Moro River Campaign order of battle

Canadian Sherman tank driven off the road by German mortar fire, 10 December 1943.

The Moro River Campaign order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting during the Moro River Campaign in December 1943, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II.

Allied Forces and organisation

Riflemen of the 48th Highlanders of Canada take cover during German counterattack north of San Leonardo, 10 December 1943

Allied Armies in Italy

C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander

Eighth Army

Commander:

General Bernard Montgomery
V Corps
Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
XIII Corps
Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

German forces and organisation

German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

Commander: Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppe)[note 1] Joachim Lemelsen
German LXXVI Panzer Corps
General Traugott Herr

Notes

  1. ↑ In the German army and air force the rank equivalent to lieutenant-general was formally linked to the branch of the army (Heer) or air force (Luftwaffe) in which the officer served: General der Kavallerie (cavalry), General der Artillerie (artillery), General der Infanterie (infantry), General der Panzertruppen (armoured troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Flakartillerie (anti-aircraft) and General der Nachrichtentruppen (communications troops).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Confusion sometimes arises because the ranks of Generalleutnant and Generalmajor were equivalent to the British and US wartime ranks of Major General and Brigadier General (British: Brigadier, which was not a general officer rank).

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