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Operation Husky order of battle is a listing of the significant military and air force units that were involved in the campaign for Sicily, July 10 – August 17, 1943. The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany). It began with a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian campaign.

To divert some of the Axis forces to other areas, the Allies engaged in several deception operations, the most famous and successful of which was Operation Mincemeat. Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943 and ended on 17 August. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners; the Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island and the Mediterranean sea lanes were opened for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941. These events led to the Italian leader, Benito Mussolini, being toppled from power in Italy on 25 July, and to the Allied invasion of Italy on 3 September.

Summary of Allied Ground Forces


 * Western invasion zone
 * [[Image:US_Seventh_Army_SSI.svg|28px]] US Seventh Army
 * Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.
 * II Corps (United States)
 * Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
 * 1st Infantry ("Big Red One") Division
 * 45th Infantry ("Thunderbird") Division
 * Provisional Corps
 * Major General Geoffrey Keyes
 * 2nd Armored ("Hell on Wheels") Division
 * 3rd Infantry ("Rock of the Marne") Division


 * Eastern invasion zone
 * [[Image:British Eighth Army SSI.svg|18px]] British Eighth Army
 * Field Marshall Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
 * British 1st Airborne Division
 * British XIII Corps
 * Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
 * British 5th Infantry Division
 * British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
 * British XXX Corps
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese
 * British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
 * 1st Canadian Infantry Division

Ground forces


Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean Supreme Commander: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Allied 15th Army Group
General Sir Harold Alexander

Army group troops
 * [[Image:9th Infantry Division patch.svg|20px]] US 9th Infantry ("Old Reliables") Division
 * Major General Manton S. Eddy
 * 39th Infantry Regiment
 * 47th Infantry Regiment
 * 60th Infantry Regiment
 * 26th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 34th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 60th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 84th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 15th Engineer Combat Battalion
 * 42nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion
 * 9th Reconnaissance Troop


 * [[Image:82 ABD SSI.svg|20px]] US 82nd Airborne ("All American") Division
 * Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
 * . The independent 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion was held in reserve and it never saw action.
 * 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
 * 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
 * 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
 * 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
 * 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
 * 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
 * 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion


 * [[Image:46_inf_div_-vector.svg|20px]] British 46th Infantry Division
 * Major-General H. A. Freeman-Attwood
 * 128th Infantry Brigade
 * 138th Infantry Brigade
 * 139th Infantry Brigade
 * 46th Royal Artillery Brigade
 * 46th Royal Engineer Brigade

US Seventh Army
Lieutenant General George S. Patton

US Seventh Army was assigned the Western invasion zone Army troops
 * 1st Ranger Battalion
 * 3rd Ranger Battalion
 * 4th Ranger Battalion
 * 70th Tank Battalion
 * 753rd Tank Battalion
 * 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (two platoons)
 * 39th Engineer Regiment
 * 540th Engineer Shore Regiment
 * 5th Armored Artillery Group
 * 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 17th Artillery Regiment
 * 36th Artillery Regiment
 * 77th Artillery Regiment
 * 178th Artillery Regiment
 * Free French 4th Moroccan Tabor

US II Corps
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley


 * [[Image:United States Army 1st Infantry Division CSIB.svg|20px]] US 1st Infantry ("Big Red One") Division
 * Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen thru 7 Aug, then Major General Clarence R. Huebner
 * 16th Infantry Regiment
 * 18th Infantry Regiment
 * 26th Infantry Regiment
 * 5th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 7th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 32nd Field Artillery Battalion
 * 33rd Field Artillery Battalion
 * 1st Engineer Combat Battalion
 * 1st Reconnaissance Troop


 * [[Image:45th_Infantry_insignia_%28thunderbird%29.svg|28px]] US 45th Infantry ("Thunderbird") Division
 * Major General Troy H. Middleton
 * 157th Infantry Regiment
 * 179th Infantry Regiment
 * 180th Infantry Regiment
 * 158th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 160th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 171st Field Artillery Battalion
 * 189th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
 * 45th Reconnaissance Troop

US Provisional Corps
Major General Geoffrey Keyes (HQ activated 15 July)
 * [[Image:United_States_Army_2nd_Armored_Division_CSIB.svg|22px]] US 2nd Armored ("Hell on Wheels") Division
 * Major General Hugh Joseph Gaffey
 * Divisional units were placed under the combat commands as needed.
 * 41st Armored Infantry Regiment
 * 66th Armored Regiment
 * 67th Armored Regiment
 * 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
 * 17th Armored Engineer Battalion
 * 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion


 * [[Image:3rd_Infantry_Division_SSI_%281918-2015%29.svg|20px]] US 3rd Infantry ("Rock of the Marne") Division
 * Major General Lucian K. Truscott
 * 7th Infantry Regiment
 * 15th Infantry Regiment
 * 30th Infantry Regiment
 * 9th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 10th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 39th Field Artillery Battalion
 * 41st Field Artillery Battalion
 * 10th Engineer Combat Battalion

British Eighth Army


General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

British Eighth Army was assigned the Eastern invasion zone Army troops
 * 2nd Special Air Service
 * No. 3 (Army) Commando
 * No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
 * No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando
 * Three companies of 2nd/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
 * 2nd/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 * 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
 * 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment
 * 7th Battalion, Royal Marines

British XIII Corps


Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

Corps troops
 * 105th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 6th Army Group Royal Artillery
 * 24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 66th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * XIII Corps Troops Royal Engineers
 * 56th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 576th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
 * 577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers


 * 5th_UK_Infantry_Division.svg British 5th Infantry Division
 * Major-General Horatio Berney-Ficklin thru 3 Aug, then 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
 * 91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
 * 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
 * 5th Divisional Engineers
 * 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 245th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 245th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers


 * 50_inf_div_-vector.svg British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
 * Major-General Sidney Kirkman
 * 69th Infantry Brigade
 * 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
 * 6th Battalion, Green Howards
 * 7th Battalion, Green Howards
 * 151st Infantry Brigade
 * 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
 * 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
 * 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
 * 168th (2nd London) Brigade
 * 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles
 * 1st Battalion, London Scottish
 * 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
 * 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 90th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
 * 50th Divisional Engineers
 * 233rd (Northumbrian) Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 501st (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers


 * 78_inf_div_-vector.svg British 78th Infantry Division
 * Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh
 * 11th Infantry Brigade
 * 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
 * 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
 * 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
 * 36th Infantry Brigade
 * 5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
 * 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
 * 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 * 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
 * 6th Battalion, Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
 * 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles
 * 56th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
 * 17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 138th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 49th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's) (machine gun)
 * 78th Divisional Engineers
 * 214th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 281st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers


 * British_Airborne_Units.svg British 1st Airborne Division
 * Major-General George F. Hopkinson
 * 1st Airlanding Brigade
 * 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
 * 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
 * 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 1st Parachute Brigade
 * 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
 * 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
 * 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
 * 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
 * 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
 * 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost, Corps of Military Police
 * British 4th Armoured Brigade
 * 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
 * 44th Royal Tank Regiment
 * A Squadron, 1st (Royal) Dragoons

British XXX Corps


Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese

Corps troops
 * 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 5th Army Group Royal Artillery
 * 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 64th (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 70th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)
 * 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery


 * 1_Canadian_Infantry_Division_patch.svg 1st Canadian Infantry Division
 * Major-General Guy Simonds
 * 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
 * The Royal Canadian Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada
 * 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
 * Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
 * 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
 * 1st Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
 * 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
 * Royal 22e Régiment
 * 1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment
 * 1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
 * 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
 * 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
 * 1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry)
 * 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
 * 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
 * 4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
 * No. 1 Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
 * 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
 * 3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
 * 4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
 * 2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers


 * 1st Canadian Tank Brigade
 * 11th Army Tank Regiment (The Ontario Regiment (Tank))
 * 12th Army Tank Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment (Tank))
 * 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank))


 * WW1_British_51stDivision.svg British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
 * Major-General Douglas Wimberley
 * 152nd Infantry Brigade
 * 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 * 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
 * 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
 * 153rd Infantry Brigade
 * 5th Battalion, Black Watch
 * 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
 * 5/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
 * 154th Infantry Brigade
 * 1st Battalion, Black Watch
 * 7th Battalion, Black Watch
 * 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 * 126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 61st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (machine gun battalion)
 * 7th Battalion, Royal Marines (under command 19 to 29 July)
 * 274th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 276th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers


 * 23rd Armoured Brigade
 * 50th Royal Tank Regiment
 * 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment
 * 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment
 * 11th (Queen's Westminsters) Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps


 * British 231st Infantry Brigade
 * 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
 * 165th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 300th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
 * 352nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
 * 295th Field Company, Royal Engineers
 * 200th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Naval forces
Naval forces were under the overall command of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, RN.

The Western landing forces were commanded by Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN and the Eastern forces by Vice Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay, RN.

Note: Many of the vessels listed below were attached to multiple units at various times during the campaign but are listed here only once.

Western Naval Task Force
Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt


 * Landings in the Gulf of Gela

Covering Force
Task Force 80 Vice Admiral Hewitt


 * Force Flagship Group (TG 80.1)
 * Embarking Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. commanding [[Image:US_Seventh_Army_SSI.svg|26px]] US Seventh Army and staff
 * 1 cargo ship: USS Monrovia (APA-31)
 * 1 Benson-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS McLanahan (DD-615)


 * Escort Group (TG 80.2)
 * 9 destroyers
 * 3 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Plunkett (DD-431), USS Gleaves (DD-423), USS Niblack (DD-424)
 * 1 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Benson (DD-421)
 * 1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Wainwright (DD-419)
 * 4 Benham-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Mayrant (DD-402), USS Trippe (DD-403), USS Rhind (DD-404), USS Rowan (DD-405)


 * Screening Group (TG 80.3)
 * 1 Benson-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Ordronaux (DD-617)
 * 17 PTs


 * Demonstration Group (TG 80.4)
 * 8 air-sea rescue craft
 * 1 PT


 * Minelaying Group (TG 80.5)
 * 3 minelayers: USS Keokuk (CMc-6), USS Weehawken (CM-12), USS Salem (CM-11)


 * Floating Reserve — "Kool" (TG 80.6)
 * Embarking 18th Regimental Combat Team of [[Image:1st_Infantry_Division_SSI_%281918-2015%29.svg|14px]] 1st Infantry Division plus HQ and 2 Combat Commands of [[Image:United_States_Army_2nd_Armored_Division_CSIB.svg|18px]] 2nd Armored Division: approx. 8,000 officers and enlisted under Maj. Gen. Hugh Joseph Gaffey
 * 2 transports: USS Orizaba, USS Chateau Thierry
 * 7 cargo ships: Joseph Pulitzer, Robert Rowan (sunk by air attack), Laughton B. Evans, Ezra Meeker, Francis Parkman, Nicholas Gilman, Tabitha Brown
 * 6 LSTs
 * 11 LCIs
 * 16 British 🇬🇧 LCIs
 * 5 LCTs

Western Landing Area – Licata
Task Force 86 ("Joss" Force) Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly, USN Embarking US 3rd Infantry Division (reinforced); 3rd Ranger Bttn.; Combat Command A of  US 2nd Armored Division; 20th and 36th Engineers: approx. 27,650 officers and enlisted under Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott
 * 1 amphibious command ship: USS Biscayne
 * 1 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (6 × 5-in. main battery): USS Bristol (DD-857)


 * Support Group (TG 86.1)
 * Rear Admiral Laurance T. DuBose
 * Gunfire Support Group
 * 2 light cruisers
 * 1 Brooklyn-class (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
 * 1 Cleveland-class (12 × 6-in. main battery): USS Birmingham (CL-62)
 * 2 destroyers
 * 1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Ludlow (DD-438)
 * 1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Buck (DD-420)
 * Beach Identification Group
 * 1 submarine: 🇬🇧 HMS Safari
 * 1 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (6 × 5-in. main battery): USS Bristol (DD-857)
 * 1 submarine chaser: PC (steel hull)


 * Gaffi Attack Group (TG 86.2)
 * Gunfire Support
 * 2 destroyers
 * 1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Swanson
 * 1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Roe (DD-418)
 * 1 British 🇬🇧 LCG(L)s, 2 British 🇬🇧 LCF(L)s
 * 1 Auk-class minesweeper: USS Seer
 * Landing and control craft
 * 7 LSTs
 * 1st Wave: 6 LCI(L)s
 * 2nd Wave: 9 LCI(L)s
 * 21 LCTs
 * 7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)


 * '''Molla Attack Group (TG 86.3)
 * Gunfire support
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Edison (DD-439)
 * 1 British 🇬🇧 LCG(L)s, 2 British 🇬🇧 LCF(L)s
 * 1 Auk-class minesweeper: USS Sentinel (AM-113) (sunk by air attack 10 July)
 * Landing and control craft
 * 2 British 🇬🇧 LSI(S)s: Princess Josephine Charlotte, Princess Astrid
 * 6 LSTs, 3 LCTs, 1 LCI
 * 7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)


 * '''Salso Attack Group (TG 86.4)
 * Gunfire Support
 * 1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Woolsey (DD-437)
 * 3 British 🇬🇧 LCG(L)s, 2 British 🇬🇧 LCF(L)s
 * Landing and control craft
 * 12 LSTs (one sunk by air attack), 1 LCI, 25 LCTs
 * 7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)


 * Falconara Attack Group (TG 86.5)
 * Gunfire Support
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Wilkes (DD-441), USS Nicholson (DD-442)
 * 2 British 🇬🇧 LCG(L)s, 2 British 🇬🇧 LCF(L)s
 * Landing and control craft
 * 10 LSTs
 * 1st Wave: 8 LCI(L)s
 * 2nd Wave
 * 8 LCI(L)s, 9 LCTs
 * 5 submarine chasers: 1 PC (steel hull), 4 SCs (wooden hull)


 * Salvage (TG 86.7)
 * 2 tugs: USS Moreno, USS Intent


 * Reserve (TG 86.8)
 * 2 LSTs; 15 LCIs; 8 LCTs; 12 British 🇬🇧 LCTs; 6 SCs; 6 YMSs

Central Landing Area – Gela
Task Force 81 ("Dime" Force) Rear Admiral John L. Hall Jr. in Samuel Chase Embarking the 1st Infantry Division less 18th Regimental Combat Team; 1st and 4th Ranger Bttns.; Chemical Warfare Bttns.: approx. 19,250 officers and enlisted under Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa Allen


 * Beach Identification Group
 * 1 Wickes-class destroyer (4 × 4-in. main battery): USS Cole (DD-155)
 * 1 submarine: 🇬🇧 HMS Shakespeare (P221)


 * Transport Group (TG 81.2)
 * Section 1
 * 1 attack transport: USS Joseph T. Dickman
 * 2 LSIs: 🇬🇧 Prince Charles, 🇬🇧 Prince Leopold
 * Section 2
 * 2 attack transports: USS Barnett, USS Monrovia
 * 1 transport: USS Lyon
 * 1 attack cargo: USS Oberon
 * 9 LCIs
 * 4 submarine chasers: 1 PC (steel hull), 3 SCs (wooden hull)
 * Section 3
 * 1 attack transport: USS Samuel Chase
 * 2 transports: USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, USS Thurston
 * 1 attack cargo: USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11)
 * 8 LCIs
 * 3 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 1 SC (wooden hull)


 * LST Group (TG 81.3)
 * 14 LSTs (one sunk by air attack)


 * LCI Group (TG 81.4)
 * 16 LCIs


 * Fire Support Group (TG 81.5)
 * 2 Brooklyn-class light cruisers: (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Boise (CL-47), USS Savannah (CL-42)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Shubrick (DD-639), USS Jeffers


 * Screen (TG 81.6)
 * 10 destroyers
 * 6 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Nelson, USS Glennon (DD-620), USS Maddox (sunk by air attack 10 July), USS Gherardi, USS Butler, USS Herndon (DD-638)
 * 2 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS McLanahan (DD-615), USS Murphy (DD-603)
 * 1 Clemson-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Dallas
 * 1 Wickes-class (4 × 4-in. main battery): USS Bernadou


 * Control Group (TG 81.7)
 * 9 submarine chasers: 4 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)


 * Sweeper Group (TG 81.8)
 * 2 Auk-class minesweepers: USS Sustain, USS Steady
 * 6 YMSs


 * Salvage Group (TG 81.9)
 * 1 fleet tug: USS Hopi
 * 1 salvage vessel: USS Brant (AM-24)
 * 4 harbor tugs

Eastern Landing Area – Scoglitti
Task Force 85 ("Cent" Force) Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN Embarking Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley and staff of II Corps and the  45th Infantry Division (reinforced): approx. 25,800 officers and enlisted under Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton


 * Attack Group One – "Wood's Hole" (TG 85.1)


 * Rear Admiral Kirk
 * Force Flagship Group
 * 1 amphibious force flagship: USS Ancon (AGC-4)
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Earle


 * Beach Identification Group
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Cowie
 * 1 submarine: 🇬🇧 HMS Seraph (P219)


 * Transdiv 1
 * 3 attack transports: USS Leonard Wood, USS James O'Hara, USS Harry Lee
 * 2 transports: USS Dorothea L. Dix, USS Florence Nightingale
 * 2 attack cargos: USS Andromeda, USS Alcyone
 * Transdiv 7
 * 2 attack transports: USS Neville, USS Frederick Funston
 * 2 transports: USS Calvert (AP-65), USS Anne Arundel
 * 1 attack cargo: USS Bellatrix (AKA-3)
 * 8 LSTs
 * 6 LCIs
 * 6 LCTs
 * 2 fleet tugs: USS Narragansett, USS Nauset


 * Screen
 * 4 Benson-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Parker (DD-604), USS Laub (DD-613), USS MacKenzie (DD-614), USS Kendrick (DD-612)
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Doran (DD-634)
 * 6 submarine chasers: 4 PCs (steel hull), 2 SCs (wooden hull)


 * Minecraft
 * 4 Auk-class minesweepers: USS Strive, USS Staff, USS Skill (AM-115), USS Speed
 * 5 YMSs


 * Attack Group Two – "Bailey's Beach" (TG 85.2)
 * Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson in Philadelphia
 * Transdiv 5
 * 3 attack transports: USS Charles Carroll, USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), USS William P. Biddle
 * 1 transport: USS Susan B. Anthony
 * 2 attack cargos: USS Arcturus (AK-18), USS Procyon (AK-19)
 * 5 LSTs


 * Screen
 * 4 Benson-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Boyle, USS Champlin (DD-601), USS Nields
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Davison
 * 4 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 2 SCs (wooden hull)


 * Minecraft
 * 5 YMSs


 * Fire Support Groups (TG 85.3)
 * Rear Admiral Davidson
 * 1 Brooklyn-class light cruiser: (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
 * 1 monitor (2 × 15-in. main battery): 🇬🇧 HMS Abercrombie (F109)
 * 7 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Mervine (DD-489), USS Doran (DD-634), USS Quick, USS Tillman (DD-641), USS Knight, USS Cowie, USS Beatty (DD-640)

Train
Task Force 87 Captain R. B. Tuggle
 * 7 oilers: USS Winooski (AO-38), USS Mattaponi, USS Chicopee (AO-34), USS Salamonie, USS Chemung (AO-30), USS Niobrara, USS Rapidan
 * 2 repair ships: USS Vulcan (AR-5), USS Delta (AR-9)
 * 1 stores ships: USS Tarazed
 * 1 ammunition ship: USS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
 * 1 salvage ship: W. R. Chamberlin, Jr.

Eastern Naval Task Force
Vice Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay, RN Embarking the British Eighth Army under the command of General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery


 * Force "V" – Bark West
 * Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian in infantry headquarters ship HMS Hilary (1940)
 * Landing the following forces on the West shore of the Pachino Peninsula
 * No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
 * No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando
 * 1_Canadian_Infantry_Division_patch.svg 1st Canadian Infantry Division


 * Force "B" – Bark South
 * Rear Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor in combined operations headquarters ship HMS Largs
 * Landing the following forces on the tip of the Pachino Peninsula
 * 154th Infantry Brigade of the WW1_British_51stDivision.svg 51st (Highland) Infantry Division


 * Force "N" – Bark East
 * Captain Lord Ashbourne in infantry landing ship HMS Keren
 * Landing the following forces on the East shore of the Pachino Peninsula
 * 231st ("Malta") Infantry Brigade


 * Force "A" – Acid
 * Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge in landing ship, headquarters HMS Bulolo
 * Landing the following forces in the Gulf of Noto
 * No. 3 (Army) Commando
 * 50_inf_div_-vector.svg 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
 * 5th_UK_Infantry_Division.svg 5th Infantry Division

Air Forces
At the time of Operation Husky, the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean theatres were organized as the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder of the Royal Air Force. The major subdivisions of the MAC included the Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF) under the command of Lt. General Carl Spaatz of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the American 12th Air Force (also commanded by Gen. Spaatz), the American 9th Air Force under the command of Lt. General Lewis H. Brereton, and units of the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

Also supporting the NAAF were the RAF Middle East Command, Air Headquarters Malta, RAF Gibraltar, and the No. 216 (Transfer and Ferry) Group, which were subdivisions of MAC under the command of Tedder. He reported to the Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower for the NAAF operations, but to the British Chiefs of Staff for RAF Command operations. Air Headquarters Malta, under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park, also supported Operation Husky.

The "Desert Air Task Force" consisting of American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers (the 12th and 340th Bombardment Groups) and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters (the 57th, 79th, and 324th Fighter Groups) from the 9th Air Force served under the command of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force. These bomber and fighter groups moved to new airfields on Sicily as soon as a significant beachhead had been captured there.

In the MAC organization established at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the 9th Air Force was assigned as a subdivision of the RAF Middle East Command under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas.

Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder had his headquarters in Algiers, Algeria.

Northwest African Air Forces
Lt. General Carl Spaatz had his headquarters for the Northwest African Air Forces in Maison-Carrée, Algeria

Northwest African Strategic Air Force
Maj. General James H. Doolittle, in command of the Northwest African Strategic Air Force, had his headquarters in Constantine, Algeria


 * 5th Bombardment Wing (Heavy)

Northwest African Coastal Air Force
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd also had his headquarters in Algiers.


 * No. 242 Group RAF (Air Commodore Kenneth Cross)
 * No. 323 Wing RAF
 * No. 73 Squadron, Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes
 * No. 255 Squadron, Bristol Beaufighters
 * No. II/5 Escadre (French Air Force), P-40 Warhawk fighters
 * No. II/7 Escadre (French Air Force), Spitfires
 * No. 283 Squadron, Supermarine Walrus air-sea rescue planes
 * No. 284 Squadron, Walrus air-sea aescue planes
 * No. 328 Wing RAF
 * No. 14 Squadron, Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers
 * No. 39 Squadron, Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers
 * No. 47 Squadron, Bristol Beauforts
 * No. 144 Squadron, Beaufighters
 * No. 52 Squadron, Martin Baltimore light bombers
 * No. 221 Squadron (Det.), Vickers Wellington medium bombers
 * No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Wellington bombers

Notes:
 * 1) The 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadrons were assigned to NACAF for administration and placed under the operational control of the U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing 15 of the Moroccan Sea Frontier commanded by Rear Admiral (United States) Frank J. Lowry
 * 2) Air Ministry was asked to provide two additional Wellington patrol squadrons. Asked? This is supposed to be an accurate historical document. Many things get asked for, but many less get provided.

Northwest African Tactical Air Force
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham had his headquarters in Hammamet, Tunisia


 * Desert Air Force
 * Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst
 * No. 7 Wing, South African Air Force
 * 2 Squadron SAAF, Spitfire fighters
 * 4 Squadron SAAF, Spitfires
 * 5 Squadron SAAF, P-40 Kittyhawk fighters
 * No. 239 (Fighter) Wing RAF, P-40 Kittyhawks
 * No. 3 Squadron RAAF
 * No. 112 Squadron RAF
 * No. 250 Squadron RAF
 * No. 260 Squadron RAF
 * No. 450 Squadron RAAF
 * No. 244 (Fighter) Wing RAF, Spitfires
 * 1 Squadron SAAF
 * No. 92 Squadron RCAF
 * No. 145 Squadron RAF
 * No. 417 Squadron RCAF
 * No. 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxF
 * No. 322 (Fighter) Wing RAF, Colin Falkland Gray, Spitfires
 * No. 81 Squadron RAF
 * No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF
 * No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF
 * No. 232 Squadron RAF
 * No. 242 Squadron RAF
 * No. 324 Wing RAF, Spitfires
 * No. 43 Squadron RAF
 * No. 72 Squadron RAF
 * No. 93 Squadron RAF
 * No. 111 Squadron RAF
 * No. 243 Squadron RAF
 * 57th Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel Arthur Salisbury
 * 64th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 65th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 66th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 79th Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel Earl Bates
 * 85th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 86th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 87th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * No. 285 (Reconnaissance) Wing RAF
 * 40 Squadron SAAF, Detached, Spitfires
 * 60 Squadron SAAF, Mosquito fighter-bombers
 * No. 1437 Flight RAF, P-51A Mustang fighters
 * No. 6 Squadron, Hurricane ground attack


 * XII Air Support Command
 * Major General Edwin House
 * 27th Fighter-Bomber Group (USAAF) Lt. Colonel John Stevenson
 * 522nd Squadron, A-36 Mustang ground attack aircraft
 * 523rd Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
 * 524th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
 * 86th Fighter-Bomber Group (USAAF) Major Clinton True
 * 525th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
 * 526th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
 * 527th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
 * 33d Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel William W. Momyer
 * 58th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 59th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 60th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 99th Squadron, P-40, Detached
 * 324th Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel William McNown
 * 314th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 315th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 316th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 31st Fighter Group (USAAF) Lt. Colonel Frank Hill
 * 307th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 308th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 309th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, P-51A Mustangs


 * Tactical Bomber Force
 * Air Commodore Laurence Sinclair
 * No. 3 Wing SAAF
 * 12 Squadron SAAF, Boston light bombers
 * 21 Squadron SAAF, Baltimore light bombers
 * 24 Squadron SAAF, Bostons
 * No. 232 (Light Bomber) Wing RAF
 * No. 55 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
 * No. 223 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
 * 33d Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel William W. Momyer
 * 58th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 59th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 60th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
 * 99th Squadron, P-40, Detached
 * No. 326 Wing RAF
 * No. 18 Squadron RAF, Bostons
 * No. 114 Squadron RAF, Bostons
 * 47th Bombardment Group (U.SA.A.F.) Colonel Malcolm Green, Jr.
 * 84th Squadron, A-20 Havoc
 * 85th Squadron, A-20 Havocs
 * 86th Squadron, A-20 Havocs
 * 97th Squadron, A-20 Havocs
 * 31st Fighter Group (U.S.A.A.F.) Lt. Colonel Frank Hill
 * 307th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 308th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 309th Squadron, Spitfires
 * 12th Bombardment Group (USAAF) Colonel Edward Backus
 * 81st Squadron, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
 * 82nd Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 83rd Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 434th Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 340th Bombardment Group (USAAF) Lt. Colonel Adolph Tokaz
 * 486th Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 487th Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 488th Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * 489th Squadron, B-25 Mitchells
 * No. 225 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
 * No. 241 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes

For Operation Husky, No. 242 Group, originally a component of NATAF in February 1943, was assigned to the Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF). At the same time, Air Headquarters, Western Desert became known as the Desert Air Force. All of the fighter units of Desert Air Force formed No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group commanded by Air Commodore Richard Atcherley on April 11, 1943 in Tripoli. The 99th Fighter Squadron was assigned to the XII Air Support Command on May 28, 1943, and later made a part of the 33rd Fighter Group.

Northwest African Troop Carrier Command
United States Paul Williams, in Tunisia

To help carry out transport and supply operations for Operation Husky, in mid-1943 the American 315th Troop Carrier Group (34th & 43rd Squadrons) had been flown from England to Tunisia. There it was assigned to the Mediterranean Air Transport Service, and along with NATCC, this was a subdivision of the Mediterranean Air Command.

Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing
Colonel Elliott Roosevelt had his headquarters at La Marsa, Tunisia
 * Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing
 * 3rd Photographic Group, Lt. Colonel Frank Dunn
 * 5th Combat Mapping Squadron, P-38 Lightnings
 * 12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, P-38 Lightnings
 * 12th Weather Detachment''
 * 15th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, B-17 Flying Fortresses
 * 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron photo intelligence squadron
 * No. 60 Squadron SAAF Det., Mosquitos
 * No. 540 Squadron RAF Det., Mosquitos
 * No. 680 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
 * 2/33 Groupe (French), P-38 Lightnings (F-5 reconnaissance planes)

Northwest African Air Service Command
Brig. General Delmar had his headquarters in Dunton, Algiers.

Northwest African Training Command
Brig. General John K. Cannon, U.S. APO 525

Air Headquarters Malta
Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, the commander of Air Headquarters Malta, had his headquarters in Valletta, Malta
 * No. 248 (Naval Co-operation) Wing
 * No. 69 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
 * No. 108 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
 * No. 221 Squadron RAF, Wellington bombers
 * No. 272 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
 * No. 683 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
 * Spitfire fighter plane units
 * No. 40 Squadron SAAF of the South African Air Force
 * No. 126 Squadron RAF
 * No. 185 Squadron RAF
 * No. 229 Squadron RAF
 * No. 249 Squadron RAF
 * No. 1435 Flight RAF
 * Other units
 * No. 23 Squadron RAF, counter-night-intruder operations with [[De Havilland Mosquito|

Mosquito]] fighter planes
 * No. 73 Squadron RAF Detachment (Det.), with Hurricane fighter planes
 * No. 256 Squadron RAF Det., with Mosquito night fighters
 * No. 600 Squadron RAF, Beaufighter night fighters
 * 815 Naval Air Squadron Det. (Fleet Air Arm), Fairey Albacores

No. 216 (Transport and Ferry) Group
Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Headquarters at Heliopolis, Egypt


 * No. 17 Squadron SAAF, Junkers 52
 * No. 28 Squadron SAAF, Anson
 * No. 117 Squadron RAF, Hudson
 * No. 173 Squadron RAF, Lodestar, Proctor, Hurricane
 * No. 216 Squadron RAF, Douglas Dakota
 * No. 230 Squadron RAF, Short Sunderland
 * No. 267 Squadron RAF, Hudson

RAF Gibraltar
Air Vice Marshal Sturley Simpson had his headquarters in Gibraltar


 * No. 48 Squadron RAF, Hudsons
 * No. 179 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
 * No. 202 Squadron RAF, Catalinas
 * No. 210 Squadron RAF, Catalinas
 * No. 233 Squadron RAF, Hudsons
 * No. 248 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
 * No. 544 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
 * 813 Naval Air Squadron (Fleet Air Arm), Swordfish torpedo planes
 * No. 1403 (Meteorological) Flight Hampden, Gloster Gladiators

Middle East Command
Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas Headquarters at Cairo, Egypt

No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group
Air Vice Marshal Thomas Langsford-Sainsbury, Headquarters at Alexandria, Egypt


 * No. 235 Wing
 * No. 13 Squadron (Royal Hellenic Air Force), Blenheim bombers
 * No. 227 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighters
 * No. 454 Squadron RAAF, Baltimores
 * No. 459 Squadron RAAF, Hudsons
 * 815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish
 * No. 238 Wing
 * No. 16 Squadron SAAF, Beauforts
 * No. 227 Squadron RAF Beaufighters
 * No. 603 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
 * 815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish
 * No. 245 Wing
 * No. 15 Squadron SAAF, Blenheims and Baltimores
 * No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
 * No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, Wellingtons
 * No. 247 Wing
 * No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
 * No. 203 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
 * No. 227 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
 * No. 252 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No Wing assignment: 701 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Walrus Air-Sea Rescue

Note: RAF=Royal Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force; SAAF=South African Air Force; FAA=Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy); Det.= "detachment"

Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul

Notes: SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detached; Met.=Meteorological.

U.S. 9th Air Force
Major General Lewis H. Brereton had his headquarters in Cairo, Egypt
 * IX Advanced Headquarters in Tripoli, Libya
 * IX Fighter Command Headquarters in Tripoli
 * IX Bomber Command Headquarters at Benghazi, Libya
 * 98th Bombardment Group, B-24D Liberator II
 * 343rd Squadron, Lete Airfield, Libya
 * 344th Squadron, Lete Airfield
 * 345th Squadron, Benina Airfield
 * 415th Squadron, Benina Airfield
 * 376th Bombardment Group, B-24D Liberator II, Berka, Libya
 * 512th Squadron
 * 513th Squadron
 * 514th Squadron
 * 515th Squadron