillerie-B atallion XIII/999
Führer Grenadier Brigade
Panzer-Regiment FGB [101. Panzer-Regiment]
Panzergrenadier- Regiment FGB [99. Panzergrenadier-Regiment]
Panzer-Artillerie-Bataillon FGB
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Regiment FGB
Panzer-Nachrichten-Kompanie FGB
9. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Werner Kolb)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 36, 57 and 116
Fusilier-Kompanie 9
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9
Artillerie-Regiment 9
Nachrichten-Abteilung 9
Pionier-Bataillon 9
79. Volksgrenadier-Division (Oberst Alois Weber)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 208, 212 and 226
Fusilier-Abteilung 179
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 179
Artillerie-Regiment 179
Nachrichten-Abteilung 179
Pionier-Bataillon 179
Additions after 22 December 1944
To LXVII Panzerkorps 23 December 1944:
9. Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Harald von Elverfeldt) -Panzer-Regiment 33
schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Funklenk) 301
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 50
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 and 11
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9
Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 102
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 287
Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 85
Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 86
To LXVII Panzerkorps 23 December 1944:
15. Panzergrenadier-Division (Oberst Hans-Joachim Deckert)
Panzer-Abteilung 115
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 33
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104 and 115
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 115
Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 33
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 315
Nachrichten-Abteilung 33
Pionier-Bataillon 33
To 5. Panzerarmee 24 December 1944:
XXXIX. Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Karl Decker)
167. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Hanskurt Hocker)
Grenadier-Regiment 331, 339 and 387
Fusilier-Kompanie 167
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 167
Artillerie-Regiment 167
Nachrichten-Abteilung 167
Pionier-Bataillon 167
To I. SS-Panzerkorps 27 December 1944:
340. Volksgrenadier-Division (Generalleutnant Theodor Tolsdorff)
Volksgrenadier-Regiment 694, 695 and 696
Fusilier-Kompanie 340
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 340
Artillerie-Regiment 340
Nachrichten-Abteilung 340
Pionier-Bataillon 340
1.2 U.S. UNITS
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) (General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower)
12th U.S. Army Group (Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley)
First U.S. Army (Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges)
5th Belgian Fusilier Battalion
143rd and 413th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
825th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9th Canadian Forestry Company
86th Engineer Heavy Pontoon Battalion
V Corps (Major General Leonard T. Gerow)
102nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized
186th, 196th, 200th and 955th Field Artillery Battalion
254th Engineer (Combat) Battalion
134th, 387th, 445th, 460th, 461st, 531st, 602nd, 639th
863rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
187th Field Artillery Group
751st and 997th Field Artillery Battalion
190th Field Artillery Group
62nd, 190th, 272nd and 268thField Artillery Battalion
406th Field Artillery Group
76th, 941st, 953rd and 987th Field Artillery Battalion
1111th Engineer Combat Group
51st, 202nd, 291st and 296th Engineer Combat
Battalion
1st Infantry Division ‘Big Red One’ (Brigadier General Clift Andrus)
16th, 18th and 26th Infantry Regiment
5th, 7th, 32nd and 33rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st Engineer Combat Battalion
745th Tank Battalion
634th and 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
2d Infantry Division ‘Indianhead’ (Major General Walter M. Robertson)
9th, 23rd and 38th Infantry Regiment
12th, 15th, 37th and 38thField Artillery Battalion
2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
741st Tank Battalion
612th and 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion
462nd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
9th Infantry Division ‘Octofoil’ (Major General Louis A. Craig)
[Not on the Ardennes Front]
39th, 47th and 60th Infantry Regiment
26th, 34th, 60th and 84th Field Artillery Battalion
15th Engineer Combat Battalion
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
746th Tank Battalion
376th and 413th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion
78th Infantry Division ‘Lightning’ (Major General Edwin P. Parker, Jr.) [Not on the Ardennes Front]
309th, 310th and 311th Infantry Regiment
307th, 308th, 309th and 903rd Field Artillery Battalion
303rd Engineer Combat Battalion
709th Tank Battalion
CCR, 5th Armored Division
628th and 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
522nd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
2nd Ranger Battalion
99th Infantry Division ’Checkerboard’ (Major General Walter E. Lauer)
393rd, 394th and 395th Infantry Regiment
370th, 371st, 372nd and 924th Field Artillery Battalion
324th Engineer Combat Battalion
801st Tank Destroyer Battalion
535th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
VII Corps (Major General Joseph Lawton Collins) [Ardennes Front from 22 December 1944]
4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
29th Infantry Regiment
French Light Infantry Brigade
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
297th and 298th Engineer Battalion
740th Tank Battalion
759th Light Tank Battalion
18th, 83rd, 87th, 183rd, 193rd, 957th and 991st Field Artillery Battalion
635th Tank Destroyer Battalion
342nd, 366th, 392nd, 1308th and 1313th Engineer General
Services Regiment
18th Field Artillery Group
188th, 666th and 981st Field Artillery Battalion
142nd Field Artillery Group
195th and 266th Field Artillery Battalion
188th Field Artillery Group
172nd, 951st and 980th Field Artillery Battalion
2d Armored Division ’Hell on Wheels’ (Major General Ernest N. Harmon) [Ardennes Front from 22 December 1944]
41st Armored Infantry Regiment
66th and 67th Armored Regiment
14th, 78th and 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
17th Armored Engineer Battalion
18th Reconnaissance Squadron
702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
195th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
3rd Armored Division ‘Spearhead’ (Major General Maurice Rose) [from V Corps 22 December 1944]
36th Armored Infantry Regiment
32nd and 33rd Armored Regiment
54th, 67th and 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion
83rd Reconnaissance Squadron
643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
486th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
[22-25 December 1944 to XVIII Airborne Corps, then to VII Corps: CCB with the reinforced 2nd Bn of 33rd Armored Regiment, two reinforced companies of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment and minor groups from other units]
84th Infantry Division ‘Railsplitters’ (Brigadier General Alexander R. Bolling) [Ardennes Front from 21 December 1944]
333rd, 334th and 335th Infantry Regiment
325th, 326th, 327th and 909th Field Artillery Battalion
309th Engineer Combat Battalion
771st Tank Battalion
638th Tank Destroyer Battalion
557th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
VIII Corps (Major General Troy H. Middleton)
687th Field Artillery Battalion [south]
178th Engineer Combat Battalion [south]
341st Engineer General Service Regiment [south]
635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [south]
174th Field Artillery Group [north]
965th, 969th and 770th Field Artillery Battalion
333rd Field Artillery Group [north]
333rd 771st Field Artillery Battalion
402nd Field Artillery Group [north]
559th, 561st and 740th Field Artillery Battalion
422nd Field Artillery Group [south]
81st and 174th Field Artillery Battalion
1107th Engineer Combat Group [south]
44th, 159th and 168th Engineer Combat Battalion
1128th Engineer Combat Group [south]
35th and 158th Engineer Combat Battalion
14th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
106th Infantry Division ‘Golden Lions’ (Major General Alan W. Jones)
422nd, 423rd and 424th Infantry Regiment
589th, 590th, 591st and 592nd Field Artillery Battalion
81st Engineer Combat Battalion
820th Tank Destroyer Battalion
634th and 563rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion
9th Armored Division (Major General John W. Leonard)
CCA: 19th Tank Battalion and 60th Armored Infantry Battalion in the south
CCR: 2nd Tank Battalion and 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion in the center
CCB: 14th Tank Battalion and 27th Armored Infantry Battalion in the north
3rd, 16th and 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
9th Armored Engineer Battalion
89th Cavalry Squadron
811th Tank Destroyer Battalion
482nd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
7th Armored Division ‘Lucky Seventh’ (Brigadier General Robert W. Hasbrouck) [from 16 December 1944]
CCA, CCB and CCR
23rd, 38th and 48th Armored Infantry Battalion
17th, 31st and 40th Tank Battalion
434th, 440th and 489th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion
87th Reconnaissance Squadron
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
203rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
28th Infantry Division ‘Keystone’ (Major General Norman D. Cota)
109th Regimental Combat Team in the south
110th Regimental Combat Team in the center
112th Infantry Regiment in the north
107th, 108th, 109th and 229th Field Artillery Battalion
103rd Engineer Combat Battalion
707th Tank Battalion
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
447th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
101st Airborne Division ‘Screaming Eagles’ (Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, deputy of Major General Maxwell D. Taylor) [from XVIII Airborne Corps 18 December 1944]
501st, 502nd and 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
327th Gilder Infantry Regiment
401st Glider Infantry, 1st Battalion
321st and 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
326th Parachute Engineer Battalion
705th Tank Destroyer Battalion
775th Field Artillery Battalion
377th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Subordinated to 101st Airborne Division from 18 December 1944: CCB, 10th Armored Division with the 3rd Tank Battalion and 20th Armored Infantry Battalion plus elements of other units of 10th Armored Division
XVIII Airborne Corps (Major General Matthew B. Ridgway) [Ardennes Front from 18 December 1944]
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
254th, 275th, 400th and 460th Field Artillery Battalion
79th Field Artillery Group
153rd, 551st and 552nd Field Artillery Battalion
179th Field Artillery Group
259th and 965th Field Artillery Battalion
211th Field Artillery Group
240th and 264th Field Artillery Battalion
401st Field Artillery Group
187th and 809th Field Artillery Battalion
82d Airborne Division All American’ (Major General James M. Gavin)
504th, 505th and 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
325th Glider Infantry Regiment
376th and 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
80th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
30th Infantry Division ‘Old Hickory’ (Major General Leland S. Hobbs) [from V Corps 21 December 1944]
117th, 119th and 120th Infantry Regiment
113th, 118th, 197th and 230th Field Artillery Battalion
105th Engineer Combat Battalion
743rd Tank Battalion
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
110th and 431st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
99th Infantry Battalion ‘Viking’
526th Armored Infantry Battalion
CCB, 3rd Armored Division [from V Corps 22 December 1944, to VII Corps 25 December 1944]
Reinforced 2nd Battalion of 33rd Armored Regiment
Two reinforced companies of 36th Armored Infantry Regiment
Smaller groups from other units in the division
Third U.S. Army (Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.)
109th, 115th, 217th and 777th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
456th, 465th, 550th and 565th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion
631st Tank Destroyer Battalion
III Corps (Major General John Millikin) [Ardennes Front from 22 December 1944]
6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
183rd 145th, 188th, 243rd and 249th Engineer Combat Battalion
1306th Engineer General Service Regiment
467th and 468th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
179th, 274th, 776th and 777th Field Artillery Battalion 193rd Field Artillery Group
177th, 253rd, 696th, 776th and 949th Field Artillery
Battalion
203rd Field Artillery Group
278th, 742nd and 762nd Field Artillery Battalion
4th Armored Division (Major General Hugh J. Gaffey)
CCA, CCB and CCR
10th, 51st and 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion
8th, 35th and 37th Tank Battalion
22nd, 66th and 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
24th Armored Engineer Battalion
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion
25th Cavalry Squadron
467th and 489th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion
26th Infantry Division ‘Yankee’ (Major General Willard S. Paul)
101st, 104th and 328th Infantry Regiment
101st, 102nd, 180th and 263rd Field Artillery Battalion
101st Engineer Combat Battalion
735th Tank Battalion
818th Tank Destroyer Battalion
390th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
80th Infantry Division ‘Blue Ridge’ (Major General Horace L. McBride)
317th, 318th and 319th Infantry Regiment
313th, 314th, 315th and 905th Field Artillery Battalion
305th Engineer Combat Battalion
702nd Tank Battalion
610th Tank Destroyer Battalion
633rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
XII Corps (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
2nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized
808th Tank Destroyer Battalion
372nd, 398th and 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment
452nd and 457th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
161st, 244th, 277th, 334th, 336th and 736th Field Artillery Battalion
276th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
177th Field Artillery Group
215th, 255th and 775th Field Artillery Battalion
182nd Field Artillery Group
802nd, 945th and 974th Field Artillery Battalion
183rd Field Artillery Group
695th and 776th Field Artillery Battalion
404th Field Artillery Group
273rd, 512th and 752nd Field Artillery Battalion
1103rd Engineer Combat Group
106th and 204th Engineer Combat Battalion
4th Infantry Division ‘Ivy’ (Major General Raymond O. Barton)
8th, 12th and 22nd Infantry Regiment
20th, 29th, 42nd and 44th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Engineer Combat Battalion
70th Tank Battalion
802nd and 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
377th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
5th Infantry Division ‘Red Diamond’ (Major General S. Leroy Irwin)
2nd, 10th and 11th Infantry Regiment
19th, 21st, 46th and 50th Field Artillery Battalion
7th Engineer Combat Battalion
737th Tank Battalion
818th Tank Destroyer Battalion
449th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
10th Armored Division ‘Tiger’ (Major General William H. H. Morris, Jr.)
CCA, CCB and CCR
20th, 54th and 61st Armored Infantry Battalion
3rd, 11th and 21st Tank Battalion
419th, 420th and 423rd Armored Field Artillery
Battalion
609th Tank Destroyer Battalion
55th Armored Engineer Battalion
90th Reconnaissance Squadron
796th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
[Note: CCB with 3rd Tank Battalion and 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, plus elements of other units subordinated to VIII Corps from 17 December 1944]
Additions after 22 December 1944
To VII Corps 22 December 1944, then to XVIII Airborne Corps: 75th Infantry Division (Major General Fay B. Prickett)
289th, 290th and 291st Infantry Regiment
730th, 897th, 898th and 899th Field Artillery Battalion
275th Engineer Combat Battalion
750th Tank Battalion
629th and 772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
440th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
To VII Corps 26 December 1944:
83rd Infantry Division ‘Thunderbolt’ (Major General Robert C. Macon)
329th, 330th and 331st Infantry Regiment
322nd, 323rd, 324th and 908th Field Artillery Battalion
308th Engineer Combat Battalion
774th Tank Battalion
772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
453rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
To III Corps 26 December 1944:
35th Infantry Division ‘Santa Fe’ (Major General Paul W. Baade)
134th, 137th and 320th Infantry Regiment
127th, 161st, 216th and 219th Field Artillery Battalion
60th Engineer Combat Battalion
654th Tank Destroyer Battalion
448th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
To III Corps 30 December 1944:
6th Armored Division ‘Super Sixth’ (Major General Robert W. Grow)
CCA, CCB and CCR
9th, 44th and 50th Armored Infantry Battalion
15th, 68th and 69th Tank Battalion
128th, 212th and 231st Armored Field Artillery
Battalion
25th Armored Engineer Battalion
86th Cavalry Squadron
603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
777th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
To VIII Corps 29 December 1944:
87th Infantry Division ‘Golden Acorn’ (Brigadier General Frank
L. Culin, Jr.)
345th, 346th and 347th Infantry Regiment
3eme Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, SAS
334th, 335th, 336th and 912th Field Artillery Battalion
312th Engineer Combat Battalion
761st Tank Battalion
691st Tank Destroyer Battalion
549th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons
Battalion
To VIII Corps 29 December 1944:
11th Armored Division ‘Thunderbolt’ (Brigadier General Charles S. Kilburn)
CCA, CCB CCR
21st, 55th and 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion
22nd, 41st and 42nd Tank Battalion
490th, 491st and 492nd Armored Field Artillery
Battalion
56th Armored Engineer Battalion
602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
41st Cavalry Squadron
575th and 778th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
To VIII Corps 1 January 1945:
17th Airborne Division ‘Golden Talon’ (Major General William
M. Miley)
507th and 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment
193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiment
680th and 681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion
155th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
To III Corps 6 January 1945:
90th Infantry Division ‘Tough Hombres’ (Major General James A. Van Fleet)
357th, 358th and 359th Infantry Regiment
343rd, 344th, 345th and 915th Field Artillery Battalion
315th Engineer Combat Battalion
773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
537th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
1.3 BRITISH UNITS
21 Army Group (Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery)
XXX Corps (Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks)
2nd Household Cavalry Regiment
11th Hussars
73rd Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery
4th and 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
7th, 64th and 84th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
27th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery
6th Airborne Division (Major-General Eric Bols)
3rd and 5th Parachute Brigade
6th Airlanding Brigade
53rd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
3rd and 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battalions, Royal
Artillery
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment,
Royal Armoured Corps
249th Airborne Field Company Royal Engineers
3rd and 591st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
3rd and 9th Airborne Squadron Royal Engineers
286th Airborne Field Park Company Royal Engineers
6th Airborne Divisional Signals Company Royal
Signals
22nd Independent Parachute Company Army Air
Corps
51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General Thomas G. Rennie)
152nd, 153rd and 154th Infantry Brigade
126th, 127th, and 128th Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
61st Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery
40th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery
274th, 275th and 276th Field Companies Royal
Engineers
239th Field Park Company Royal Engineers
16th Bridging Platoon Royal Engineers
51st Divisional Signals Company Royal Signals
1/7 Machine Gun Battalion Middlesex Regiment
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division (Major-General Robert Knox Ross)
71st, 158th and 160th Infantry Brigade
81st, 83rd and 133rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
53rd Recce Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
71st Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery
25th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery
244th, 282nd and 555th Field Companies Royal
Engineers
285th Field Park Company Royal Engineers
22nd Bridging Platoon Royal Engineers
53rd Divisional Signals Company Royal Signals
29th Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Roscoe Harvey)
23rd Hussars Regiment
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
8th Rifle Brigade
33rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier H.B. Scott)
144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
1st East Riding Yeomanry
34th Army Tank Brigade (Brigadier G W.S. Clarke)
9th Royal Tank Regiment
107th and 147th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps