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The Moro River campaign order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting during the Moro River campaign in December 1943, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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Italian Campaign
Invasion of Sicily

Invasion of Italy

Winter Line

Gothic Line

1945 Spring Offensive

Italian Civil War

Allied Forces and organisation

Allied Armies in Italy

Commander-in-Chief: General Sir Harold Alexander

British Eighth Army

Main article: British Eighth Army

General Bernard Law Montgomery

V Corps
Main article: V Corps (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey

1st Canadian Infantry Division
Major-General Christopher Vokes
No. 1 Defense and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
The Royal Canadian Regiment
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
48th Highlanders of Canada
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Royal 22 Régiment
The Carleton and York Regiment
The West Nova Scotia Regiment
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
8th Indian Infantry Division
Major-General Dudley Russell
6th Duke of Connaught's Own (Bengal) Lancers
5th Battalion, (Machine Gun) 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
17th Indian Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment
1st Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
19th Indian Infantry Brigade
1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment
3rd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment
6th Royal Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
21st Indian Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
3rd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment
4th British Armoured Brigade
44th Royal Tank Regiment
50th Royal Tank Regiment
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
XIII Corps
Main article: XIII Corps (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

2nd New Zealand Division
Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
18th Armoured Regiment
19th Armoured Regiment
20th Armoured Regiment
5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
22nd Battalion
23rd Battalion
28th (Maori) Battalion
6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
24th Battalion
25th Battalion
26th Battalion
27th Machine Gun Battalion
2nd British Parachute Brigade
4th Parachute Battalion
5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
1st Independent Glider Pilot Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
5th British Infantry Division
Major-General Gerard Bucknall
13th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Green Howards
1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

German forces and organisation

German Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

Main article: German Tenth Army

Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppe) Joachim Lemelsen

LXXVI Panzer Corps
Main article: LXXVI Panzer Corps

General Traugott Herr

1st Parachute Division
Generalmajor Richard Heidrich
1st Parachute Regiment
3rd Parachute Regiment
4th Parachute Regiment
1st Parachute Artillery Regiment
1st Parachute Anti-tank Battalion
26th Panzer Division
Generalleutnant Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
26th Panzer Regiment
9th Panzergrenadier Regiment
67th Panzergrenadier Regiment
93rd Panzer Artillery Regiment
93rd Anti-tank battalion
26th Reconnaissance Battalion
65th Infantry Division
Generalmajor Hellmuth Pfeifer
145th Grenadier Regiment
146th Grenadier Regiment
147th Grenadier Regiment
165th Artillery Regiment
165th Anti-tank Battalion
165th Reconnaissance Battalion
90th Panzergrenadier Division
Generalleutnant Carl-Hans Lungershausen (thru 20 Dec)
Oberst Ernst-Günther Baade (from 21 Dec)
155th Panzergrenadier Regiment
200th Panzergrenadier Regiment
361st Panzergrenadier Regiment
190th Artillery Regiment
190th Panzer Battalion
1/190th Anti-tank Battalion

Notes

  1. Reconnaissance regiment
  2. In the German army and air force the rank equivalent to lieutenant-general was formally linked to the branch of the army (Heer) or air force (Luftwaffe) in which the officer served: General der Kavallerie (cavalry), General der Artillerie (artillery), General der Infanterie (infantry), General der Panzertruppen (armoured troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Flakartillerie (anti-aircraft) and General der Nachrichtentruppen (communications troops).

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