Operation Dragoon order of battle facts for kids
On 15 August 1944, Allied forces carried out Operation Dragoon, a set of simultaneous amphibious landings by three US infantry divisions followed by four Free French divisions along the Mediterranean coast of France. The main landings were preceded by nighttime paratroop drops and commando beach landings. This was a phase of the European Theatre of World War II.
Originally called Operation Anvil, these landings had been intended to take place at the same time as the Normandy landings of Operation Overlord, commonly called D-Day, but were postponed because the necessary shipping was committed to the Normandy operation.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill strenuously objected to the invasion of Southern France, strongly preferring an operation in the Adriatic Sea. The American high command, however, particularly SHAEF commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, insisted on opening a port on the Southern French coast even after the lodgment in Normandy was obtained. The ports of Normandy were overwhelmed handling the cargo to support the Overlord invasion forces and another high-capacity port closer to the German frontier was vital if more men and supplies were to be delivered to the continent. Additionally, the high command of the French Liberation Army pushed for a landing on the coast of Provence that would include the large numbers of Free French troops that were being trained. Churchill finally relented only five days before the date set for the landings.
In the Alpha and Delta areas, Allied air assault and naval bombardment had either destroyed the German gun emplacements or driven their crews to abandon them. Only in the Camel zone did the landing forces experience any serious resistance.
The Americans considered Operation Dragoon a success. It enabled them to liberate most of Southern France in just four weeks while inflicting heavy casualties on the German forces (although a substantial part of the best German units were able to escape), and the ports of Marseilles and Toulon were soon in operation.
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Allied command structure
Ground forces
US Seventh Army
Lieutenant General Alexander McC. Patch
- Detachment, Army HQ & HQ Company & Special Troops
- Detachment, HQ Seventh Army (For Beach Control HQ)
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
Medical
Quartermaster
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Signal
Miscellaneous
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- US VI Corps
- Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
- VI Corps consisted of the US 3rd, 45th and 36th Infantry Divisions; these units are detailed in the Alpha Force, Delta Force and Camel Force sections, respectively, below.
- 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
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Armee "B"
Armee B constituted the follow-up landing force
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
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US Eighth Fleet
Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt in amphibious force command ship Catoctin'
- Control Group
- Vice Admiral Hewitt
- 1 amphibious force flagship: Catoctin
- 1 Gleaves-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Plunkett
- 9 minesweepers
- 8 Auk-class minesweepers: Auk, Broadbill, Chickadee, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Staff, Swift, Threat
- 1 Raven-class minesweeper: Raven
- Special Operations Group
- Captain H.C. Johnson
- Western Diversionary Unit (Captain Johnson)
- Landings west of Alpha beaches
- 1 Gleaves-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Endicott
- 4 minelayers
- 8 PT boats
- 12 ASRC
- Eastern Diversionary Unit (Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., USNR)
- Landings east of Camel beaches
- 4 gunboats HMS Aphis, HMS Scarab, HMS Stuart Prince, HMS Antwerp
- 3 minelayers
- 4 PT boats
Aircraft Carrier Force (Task Force 88)
Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge, RN in light cruiser HMS Royalist
- Task Group 88.1
- Rear Admiral Troubridge
- 5 escort carriers
- HMS Khedive: 899 Naval Air Squadron (Supermarine Seafire fighters)
- HMS Emperor: 800 Naval Air Squadron (Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters)
- HMS Searcher: 882 Naval Air Squadron (Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters)
- HMS Pursuer: 881 Naval Air Squadron (Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters)
- HMS Attacker: 879 Naval Air Squadron (Supermarine Seafire fighters)
- 2 anti-aircraft light cruisers: HMS Royalist, HMS Delhi
- 7 destroyers
- 5 T-class: HMS Troubridge, HMS Tuscan, HMS Tyrian, HMS Teazer, HMS Tumult
- 1 E-class: HHMS Navarinon
- 1 Type II Hunt-class: HMS Wheatland
- 5 escort carriers
- Task Group 88.2
- Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN
- 4 escort carriers
- Tulagi: VOF-01 (Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters)
- Kasaan Bay: VF-74 (Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters)
- HMS Hunter: 807 Naval Air Squadron (Supermarine Seafire fighters)
- HMS Stalker: 809 Naval Air Squadron (Supermarine Seafire fighters)
- 2 antiaircraft light cruisers: HMS Colombo, HMS Caledon
- 6 destroyers
- 5 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Jeffers, Butler, Gherardi, Herndon, Shubrick
- 1 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Murphy
- 6 British minelayers
- 4 escort carriers
Antisubmarine and Convoy Control Group (Task Group 80.6)
Captain J.P. Clay
- 40 destroyers
- 21 Hunt-class
HMS Atherstone, HMS Cleveland, HMS Whaddon HMS Beaufort, HMS Bicester, HMS Blackmore, HMS Calpe, HMS Farndale, HMS Lauderdale, HMS Liddesdale, HMS Oakley, HMS Zetland', HHMS Kriti HMS Aldenham, HMS Belvoir, HMS Catterick, HMS Eggesford, HHMS Themistoklis, HMS Haydon, HHMS Pindos HMS Brecon
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- 9 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Niblack, Carmick, McCook, Frankford, Baldwin, Harding, Satterlee, Thompson, Doyle
- 4 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Benson, Madison, Hilary P. Jones, Charles F. Hughes
- 1 Somers-class (8 × 5-in. main battery): Jouett
- 5 French destroyers: Le Fortuné, Forbin, Simoun, Tempête, Alcyon
- 6 destroyer escorts
- 4 Buckley-class (3 × 3-in. main battery): Tatum, Haines, Marsh, Currier
- 2 Edsall-class (3 × 3-in. main battery): Frederick C. Davis, Herbert C. Jones
- 7 corvettes
- 5 French: Marocain, Tunisien, Hova, Algérien, Somali
- 2 British: HMS Aubrietia, HMS Columbine
- 6 French sloops: Commandant Domine, La Moqueuse, Commandant Bory, La Gracieuse, Commandant Delage, La Boudeuse
- 12 minesweepers
- 6 Admirable-class: Improve, Implicit, Incessant, Incredible, Mainstay, Pinnacle
- 6 yard minesweepers
Sitka Force
Parachute and commando landings night of 14–15 August
Sitka parachute and commando forces
Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick
- HQ & HQ Company, 1st Airborne Task Force
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
- 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
- Company A, 2nd 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(-)
- French Groupe de Commandos(-)
- Commandos d'Afrique (750 men)
- Groupe Naval d'Assault de la Marine en Corse (67 men)
Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson in heavy cruiser Augusta
- Gunfire Support Group
- Rear Admiral Davidson
- 1 French battleship Lorraine
- 1 heavy cruiser: Augusta
- 1 light cruiser: HMS Dido
- 4 destroyers
- 1 Somers-class (6 × 5-in. main battery): Somers
- 1 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Gleaves
- 1 L-class: HMS Lookout
- 1 Hunt-class: HHMS Themistoklis
- 3 light cruisers: Omaha, Cincinnati, HMS Sirius
- Transport Group
- Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler
- Unit A
- 2 destroyer transports: Tattnall, HMS Prince Baudoin
- 1 PT boat: PT-201
- Unit B
- HMCS Prince Henry
- 4 destroyer transports: Barry, Greene, Roper, Osmond Ingram
- 4 PT boats
- Romeo Unit
- HMCS Prince David, HMS Prins Albert, HMS Princess Beatrix
- 4 PT boats
- Screen
- 8 PT boats
- Unit A
- Minesweeper Group
- 5 British: HMS Larne, HMS Clinton, HMS Octavia, HMS Stormcloud, HMS Welfare
- 4 minelayers
- 1 danlayer: HMS Kintyre
Alpha Force
Landings near St. Tropez, 15 August
Alpha ground forces
3rd Infantry "Rock of the Marne" Division
Major General John W. O'Daniel
Organic Units
- HHC & Special Troops
- 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
- Infantry
- 7th Infantry Regiment
- 15th Infantry Regiment
- 30th Infantry Regiment
- 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
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Task Force 84
Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry in Coast Guard cutter Duane
- Force Flagship Group
- 1 Coast Guard cutter: Duane
- 1 fighter director ship: HMS Ulster Queen
- 1 LCI-953
- 1 subchaser: 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
- 2 attack transports: Samuel Chase, Henrico
- 2 transports: Anne Arundel, Thurston
- 3 attack freighters: Oberon, 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
- Red Beach Assault Group
- Gunfire Support Group (Rear Admiral J. M. Mansfield, RN)
- 1 battleship: HMS Ramillies
- 1 heavy cruiser: Quincy
- 5 light cruisers: HMS Orion, HMS Aurora, HMS Ajax, HMS Black Prince, French Gloire
- 6 destroyers
- 4 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Livermore, Eberle, Kearny, Ericsson
- 2 T-class: HMS Terpsichore, HMS Termagant
- Minesweeper Group
- 4 Auk-class: Prevail, Seer, Dextrous, Pioneer
- 6 SC, 10 YMS, 8 British and 6 French AM, 2 LCC, 2 danlayers
- 1 minelayer: Barricade
- Salvage and Firefighting Group
- Fleet tug Hopi, 1 ATA, British tugs Empire Spitfire, Empire Ann, 1 boom vessel, 1 ATR, 1 YTB, 1 YTL, 1 FT
Delta Force
Landings near St. Maxime, 15 August
Delta ground forces
45th Infantry "Thunderbird" Division
Major General William W. Eagles
Organic units
- HHC & Special Troops
- 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
- Infantry
- 157th Infantry Regiment
- 179th Infantry Regiment
- 180th Infantry Regiment
- 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
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Task Force 85
Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers in amphibious force flagship Biscayne
- Force Flagship Group
- Force flagship: USS Biscayne
- 1 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery) destroyer: USS Forrest
- 1 fighter-director tender
- Transport Group (Captain R.A. Dierdorff)
- 6 transports: USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lyon, SS Marine Robin, SS Santa Rosa, Barnett, Joseph T. Dickman
- 2 attack freighters: USS Procyon, Arcturus
- British LSP Dilwara, LSI HMS Ascania, Landing Ship Gantry RFA Ennerdale (carrying LCM).
- 3 destroyers
- 2 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Baldwin, Carmick
- 1 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Madison
- 2 Buckley-class destroyer escorts (3 × 3-in. main battery): 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)
- 2 battleships: Texas, Nevada
- 1 light cruiser: Philadelphia
- 2 French light cruisers: Montcalm, Georges Leygues
- 8 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery) destroyers: Ellyson, Hambleton, Rodman, Emmons, Macomb, Forrest, Fitch, Hobson
- 3 French large destroyers: Le Fantasque, Le Terrible, Le Malin
- Minesweeper Group
- 8 minesweepers
- 2 Auk-class: Sway, Symbol
- 6 British: HMS Rinaldo, HMS Antares, HMS Arcturus, HMS Brave, HMS Rosario, HMS Spanker
- 2 danlayers: Satsa, Calm
- 8 minesweepers
- Combat and Firefighting Group
- 5 fleet tugs: Narragansett, Pinto, HMS Aspirant, HMS Athlete, HMS Charon
- 1 ATA, 2 YTL
Camel Force
Landings at St. Raphael, 15 August
Camel ground forces
36th Infantry "Arrowhead" Division
Major General John E. Dahlquist
Organic units
- HHC & Special Troops
- 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
- Infantry
- 141st Infantry Regiment
- 142nd Infantry Regiment
- 143rd Infantry Regiment
- 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
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Task Force 87
Rear Admiral Spencer S. Lewis
- Force Flagship Group
- 1 attack transport: Bayfield
- British LCH-3l5
- Assault Groups
- Red Beach Assault Group
- 2 attack transports: Charles Carroll, Thomas Jefferson
- 3 transports: Dorothea L. Dix, Florence Nightingale, General G. O. Squier
- 3 attack freighters: 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 ... (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
- Red Beach Assault Group
- Bombardment Group
- Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
- 1 battleship: Arkansas
- 1 heavy cruiser: Tuscaloosa
- 5 light cruisers: Brooklyn, Marblehead, HMS Argonaut, French cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Émile Bertin
- 11 destroyers
- 8 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Boyle, Champlin, Parker, Kendrick, MacKenzie, McLanahan, Nields, Ordronaux
- 3 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison
- Minesweeper Group
- 4 Auk-class: Strive, Steady, Speed, Sustain
- 6 YMS, 6 BYMS, 2 danlayers, 6 British ML, 12 British AM, HMS Product
- Salvage and Firefighting Group
- 2 fleet ocean tugs: Moreno, Arikara
- 1 U.S., 2 British ATA, 1 YTB, 3 LCI, 1 LCT, 4 LCM, 1 boom vessel, 1 YTL
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)
Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force
Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Pughe 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)
Provisional Troop Carrier Air Division
Brigadier General Paul L. Williams
- 50th Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
- 439th Troop Carrier Group
- 440th Troop Carrier Group
- 441st Troop Carrier Group
- 442d Troop Carrier Group
- 51st Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
- 60th Troop Carrier Group
- 62nd Troop Carrier Group
- 64th Troop Carrier Group
- 53rd Troop Carrier Wing (C-47 Skytrain)
- 435th Troop Carrier Group
- 436th Troop Carrier Group
- 437th Troop Carrier Group
- 438th Troop Carrier Group
Axis forces
Army Group G
Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz
- Nineteenth Army
- General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese
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- IV Luftwaffe Field Corps
- 716th Infantry Division
- 198th Infantry Division
- 189th Infantry Division
- IV Luftwaffe Field Corps
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- LXXXV Army Corps
- General der Infanterie Baptist Knieß
- 338th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant René l'Homme de Courbiére)
- 244th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Hans Schaefer)
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- LXII Army Corps
- General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling
- 242nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Baessler)
- 148th Reserve Division (Generalmajor Otto Fretter-Pico)
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- LXIV Army Corps
- 159th Reserve Division
- LXIV Army Corps
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- Army Reserve
- 11th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim)
- 157th Reserve Division
- 158th Reserve Division
- Army Reserve
Air forces
- 2nd Flieger-Division
Kommandierender Admiral der französische Südküste
- 6. Sicherungsflotille
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