
Operation Market Garden order of battle

This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.
Allied forces.
US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) and in that capacity was ultimately responsible for the planning and execution of the whole operation. British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was his deputy, while Major General Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff.
First Allied Airborne Army.
Commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
British I Airborne Corps.
Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army
 1st Airborne Division, Major-General Roy Urquhart
 Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st)
 82nd Airborne Division, Brigadier General James M. Gavin
 101st Airborne Division, Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
21st Army Group.
Commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
British Second Army.
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
VIII Corps.
Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
 11th Armoured Division, Major-General G. P. B. Roberts
 3rd Infantry Division, Major-General L. G. Whistler
 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker (not committed to the fighting, did not arrive in area until 21 September 1944)
 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron
XII Corps.
Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie
 7th Armoured Division Major-General G. L. Verney
 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, Major-General C. M. Barber
 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division - Major-General R. K. Ross
XXX Corps.
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
 Guards Armoured Division, Major-General A.H.S. Adair
 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, Major-General Ivor Thomas
 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On 18 September the division was transferred to VIII Corps
 8th Armoured Brigade, Brigadier George E. Prior-Palmer
 Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene', Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck
Air forces.
Royal Air Force.
 Second Tactical Air Force - Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
Fighter Command - Air Marshal Roderick Hill
Bomber Command - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
RAF Coastal Command - Air Chief Marshal Sholto Douglas
United States Army Air Forces.
 U.S. Eighth Air Force - Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
 U.S. Ninth Air Force - Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
German forces.
The majority of German units stationed west of the Rhine were under the responsibility of Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West), commanded at the time by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt. Due to a lack of replacements (both in terms of personnel and materiel) German units were generally severely understrength at this point in the war, with many units at about 50% of establishment strength.
Army Group B.
Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model
German Armed Forces Group (AFC) Netherlands.
General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen
Seventh Army.
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger
1. Fallschirm-Armee.
Colonel General Kurt Student
II. SS-Panzerkorps.
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich
 9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen,
SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer
 10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg,
SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Harmel
6th Parachute Regiment, Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte
Kampfgruppe "Von Tettau", Generalleutnant Hans von Tettau
Kampfgruppe "Knoche", Major Knoche
Kampfgruppe "Kraft", SS-Sturmbannführer Sepp Kraft
Schwerepanzer Abteilung 506, Major Eberhard Lange
Schwerepanzer Kompanie Hummel
StuG Abteilung 280????
Artillerie Regiment 191
Kampfgruppe "Brinkmann"
Kampfgruppe "Bruhn"
Kampfgruppe "Harder"
Sperrverband "Harzer", Gerhard
Kampfgruppe "Knaust", Major Knaust
Kampfgruppe "Spindler"
FlaK Abteilung "Swoboda"
Kampfgruppe "von Allworden", Captain Klaus von Allworden
Kampfgruppe "Weber"
Sösterberg Fliegerhorst Battalion?
Kampfgruppe "Henke", A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke?
II. Fallschirm-Korps.
General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl
XII. SS-Armeekorps.
SS-Obergruppenführer Curt von Gottberg
LXXXVI Corps.
General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
Fifteenth Army.
General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
LXVII Armeekorps.
General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer
346. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Erich Diestel
 711. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Josef Reichert
 719. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Karl Sievers - Transferred to 1st Fallschirmarmee September 4.
LXXXVIII Armeekorps.
General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
 59th Infantry Division, Generalleutnant Walter Poppe
Kampfgruppe "Rink"
Kampfgruppe "Ewald"
245. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Erwin Sande
 712. Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann
Kampfgruppe "Chill", Generalleutnant Kurt Chill
FlaK Brigade 18
Wehrkreis VI, Corps "Feldt".
General der Kavalerie Kurt Feldt
406. Landesschützen Division, Generalleutnant Gerd Scherbening
Ersatz Abteilung 6
Magen Abteilung
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