Allied order of battle
Commander, SHAEF: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commander, 21st Army Group: General Bernard Montgomery
[1]
Western Beaches
|
Sword
|
Juno
|
Gold
|
79th Armoured Division: Major General
Percy Hobart
[2] provided specialised armoured vehicles which supported the landings on all beaches in Second Army's
U.S. zones
Commander, First Army: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley [1]
The First Army contingent totalled approximately 73,000 men, including 15,600 from the airborne divisions. [3]
- Utah Beach
-
VII Corps, commanded by Major General
J. Lawton Collins
[4]
-
4th Infantry Division: Major General
Raymond O. Barton
[4] -
82nd Airborne Division: Major General
Matthew Ridgway
[4] -
90th Infantry Division: Brigadier General
Jay W. MacKelvie
[4] -
101st Airborne Division: Major General
Maxwell D. Taylor
[4]
-
- Omaha Beach
-
V Corps, commanded by Major General
Leonard T. Gerow, making up 34,250 men
[5]
-
1st Infantry Division: Major General
Clarence R. Huebner
[6] -
29th Infantry Division: Major General
Charles H. Gerhardt
[6]
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- ^ a b Whitmarsh 2009, Map, p. 12.
- ^ Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 201.
- ^ Portsmouth Museum Services.
- ^ a b c d e Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 125.
- ^ Whitmarsh 2009, p. 53.
- ^ a b Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 66.