Operation Cobra order of battle

This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France.

American order of battle

US First Army

Lieutenant General Omar Bradley commanding

• VII Corps - Major General J. Lawton Collins
  • 1st Infantry Division, Major General Clarence R. Huebner
  • 2nd Armored Division, Major General Edward H. Brooks
  • 3rd Armored Division, Major General Leroy Hugh Watson
  • 4th Infantry Division, Major General Raymond O. Barton
  • 9th Infantry Division, Major General Manton S. Eddy
  • 30th Infantry Division, Major General Leland S. Hobbs
• VIII Corps - Major General Troy H. Middleton
  • 4th Armored Division, Major General John S. Wood
  • 8th Infantry Division, Major General Donald A. Stroh
  • 90th Infantry Division, Major General Eugene M. Landrum
• XIX Corps - Major General Charles H. Corlett
  • 29th Infantry Division, Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
  • 35th Infantry Division, Major General Paul W. Baade

Note: During the operation, American units involved were sometimes referred to as "Cobra Command".

German order of battle

Seventh Army^[1]

SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser^[2]

• II Parachute Corps
  • 5th Fallschirmjäger Division,^[3] Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke
  • 2nd Panzer Division^{[nb 1]} Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  • Panzer-Lehr-Division, Generalmajor Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz

• 87th Corps
  • 2nd SS Panzer Division, Standartenführer Christian Tychsen
  • 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, Brigadeführer Otto Baum
  • 116th Panzer Division, General der Panzertruppen Gerhard von Schwerin
  • 352nd Infantry Division
  • 353rd Infantry Division

Notes

Footnotes

1. ^ Transferred to the Orne Vallye area on the evening of July 24th.^[4]

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Citations

1. ^ Wilmot, p. 363
2. ^ Reynolds, p. 22
3. ^ Wilmot, p. 289
4. ^ Wilmot, p. 390

References

• Hastings, Max (2006) [1985]. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition. ISBN 0-30727-571-X. 
• Wilmot, Chester; Christopher Daniel McDevitt (1997) [1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN 1-85326-677-9.