Operation Cobra order of battle
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
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Organization of VII, VIII, and XIX U.S. Army Corps during Operation Cobra 25 July 1944
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
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
- Citations
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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