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British

21 Army Group, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

Second Army, Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey

1 Corps, Lt. Gen. Sir J. T. Crocker

8 Corps, Lt. Gen. Sir Richard N. O’Connor Lt. Gen. E. H. Barker

12 Corps, Lt. Gen. N. M. Ritchie

30 Corps, Lt. Gen. Gerard C. Bucknall Lt. Gen. B. G. Horrocks

1 Airborne Corps, Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale

Bomber CommandAir Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

2nd Tactical Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

Eastern Task Force1, Rear Adm. Philip L. Vian

Divisions: 3rd Infantry, 5th Infantry, 15th Infantry, 43rd Infantry, 49th Infantry, 51st Infantry, 52nd Infantry, 53rd Infantry, 1st Polish Armoured, 7th Armored, 11th Armored, 79th Armored, Guards Armoured, 1st Airborne, 6th Airborne

Canadian

First Army, Gen. Henry D. G. Crerar

1st Corps, Lt. Gen. C. Foulkes

2nd Corps, Lt. Gen. G. G. Simonds

Divisions: 1st Infantry, 2nd Infantry, 3rd Infantry, 4th Armored, 5th Armored

French

First Army, Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

I Corps, Lt. Gen. Emile Béthouart

II Corps, Lt. Gen. de Goislard de Monsabert

Detachment of the Army of the Alps, Lt. Gen. Paul Doyen

Detachment of the Army of the Atlantic, Lt. Gen. Edgar de Larminat

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Divisions activated under North African rearmament program: 1st DMI (1re Division de Marche d’Infanterie), 2nd DIM (2e Division de l’Infanterie Marocaine), 3rd DIA (3e Division de l’Infanterie Algérienne), 4th DMM (4e Division Marocaine de Montagne), 9th DIC (9e Division d’Infanterie Coloniale), 1st DB (1re Division Blindée), 2nd DB (2e Division Blindée), 5th DB (5e Division Blindée)

Divisions activated under Metropolitan program and assigned to First French Army: 10th DI (10e Division),2 2 27th DIA (27e Division d’Infanterie Alpine), 14th DI (14e Division d’Infanterie), 1st DI (1re Division d’Infanterie)3

United States

12th Army Group, Gen. Omar N. Bradley

6th Army Group, Gen. Jacob L. Devers

First Army, Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges

Third Army, Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

Seventh Army, Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch

Ninth Army, Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson

Fifteenth Army, Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow

First Allied Airborne Army4, Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton

III Corps, Maj. Gen. John Millikin, Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet

V Corps, Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner

VI Corps, Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks

VII Corps, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins

VIII Corps, Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton

XII Corps, Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy, Maj. Gen. Stafford LeR. Irwin

XIII Corps, Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.

XV Corps, Maj. Gen. Wade H. Haislip

XVI Corps, Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson

XIX Corps, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett, Maj. Gen. Raymond S. McLain

XX Corps, Maj. Gen. Walton H. Walker

XXI Corps, Maj. Gen. Frank W. Milburn

XXII Corps, Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon

XXIII Corps, Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey

XVIII Corps (Airborne), Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway

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U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, Gen. Carl Spaatz

Eighth Air Force, Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle

Ninth Air Force, Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg

IX Tactical Air Command, Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada

XIX Tactical Air Command, Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland

XXIX Tactical Air Command, Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent

Western Task Force5, Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk

Infantry Divisions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th, 42d, 44th, 45th, 63d, 65th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 83d, 84th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 90th, 94th, 95th, 97th, 99th, 100th, 102d, 103rd, 104th, 106th

Armored Divisions: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 20th

Airborne Divisions: 13th, 17th, 82nd, 101st