Gothic Line order of battle

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Italian Campaign

Gothic Line order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the campaign in northern Italy , August 1944 – May 1945

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[edit] Allied Forces Headquarters Mediterranean

Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean:

General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (until 12 December 1944)
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander (from 12 December 1944)

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean:

Lieutenant-General Jacob L. Devers (until September 1944)
Lieutenant-General Joseph T. McNarney (from September 1944)

Chief of Staff

Lieutenant-General Sir James Gammell (to 12 December 1944)
Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding (from 12 December 1944 to 24 March 1945)
Lieutenant-General John K. Cannon (from 24 March 1945)

[edit] Allied Armies in Italy (until 12 December 1944)

Commander-in-Chief: General Sir Harold Alexander
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

[edit] Allied 15th Army Group (from 12 December 1944)

Commander: Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark
Chief of Staff: Major-General Alfred M. Gruenther

[edit] U.S. Fifth Army

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark (until 16 December 1944)
Lieutenant-General Lucian K. Truscott (from 16 December 1944)

[edit] U.S. II Corps
Major-General Geoffrey Keyes

[edit] U.S. IV Corps
Major-General Willis D. Crittenberger

[edit] British XIII Corps (until January 1945)

see entry in 8th Army below

[edit] Independent units under Army HQ

[edit] British 8th Army

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese (until 1 October 1944)
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery (from 1 October 1944)

[edit] British V Corps
Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley

[edit] British X Corps (until December 1944 and from February 1945)
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery (until 6 November 1944)
Lieutenant-General John Hawkesworth (from 6 November 1944)

[edit] British XIII Corps (from January 1945)
Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman (until 25 January 1945)
Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding (from 25 January 1945)

[edit] Canadian I Corps (until February 1945)
Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns (until 10 November 1944)
Lieutenant-General C. Foulkes (from 10 November 1944)

[edit] Polish II Corps
Lieutenant-General Władysław Anders

[edit] Other Units

[edit] German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring (until 25 October 1944, from January 1945 until 9 March 1945)
General Heinrich von Vietinghoff (from 25 October 1944 until January 1945 and from 9 March 1945)

[edit] German Tenth Army

Commander:

General Heinrich von Vietinghoff (until 25 October 1944)
Lieutenant-General Joachim Lemelsen (from 25 October 1944 to 15 February 1945)
Lieutenant-General Traugott Herr (from 15 February 1945)

[edit] German LXXVI Panzer Corps

Lieutenant-General Traugott Herr (until 26 December 1944)
Lieutenant-General Graff Gerhard von Schwerin (from 26 December 1944 to 25 April 1945)
Major-General Karl von Graffen (from 25 April 1945)

[edit] German LI Mountain Corps

Lieutenant-General Valentin Feurstein until March 1945 and then Lieutenant-General Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck

[edit] German Fourteenth Army

Commander:
Lieutenant-General Joachim Lemelsen (to 24 October 1944 and from 17 February 1945)
Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin (October 1944)
Lieutenant-General Heinz Ziegler (24 October to 22 November 1944)
Lieutenant-General Traugott Herr (22 November to 12 December 1944)
Lieutenant-General Kurt von Tippelskirch (from 12 December 1944 to 16 February 1945)

[edit] German I Parachute Corps

Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm (to 30 September 1944)
Lieutenant-General Richard Heidrich (from 1 November 1944 to 23 January 1945)
Major-General Hellmuth Böhlke (from 23 January 1945 to 7 February 1945)
Lieutenant-General Richard Heidrich (from 7 February 1945)
  • German 4th Parachute Division (Major-General Heinrich Trettner)
  • German 356th Infantry Division (Major-General Karl Faulenbach to October 1944)
  • German 362nd Infantry Division (Major-General Heinz Greiner)

[edit] German XIV Panzer Corps

Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin

[edit] Army Group Liguria

Commander: General Alfredo Guzzoni
  • German 42nd Jäger Division (Major-General Walter Jost)
  • German 34th Infantry Division (Major-General Theobald Lieb)
  • Italian Monterosa Mountain Division
  • Italian San Marco Infantry Division

[edit] Army Reserve

[edit] Independent Units

[edit] German LXXV Corps (Italian-French border)

Lieutenant-General Hans Schlemmer

[edit] Adriatic Coast Command

[edit] Sources