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

• First Army – Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
  • 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 H. 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
    • 6th Armored Division – Major General Robert W. Grow
    • 8th Infantry Division – Major General Donald A. Stroh
    • 79th Infantry Division – Major General Ira T. Wyche
    • 83rd Infantry Division – Major General Robert C. Macon
    • 90th Infantry Division – Major General Eugene M. Landrum
  • XIX Corps – Major General Charles H. Corlett
    • 28th Infantry Division – Major General Lloyd D. Brown
    • 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 Parachute Division,^[3] Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke
  • 2nd Panzer Division^{[nb 1]} Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  • Panzer Lehr Division, Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein
• LXXXIV 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]

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 0-307-27571-X.
• Wilmot, Chester; McDevitt, Christopher Daniel (1997) [1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN 1-85326-677-9.