Operation Dragoon order of battle

This is the order of battle of Allied and German^[1] forces during Operation Dragoon in 1944.

Allied land forces

Seventh Army

Lieutenant General Alexander Patch

Detachment, Army HQ & HQ Company & Special Troops
Detachment, HQ Seventh Army (For Beach Control HQ)

SPECIAL FORCES

1st Airborne Task Force
Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick
- HQ & HQ Company, 1st Airborne Task Force
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment^[2]
  - 1st Battalion 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 2nd Battalion 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 3rd Battalion 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  - 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (HQ and four batteries of four 75mm pack howitzers)
  - 596th Airborne Engineer Company
- 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (Glider)
- 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)
- 463rd Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
- 602d Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm Pack)
- 887th Airborne Engineer Aviation Company
- 512th Airborne Signal Company
- Antitank Company, 442d Infantry Regiment*
- 552nd Antitank Company* (The 552 Antitank Company was formed in July,1944, in Rome, specifically for this operation. Since the 442nd became available while the 552nd was in training and took very little time to train on the British 6 lb. guns need for gliders, it went in first. But the 552nd was always on the compliment of troops slated for this operation (and the 1st ABTF) and relieved the 442nd mid-October 1944 supporting the 1st ABTF member units still in the area. From documents from the National Archives.)
- Company A, 2d Chemical Mortar Battalion
- Company D (airborne), 83d Chemical Mortar Battalion
- 676th Medical Collecting Company
- Provisional Airborne Military Police Platoon
- Provisional Pathfinder Detachment
- 172d Detail Issues Depot British Heavy Aerial Resupply Company
- 334th Quartermaster Depot Company(-)
- 3358th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Detachment, 3d Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)
- British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group
  - 4th Parachute Battalion
  - 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
  - 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
  - 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
  - 300th Airlanding Anti-tank Battery Royal Artillery
  - 64th Airlanding Battery Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Signal Company Royal Signals
  - 1st Independent Glider Squadron Army Air Corps
  - 23rd Independent Platoon Army Air Corps (Pathfinders)
  - 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Company Royal Army Service Corps
  - 751st Parachute Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps
  - T Company Royal Army Service Corps
  - 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  - 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Section Royal Military Police
US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force(-)(attached 22 August 1944 to replace the British 2nd Parachute Brigade; later assigned)
French Groupe de Commandos (-)

ENGINEER

Company D (rem Map Plat), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
697th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Mobile Laboratory, 701st Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Survey Platoon, 649th Engineer Topographic Battalion
Company A, Engineer Camouflage Battalion
1202nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
1711th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Special Platoon, 460th Engineer Depot Company

MILITARY POLICE

204th Military Police Company
372d Military Police Escort Guard Company
377th Military Police Escort Guard Company (-3 Sections)
504th Military Police Battalion (-2 Companies)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion

MEDICAL

1st Advance Section, 7th Medical Depot Company

QUARTERMASTER

94th Quartermaster Railhead Company (-2 Platoons)
138th Quartermaster Truck Company
144th Quartermaster Truck Company
Detachment, 202nd Quartermaster Car Company (-)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 528th Quartermaster Battalion
3357th Quartermaster Truck Company

SIGNAL

Army Signal Battalion
226th Signal Operation Company
Detachment, 163rd Signal Photo Company
982nd Signal Service Company

MISCELLANEOUS

Detachment 72nd Liaison Squadron
11th Postal Regulating Unit
Special Service Staff (Office of Strategic Services)
Twenty-eight Port Companies and Seven Battalion HQ Detachments.

VI Corps

Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

HQ & HQ Company, VI Corps

COMBAT COMMAND

Combat Command Sudre 1ere Division Blindee
Attached:
- 1ere Cie, 9e Regt Chasseurs d'Afrique
- Det, 661/2 Cie De Reparation Engines Blindee
- 66e Cie de Munitions (-)
- Det, 705 Cie de Ravitaillement en Essence

FIELD ARTILLERY

HQ & HQ Battery, VI Corps Artillery
HQ & HQ Battery, 6th Field Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Field Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 36th Field Artillery Group
2nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion
36th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
59th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
69th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP)
141st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
634th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
937th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
938th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
976th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)
977th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)

ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY

HQ & HQ Battery, 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
HQ & HQ Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
HQ & HQ Battery, 105th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
72nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
106th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
107th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
108th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
216th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Mobile)
433rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
441st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
443rd Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (SP)
451st Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
534th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
895th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Mobile)
102nd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)
104th Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Battery (VLA)

ARMOR

191st Tank Battalion
753rd Tank Battalion
756th Tank Battalion

TANK DESTROYER

601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
636th Tank Destroyer Battalion
645th Tank Destroyer Battalion ^[3]

CAVALRY

117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

CHEMICAL WARFARE

2nd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
3rd Chemical Battalion Motorized
83rd Chemical Battalion Motorized (-1 Company)
6th Chemical Depot Company
11th Chemical Maintenance Company
21st Chemical Decontamination Company (-3 platoons) (Smoke Troops)

ENGINEER

343rd Engineer General Service Regiment
344th Engineer General Service Regiment
Company C, (Bailey Bridge), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
Company D, (Treadway Bridge), 378th Engineer Battalion (Separate)
1st Platoon, 424th Engineer Dump Truck Company
Contact Platoon, 469th Engineer Maintenance Company
Survey Platoon, 661st Engineer Topographic Company
6617th Engineer Mine Clearance Company

MILITARY POLICE

206th Military Police Company

MEDICAL

2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group
- 14 General Surgical Teams
- 3 Shock Teams
- 1 Gas Team
- 3 Orthopaedic Teams
- 2 Thoracic Teams
- 2 Neurosurgery Teams
- 3 Dental Prosthetic Teams
- 2 Maxillofacial Teams
10th Field Hospital
6703rd Blood Transfusion Unit
11th Field Hospital
11th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
93rd Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)
95th Evacuation Hospital (Semimobile) (400 bed)

ORDNANCE

HQ & HQ Detachment, 43rd Ordnance Battalion
HQ & HQ Detachment, 44th Ordnance Battalion
HQ & HQ Detachment, 45th Ordnance Battalion
14th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
45th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
46th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
87th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Field Artillery)
261st Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Anti Aircraft)
3406th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
3408th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
3432nd Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
64th Ordnance Ammunition Company
66th Ordnance Ammunition Company
680th Ordnance Ammunition Company
143rd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
144th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
145th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
146th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad

QUARTERMASTER

46th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (-1 Platoon)
Platoon, 549th Quartermaster Laundry Company
3426th Quartermaster Truck Company

SIGNAL

1st Signal Center Team
57th Signal Battalion
3201 SIS Detachment
4 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company
Detachment A, 117th Radio Intelligence Company

NAVAL

3 Naval Combat Intelligence Teams
Naval Gunfire Liaison Personnel
15 Naval Shore Fire Control Parties

3rd Infantry Division

Major General John W. O'Daniel

ORGANIC UNITS

HHC & Special Troops, 3rd Infantry Division
- 3rd Military Police Platoon
- 3rd Signal Company
- 3rd Quartermaster Company
- 3rd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
- 3rd Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
- 703rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
- 10th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 3rd Medical Battalion
7th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
HHB, 3rd Division Artillery
- 9th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 39th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 41st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP

36th Engineer Combat Regiment
1st Naval Beach Battalion
72nd Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Medical Battalion
- 376th Medical Collecting Company
- 377th Medical Collecting Company
- 378th Medical Collecting Company
- 682nd Medical Collecting Company
- 1st Plat & HQ Detachment, 616th Medical Clearing Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
- 157th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
- 706th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
- 790th Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
Detachment, 377th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Company A, 759th Military Police Battalion
1st Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
3rd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
69th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3407th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
6690th Regulating Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 530th Quartermaster Battalion
- 4133rd Quartermaster Service Company
- 4134th Quartermaster Service Company
- 4135th Quartermaster Service Company
- 4136th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3277th Quartermaster Service Company
3357th Quartermaster Truck Company
3634th Quartermaster Truck Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 52nd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
- 3333rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3334th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3325th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3336th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3353rd Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3355th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
Section, 3856th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
1 Platoon, 93rd Quartermaster Railhead Company
332nd Air Force Beach Detail
111th Beach Section, RAF

36th Infantry Division

Major General John E. Dahlquist

ORGANIC UNITS

HHC & Special Troops, 36th Infantry Division
- 36th Military Police Platoon
- 36th Signal Company
- 36th Quartermaster Company
- 36th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
- 36th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
- 736th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
- 111th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 111th Medical Battalion
141st Infantry Regiment
142nd Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
HHB, 36th Division Artillery
- 131st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 132nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 133rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 155th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

36TH INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP

540th Engineer Combat Regiment
48th Engineer Combat Battalion
8th Naval Beach Battalion
74th Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 56th Medical Battalion
- 885th Medical Collecting Company
- 886th Medical Collecting Company
- 887th Medical Collecting Company
- 891st Medical Clearing Company
- 1st Platoon, 638th Clearing Company
Co. C, 759th Military Police Battalion
1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
- 192nd Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
- 601st Provisional Military Police Prisoner of War Detachment
3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
1st Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
603rd Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3405th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
2nd Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Co
HQ & HQ Detachment, 53rd Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
- 3337th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3338th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3339th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3340th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3354th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
- 3356th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW)
HQ & HQ Detachment, 259th Quartermaster Battalion
- 3286th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3287th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3288th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3289th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3299th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3300th Quartermaster Service Company
3427th Quartermaster Truck Company
3360th Quartermaster Truck Company
Air Force Beach Detail
111th Brick Section, RAF

45th Infantry Division

Major General William W. Eagles

ORGANIC UNITS

HHC & Special Troops, 45th Infantry Division
- 45th Military Police Platoon
- 45th Signal Company
- 45th Quartermaster Company
- 45th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
- 45th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop
- 700th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
- 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 120th Medical Battalion
157th Infantry Regiment
179th Infantry Regiment
180th Infantry Regiment
HHB, 45th Division Artillery
- 158th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 160th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 171st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 189th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

45TH INFANTRY DIVISION BEACH GROUP

40th Engineer Combat Regiment
4th Naval Beach Battalion
71st Signal Company (Special)
Detachment, 207th Signal Depot Company
Detachment, 177th Signal Repair Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 58th Medical Battalion
- 388th Medical Collecting Company
- 389th Medical Collecting Company
- 390th Medical Collecting Company
- 514th Medical Clearing Company
- 2nd Platoon, 616th Clearing Company
Company B, 759th Military Police Battalion
1 Section, 377th Prisoner of War Escort Guard Company
Detachment, Boat Guards
- 133rd Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
- 175th Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
- 191st Provisional Prisoner of War Detachment
3rd Platoon, 21st Chemical Decontamination Company (Smoke Troops)
Detachment, 63rd Chemical Depot Company
2nd Platoon, 450th Engineer Depot Company
682nd Ordnance Ammunition Company
Detachment, 77th Ordnance Depot Company
Detachment, 977th Ordnance Depot Company
3487th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company (DUKW)
3633rd Quartermaster Truck Company
Detachment, 6690th Regulating Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 147th Quartermaster Battalion (Mobile)
- 829th Amphibian Truck Company
- 830th Amphibian Truck Company
- 831st Amphibian Truck Company
- 832nd Amphibian Truck Company
1 Section, 3894th Quartermaster Gas Supply Company
HQ & HQ Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
- 3250th Quartermaster Service Company
- 3251st Quartermaster Service Company
- 3252nd Quartermaster Service Company
- 3253rd Quartermaster Service Company
- 4053rd Quartermaster Service Company
Platoon, 94th Quartermaster Railhead Company
3425th Quartermaster Truck Company
Air Force Beach Detail
110th Beach Section, RAF

Armee "B"

Général d'armée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Etat-major de l'Armée "B", compagnie de quartier général 162/27 (-)

2ème Corps d'Armee

Général de corps d'armée Edgard de Larminat

Etat-major du 2ème Corps d'Armée et compagnie de quartier général 75

Divisions

1ère Division de Marche d'Infanterie - gen. Diego Brosset
1ère Division Blindée (-2 CC) - gen. Jean Touzet du Vigier
3ème Division d'Infanterie Algérienne - gen. Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
9ème Division d'Infanterie Coloniale - gen. Joseph Magnan
2ème Régiment de Spahis Algériens (Reconnaissance Battalion)
1er Groupe de Tabors Marocains
3ème Groupe de Tabors Marocains
4ème Groupe de Tabors Marocains

FIELD ARTILLERY

Etat-major du Groupement d'artillerie
No. 1 Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Observation Battalion (US)
1er groupe du Régiment d'Artillerie Coloniale du Levant
3ème groupe du 65e Régiment d'Artillerie

Anti Aircraft Artillery

Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 34th AAA Brigade (US)
62nd AAA Gun Battalion (US)
Detachment, HQ & HQ Battery, 80th AAA Group (US)
893rd AAA (AW) Battalion (SM)

Tank Destroyer

Chasseurs d'Afrique
- 7ème Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique
- 8ème Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique

Engineer

Compagnie Topographique du Génie No. 31
101ème Régiment du Génie

MILITARY POLICE

521ème Regulatrice Routiere
2e compagnie du 11e groupe de la Garde

MEDICAL

401ème Hôpital d'Evacuation Organe de Réanimation et de Transfusion No. 441/3
405ème Hôpital d'Evacuation
432ème Bataillion Médical
451/1 Depot Avancé
422e Hôpital de Campagne

ORDNANCE

Etat-major du 651ème Bataillon de Réparation
- Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation du Materiel No. 652/1
- Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation Automobile No. 651/3
- Compagnie Moyenne de Réparation Automobile No. 652/3
64e Compagnie de Munitions
65e Compagnie de Munitions

QUARTERMASTER

1er bataillon du 8ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais, Pioniers
Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 323
Gestion de Subsistance d'Etapes No. 325
Compagnie Mixte de Ravitaillement en Essence No. 704 (2 detachments)

SIGNAL

61ème Bataillon de Transmissions de Corps d'Armée
6693rd Signal Detachment (Provisional) (US)
3 Detachments, 163rd Signal Photo Company (US)
806ème Bataillon de Construction
Detachment, Trans Armée "B"
- Compagnie d' Exploitation 827/1
- Station d'Ecoutes 828
- Groupe de télégraphie militaire 829
Détachement du Parc de Transmissions No. 810 & Détachement de la Compagnie Technique de Transmissions No. 841

Transportation

11ème compagnie du Groupe de Transport No. 501

Allied air forces

Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force

Major General John K. Cannon

XII Tactical Air Command

Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville

1st Fighter Group (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
14th Fighter Group (P-38 Lightning) (on loan to MATAF 12–20 August 1944)
27th Fighter Group (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
57th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
79th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
86th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
324th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt)
No. 251 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
No. 322 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
No. 324 Wing RAF (Supermarine Spitfire IX)
47th Bombardment Group (Douglas A-20 Havoc)
111th Reconnaissance Squadron (F-6A Mustang)
415th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
No. 225 Squadron RAF (Spitfire V)
II/33 Escadrille (Spitfire V)
Quartieme Escadre (P-47 Thunderbolt)
57th Bombardment Wing
- 310th Bombardment Group (North American B-25 Mitchell)
- 321st Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell)
- 340th Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell)
- 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning)
- 23d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5 Lightning)
- No. 682 Squadron RAF (Supermarine Spitfire XI)
42d Bombardment Wing
- 17th Bombardment Group Martin B-26 Marauder
- 319th Bombardment Group (B-26 Marauder)
- 320th Bombardment Group (B-26 Marauder)
- 31e Escadre (B-26 Marauder)
31st Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (Escorts for airborne operations)
325th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang (Escorts for airborne operations)

Source: Jackson (1986), p. 221

Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Lloyd

63rd Fighter Wing

No. 326 (GC 2/7 Nice) (Spitfire V and IX)
No. 327 (GC 1/3 Corse) (Spitfire IX)
No. 328 (GC 1/7 Provence) (Spitfire V and IX)
417th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
VOC-01 (Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman TBF Avenger)
350th Fighter Group
- 345th Fighter Squadron (Bell P-39 Airacobra)
- 346th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
- 347th Fighter Squadron (P-39 Airacobra)
No. 272 Squadron RAF (Beaufighter X)
414th Night Fighter Squadron (Beaufighter VI)
No. 256 Squadron RAF (Mosquito XII and XIII)
No. 153 Squadron RAF (Beaufighter VI)
No. 458 Squadron RAAF (Wellington XIV)
No. 36 Squadron RAF (Wellington XIV)
No. 17 Squadron SAAF (Lockheed Ventura V)
4S Squadron (Supermarine Walrus)
No. 14 Squadron RAF (Marauder I, II and III)

Source: Jackson (1986), p. 222

Provisional Troop Carrier Air Division

Brigadier General Paul L. Williams

Source: Warren, p. 87

Allied naval forces

Vice Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt

CONTROL FORCE, Vice Admiral Hewitt

Amphibious Force Flagship USS Catoctin, destroyer USS Plunkett, minesweepers USS Pheasant, Raven, Auk, Broadbill, Chickadee, Nuthatch, Staff, Swift, Threat

SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP Captain H. C. Johnson

Western Diversionary Unit, Captain H. C. Johnson
- USS Endicott, four Minelayers, eight 8 PT boats, twelve ASRC
Eastern Diversionary Unit, Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Gunboats HMS Aphis, Scarab, Stuart Prince, Antwerp, three minelayers, four PT boats

Task Force 84 "Alpha Force"

Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry

Force Flagship Group: USCGC Duane, Fighter Director Ship HMS Ulster Queen, LCl-953, PC-1169.
Assault Groups
- Red Beach Assault Group: 46 LCI, 25 LST, 7 LCC, 43 LCT, 11 LCM, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 7 LCS, 4 British AM, 5 PC
- Yellow Beach Assault Group: Attack transports USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico, transports USS Anne Arundel, USS Thurston, attack freighters USS Oberon, USS Andromeda, HMS Highway, 6 SC, 4 PC, 3 LCC, 6 LST, 9 LCI, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 17 LCT, 9 LCM, 6 LCS, 4 British AM.
Gunfire Support Group, Rear Admiral J. M. Mansfield RN
- Battleship HMS Ramillies
- Light cruisers HMS Orion, Aurora, Ajax, Black Prince, USS Quincy, French light cruiser Gloire
- Destroyers USS Livermore, Eberle, Kearny, Ericsson, HMS Terpsichore, Termagant
Minesweeper Group
- USS Barricade, Prevail, Seer, Dextrous, Pioneer, 6 SC, 10 YMS, 8 British and 6 French AM, 2 LCC, 2 danlayers.
Salvage and firefighting group
- Fleet tug USS Hopi, 1 ATA, British tugs Empire Spitfire, Empire Ann, 1 boom vessel, 1 ATR, 1 YTB, 1 YTL, 1 FT

Task Force 85 "Delta Force"

Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers

Force Flagship Group:
- Seaplane tender USS Biscayne
- Destroyer USS Forrest
- one fighter-director tender
TRANSPORT GROUP
Captain R. A. Dierdorff
- Transports USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lyon, Marine Robin, Santa Rosa, Barnett, Joseph T. Dickman
- Attack freighters USS Procyon, Arcturus
- British LSP Dilwara, LSI Ascania, Landing Ship Gantry Ennerdale (converted tanker carrying LCM).
- Destroyers USS Baldwin, Madison, Carmick
- Destroyer escorts USS Marsh, Haines
ASSAULT GROUPS
- Red Beach Assault Group: 10 LST, 6 LCI, 7 LCT, 1 LCG, I LCF, 4 LCS, 2 LCM(R), 2 SC, 2 LCC; 1 LCM
- Green Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 5 LCI, 7 LCT, 4 LCS, 2 LCM, 2 SC, 1 LCC
- Yellow Beach Assault Group: 2 LST, 2 LCI, 26 LCVP, 4 LCS, 4 LCT, 3 LCM, 1 SC, 1 LCC
- Blue Beach Assault Group: 1 LST, 26 LCVP, 16 LCT, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 4 LCS, 3 LCM, 1 PC, 1 LCC, 1 LCI
- Corps and Division Reserve Groups: 5 LST, 20 LCI, 18 LCT, I FT
GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral C. F. Bryant
- Battleships USS Texas, Nevada
- Light cruiser USS Philadelphia
- French light cruisers Montcalm, Georges Leygues
- Destroyers USS Ellyson, Rodman, Emmons, Forrest, Fitch, Hambleton, Macomb, Hobson
- French destroyers Le Fantasque, Le Terrible, Le Malin
MINESWEEPER GROUP
- Minesweepers USS Sway, Symbol; HMS Rinaldo, Antares, Arcturus, Brave, Rosario, Spanker
- Danlayers Satsa, Calm
COMBAT AND FIREFIGHTING GROUP
- Fleet tugs USS Narragansett, Pinto, HMS Aspirant, Athlete, Charon, 1 ATA, 2 YTL.

Task Force 87 CAMEL FORCE

Rear Admiral Spencer S. Lewis

Force Flagship Group: Attack transport USS Bayfield, British LCH-3l5·
ASSAULT GROUPS
- Red Beach Assault Group:
  - Attack transports USS Charles Carroll, Thomas Jefferson
  - Transports USS Dorothea L. Dix, Florence Nightingale, General G. O. Squier
  - Attack freighters USS Cepheus, Achernar, Betelgeuse
  - 5 LCI, 3 LST, 21 LCT, 20 LCVP, 9 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 3 SC, 2 PC; 1 LSI (Br.), 1 LSD (Br.)
- Green Beach Assault Group: 23 LCI, I LCH, 14 LST, 21 LCT, 7 LCVP, 7 LCS, 3 LCC, 1 LCG, 1 LCF, 2 LCM, 2 PC, 2 SC
- Blue Beach Assault Group: 5 LST, 1 LCI, 3 LCS, 2 LCT, 2 SC, 1 PC
- Escort and Screening Group: Destroyers from Bombardment Group; 6 PC, 10 SC, 1 LST, 2 LCF, 1 LSF, 1 LCC, 5 LCS, 5 LCVP, 1 LCT, 2 LCM
BOMBARDMENT GROUP
Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
- Battleship USS Arkansas
- Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa
- Light cruisers USS Brooklyn, Marblehead, HMS Argonaut, French cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Émile Bertin
- Destroyers USS Parker, Kendrick, MacKenzie, McLanahan, Nields, Ordronaux, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison, Boyle, Champlin
Minesweeper Group
- Minesweepers USS Strive, Steady, Speed, Sustain, 6 YMS, 6 BYMS, 2 danlayers, 6 British ML, 12 British AM, HMS Product
Salvage and Firefighting Group
- Fleet ocean tugs USS Moreno, Arikara, 1 U.S., 2 British ATA, 1 YTB, 3 LCI, 1 LCT, 4 LCM, 1 boom vessel, 1 YTL

Task Force 86 SITKA FORCE

Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson

GUNFIRE SUPPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral Davidson
- French battleship Lorraine
- Heavy cruiser USS Augusta (flagship)
- Light cruiser HMS Dido
- Destroyers USS Somers, USS Gleaves, HMS Lookout, HHMS Themistoklis
- Reserve: Light cruisers USS Omaha, USS Cincinnati, HMS Sirius
TRANSPORT GROUP
Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler
- Unit A: Destroyer transports USS Tattnall, HMS Prince Baudoin; PT-201
- Unit B: HMCS Prince Henry; Destroyer transports USS Barry, USS Greene, USS Roper, USS Osmond Ingram, four PT boats
- ROMEO Unit: HMCS Prince David, HMS Prins Albert, HMS Princess Beatrix, four PT boats
- Screen: Eight PT boats
MINESWEEPER GROUP
- HMS Larne, Clinton, Octavia, Stormcloud, Welfare, four minelayers, Danlayer HMS Kintyre

Task Force 88 AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORCE

A view from HMS Pursuer, showing some of the other carriers of the TG 88.1, HMS Attacker and HMS Khedive, just prior to Operation Dragoon, 7 August 1944

Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge RN

TG 88.1

Rear Admiral T.H. Troubridge RN

HMS Khedive (899 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
HMS Emperor (800 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Hellcat
HMS Searcher (882 Naval Air Squadron) Grumman Wildcat
HMS Pursuer (881 Naval Air Squadron) Wildcat
HMS Attacker (879 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
Anti-aircraft light cruisers HMS Royalist (flagship), HMS Delhi,
Destroyers HMS Troubridge, Tuscan, Tyrian, Teazer, Tumult, Wheatland; HHMS Navarinon

TG 88.2

Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin USN

USS Tulagi (VOF-01) F6F Hellcat,
USS Kasaan Bay (VF-74) F6F Hellcat,
HMS Hunter (807 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire,
HMS Stalker (809 Naval Air Squadron) Supermarine Seafire
Antiaircraft light cruisers HMS Colombo, HMS Caledon
Destroyers USS Butler, Gherardi, Herndon, Murphy, Jeffers, Shubrick, 6 British ML.

TG 80.6 Antisubmarine and Convoy Control Group

Captain J. P. Clay

Destroyers USS Jouett, Benson, Niblack, Madison, Hilary P. Jones, Charles F. Hughes, Frankford, Carmick, Doyle, McCook, Baldwin, Harding, Satterlee, Thompson, HMS Aldenham, Beaufort, Belvoir, Whaddon, Blackmore, Eggesford, Lauderdale, HHMS Pindos, HMS Farndale, Atherstone, Brecon, Calpe, Catterick, Cleveland, Haydon, Bicester, Liddesdale, Oakley, Zetland, HHMS Kriti, HHMS Themistoklis
Destroyer escorts USS Tatum, Haines, Marsh, Currier, Frederick C. Davis, Herbert C. Jones
French destroyers Le Fortuné , Forbin , Simoun, Tempête, Alcyon
French corvettes Marocain, Tunisien , Hova, Algérien, Somali
French sloops Commandant Domine, La Moqueuse, Commandant Bory, La Gracieuse, Commandant Delage, La Boudeuse
Minesweepers USS Improve, Implicit, Incessant, Incredible, Mainstay, Pinnacle, 6 YMS
Corvettes HMS Aubretia, Columbine

Source: Morison, The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944–1945 (1957), pp. 338–343

German land forces

Army Group G

Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz

Nineteenth Army

General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese

IV Luftwaffe Field Corps

LXXXV Army Corps

General der Infanterie Baptist Kneiss

338th Infantry Division
Generalleutnant René l'Homme de Courbiére
244th Infantry Division
Generalleutnant Hans Schaefer

LXII Reserve Army Corps

General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling

242nd Infantry Division
Generalleutnant Johannes Baessler
148th Reserve Division
Generalmajor Otto Fretter-Pico

LXIV Army Corps

The Corps swapped units with the IV Luftwaffe Corps in September.

159th Reserve Division

Army Reserve

11th Panzer Division
Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim
157th Reserve Division
158th Reserve Division (was in transition forming the 16th Infantry Division)

German air forces

Luftflotte 2

2. Flieger-Division

German naval forces

Kommandierender Admiral der französische Südküste

6. Sicherungsflotille

Notes

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[FOOTNOTEVogel1983588-590-1] Vogel (1983), pp. 588-590.

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