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This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign between 6 June and 25 August 1944. Primary ground combat divisions and brigades are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle.
Unit | Arrival | Beach | Commander |
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1st Infantry Division | June 6 | Omaha | Major General Clarence R. Huebner |
2nd Infantry Division | June 7 | Omaha | Major General Walter M. Robertson |
4th Infantry Division | June 6 | Utah | Major General Raymond O. Barton [a] |
5th Infantry Division | July 9 | Utah | Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin |
8th Infantry Division | July 4 | Utah | Major General William C. McMahon Major General Donald A. Stroh (from 12 July) |
9th Infantry Division | June 10 | Utah | Major General Manton S. Eddy Major General Louis A. Craig (from 19 August) |
28th Infantry Division | July 22 | Omaha ? | Major General Lloyd D. Brown Brigadier General James E. Wharton (12–13 August) Major General Norman D. Cota (from 14 August) |
29th Infantry Division | June 6 | Omaha | Major General Charles H. Gerhardt |
30th Infantry Division | June 10 | Omaha | Major General Leland Hobbs |
35th Infantry Division | July 5 | Omaha | Major General Paul W. Baade |
79th Infantry Division | June 12 | Utah | Major General Ira T. Wyche |
83rd Infantry Division | June 18 | Omaha | Major General Robert C. Macon |
90th Infantry Division | June 6 | Utah | Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie (until early July) Major General Eugene M. Landrum (July) Brigadier General Raymond S. McLain (from 30 July) |
2nd Armored Division | June 9 | Omaha | Major General Edward H. Brooks |
3rd Armored Division | June 23 | Omaha ? | Major General Leroy H. Watson Major General Maurice Rose (from 7 August) |
4th Armored Division | July 11 | Utah | Major General John S. Wood |
5th Armored Division | July 24 | Utah | Major General Lunsford E. Oliver |
6th Armored Division | July 19 | Utah | Major General Robert W. Grow |
82nd Airborne Division | June 6 | Utah | Major General Matthew Ridgway |
101st Airborne Division | June 6 | Utah | Major General Maxwell D. Taylor |
2nd Ranger Battalion | June 6 | Omaha | Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder |
5th Ranger Battalion | June 6 | Omaha | Lt. Colonel Max F. Schneider |
320th Barrage Balloon Battalion | June 6 | Omaha and Utah | Lt. Colonel Leon J. Reed |
See also Hastings Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Independent and GHQ brigades included 30th Armoured; 1st Tank Brigade; 4th Armoured; 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers; 31st Tank; 34th Tank; 6th Guards Tank Brigade; 27th Armoured (to 9.1944); 33rd Armoured; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; the headquarters of 74th, 76th, 80th, 100th, 101st, 105th, 106th and 107th Anti-Aircraft Brigades; numerous light anti-aircraft (LAA) and HAA regiments; and 56th Infantry Brigade, which joined 49th Division from 20 August 1944.
Unit | Arrival | Beach | Commander | |
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4th Canadian (Armoured) Division | 29 July | Juno ? | Major General George Kitching Major General Harry W. Foster (from 22 August) | |
2nd Canadian Infantry Division | 7 July | Juno | Major General C. Foulkes | |
3rd Canadian Infantry Division | 6 June | Juno | Major General Rodney F.L. Keller | |
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade | 6 June | Juno | Brigadier Robert A. Wyman | |
Others | ||||
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division) | 6 June | Orne Brighead | Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke |
Unit | Arrival | Commander | ||
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2e Division Blindée | 1 August | General Philippe Leclerc | ||
Others | ||||
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando) | 6 June | Capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer | ||
3ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (3e BIA) (3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3e RCP) from 1 August) / (3rd SAS) |
17 July | Capitaine Pierre Château-Jobert [fr] | ||
4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (4e BIA) (2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (2e RCP) from 1 August) / (4th SAS) |
6 June | Capitaine Pierre-Louis Bourgoin [fr] |
Unit | Arrival | Commander |
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1st Armoured Division | NLT 7 Aug | Major-General Stanisław Maczek |
Unit | Arrival | Commander |
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1st Belgian Infantry Brigade ( "Brigade Piron") | Between 30 July – 8 August | Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron |
Unit | Arrival | Commander |
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1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group | 30 August | Major General Alois Liška |
Unit | Arrival | Commander |
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HNLMS Flores | 6 Jun | |
HNLMS Soemba | 6 Jun | |
No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF | 6 Jun | |
Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene" ("Princess Irene Brigade") | 6 Aug | Colonel A. C. de Ruyter van Steveninck [nl] |
Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian ships[3] with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.
Some of the participating units: