Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944
Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.
- C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
- Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
Commander:
- Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark
New Zealand Corps
- Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 24th Infantry Battalion
- 25th Infantry Battalion
- 26th Infantry Battalion
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 18th Armoured Regiment
- 19th Armoured Regiment
- 20th Armoured Regiment
- 22nd Motorised Battalion
- Divisional troops
- 4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery
- 14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA
- 11th and 17th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
- 66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA
- 6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
- 5th Field Park Company, NZE
- 2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment
- 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker until 4th February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness))
- British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February[1]) (Major-General Charles Keightley)
- Corps troops
- 2nd Army Group, RA (under command)[2]
- Three Field Regiments, RA
- Five Medium Regiments, RA
Commander:
- Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
- Commander: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
- Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
- German 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.[3])
- 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr)
- 361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
- 190th Panzer battalion
- 190th Artillery Regiment
- 90th Anti-tank battalion
- 90th Engineer battalion
- 3rd battalion 3rd Parachute Regiment[Note 1]
- 2nd battalion 1st Parachute Regiment[Note 1]
- Parachute Machine Gun Battalion[Note 1]
- 4th Alpine Battalion[4]
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- German 44th Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschchmeister
- 131st Infantry Regiment
- 132nd Infantry Regiment
- 134th Infantry Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 44th Fusilier battalion
- 96th Artillery Regiment
- 46th Anti-tank battalion
- 96th Engineer battalion
- German 94th Infantry Division
- 267th Infantry Regiment
- 274th Infantry Regiment
- 276th Infantry Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 94th Fusilier battalion
- 194th Artillery Regiment
- 194th Anti-tank battalion
- 94th Engineer battalion
- German 71st Infantry Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February[5])
- 191st Infantry Regiment
- 194th Infantry Regiment
- 211st Infantry Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 171st Fusilier battalion
- 171st Artillery Regiment
- 171st Anti-tank battalion
- 171st Engineer battalion
- German 15th Panzer Grenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February[5])
- 104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
- 115th Panzer battalion
- 33rd Artillery battalion
- 33rd Anti-tank battalion
- 115th Engineer battalion
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- German 29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to Anzio early Feb[5])
- 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- Divisional troops
- 129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
- 129th Panzer battalion
- 29th Artillery Regiment
- 29th Anti-tank battalion
- 29th Engineer battalion
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c From 1st Parachute Division[4]
- Citations
- ^ Ellis, p. 555.
- ^ Molony, p. 697.
- ^ Molony, p. 696.
- ^ a b Molony, p. 697.
- ^ a b c Molony, p. 734.
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