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	'''Operation Diadem order of battle''' is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the [[Winter Line]] and at the Anzio bridgehead south of [[Rome]] during ''[[Operation Diadem]]'' in May - June 1944 which resulted in the Allied breakthrough at [[Battle of Monte Cassino\|Cassino]] and the breakout at [[Operation Shingle\|Anzio]] leading to the capture of Rome.		'''Operation Diadem order of battle''' is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the [[Winter Line]] and at the Anzio bridgehead south of [[Rome]] during ''[[Operation Diadem]]'' in May - June 1944 which resulted in the Allied breakthrough at [[Battle of Monte Cassino\|Cassino]] and the breakout at [[Operation Shingle\|Anzio]] leading to the capture of Rome.
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	====Army Reserve====		====Army Reserve====
	:* [[IV Corps (United States)\|H.Q. U.S. IV Corps]]		:* [[IV Corps (United States)\|H.Q. U.S. IV Corps]]
	:* [[36th Infantry Division (United States)\|U.S. 36th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Fred L. Walker]]) (~~Till~~ 18 May 1944)		:* [[36th Infantry Division (United States)\|U.S. 36th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Fred L. Walker]]) (Until 18 May 1944)

	===[[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)\|British Eighth Army]] (on the Winter Line)===		===[[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)\|British Eighth Army]] (on the Winter Line)===
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	:*[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Dudley Russell]])		:*[[8th Infantry Division (India)\|8th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Dudley Russell]])
	:*[[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|British 78th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Charles Keightley]])		:*[[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|British 78th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Charles Keightley]])
	:*[[1st Canadian Armoured Brigade]] ([[Brigadier]] W. C. Murphy)		:*[[1st Canadian Armoured Brigade]] ([[Brigadier]] [[William Cameron Murphy\|W. C. Murphy]])

	====[[I Canadian Corps]]====		====[[I Canadian Corps]]====
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	:* [[4th Infantry Division (India)\|4th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Arthur Holworthy]])		:* [[4th Infantry Division (India)\|4th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Arthur Holworthy]])
	:* [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Denys Whitehorn Reid\|Denys Reid]])		:* [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Denys Whitehorn Reid\|Denys Reid]])
	:*[[23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)\|British 23rd Armoured Brigade]] (Brigadier [[Robert Arkwright\|R.H.E. Arkwright]])		:*[[23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)\|British 23rd Armoured Brigade]] (Brigadier [[Robert Arkwright\|R.H.B. Arkwright]])

	==[[Army Group C\|German Army Group C]]==		==[[Army Group C\|German Army Group C]]==
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	* {{cite web \|url=http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp \|title=World War II unit histories and officers \|accessdate=2007-08-06 \|last=Houterman \|first=Hans \|author2=Koppes, Jeroen \|archive-date=3 December 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203142011/http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp \|url-status=dead }}		* {{cite web \|url=http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp \|title=World War II unit histories and officers \|accessdate=2007-08-06 \|last=Houterman \|first=Hans \|author2=Koppes, Jeroen \|archive-date=3 December 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203142011/http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp \|url-status=dead }}
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	*{{cite book\|first3=Major-General H.L.\| last3=Davies\| last2=with Flynn\| first2=Captain F.C. (R.N.)\| last1=Molony\| first1=Brigadier C.J.C.\| last4=Gleave\| first4=Group Captain T.P.\|editor-last=Butler\| editor-first=Sir James\| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler \|others=Revised by Jackson, General Sir William\| series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series\| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 1 - 1st April to 4th June 1944\| publisher=Naval & Military Press \|location=Uckfield, UK \|year=2004\| ~~origyear~~=1st. pub. [[HMSO]]:1984\| isbn=1-84574-070-X\| name-list-style=amp\| pages=14–15}}		*{{cite book\|first3=Major-General H.L.\| last3=Davies\| last2=with Flynn\| first2=Captain F.C. (R.N.)\| last1=Molony\| first1=Brigadier C.J.C.\| last4=Gleave\| first4=Group Captain T.P.\|editor-last=Butler\| editor-first=Sir James\| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler \|others=Revised by Jackson, General Sir William\| series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series\| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 1 - 1st April to 4th June 1944\| publisher=Naval & Military Press \|location=Uckfield, UK \|year=2004\| orig-date=1st. pub. [[HMSO]]:1984\| isbn=1-84574-070-X\| name-list-style=amp\| pages=14–15}}
	* {{cite web \|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|title=Orders of Battle.com \|accessdate=2007-08-06 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717145740/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|archivedate=17 July 2007 \|df=dmy-all }}		* {{cite web \|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|title=Orders of Battle.com \|accessdate=2007-08-06 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717145740/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|archivedate=17 July 2007 \|df=dmy-all }}
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'''Operation Diadem order of battle''' is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the [[Winter Line]] and at the Anzio bridgehead south of [[Rome]] during ''[[Operation Diadem]]'' in May - June 1944 which resulted in the Allied breakthrough at [[Battle of Monte Cassino|Cassino]] and the breakout at [[Operation Shingle|Anzio]] leading to the capture of Rome.

==[[Allied Armies in Italy]]==
:'''C-in-C:''' [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Sir Harold Alexander]]
:'''Chief of Staff:''' [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] [[John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton|Sir John Harding]]

===[[United States Army North|U.S. Fifth Army]]===
'''Commander:'''
:[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Mark W. Clark]]

====[[VI Corps (United States)|U.S. VI Corps]] (At Anzio)====
:[[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Lucian Truscott|Lucian K. Truscott]]
:* [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 3rd Infantry Division]] ([[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] [[John W. O'Daniel]]) until 25 May 1944
:* [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|British 1st Infantry Division]] ([[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[John Hawkesworth (British Army officer)|John Hawkesworth]])
:* [[45th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 45th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[William W. Eagles]])
:* [[1st Armored Division (United States)|U.S. 1st Armored Division]] (Major General [[Ernest N. Harmon]])
:* [[34th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 34th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[Charles W. Ryder]])
:* [[36th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 36th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[Fred L. Walker]]) (from 18 May 1944)
:* [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 5th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Philip Gregson-Ellis]])
:* [[First Special Service Force]] (3 regiments of two battalions each, U.S. and Canadian) (Brigadier General [[Robert T. Frederick]])

====[[II Corps (United States)|U.S. II Corps]] (on the Winter Line)====
:Major-General [[Geoffrey Keyes]]
:* [[88th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 88th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[John E. Sloan]]
:* [[85th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 85th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[John B. Coulter]])
:* 1st U.S. Armored Group (three tank battalions)
:* U.S. 3rd Infantry Division (Brigadier General John W. O'Daniel) (from 25 May)

====Corps Expéditionnaire Français ([[French Expeditionary Corps (1943-1944)|French Expeditionary Corps]]) (on the Winter Line)====
: Général d'armée (General) [[Alphonse Juin]]
:* 3ème Division d'Infanterie Algérienne ([[3rd Algerian Infantry Division]]) (Général de division (Major-General) [[Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert]])
:* 4ème Division Marocaine de Montagne ([[4th Moroccan Mountain Division]]) (Général de division (Major-General) François Sevez)
:* 2ème Division d'Infanterie Marocaine ([[2nd Moroccan Infantry Division]]) (Général de division(Major-General) André W. Dody)
:* 1ère Division Française Libre/1ère Division Motorisée d'Infanterie ([[1st Free French Division|1st Motorised Infantry Division]]) (Général de division (Major-General) Diego Brosset)
:* Commandement des Goums Marocains ([[Goumier|Command of Moroccan Goumiers]] - Three [[Tabor (Morocco)|Groups of Tabors]] each comprising three tabors of 500 to 800 men) (Général de brigade (Brigadier-General) Augustin Guillaume)
:* Corps Troops
:**7ème et 8ème Régiments de Chasseurs d'Afrique (7th and 8th African Light Cavalry Regiment) ([[M10 tank destroyer]]s)
:**Régiment d'Artillerie Coloniale du Levant (Levant Colonial Artillery Regiment)
:**64ème Régiment d'Artillerie d'Afrique (64th African Artillery Regiment)
:**Groupe de canonniers-marins (Navy Artillery Battalion - two batteries)

====Army Reserve====
:* [[IV Corps (United States)|H.Q. U.S. IV Corps]]
:* [[36th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 36th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Fred L. Walker]]) (Till 18 May 1944)

===[[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|British Eighth Army]] (on the Winter Line)===
'''Commander:'''
:Lieutenant-General [[Oliver Leese|Sir Oliver Leese]]

====[[XIII Corps (United Kingdom)|British XIII Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Sidney Kirkman|Sidney C. Kirkman]]
:*[[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 4th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Alfred Dudley Ward|Dudley Ward]])
:*[[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|British 6th Armoured Division]] (Major-General [[Vyvyan Evelegh]])
:*[[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Dudley Russell]])
:*[[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 78th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Charles Keightley]])
:*[[1st Canadian Armoured Brigade]] ([[Brigadier]] W. C. Murphy)

====[[I Canadian Corps]]====
:[[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]] [[E. L. M. Burns]]
:*[[1st Canadian Division|1st Canadian Infantry Division]] ([[Major general|Major-General]] [[Chris Vokes]])
:*[[5th Canadian Division|5th Canadian Armoured Division]] (Major-General [[Bert Hoffmeister]])
:*[[25th Army Tank Brigade|British 25th Army Tank Brigade]] ([[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] [[James Noel Tetley|J.N. Tetley]])

====[[II Corps (Poland)|Polish II Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Władysław Anders]]
:*[[3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland)|Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division]] (Major-General [[Bolesław Bronisław Duch]])
:*[[5th Kresowa Infantry Division|Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Nikodem Sulik]])
:*[[2nd Armoured Brigade (Poland)|Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade]] (Brigadier-General [[Bronislaw Rakowski]])

====[[X Corps (United Kingdom)|British X Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Richard McCreery|Sir Richard L. McCreery]]
:* [[2nd New Zealand Division]] (Lieutenant-General [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg|Sir Bernard Freyberg]])
:* [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 24th Guards Brigade]] (Brigadier [[Archer Clive|A.F.L. Clive]])
:* [[2nd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 2nd Parachute Brigade]] (Brigadier C.H.V. Pritchard)
:* [[12th South African Motorised Brigade]] (Brigadier R.J. Palmer)
:* [[Italian Co-Belligerent Army|Italian Corps of Liberation]] (Six battalions and a regiment of artillery) (General [[Umberto Utili]])<ref>Molony, pp. 14, 247 & 248</ref>

====Army Reserve====
:* [[6th Armoured Division (South Africa)|6th South African Armoured Division]] (Major-General [[Evered Poole]])

===[[V Corps (United Kingdom)|British V Corps]] (On the Adriatic front in a holding role directly under A.A.I.)===
:Lieutenant-General [[Charles Walter Allfrey|Charles Allfrey]]
:* [[4th Infantry Division (India)|4th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Arthur Holworthy]])
:* [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Denys Whitehorn Reid|Denys Reid]])
:*[[23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 23rd Armoured Brigade]] (Brigadier [[Robert Arkwright|R.H.E. Arkwright]])

==[[Army Group C|German Army Group C]]==
'''Commander:'''
:[[Generalfeldmarschall|Field Marshal]] [[Albert Kesselring]]

===Army Group Reserve===
:*[[Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring|1st Paratroop Panzer Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Wilhelm Schmalz]]) (in [[OKW]] Reserve<ref>Molony, p. 70.</ref>)
:*[[23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|26th Panzer Division]] (Lieutenant-General [[Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz]])
:*[[29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|29th Panzergrenadier Division]] (Lieutenant-General [[Walter Fries]])
:*[[90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|90th Panzergrenadier Division]] (Major-General [[Ernst-Günther Baade]])
:*[[92nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|92nd Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Werner Goeritz]]) (Tiber Coastal Command<ref>Molony, p. 69.</ref>)

===[[14th Army (Wehrmacht)|Fourteenth Army]] (at Anzio)===
:'''Commander:''' Lieutenant-General [[Eberhard von Mackensen]] (until end May 1944, then under direct command of Kesselring)

====[[German I Parachute Corps|I Parachute Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Alfred Schlemm]]
:*[[3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|3rd Panzergrenadier Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Hans Hecker]] to 1 June then Major-General [[Hans-Günther von Rost]] to 25 June then Major-General [[Walter Denkert]])
:*[[German 4th Parachute Division|4th Parachute Division]] (Major-General [[Heinrich Trettner]])
:*[[65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|65th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hellmuth Pfeifer]])

====[[German LXXVI Panzer Corps|LXXVI Panzer Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Traugott Herr]]
:*[[German 362nd Infantry Division|362nd Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Heinz Greiner]])
:*[[German 715th Infantry Division|715th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hans-Georg Hildebrandt]])

===[[10th Army (Wehrmacht)|Tenth Army]] (on the Winter Line)===
:'''Commander:''' General [[Heinrich von Vietinghoff]]

====[[XIV Panzer Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Frido von Senger und Etterlin]] (on leave 17 April to 17 May during which time Lieutenant-General Otto Hartmann<ref>Molony, pp. 51 & 150.</ref>)
:* [[33rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|15th Panzergrenadier Division]] (Major-General [[Rudolf Sperl]])
:* [[71st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|71st Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Wilhelm Raapke]])
:* [[94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|94th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Bernhard Steinmetz]])

====[[LI Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)|LI Mountain Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Valentin Feurstein]]
:* [[1st Parachute Division (Germany)|1st Parachute Division]] (Lieutenant-General [[Richard Heidrich]])
:* [[German 5th Mountain Division|5th Mountain Division]] (Major-General [[Max-Günther Schrank]])
:* [[44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|44th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Bruno Ortner]])
:* [[German 114th Jäger Division|114th Jäger Division]] (Major-General [[Alexander Bourquin]] to 19 May 1944 then Major-General [[Hans Boelsen]])

====Korpsgruppe Hauck (on Adriatic front in holding role)====
:Major-General [[Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck]]
:* [[German 305th Infantry Division|305th Infantry Division]] (Lieutenant-General [[Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck]])
:* [[German 334th Infantry Division|334th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hellmuth Böhlke]])

===Armeegruppe von Zangen (in northern Italy)===
:'''Commander:''' Lieutenant-General [[Gustav-Adolf von Zangen|Gustav von Zangen]]

====[[LXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|LXXV Army Corps]]====
:Lieutenant-General [[Anton Dostler]]
:* [[356th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|356th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Egon von Neindorff]] until 15 May then Major-General [[Karl Faulenbach]])
:* [[162nd Turkoman Division]] (Major-General [[Oskar von Niedermayer]])

====Corps Witthöft (Eastern sub-Alpine region)====
:Lieutenant-General [[Joachim Witthöft]]
:* [[188th Mountain Division]] (Major-General [[Hans von Hößlin]])
:* [[278th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|278th Infantry Division]] (elements) (Major-General [[Harry Hoppe]])

====Corps Kübler (Adriatic coastal region)====
:Lieutenant-General [[Ludwig Kübler]]
:* 278th Infantry Division (most of) (Major-General Harry Hoppe)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book | authorlink=Michael Carver, Baron Carver|first=Field Marshal Lord |last=Carver| title=The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Italy 1943-1945| publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|location=London | year=2001 | isbn=0-330-48230-0}}
* {{cite book | first=LLoyd |last=Clark | title=Anzio: The Friction of War. Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944 | publisher=Headline Publishing Group, London | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-7553-1420-1}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp |title=World War II unit histories and officers |accessdate=2007-08-06 |last=Houterman |first=Hans |author2=Koppes, Jeroen |archive-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203142011/http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp |url-status=dead }}
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*{{cite book|first3=Major-General H.L.| last3=Davies| last2=with Flynn| first2=Captain F.C. (R.N.)| last1=Molony| first1=Brigadier C.J.C.| last4=Gleave| first4=Group Captain T.P.|editor-last=Butler| editor-first=Sir James| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler |others=Revised by Jackson, General Sir William| series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 1 - 1st April to 4th June 1944| publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=Uckfield, UK |year=2004| origyear=1st. pub. [[HMSO]]:1984| isbn=1-84574-070-X| name-list-style=amp| pages=14–15}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx |title=Orders of Battle.com |accessdate=2007-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717145740/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx |archivedate=17 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 |title=Axis History Factbook: German army order of battle |accessdate=2007-08-06 |last=Wendell |first=Marcus |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029135233/http://axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 |archivedate=29 October 2006 |df=dmy-all }}

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