15th Army Group
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| 15th Army Group | |
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 15th Army Group Shoulder Insignia |
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| 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 codenamed 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)
- 8th British Army (Leese)
- V CORPS (Keightley)
- 1ST ARMOURED DIVISION (Hull)
- 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION (Ward)
- 4TH (INDIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION (Holworthy)
- 46th (North Midland) Division (Hawkesworth)
- 56TH INFANTRY (LONDON) DIVISION (Whitfield)
- 25TH TANK BRIGADE
- V CORPS (Keightley)
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- I Canadian Corps (Burns)
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Major General Christopher Vokes)
- 2nd Division (New Zealand) (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg)
- 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division (Major General Bert Hoffmeister)
- 21st Army Tank Brigade
- 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade
- I Canadian Corps (Burns)
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- II Corps (Poland) (Lt.Gen Władysław Anders)
- Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
- 5th Kresowa Infantry Division
- 2nd Armoured Brigade (Poland)
- II Corps (Poland) (Lt.Gen Władysław Anders)
- Fifth United States Army (Clark)
- II Corps (United States) (Major General Geoffrey Keyes)
- 34th Infantry Division (United States) (Walker)
- 88th Infantry Division (United States) (Kendall)
- 91st Infantry Division (United States) (Livesay)
- II Corps (United States) (Major General Geoffrey Keyes)
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- XIII BRITISH CORPS (Kirkman)
- 1ST (BRITISH) INFANTRY DIVISION (Loewen)
- 6TH (BRITISH) ARMOURED DIVISION (Murray)
- 8TH (INDIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION (Russell)
- XIII BRITISH CORPS (Kirkman)
- Army Group Reserve
- 1st Armored Division (United States) (Prichard)
Source: http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/Units/AlliesOrg.htm
