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

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

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

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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