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[[File:SpringOffensiveItaly1945.jpg|thumb|Map of Allied offensive in Po Valley]]<br />
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The '''[[Spring 1945 offensive in Italy]]''', codenamed '''[[Operation Grapeshot]]''', was the final [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] attack during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]] in the final stages of the [[Second World War]].<ref>Jackson, p. 253</ref> The attack into the [[Lombardy|Lombard Plain]] by the Allied [[15th Army Group]] started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the [[Surrender of Caserta|surrender of German forces in Italy]].<br />
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==Allied Forces Headquarters Mediterranean==<br />
{{main|AFHQ}}<br />
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[[File:AFHQ_SSI.jpg|22px]]'''Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre'''<br /><br />
Field Marshal '''[[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Sir Harold Alexander]]'''<br /><br />
: '''Deputy''': Lieutenant General [[Joseph T. McNarney]]<br /><br />
: '''Chief of Staff''': Lieutenant-General [[William Duthie Morgan|William Morgan]]<ref name="Jackson196">Jackson (1988), p. 196.</ref><br /><br />
: '''Air Commander-in Chief [[Mediterranean Allied Air Forces]]:''' Lieutenant General [[John K. Cannon]]<br />
<br />
===[[File:US_15th_Army_Group.png|22px]] Allied [[15th Army Group]]===<br />
General '''[[Mark Wayne Clark]]'''<br />
<br />
:'''Chief of Staff:''' Major General [[Alfred Gruenther|Alfred M. Gruenther]]<br />
<br />
====US Fifth Army====<br />
{{main|Fifth United States Army}}<br />
[[File:Lt._Gen._Lucian_K._Truscott_Jr_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott]] <br />
Lieutenant General '''[[Lucian Truscott|Lucian K. Truscott]]'''<br />
<br />
: '''Army troops'''<br />
:: [[File:85th_Division_SSI.svg|22px]] '''[[85th Infantry Division (United States)|85th Infantry "Custer" Division]]'''<br />
:: Major General '''[[John B. Coulter]]'''<br />
::: Infantry: 337th, 338th, 339th Infantry Regiments<br />
::: Artillery–105mm: 328th, 329th, 910th Field Artillery Battalions<br />
::: Artillery–155mm: 403rd Field Artillery Battalion<br />
:: [[File:US_92nd_Infantry_Division_SVG.svg|22px]] '''[[92nd Infantry Division (United States)|92nd Infantry "Buffalo Soldiers" Division (Colored)]]'''{{efn|I.e., all black}}<br />
:: Major General '''[[Edward M. Almond]]'''<br />
::: Infantry: [[370th Infantry Regiment (United States)|370th (Colored)]], [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|442nd (''Nisei'')]]{{efn|Japanese-American}}{{efn|Attached 30 Mar 1945}}, [[473rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|473rd]]{{efn|Attached 24 Feb 1945}} Infantry Regiments<br />
::: Artillery–105mm: 597th, 598th, 599th, 600th Field Artillery Battalions (all Colored)<br />
::: Armor–Tank: 758th Light Tank Battalion, 760th Tank Battalion (less two companies)<br />
::: Armor–TD: 679th, 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (less two companies)<br />
<br />
''Corps deployed west to east:''<br />
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=====IV Corps=====<br />
{{main|IV Corps (United States)}}<br />
Lieutenant General '''[[Willis D. Crittenberger]]'''<br />
: '''Corps troops'''<br />
:: 365th Infantry Regiment{{efn|Detached from 92nd Infantry Division}}<br />
:: 371st Infantry Regiment{{efn|Detached from 92nd Infantry Division}}<br />
:: 751st Tank Battalion (plus one company 760th Tank Battalion)<br />
:: 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion (plus elements 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion)<br />
: [[File:United_States_Army_1st_Armored_Division_CSIB.svg|22px]] '''[[1st Armored Division (United States)|1st Armored Division]]'''<br />
: Major General '''[[Vernon Prichard]]'''<br />
:: Armor: 1st, [[4th Tank Battalion (United States)|4th]], 13th Tank Battalions<br />
:: Infantry: 6th, 11th, 14th Armored Infantry Battalions<br />
:: Artillery: 27th, 68th, 91st Armored Field Artillery Battalions<br />
: [[File:Shoulder_sleeve_insignia_of_the_10th_Mountain_Division_%281944-2015%29.svg|22px]] '''[[10th Mountain Division (United States)|10th Mountain Division]]'''<br />
: Major General '''[[George Price Hays]]'''<br />
:: Infantry: [[85th Infantry Regiment (United States)|85th]], [[86th Infantry Regiment (United States)|86th]], [[87th Infantry Regiment (United States)|87th]] Infantry Regiments<br />
:: Artillery: 604th, 605th, 616th Field Artillery Battalions<br />
:: Armor: 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion<br />
: [[File:Brazilian_Expeditionary_Forces_insignia_%28smoking_snake%29.svg|22px]] '''[[Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB)]]'''<br />
: General '''[[Mascarenhas de Morais]]'''<br />
:: 1st Brazilian Infantry Regiment<br />
:: 6th Brazilian Infantry Regiment<br />
:: 11th Brazilian Infantry Regiment<br />
[[File:Brazilian_Troops_-_Infantry_%26_M10_Crew%2C_Italy_April_1945.jpg|thumb|left|Brazilian troops with [[M10 tank destroyer]] in Italy, 1945]]<br />
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=====II Corps=====<br />
{{main|II Corps (United States)}}<br />
Major General '''[[Geoffrey Keyes]]'''<br />
: '''Corps troops'''<br />
:: [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|22px]] [[Mechanized Brigade "Legnano"|Combat Group "Legnano"]] ([[Italian Co-Belligerent Army]])<br />
::: 68th Infantry Regiment "Legnano"<br />
::: 69th Infantry Regiment "Legnano"<br />
:: 752nd, 757th Tank Battalions<br />
:: 804th, 805th Tank Destroyer Battalions<br />
: [[File:34th_%27Red_Bull%27_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg|22px]] '''[[34th Infantry Division (United States)|34th Infantry "Red Bull" Division]]'''<br />
: Major General '''[[Charles L. Bolte|Charles L. Bolté]]'''<br />
: Deputy: Brig. Gen. Harry B. Sherman<br />
:: Infantry: [[133rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|133rd]], [[135th Infantry Regiment (United States)|135th]], [[168th Infantry Regiment (United States)|168th]] Infantry Regiments<br />
:: Artillery–105mm: 125th, 151st, 175th Field Artillery Battalions<br />
:: Artillery–155mm: 185th Field Artillery Battalion<br />
: [[File:88th_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg|22px]] '''[[88th Infantry Division (United States)|88th Infantry "Cloverleaf" Division]]'''<br />
: Major General '''[[Paul W. Kendall]]'''<br />
: Deputy: Brig. Gen. [[James C. Fry]]<br />
:: Infantry: [[349th Infantry Regiment (United States)|349th]], 350th, [[351st Infantry Regiment (United States)|351st]] Infantry Regiments<br />
:: Artillery–105mm: 337th, 338th, 913th Field Artillery Battalions<br />
:: Artillery–155mm: 339th Field Artillery Battalion<br />
: [[File:US_91st_Infantry_Division.svg|22px]] '''[[91st Infantry Division (United States)|91st Infantry "Wild West" Division]]'''<br />
: Major General '''William G. Livesay'''<br />
: Deputy: Brig. Gen. [[Raymond E. S. Williamson]]<br />
:: Infantry: 361st, 362nd, 363rd Infantry Regiments<br />
:: Artillery–105mm: 346th, 347th, 916th Field Artillery Battalions<br />
:: Artillery–155mm: 348th Field Artillery Battalion<br />
: [[File:Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg|22px]] '''[[6th Armoured Division (South Africa)|6th South African Armoured Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Evered Poole]]'''<br />
:: 11th South African Armoured Brigade<br />
:: 12th South African Motorised Brigade<br />
:: 13th South African Motorised Brigade<br />
<br />
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<br />
====British Eighth Army====<br />
{{main|Eighth Army (United Kingdom)}}<br />
Lieutenant-General '''Sir [[Richard McCreery]]'''<br />
[[File:New_Eighth_Army_Commander_at_Tac_Eighth_Army_Headquarters,_Italy,_1_October_1944_TR2378.jpg|thumb|Lt-Gen Sir Richard McCreery]]<br />
<br />
: '''Army troops'''<br />
:: [[7th Queen's Own Hussars|7th Hussars]] (amphibious tanks)<br />
:: [[12th Lancers]] (armoured cars)<br />
:: 16th Army Group Royal Engineers<br />
:: 20th Army Group Royal Engineers<br />
:: 22nd Army Group Royal Engineers<br />
<br />
{{col-begin}}<br />
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<br />
=====V Corps=====<br />
{{main|V Corps (United Kingdom)}}<br />
Lieutenant-General '''[[Charles Keightley]]'''<br />
: '''Corps troops'''<br />
:: [[1st Army Group Royal Artillery]] (Five medium regiments)<br />
:: 2nd [[Army Group Royal Artillery]] (Five medium regiments)<br />
:: [[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|6th Armoured Division]] Artillery<br />
:: 54th Super Heavy Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] (less two batteries)<br />
: '''Special forces'''<br />
:: Two squadrons [[Special Boat Service]]<br />
:: Two troops [[Raiding Support Regiment]]<br />
:: 28th Brigade "Garibaldi" (Italian partisans)<br />
: [[File:WW1_British_56th_%281st_London%29_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg|16px]] '''[[56th (London) Division|56th Infantry Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[John Yeldham Whitfield]]'''<br />
:: [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)#1939 - 1945|24th Guards Brigade]]<br />
:: [[167th (1st London) Brigade|167th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[169th (3rd London) Brigade|169th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[2nd Special Service Brigade|2nd Commando Brigade]] (under command)<br />
:: [[9th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|9th Armoured Brigade]] (under command)<br />
:: [[27th Lancers]] (armoured cars) (under command)<br />
:: [[4th Hussars]] ([[Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)|Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers]])<br />
: [[File:78_inf_div_-vector.svg|22px]] '''[[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|78th Infantry Division]]<br />
: Major-General '''[[Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott|Keith Arbuthnott]]'''<br />
:: [[11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East|11th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[36th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|36th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Armoured Brigade]] (under command)<br />
: [[File:8th_indian_infantry_division.svg|22px]] '''[[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Dudley Russell]]'''<br />
:: [[17th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[19th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[21st Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[21st Army Tank Brigade]] (under command)<br />
: [[File:2nd_NZ.svg|22px]] '''[[2nd New Zealand Division]]'''<br />
: Lieutenant-General '''[[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg|Sir Bernard Freyberg]]''', VC<br />
:: [[4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade]]<br />
:: [[5th Infantry Brigade (New Zealand)|5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[6th Infantry Brigade (New Zealand)|6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade<br />
: [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|22px]] '''[[Motorized Brigade "Cremona"|Combat Group "Cremona"]]''' (Italian Co-Belligerent Army) <br />
: ''[[Military ranks of the Kingdom of Italy|Generale di Brigata]]'' '''[[Clemente Primieri]]'''<br />
:: 21st Infantry Regiment "Cremona"<br />
:: 22nd Infantry Regiment "Cremona"<br />
<br />
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<br />
=====X Corps=====<br />
{{main|X Corps (United Kingdom)}}<br />
Lieutenant-General '''[[John Hawkesworth (Army general)|John Hawkesworth]]'''<br />
: [[Jewish Brigade]] (from March 1945)<br />
:: Palestine Regiment<br />
: [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|22px]] '''[[20th Infantry Division "Friuli"|Combat Group "Friuli"]]''' (Italian Co-Belligerent Army)<br />
: ''Generale di Brigata'' [[Arturo Scattini]]<br />
:: [[87th Infantry Regiment "Friuli"]]<br />
:: 88th Infantry Regiment "Friuli"<br />
<br />
=====XIII Corps=====<br />
{{main|XIII Corps (United Kingdom)}}<br />
Lieutenant-General '''[[Sir John Harding]]'''<br />
: [[6th Army Group Royal Artillery]] (under command)<br />
: [[File:Flag_of_India.svg|22px]] '''[[Indian 10th Infantry Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Denys Whitehorn Reid|Denys Reid]]'''<br />
:: [[10th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[20th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[25th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
:: [[Lovat Scouts]] (under command)<br />
:: 2nd Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] (under command)<br />
: [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|22px]] '''[[Mechanized Division "Folgore"|Combat Group "Folgore"]]''' (Italian Co-Belligerent Army) <br />
: ''Generale di Brigata'' Giorgio Morigi<br />
:: [[183rd Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo"|Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo"]]<br />
:: [[San Marco Regiment|Navy Regiment "San Marco"]]<br />
<br />
=====Polish II Corps=====<br />
{{main|II Corps (Poland)}}<br />
Major-General '''[[Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko]]''' (acting commander)<br />
: '''Corps troops'''<br />
:: Army Group Polish Artillery<br />
:: 54th Super Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery (one battery)<br />
:: [[7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 7th Armoured Brigade]] (under command)<br />
:: [[43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade|43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade]] (under command)<br />
:: [[14th/20th Hussars]] ([[Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)|Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers]]) (under command)<br />
: [[File:Oznaka3dsk.png|22px]] '''[[3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland)|3rd Carpathian Rifle Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Bolesław Bronisław Duch]]'''<br />
:: 1st Carpathian Rifle Brigade<br />
:: 2nd Carpathian Rifle Brigade<br />
:: 3rd Carpathian Rifle Brigade<br />
: [[File:Zubr_2.png|22px]] '''[[5th Kresowa Infantry Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Nikodem Sulik]]'''<br />
:: 5th Wilenska Infantry Brigade<br />
:: 6th Lwowska Infantry Brigade<br />
:: 4th Wolwyn Infantry Brigade<br />
: [[2nd Armoured Brigade (Poland)|2nd Armoured Brigade]] (Brigadier-General [[Bronislaw Rakowski]])<br />
<br />
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=====Army Reserve=====<br />
: [[File:6th_Armoured_Division_flash.svg|22px]] '''[[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|6th Armoured Division]]'''<br />
: Major-General '''[[Horatius Murray]]'''<br />
:: [[26th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|26th Armoured Brigade]]<br />
:: [[1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Guards Brigade]]<br />
:: [[61st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|61st Infantry Brigade]]<br />
: [[25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers|25th Armoured Engineer Brigade]] (less detachments with assault divisions)<br />
: [[2nd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Parachute Brigade]]<br />
<br />
== Axis forces in Italy ==<br />
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=== Army Group C ===<br />
{{main|Army Group C}}<br />
''Generaloberst'' '''[[Heinrich von Vietinghoff]]''' (to 29 April)<br><br />
''General der Infanterie'' '''[[Friedrich Schulz]]''' (from 29 April to 2 May)<br><br />
''Generaloberst'' Heinrich von Vietinghoff (from 2 May)<br />
<br />
====West: Army Group Liguria ====<br />
{{main|Army Group Liguria}}<br />
Marshal '''[[Rodolfo Graziani]]'''<br />
<br />
: '''Corps Lombardia'''<br><br />
: Lieutenant-General '''[[Kurt Jahn]]'''<br />
:: [[3rd Marine Infantry Division "San Marco"]] (Major-General Amilcare Farina)<br />
:: Battle Group Meinhold<br />
::: Fortress Brigade 135<br />
::: Elements of the [[4th Alpine Division "Monterosa"]]<br />
<br />
: '''[[LXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|LXXV Corps]]'''<br><br />
: ''General der Gebirgstruppe'' '''[[Hans Schlemmer]]'''<br />
:: [[2nd Grenadier Division "Littorio"]] (Major-General [[Tito Agosti]])<br />
:: [[4th Alpine Division "Monterosa"]] (bulk of) (Colonel Giorgio Milazzo)<br />
:: [[5th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|5th Mountain Division]] (''Generalmajor'' [[Hans Steets]])<br />
:: [[34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|34th Infantry Division]] (''Generalleutnant'' [[Theo-Helmut Lieb|Theobald Lieb]])<br />
<br />
==== Center: Fourteenth Army====<br />
{{main|14th Army (Wehrmacht)}}<br />
[[File:Joachim_Lemelsen_%281888-1954%29.jpg|thumb|''GnlLt'' Joachim Lemelsen]]<br />
''Generalleutnant'' '''[[Joachim Lemelsen]]'''<br />
<br />
: '''[[XIV Panzer Corps]]'''<br />
: ''Generalleutnant'' '''[[Frido von Senger und Etterlin]]'''<br />
:: [[8th Mountain Division]] (Major-General [[Paul Schricker]])<br />
:: [[65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|65th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hellmuth Pfeifer]])<br />
:: [[94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|94th Infantry Division]] (Major-General Bernhard Steinmetz)<br />
<br />
: '''[[LI Mountain Corps]]'''<br />
: ''Generalleutnant'' '''[[Valentin Feurstein]]''' until March 1945 and then Lieutenant-General '''[[Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck]]'''<br />
:: [[1st Bersaglieri Division "Italia"]] (Major-General [[Mario Carloni]])<br />
:: [[114th Jäger Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Hans-Joachim Ehlert]] to 15 April 1945 then Brigadier-General [[Martin Strahammer]])<br />
:: [[148th Reserve Division (Germany)|148th Reserve Division]] (Major-General [[Otto Fretter-Pico]])<br />
:: [[232nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|232nd Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz]])<br />
:: [[German 334th Infantry Division|334th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hellmuth Böhlke]])<br />
<br />
==== East: Tenth Army ====<br />
{{main|10th Army (Wehrmacht)}}<br />
[[File:Traugott_Herr_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|''GnlLt'' Traugott Herr]]<br />
''Generalleutnant'' '''[[Traugott Herr]]'''<br />
<br />
: '''[[LXXVI Panzer Corps]]'''<br />
: Lieutenant-General '''Graff [[Gerhard von Schwerin]]''' (to 25 April 1945)<br />
: Major-General '''[[Karl von Graffen]]''' (from 25 April 1945)<br />
:: [[42nd Jäger Division]] (Major-General [[Walter Jost]])<br />
:: [[98th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|98th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt]] to 11 April 1945 then Brigadier-General Otto Schiel)<br />
:: [[162nd Turkoman Division]] (Major-General [[Ralph von Heygendorff]])<br />
:: [[362nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|362nd Infantry Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Alois Weber (general)|Alois Weber]])<br />
<br />
: '''[[1st Parachute Corps (Germany)|I Parachute Corps]]'''<br />
: Lieutenant-General '''[[Richard Heidrich]]'''<br />
:: [[1st Parachute Division (Germany)|1st Parachute Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Karl-Lothar Schulz]])<br />
:: [[4th Parachute Division (Germany)|4th Parachute Division]] (Major-General [[Heinrich Trettner]])<br />
:: [[23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|26th Panzer Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Alfred Kuhnert]] to 19 April 1945 then Major-General [[Viktor Linnarz]])<br />
:: [[278th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|278th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Harry Hoppe]])<br />
::: including the 1st Italian Assault Company "Forlì" ([[Pier Vittorio Riccardi]])<br />
:: [[305th Infantry Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Friedrich von Schellwitz]])<br />
<br />
: '''[[LXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|LXXIII Corps]]'''<br />
: Lieutenant-General '''[[Anton Dostler]]'''{{efn|Executed by US for war crimes}}<br />
:: Minor units watching the coast between the [[Po (river)|Po]] and Venice<br />
<br />
: '''[[LXXXXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|LXXXXVII Corps]]''' (transferred to [[Army Group E]] in Yugoslavia on 10 April)'''<br />
: General of the Mountain Troops '''[[Ludwig Kübler]]'''{{efn|Executed by Yugoslavia for war crimes}}<br />
:: [[188th Mountain Division]] (Major-General [[Hans von Hößlin]])<br />
:: [[237th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|237th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Hans von Grävenitz]] until late April then Colonel [[Karl Falkner]])<br />
<br />
: '''Army Reserve'''<br />
:: [[29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|29th Panzergrenadier Division]] (Major-General [[Fritz Polack]])<br />
:: [[155th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|155th Infantry Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Georg Zwade]])<br />
<br />
====Army Group Reserve====<br />
:: [[90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|90th Panzergrenadier Division]] (Brigadier-General [[Heinrich Baron von Behr]])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
{{notelist|2}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
===Print===<br />
* {{cite book | first=Gregory |last=Blaxland| title=Alexander's Generals (the Italian Campaign 1944-1945)| publisher=William Kimber & Co|location=London | year=1979 | isbn=0-7183-0386-5}}<br />
* {{cite book | author-link=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}}<br />
* {{cite book| last1=Jackson| first1=General Sir William| last2=Gleave| first2=Group Captain T.P.|editor-last=Butler| editor-first=Sir James| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler | series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 2 - June to October 1944| publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=Uckfield, UK |year=2004| orig-year=First. pub. [[HMSO]]:1987| isbn=1-84574-071-8| name-list-style=amp}}<br />
* {{cite book| last1=Jackson| first1=General Sir William| last2=Gleave| first2=Group Captain T.P.|editor-last=Butler| editor-first=Sir James| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler | series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 3 - November 1944 to May 1945| publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=Uckfield, UK |year=2004| orig-year=First. pub. [[HMSO]]:1988| isbn=1-84574-072-6| name-list-style=amp}}<br />
* {{Cite book| first=Robin| last=Kay| title=Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste| chapter=Appendix VII — Fifteenth Army Group — Order of Battle as at 9 April 1945| chapter-url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2Ita-b7.html| series=The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945| url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2Ita.html| year=1967| publisher=Historical Publications Branch| location=Wellington, New Zealand}}<br />
===Web===<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.unithistories.com/default.asp |title=World War II unit histories and officers |access-date=2007-07-23 |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 }}<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx |title=Orders of Battle.com |access-date=2007-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717145740/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx |archive-date=17 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 |title=Axis History Factbook: German army order of battle |access-date=2007-07-23 |last=Wendell |first=Marcus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029135233/http://axishistory.com/index.php?id=30 |archive-date=29 October 2006 |df=dmy-all }}<br />
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