Order of Battle as of 8 May 1945

General Omar N. Bradley

This is the order of battle of the United States 12th Army Group on 8 May 1945, the date of the formal surrender of the military forces of Nazi Germany. The order of battle for the 6th Army Group, which opened the second front against Germany in Southern France, can be found here.

• 
  Omar N. Bradley
  12th Army Group
• 
  Courtney H. Hodges
  First Army
• 
  George S. Patton
  Third Army
• 
  William H. Simpson
  Ninth Army
• 
  Leonard T. Gerow
  Fifteenth Army

First Army

General Courtney H. Hodges

Army-level unit

78th Infantry ("Lightning") Division

Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr.

Infantry: 309th, 310th, and 311th Infantry Regiments

Artillery 26th, 60th, and 8th (105 mm), 34th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)

Armor: 746th Tank Battalion

Antitank: 629th and 899th Tank Destroyer Battalions

VII Corps

Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins

9th Infantry ("Old Reliables") Division

Major General Louis A. Craig

Infantry: 39th, 47th, and 60th Infantry Regiments

Artillery: 307th, 308th, and 393rd (105 mm), 309th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)

Armor: 709th, 736th, and 774th Tank Battalions

Antitank: 628th, 817th, and 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalions

9th Armored ("Phantom") Division

Major General John W. Leonard

Armor: 2nd, 14th, and 19th Tank Battalions

Infantry: 27th, 52nd, and 60th Armored Infantry Battalions

Artillery: 3rd, 16th, 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalions

69th Infantry ("Fighting 69th") Division

Major General Emil F. Reinhardt

Infantry: 271st, 272nd, and 273rd Infantry Regiments

Artillery: 879th, 880th, and 881st (105 mm), 724th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)

Armor: 777th Tank Battalion

Antitank: 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion

104th Infantry Division

Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.

Infantry: 413th, 414th, Infantry Regiments

Artillery: 385th, 386th, 929th (105 mm), 387th Field Artillery Battalions (155 mm)

Third Army

General George S. Patton, Jr.

Army-level units

1st Infantry ("Big Red One") Division

Major General Clift Andrus

Infantry: 16th, 18th, 26th Infantry Regiments

Armor: 745th Tank Battalion

2nd Infantry ("Indianhead") Division

Major General Walter M. Robertson

Infantry: 9th, 23rd, 38th Infantry Regiments

Armor: 741st, 759th Tank Battalion

70th Infantry ("Trailblazers") Division

Major General Allison J. Barnett

Infantry: 274th, 275th, 276th Infantry Regiments

97th Infantry ("Trident") Division

Brigadier General Milton B. Halsey

Infantry: 303rd, 386th, 387th Infantry Regiments

Armor: 782nd Tank Battalion

III

III Corps

Major General James Van Fleet

4th Infantry ("Ivy") Division

Major General Harold W. Blakeley

Infantry: 8th, 12th, and 22nd Infantry Regiments

14th Armored ("Liberators") Division

Major General Albert C. Smith

99th Infantry ("Checkerboard") Division

Major General Walter E. Lauer

V

V Corps

Major General Clarence R. Huebner

16th Armored Division

Brigadier General John L. Pierce

XII

XII Corps

Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin

4th Armored Division

Major General William M. Hoge

Armor: 8th, 35th, and 37th Armored Battalions

Infantry: 10th, 51st, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalions

Artillery: 22nd, 66th, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalions

5th Infantry "Red Diamond" Division

Major General Albert E. Brown

Infantry: 2nd, 10th, and 11th Infantry Regiments

11th Armored "Thunderbolt" Division

Major General Holmes E. Dager

Armor: 22nd, 41st, and 42nd Armored Battalions

Infantry: 21st, 55th, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalions

Artillery: 490th, 491st, 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalions

26th Infantry "Yankee" Division

Major General Willard S. Paul

Infantry: 101st, 104th, 328th Infantry Regiments

90th Infantry "Tough 'Ombres" Division

Major General Herbert L. Earnest

Infantry: 357th, 358th, and 359th Infantry Regiments

XX

XX Corps

Major General Walton H. Walker

13th Armored Division

Major General John Millikin

65th Infantry "Battle-Axe" Division

Major General Stanley E. Reinhart

71st Infantry "Red Circle" Division

Major General Willard G. Wyman

80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division

Major General Horace L. McBride

Ninth Army

Lieutenant General William H. Simpson

Army-level unit

2nd Armored Division

Major General Isaac D. White

VIII

VIII Corps

Major General Troy H. Middleton

6th Armored "Super Sixth" Division

Major General Robert W. Grow

76th Infantry "Onaway" Division

Major General William R. Schmidt

87th Infantry "Golden Acorn" Division

Major General Frank L. Culin Jr.

89th Infantry "Rolling W" Division

Major General Thomas D. Finley

XIII

XIII Corps

Major General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.

30th Infantry Division

Major General Leland S. Hobbs

35th Infantry Division

Major General Paul W. Baade

83rd Infantry Division

Major General Robert C. Macon

84th Infantry Division

Major General Alexander R. Bolling

102nd Infantry Division

Major General Frank A. Keating

XVI

XVI Corps

Major General John B. Anderson

29th Infantry Division

Major General Charles H. Gerhardt

75th Infantry Division

Major General Ray E. Porter

79th Infantry "Cross of Lorraine" Division

Major General Ira T. Wyche

95th Infantry Division

Major General Harry L. Twaddle

XIX

XIX Corps

Major General Raymond S. McLain

3rd Armored Division

Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey

Armor: 32nd, 33rd Armored Regiments, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment

8th Armored Division

Major General John M. Devine

Armor: 18th, 36th, 80th Tank Battalions

Fifteenth Army

Lieutenant General Leonard T. Gerow

Army-level units

66th Infantry Division

Major General Herman F. Kramer

106th Infantry Division

Major General Donald A. Stroh

18

XVIII Airborne Corps

Major General Matthew B. Ridgway

5th Armored Division

Major General Lunsford E. Oliver

7th Armored Division

Major General Robert W. Hasbrouck

8th Infantry Division

Major General Bryant E. Moore

82nd Airborne Division

Major General James M. Gavin

101st Airborne Division

Major General William C. Lee

22

XXII Corps

Major General Ernest N. Harmon

17th Airborne Division

Major General William M. Miley

94th Infantry Division

Major General Harry J. Malony

23

XXIII Corps

Major General Hugh J. Gaffey

28th Infantry "Keystone" Division

Major General Norman D. Cota

Infantry: 109th, 110th, 112th Infantry Regiments

Source: Bradley, Omar, A Soldier's Story, New York: Henry Holt and Company (1950), pp. 557–561

Order of battle (8 May 1945

Order of battle shifted frequently in the Sixth Army Group, but accelerated dramatically during its late-war push through southern Bavaria into the Austrian Alps to head off German establishment of a National Redoubt and close off passes to Nazi escape. Order of Battle on 8 May represents a significantly different disposition in some instances than in the weeks and even days leading up to it.

General Jacob L. Devers

Seventh Army

Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch

Army-level units

12th Armored "Hellcat" Division

Major General Roderick R. Allen

45th Infantry "Thunderbird" Division

Major General Robert T. Frederick

63rd Infantry "Blood and Fire" Division

Major General Louis E. Hibbs

100th Infantry "Success in Battle" Division

Major General Withers A. Burress

VI Corps

Major General Edward H. Brooks

10th Armored Division

Major General William H. H. Morris, Jr.

44th Infantry Division

Major General William F. Dean

103rd Infantry Division

Major General Anthony C. McAuliffe

XV Corps

Major General Wade H. Haislip

3rd Infantry Division

Major General John W. O'Daniel

20th Armored Division

Major General Orlando Ward

42nd Infantry Division

Major General Harry J. Collins

86th Infantry Division

Major General Harris M. McLaskey

XXI Corps (Major General Frank W. Milburn

French 2nd Armored Division (Major General Philippe Leclerc

36th Infantry Division (Major General John E. Dahlquist

101st Airborne Division (Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

French First Army

General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ^[a]

French 1st Corps (Lieutenant General Antoine Béthouart

French 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (Brigadier General François de Linarès

French 4th Moroccan Mountain Division (Major General Rene de Hasdin

French 9th Colonial Infantry Division (Brigadier General Jean-Étienne Valluy

French 10th Infantry Division (Brigadier General Pierre Billotte

French 1st Armored Division (Brigadier General Aime Sudre

French 2nd Corps (Lieutenant General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert

French 1st Motorised Infantry Division (Brigadier General Pierre Garbay

French 1st Infantry Division (Brigadier General Jean Callies

French 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (Major General Augustin Guillaume

French 14th Infantry Division (Brigadier General Raoul Salan

French 5th Armored Division (Brigadier General Guy Schlesser

Detachment Army of the Alps

Lieutenant General Paul Doyen

French 27th Alpine Infantry Division (Colonel Jean Vallette d'Osia

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