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Allied order of battle
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Commander, SHAEF: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commander, 21st Army Group: General Bernard Montgomery[1]
Western Beaches
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Sword
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Juno
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Gold
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79th Armoured Division: Major General Percy Hobart[2] provided specialised armoured vehicles which supported the landings on all beaches in Second Army's
U.S. zones
editCommander, First Army: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley[1]
The First Army contingent totalled approximately 73,000 men, including 15,600 from the airborne divisions.[3]
- Utah Beach
- VII Corps, commanded by Major General J. Lawton Collins[4]
- 4th Infantry Division: Major General Raymond O. Barton[4]
- 82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew Ridgway[4]
- 90th Infantry Division: Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie[4]
- 101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor[4]
- Omaha Beach
- V Corps, commanded by Major General Leonard T. Gerow, making up 34,250 men[5]
- 1st Infantry Division: Major General Clarence R. Huebner[6]
- 29th Infantry Division: Major General Charles H. Gerhardt[6]
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- ^ a b Whitmarsh 2009, Map, p. 12.
- ^ Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 201.
- ^ Portsmouth Museum Services.
- ^ a b c d e Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 125.
- ^ Whitmarsh 2009, p. 53.
- ^ a b Ford & Zaloga 2009, p. 66.