Showing principal units only
US Forces in the Bulge on 16 December 1944
TWELFTH ARMY GROUP
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
(Chief of staff: Maj. Gen. Leven C. Allen, HQ: Luxembourg)
US FIRST ARMY
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
(Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. William B. Kean, HQ 16 December: Spa)
Troop B, 125 Cavalry Recon Sqn
5 Belgian Fusilier Bn, 99 Inf Bn (Norwegian-Americans)
526 Armored Inf Bn, 143 and 413 Anti Aircraft Artillery Bns
825 Tank Destroyer Bn (towed), 9 Canadian Forestry Co.
61, 158, 299, 300 and 1278 Engineer Combat Bns
V Corps
Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, HQ: Eupen
51, 112, 146, 202, 254, 291, 296 Engineer Combat Bns
186 and 941 Field Artillery Bns, 62 Armored FA Bn
102 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (38 and 102 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
78th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Edwin P. Parker)
309, 310 and 311 Inf Regts
95 Armored FA Bn, 709 Tank Bn, 893 Tank Destroyer Bn
99th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lauer)
393, 394 and 395 Inf Regts
196, 776 and 924 FA Bns, 801 TD Bn (towed)
2nd Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson)
9, 23 and 38 Inf Regts
16 Armored FA Bn, 18, 200, 955 and 987 FA Bns
741 Tank Bn, 644 (M-10) and 612 (towed) TD Bns
CCB, 9th Armored Division (Brig. Gen. William H. Hoge)
27 Armored Inf Bn, 14 Tank Bn, 16 Armored FA Bn
VIII Corps
Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton, HQ: Bastogne
35, 44, 159 and 168 Engineer Combat Bns
333, 559, 561, 578, 740, 770, 771, 965 and 969 FA Bns
274 Armored FA Bn
14 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (18 and 32 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
(Col. Mark A. Devine)
106th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Alan W. Jones)
422, 423 and 424 Inf Regts
28th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Norman D. Cota)
109, 110 and 112 Inf Regts
630 TD Bn (towed), 687 FA Bn, 707 Tank Bn
4th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton)
8, 12 and 22 Inf Regts, 81 and 174 FA Bns
802 (towed) and 803 (M-10) TD Bns, 70 Tank Bn
CCA and CCR, 9th Armored Division (Maj. Gen. John W. Leonard)
52 & 60 Armored Inf Bns, 2 & 19 Tank Bns, 3 & 73 Armored FA Bns
German Forces in the Bulge on 16 December 1944
OB WEST
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
(Chief of Staff: General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal)
ARMY GROUP ‘B’
Generalfeldmarschall Walther Model
(Chief of Staff: General der Infanterie Hans Krebs)
GERMAN SEVENTH ARMY
General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger
(Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Freiherr Rudolf von Gersdorff)
LXXX Corps
General der Infanterie Franz Beyer
408 VolksArtillerie Korps, 8 VolksWerfer Brigade, 2 and Lehr Werfer Regts
212 Volksgrenadier Division (Generalmajor Franz Sensfuss)
316, 320 and 423 Volksgrenadier Regts
276 Volksgrenadier Division (Genlt Kurt Möhring /Oberst Hugo Dempwolff)
986, 987 and 988 Volksgrenadier Regts
340 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Theodor Tolsdorff)
208, 212 and 226 Volksgrenadier Regts
LXXXV Corps
General der Infanterie Baptist Kniess
406 VolksArtillerie Korps, 18 VolksWerfer Brigade
11 Sturmgewehr (StuG) Brigade (Oberstleutnant Georg Hollunder)
5 Fallschirmjäger Division (Oberst Ludwig Heilmann)
13, 14 and 15 Fallschirmjäger Regts
352 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Erich Schmidt)
914, 915 and 916 Volksgrenadier Regts
79 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Alois Weber)
208, 212 and 226 Volksgrenadier Regts
LIII Corps (committed 22 December)
General der Kavallerie Edwin von Rothkirch und Trach
9 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Werner Kolb)
36, 57 and 116 Volksgrenadier Regts
15 Panzergrenadier Division (Oberst Hans-Joachim Deckert)
115 Panzer Bn, 104 and 115 Panzergrenadier Regts
Führer-Grenadier-Brigade (Oberst Hans Joachim Kahler)
GERMAN FIFTH PANZER ARMY
General der Panzertruppen Freiherr Hasso von Manteuffel
(Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Carl Wagener)
LXVI Corps
General der Artillerie Walther Lucht
460 Heavy Artillery Bn, 16 VolksWerfer Brigade
18 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn)
293, 294 and 295 Volksgrenadier Regts
62 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Friedrich Kittel)
164, 193 and 190 Volksgrenadier Regts
XLVII Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen Freiherr Heinrich von Lüttwitz
766 VolksArtillerie Korps, 15 VolksWerfer Brigade, 182 Flak Regt
2 Panzer Division (Oberst Meinrad von Lauchert)
3 Panzer Regt, 2 and 304 Panzergrenadier Regts
9 Panzer Division (Generalmajor Harald von Elverfeldt)
33 Panzer Regt, 10 and 11 Panzergrenadier Regts
Panzer Lehr (Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein)
130 Panzer Regt, 901 and 902 Panzergrenadier Regts
26 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Heinz Kokott)
39 Fusilier, 77 and 78 Volksgrenadier Regts
Fuhrer-Begleit-Brigade (Oberst Otto Remer)
LVIII Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen Walther Krüger
401 VolksArtillerie Korps, 7 VolksWerfer Brigade, 1 Flak Regt
116 (Windhund) Panzer Division (Generalmajor Siegfried von Waldenburg)
16 Panzer Regt, 60 and 156 Panzergrenadier Regts
560 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Rudolf Langhauser)
1128, 1129 and 1130 Volksgrenadier Regts
XXXIX Panzer Corps (committed end of December)
Generalleutnant Karl Decker
167 Volksgrenadier Division (Generalleutnant Hans-Kurt Höcker)
331, 339 and 387 Volksgrenadier Regts
GERMAN SIXTH PANZER ARMY
Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich
(Chief of Staff: SS Brigadeführer Fritz Krämer)
Fallschirmjäger Bn (Oberst Freiherr Friedrich-August von der Heydte)
506 Heavy Panzer Bn (Tiger II)
2 Flak Division, 4 Todt Brigade
I SS-Panzer Corps
Gruppenführer Hermann Priess
388 and 402 VolksArtillerie Korps, 4 and 9 VolksWerfer Brigades
1 SS-Leibstandarte Panzer Division (Oberführer Wilhelm Mohnke)
1 SS-Panzer Regt, 1 and 2 SS-Panzergrenadier Regts
12th SS-Hitlerjugend Panzer Division (Standartenführer Hugo Kraas)
12 SS-Panzer Regt, 25 and 26 SS-Panzergrenadier Regts
3 Fallschirmjager Division (Generalmajor Walther Wadehn)
5, 6 and 9 Fallschirmjäger Regts
12 Volksgrenadier Division (Generalmajor Gerhard Engel)
27 Fusilier, 48 and 49 Volksgrenadier Regts
277 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Wilhelm Viebig)
289, 990 and 991 Volksgrenadier Regiments
150 Panzer Brigade (Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny)
LXVII Corps
Generalleutnant Otto Hitzfeld
405 VolksArtillerie Korps, 17 VolksWerfer Brigade
3rd Panzergrenadier Division (Generalmajor Walther Denkert)
103 Panzer Bn, 8 and 29 Panzergrenadier Regts
246 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Peter Körte)
352, 404 and 689 Volksgrenadier Regts
272 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Georg Kosmalla)
980, 981 and 982 Volksgrenadier Regiments
326 Volksgrenadier Division (Oberst Erwin Kaschner)
751, 752 and 753 Volksgrenadier Regts
II SS-Panzer Corps
Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich
410 VolksArtillerie Korps, 502 SS-Heavy Artillery Bn
2nd SS-Das Reich Panzer Division (Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding)
2 SS-Panzer Regt, 3 and 4 SS-Panzergrenadier Regts
9th SS-Hohenstaufen Panzer Division (Oberführer Sylvester Stadler)
9 SS-Panzer Regt, 19 and 20 SS-Panzergrenadier Regts
US Forces in the Bulge, 1 January 1945
TWELFTH ARMY GROUP
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
(Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. Leven C. Allen, HQ: Luxembourg)
US FIRST ARMY
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
(Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. William B. Kean, HQ: Chaudfontaine /Troyes)
V Corps
Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, HQ: Eupen
102 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (38 and 102 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
1st Infantry Division (Brig. Gen. Clift Andrus)
16, 18 and 26 Inf Regts, 745 Tank Bn, 634 and 703 TD Bns
2nd Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson)
9, 23 and 38 Inf Regts, 741 Tank Bn, 612 and 644 TD Bns
9th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig)
39, 47 and 60 Inf Regts, 38 Cavalry Recon Sqn (attached), 746 Tank Bn
78th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Edwin P. Parker)
309, 310 and 311 Inf Regts, 709 Tank Bn, 628 and 893 TD Bns
CCR, 5th Armored Division (attached), 2nd Ranger Bn (attached)
99th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lauer)
393, 394 and 395 Inf Regts, 801 TD Bn
VII Corps
Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins
4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized (4th and 24th Cavalry Recon Sqns)
29 Inf Regt, 509 Parachute (Para) Inf Bn
740 Tank Bn, 759 Light Tank Bn, 635 TD Bn
2 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon)
41 Armored Inf Regt, 66 and 67 Armored Regts
3 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose)
36 Armored Inf Regt, 32 and 33 Armored Regts
83 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Robert C. Macon)
329, 330, and 331 Inf Regts, 774 Tank Bn
84 Infantry Division (Brig. Gen. Alexander R. Bolling)
333, 334, and 335 Inf Regs, 771 Tank Bn
XVIII Airborne Corps
Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
14 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (18 and 32 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
7 Armored Division (Brig. Gen. Robert W. Hasbrouck)
23, 38 and 48 Armored Inf Bns, 17, 31, and 40 Tank Bns
434, 440 and 489 Armored FA Bns
30 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Leland S. Hobbs)
117, 119 and 120 Inf Regts, 743 Tank Bn, 99th Inf Bn (attached)
517 Para Inf Regt (attached), 526 Armored Inf Bn (attached)
75 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Fay B. Prickett)
289, 290 and 29 Inf Regts, 750 Tank Bn
82 Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin)
504, 505, and 508 Para Inf Regts, 325 Glider Inf Regt
551 Para Inf Bn (attached)
US THIRD ARMY
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr
Chief of Staff: Brig. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, HQ: Nancy
III Corps
Maj. Gen. John B. Millikin, HQ: Arlon
6 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (6 and 26 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
4 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey)
10, 51 and 53 Armored Inf Bns, 8, 35 and 37 Tank Bns
6 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow)
9, 44 and 50 Armored Inf Bns, 15, 68 and 69 Tank Bns
26 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Willard S. Paul)
101, 104 and 328 Inf Regts, 735 Tank Bn
35 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Paul W. Baade)
134, 137 and 320 Inf Regts
90 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet)
357, 358 and 359 Inf Regts
VIII Corps
Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton, HQ: Neufchâteau
9 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. John W. Leonard)
27, 52 and 60 Armored Inf Bns, 2, 14 and 19 Tank Bns
11 Armored Division (Brig. Gen. Charles S. Kilburn)
21, 55 and 63 Armored Inf Bns, 22, 41 and 42 Tank Bns
17 Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. William M. Miley)
507 and 513 Para Inf Regts, 193 and 194 Glider Inf Regts
28 Infantry (Maj. Gen. Norman D. Cota)
109, 110 and 112 Inf Regts, 707 Tank Bn
87 Infantry Division (Brig. Gen. John M. Lentz)
345, 346 and 347 Inf Regts, 761st (Black Panthers) Tank Bn
101 Airborne Division
(Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe/Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor)
501, 502 and 506 Para Inf Regts, 327th Gilder Inf Regt
1 Battalion, 401 Glider Inf Regt
XII Corps
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy
2 Cavalry Group, Mechanized (2 and 42 Cavalry Recon Sqns)
4 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton)
8, 12 and 22 Inf Regts, 70 Tank Bn
5 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. S. Leroy Irwin)
2, 10 and 11 Inf Regts, 737 Tank Bn
10 Armored Division (Maj. Gen. William H. H. Morris, Jr)
20, 54 and 61 Armored Inf Bns, 3, 11, and 21 Tank Bns
80 Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Horace L. McBride)
317, 318 and 319 Inf Regts, 702 Tank Bn
TWENTY-FIRST ARMY GROUP
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
(Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. F.W. de Guingand, HQ: Zonhoven)
BRITISH SECOND ARMY
General Sir Miles Dempsey
(Chief of Staff: Brigadier Harold ‘Pete’ Pyman)
XXX Corps
Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks
6 Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. Eric L. Bols)
3 and 5 Para Brigades, 6 Air Landing Brigade
51 Highland Division (Maj. Gen. Tom G. Rennie)
152, 153 and 154 Inf Brigades
53 Welsh Division (Maj. Gen. Robert K. Ross)
71, 158 and 160 Inf Brigades
29 Armoured Brigade (Brig. Roscoe B. Harvey)
(3 Royal Tank Regiment, 2 Fife & Forfar Yeomanry, 23 Hussars, 8 Rifle Brigade)
33 Armoured Brigade (Brig. H.B. Scott)
(144 Royal Armoured Corps, 1 Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 1 East Riding Yeomanry)
GERMAN, AMERICAN AND BRITISH COMPARATIVE RANK STRUCTURES 1944–45
Non-Commissioned Officers*
*Some of these ranks, particularly at Senior NCO level, do not quite equate because of the different ways that the German Army, Waffen-SS, US Army and British/Canadian armies organised their units; e.g. the Germans had more NCO ranks because they had NCO platoon commanders; other titles reflected a function, rather than a rank. The US Army also altered its NCO ranks after WW2.
**Now Sergeant 1st Class.