• Source: List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign

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.




United States






United Kingdom


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.




Canada






Free French forces & Fusiliers Marins






Free Polish forces






Free Belgian forces






Free Czechoslovak forces






Free Dutch forces






Free Norwegian forces


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 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:

Air Force
331 Squadron
332 Squadron
Navy
HNoMS Stord S-class destroyer
HNoMS Svenner S-class destroyer
HNoMS Glaisdale Hunt-class destroyer
HNoMS Andenes Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Eglantine Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Rose Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Nordkapp fishery protection vessel
Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573




See also


Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy




Notes






Citations






References


Armed forces during the Battle of Normandy in 1944 D-Day Overlord
Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
"The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
"British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944" (PDF). 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2010.
Berg, Ole F. (1997). I skjærgården og på havet – Marinens krig 8. april 1940 – 8. mai 1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Marinens krigsveteranforening. ISBN 82-993545-2-8.
OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org(en/fr)
Canadiansoldiers.com
Regiments.org
U.S. Army official site
Maj-Gen Hubert Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45, London: William Clowes, 1952. [NB: Personnel are given for whole North West Europe campaign].

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