Operation Perch order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Operation Perch, a World War II operation between British and German forces in Normandy, France between June 6 and June 19, 1944.

Contents 1 British Order of Battle 2 German Order of Battle 3 Notes 4 Bibliography

[edit] British Order of Battle

• Second Army - Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
  • I Corps - Lieutenant-General John Crocker
    • 51st (Highland) Infantry Division - Major-General Bullen-Smith
  • XXX Corps - Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall
    • 7th Armoured Division - Major-General Erskine
    • 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division - Major-General Evelyn Barker
    • 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division - Major-General Douglas Graham
    • 4th Armoured Brigade
    • 8th Armoured Brigade
  • U.S. V Corps (Fire support only) - Lieutenant General Leonard T. Gerow

[edit] German Order of Battle

• Seventh Army
  • I SS Panzer Corps
    • Panzer Lehr Division
    • 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
  • III Flak
  • XLVII Panzer corps
    • 2nd Panzer Division
  • LXXXIV Korps
    • 352nd Infantry Division
    • 716th Infantry Division

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

• Major Ellis, L.F. (Author), (Author), Lt- Col Warhurst, A. E. (Author), Butler, James (Editor). History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series, Official Campaign History, Victory in the West: The Battle of Normandy, Naval & Military Press Ltd (Sep 2004), ISBN 1845740580
• Forty, George. Battle Zone Normandy: Villers Bocage. Sutton Publishing, London, 2004. ISBN 0750930128
• Taylor, Daniel. Villers-Bocage Through the Lens of the German War Photographer. After the Battle, London 1999, ISBN 187006707X
• Wilmot, Chester. The Struggle For Europe, Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New Ed edition (25 Sep 1997), ISBN 1853266779