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.
Allied Forces and organisation
Allied Armies in Italy Commander-in-Chief: General Sir Harold Alexander
British Eighth Army
General Bernard Law Montgomery
V Corps
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 22e 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
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 Albert Kesselring
German Tenth Army
Lieutenant General () Joachim Lemelsen
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
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