This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign between 6 June and 25 August 1944. Primary ground combat divisions and brigades are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle.
United States Unit Arrival Beach Commander 1st Infantry Division June 6 Omaha Major General Clarence R. Huebner 2nd Infantry Division June 7 Omaha Major General Walter M. Robertson 4th Infantry Division June 6 Utah Major General Raymond O. Barton 5th Infantry Division July 9 Utah Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin 8th Infantry Division July 4 Utah Major General William C. McMahonMajor General Donald A. Stroh (from 12 July) 9th Infantry Division June 10 Utah Major General Manton S. EddyMajor General Louis A. Craig (from 19 August) 28th Infantry Division July 22 Omaha Major General Lloyd D. BrownBrigadier General James E. Wharton (12–13 August)Major General Norman D. Cota (from 14 August) 29th Infantry Division June 6 Omaha Major General Charles H. Gerhardt 30th Infantry Division June 10 Omaha Major General Leland Hobbs 35th Infantry Division July 5 Omaha Major General Paul W. Baade 79th Infantry Division June 12 Utah Major General Ira T. Wyche 83rd Infantry Division June 18 Omaha Major General Robert C. Macon 90th Infantry Division June 6 Utah Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie (until early July)Major General Eugene M. Landrum (July)Brigadier General Raymond S. McLain (from 30 July) 2nd Armored Division June 9 Omaha Major General Edward H. Brooks 3rd Armored Division June 23 Omaha ? Major General Leroy H. WatsonMajor General Maurice Rose (from 7 August) 4th Armored Division July 11 Utah Major General John S. Wood 5th Armored Division July 24 Utah Major General Lunsford E. Oliver 6th Armored Division July 19 Utah Major General Robert W. Grow 82nd Airborne Division June 6 Utah Major General Matthew Ridgway 101st Airborne Division June 6 Utah Major General Maxwell D. Taylor 2nd Ranger Battalion June 6 Omaha Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder 5th Ranger Battalion June 6 Omaha Lt. Colonel Max F. Schneider 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion June 6 Omaha and Utah Lt. Colonel Leon J. Reed
United Kingdom See also Hastings Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Independent and GHQ brigades included 30th Armoured; 1st Tank Brigade; 4th Armoured; 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers; 31st Tank; 34th Tank; 6th Guards Tank Brigade; 27th Armoured (to 9.1944); 33rd Armoured; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; the headquarters of 74th, 76th, 80th, 100th, 101st, 105th, 106th and 107th Anti-Aircraft Brigades; numerous light anti-aircraft (LAA) and HAA regiments; and 56th Infantry Brigade, which joined 49th Division from 20 August 1944. UnitArrivalBeachCommander Guards Armoured Division28 JuneJuno?Major-General Allan H.S. Adair 7th Armoured Division6/12 JuneGoldMajor-General George W.E.J. Erskine 11th Armoured Division13 JuneJunoMajor-General George P.B. Roberts 8th Armoured Brigade6 June GoldBrigadier Bernard Cracroft 27th Armoured Brigade6 JuneSwordBrigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer 6th Airborne Division6 JuneOrne BridgeheadMajor-General Richard Gale 3rd Infantry Division6 JuneSwordMajor-General Thomas G. Rennie (WIA 13 June)Major-General Lashmer G. Whistler 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division14 June?Major General G.H.A. MacMillan 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division24 JuneJunoMajor General G.I. Thomas 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division13 JuneGoldMajor General E.H. Barker 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division6 JuneGoldMajor General D.A.H. Graham 51st (Highland) Infantry Division6-7 JuneJunoMajor-General D.C. Bullen-SmithMajor-General T.G. Rennie (from 26 July) 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division27 June?Major General R.K. Ross 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division27 June?Major General Lewis Lyne 79th Armoured Division6 June Supported Gold, Sword, and JunoMajor-General Percy Hobart 1st Special Service Brigade6 JuneSwordBrigadier Lord Lovat 4th Special Service Brigade6 JuneSword, Juno, GoldBrigadier Bernard W. Leicester
Canada
UnitArrivalBeachCommander 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division29 JulyJuno ?Major General George KitchingMajor General Harry W. Foster (from 22 August) 2nd Canadian Infantry Division7 JulyJunoMajor General C. Foulkes 3rd Canadian Infantry Division6 June JunoMajor General Rodney F.L. Keller 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade6 JuneJunoBrigadier Robert A. WymanOthers1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division)6 JuneOrne BrigheadLieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke
Free French forces & Fusiliers Marins
UnitArrivalCommander 2e Division Blindée1 AugustGeneral Philippe LeclercOthers Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando)6 JuneCapitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer 3ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (3e BIA) (3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3e RCP) from 1 August) / (3rd SAS) 17 JulyCapitaine 4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (4e BIA) (2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (2e RCP) from 1 August) / (4th SAS) 6 JuneCapitaine
Free Polish forces
UnitArrivalCommander 1st Armoured Division NLT 7 AugMajor-General Stanisław Maczek
Free Belgian forces
Unit Arrival Commander 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade ( "Brigade Piron") Between 30 July – 8 August Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron
Free Czechoslovak forces
Unit Arrival Commander 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group 30 August Major General Alois Liška
Free Dutch forces Unit Arrival CommanderHNLMS Flores6 JunHNLMS Soemba6 JunNo. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF6 Jun Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene" ("Princess Irene Brigade") 6 Aug Colonel
Free Norwegian forces Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian shipsBerg 1997: 136 with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.
Some of the participating units: Air Force 331 Squadron 332 Squadron Navy S-class destroyer S-class destroyer Hunt-class destroyer Flower-class corvette Flower-class corvette Flower-class corvette fishery protection vessel Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573
See also Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy
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Citations
References Armed forces during the Battle of Normandy in 1944 D-Day Overlord
OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org(en/fr) Canadiansoldiers.com Regiments.org U.S. Army official site Maj-Gen Hubert Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45, London: William Clowes, 1952. [NB: Personnel are given for whole North West Europe campaign].