User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/europeanfront/1944-06 Overlord Ground oobsummary

Allied order of battle
Commander, SHAEF: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Commander, 21st Army Group: General Bernard Montgomery

Western Beaches

Sword British I Corps 3rd Infantry Division 6th Airborne Division

Juno British I Corps 3rd Canadian Division

Gold British XXX Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

79th Armoured Division: Major General Percy Hobart provided specialised armoured vehicles which supported the landings on all beaches in Second Army's

U.S. zones
Commander, First Army: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley

The First Army contingent totalled approximately 73,000 men, including 15,600 from the airborne divisions.


 * Utah Beach
 * US VII Corps SSI.png VII Corps, commanded by Major General J. Lawton Collins
 * 4th Infantry Division SSI.svg 4th Infantry Division: Major General Raymond O. Barton
 * 82 Airborne Patch.svg 82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew Ridgway
 * 90th Infantry Division.patch.svg 90th Infantry Division: Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie
 * US 101st Airborne Division patch.svg 101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor


 * Omaha Beach
 * V Corps.svg V Corps, commanded by Major General Leonard T. Gerow, making up 34,250 men
 * US 1st Infantry Division SSI.svg 1st Infantry Division: Major General Clarence R. Huebner
 * 29th Infantry Division SSI.svg 29th Infantry Division: Major General Charles H. Gerhardt