15th Army Group

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

15th Army Group
15th Army Group Shoulder Insignia
Active	1943 - 1945
Country	United States & United Kingdom
Allegiance	Allies
Type	Army Group
Commanders
Notable commanders	Harold Alexander Mark W. Clark

The 15th Army Group was an army group of the Allied forces in World War II.

It was activated in 1943 in Algiers, North Africa, to plan the invasion of Sicily nicknamed Operation Husky. Its main forces for this job were the British Eighth Army and the U.S. Seventh Army. For some time, it was under command of British Field Marshal Harold Alexander. By mid-1944, though, the small-scale invasion that had been planned earlier blew into a theatre of its own. 15th Army Group had pushed northward through Italy, capturing Rome, and driving the retreating Axis forces into Northern Italy. In December, American Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark became the new commander, and by 1945, they had an unparalleled superiority in Central Europe.

Order of Battle for 15th Army Group- August 1944

15th Army Group-(Alexander)

     1.8th British Army-(Leese)
         a. V CORPS          (Keightley) 
                I. 1ST ARMOURED DIVISION (Hull) 
                II. 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION     (Ward) 
                III. 4TH (INDIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION    (Holworthy) 
                IV. 46TH INFANTRY 'NORTH MIDLAND' DIVISION    (Hawkesworth) 
                 V. 56TH INFANTRY 'LONDON' DIVISION    (Whitfield) 
                     25TH TANK BRIGADE 
       
         b. I CANADIAN CORPS     (Burns) 
                I. 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION     (Vokes) 
                II. 2ND NEW ZEALAND DIVISION (Freyberg) 
                III. 5TH ARMOURED DIVISION  (Hoffmeister) 
                     21ST TANK BRIGADE 
                     3RD GREEK MOUNTAIN BRIGADE 
         
         c. II POLISH CORPS           (Anders) 
               I. 3RD CARPATHIAN RIFLE DIVISION 
               II. 5TH KRESOWA INFANTRY DIVISION 
                     2ND ARMOURED BRIGADE 
        
         d. X BRITISH CORPS              (McCreery) 
               I. 10TH (INDIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION     (Reid) 
                    9TH ARMOURED BRIGADE

    2. 5th US Army-(Clark)
        a. II CORPS        (Keyes) 
               I. 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION   (Walker) 
               II. 88TH INFANTRY DIVISION   (Kendall) 
               III. 91ST INFANTRY DIVISION   (Livesay) 
      
        b. IV CORPS           (Crittenberger) 
               I. 6TH SOUTH AFRICAN ARMORED DIVISION   (Poole) 
               II. 85TH INFANTRY DIVISION   (Coulter) 
                         442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 
       
        c. XIII BRITISH CORPS    (Kirkman) 
               I.  1ST (BRITISH) INFANTRY DIVISION   (Loewen) 
               II. 6TH (BRITISH) ARMORED DIVISION   (Murray) 
               III. 8TH (INDIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION   (Russell)

RESERVE BRAZILIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (Mascarenas de Morais) 1ST U.S. ARMORED DIVISION (Prichard)

Source: http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/Units/AlliesOrg.htm