The following is a list of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens of World War I fought from August 8 to August 11, 1918.
Allies Allied forces at Amiens were under the supreme command of General Ferdinand Foch.
Fourth Army
Source:
General Sir Henry Rawlinson
III Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler 47th (1/2nd London) Division 12th (Eastern) Division 18th (Eastern) Division 58th (2/1st London) Division 10th Tank Battalion – 36 Mark V tanks Australian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir John Monash 1st Australian Division 2nd Australian Division 3rd Australian Division 4th Australian Division 5th Australian Division 33rd US Division 5th Tank Brigade – 2nd, 8th, 13th Bn Tank Corps with 108 Mark V tank; 15th Bn Tank Corps with 36 Mark V* Tank; 17th (Armoured Car) Bn (Austin Armoured Cars).Messenger, Charles The Day We Won The War: Turning Point At Amiens, 8 August 1918 Canadian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie 1st Canadian Division 2nd Canadian Division 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division 4th Tank Brigade – 108 Mark V tank, 36 Mark V* Tank Cavalry Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Charles Kavanagh 1st Cavalry Division 2nd Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Division 3rd Tank Brigade – 72 Whippet tank of 3 Bn and 6 Bn Tank Corps Reserve 17th (Northern) Division 32nd Division 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 9th Tank Battalion – 36 Mark V tanks
Royal Air Force air support
(Major General John Salmond) V Brigade 15th (Corps) Wing – 110 aircraft 22nd (Army) Wing – 222 aircraft IX Brigade 9th Wing – 2 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns, 1 reconnaissance sqn. (99 aircraft) 51st Wing – 3 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns. (101 aircraft) 54th Wing – 2 night-fighter sqns, 4 night-bomber sqns (76 aircraft) III Brigade (available in support) 13th (Army) Wing – 136 aircraft I Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft X Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft
First Army Source:
General Marie-Eugène Debeney XXXI Corps – General Paul-Louis Toulorge 37th Division 42nd Division 66th Division 153rd Division 126th Division IX Corps – General Noël Garnier-Duplessix 3rd Division 15th Colonial Division X Corps – General Charles Vandenburg 60th Division 152nd Division 166th Division XXXV Corps – General Charles Jacquot 46th Division 133rd Division 169th Division II Cavalry Corps – General Felix Robillot 2nd Cavalry Division 4th Cavalry Division 6th Cavalry Division
Third Army The French Third Army played a peripheral role in the battle and was commanded by Georges Humbert XV Corps – General Jacques Élie de Riols de Fonclare 67th Division 74th Division 123rd Division XXXIV Corps – General Alphonse Nudant 6th Division 121st Division 129th Division 165th Division
Division Aerienne I Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 3 bomber groups II Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 2 bomber groups Groupe Lauren – 2 night-bomber groups Groupe Weiller
Total: 1,104 aircraft
German armies Source:
The German 2nd and 18th armies were part of Army Group Rupprecht, commanded by Crown Prince Rupprecht
2nd Army General Georg von der Marwitz 54th Corps – Generalleutnant Alfred von Larisch 27th Division 54th Reserve Division 233rd Division 243rd Division 26th Reserve Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 9 August) XI Corps – Generalleutnant Viktor Kühne 13th Division 41st Division 43rd Reserve Division 108th Division 107th Division – (From Second Army reserve, 8 August) 21st Division – (From Second Army reserve, 9 August) 5th Bavarian Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 8 August) 38th Division – (From Sixth Army, 9 August) 51st Corps – Generalleutnant Eberhard von Hofacker 14th Bavarian Division 109th Division 117th Division 192nd Division 225th Division Air Support Jagdgruppe 2 Jagdgruppe Greim Bombengeschwader 7 Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 40 Fliegerabteilung 17,33 Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 217,224,207,219,232,241,269 Schlachtstaffel 17
18th Army General Oskar von Hutier
III Corps – Generalleutnant Walther von Lüttwitz 24th Division 25th Reserve Division 1st Reserve Division 79th Reserve Division – (From Seventh Army, 9 August) IX Corps – Generalleutnant Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger 2nd Division 11th Division 82nd Reserve Division I Bavarian Corps – Generalleutnant Nikolaus Ritter von Endres (Corps was formed during the battle on 10 August) Alpenkorps – (from Fourth Army, 10 August) 121st Division – (from Ninth Army, 10 August) (The remaining corps of Eighteenth Army played only a peripheral role in the battle.) I Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Kurt von Morgen 75th Reserve Division 206th Division 119th Division – (Sent to 51st Corps, Second Army, 8 August) XXVI Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Oskar von Watter 17th Reserve Division 54th Division 204th Division – (Sent to I Bavarian Corps, 10 August) XVIII Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Ludwig Sieger 3rd Bavarian Division 105th Division 221st Division – (Sent to III Corps, 9 August)
Luftstreitkräfte (air support) Jagdstaffel 24, 42, 44, 78 Bombengeschwader 4 Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 23 Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 2, 245, 14,212,238,203 Schlachtstaffel 36
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