Moro River campaign order of battle explained

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

See main article: British Eighth Army. General Bernard Law Montgomery

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (United Kingdom). Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey

22px 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)

20px 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

See main article: XIII Corps (United Kingdom). Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

22px 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

20px 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

German: [[Generalfeldmarschall]] Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

See main article: German Tenth Army. Lieutenant General (German: [[General der Panzertruppe]]) Joachim Lemelsen

LXXVI Panzer Corps

See main article: LXXVI Panzer Corps. General Traugott Herr

18px 1st Parachute Division

Generalmajor Richard Heidrich

1st Parachute Regiment

3rd Parachute Regiment

4th Parachute Regiment

1st Parachute Artillery Regiment

1st Parachute Anti-tank Battalion

18px 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

18px 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

18px 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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