• Source: Spring Offensive order of battle
    • This is the order of battle for Operation Michael, part of the German Spring Offensive fought from 21 March to 5 April 1918 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. It was fought between mixed French, British and Dominion forces and the
      German Empire in the Somme region in northern France.


      German forces, Western Front




      = Army Group Crown Prince Rupprecht

      =
      Generalfeldmarschall Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
      Chief of Staff: General Hermann von Kuhl
      4th Army (18 divisions)
      General der Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Armin
      Chief of Staff: General Fritz von Loßberg
      6th Army (15 divisions)
      General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Hermann Baron von Lenz
      17th Army (28 divisions) *
      General der Infanterie Otto von Below
      Chief of Staff: General Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
      2nd Army (21 divisions)
      General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz
      Chief of Staff: Colonel Erich von Tschischwitz


      = Army Group German Crown Prince

      =
      General der Infanterie Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany
      Chief of Staff: Colonel Friedrich Bernhard Count von der Schulenburg
      18th Army (27 divisions)
      General der Infanterie Oskar von Hutier
      Chief of Staff: General Traugott von Sauberzweig
      7th Army (11 divisions)
      Generaloberst Max von Boehn
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Walther Reinhardt
      1st Army (12 divisions)
      General der Infanterie Fritz von Below
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert von Klüber
      3rd Army (11 divisions)
      Generaloberst Karl von Einem
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Wilhelm von Klewitz


      = Army Group Gallwitz

      =
      General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Richard von Pawelsz
      5th Army (12 divisions)
      General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel von Pawelsz
      Armee-Abteilung C (12 divisions)
      Generalleutnant Georg Fuchs
      Chief of Staff: Colonel Otto Baron von Ledebur


      = Army Group Duke Albrecht

      =
      Generalfeldmarschall Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
      Chief of Staff: Colonel Wilhelm Heye
      19th Army (10.5 divisions)
      General der Infanterie Felix Graf von Bothmer
      Chief of Staff: Colonel Hans Ritter von Hemmer
      Armee-Abteilung A (5 infantry, 2 dismounted cavalry divisions)
      General der Infanterie Bruno von Mudra
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Friedrich Baron von Esebeck
      Armee-Abteilung B (9 infantry, 1 dismounted cavalry division)
      General der Infanterie Erich von Gündell
      Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Hermann Drechsel


      British armies




      = Fifth Army

      =
      General Sir Hubert Gough

      III Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir R. H. K. Butler)
      58th (2/1st London) Division
      18th (Eastern) Division
      14th (Light) Division
      XVIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir I. Maxse)
      36th (Ulster) Division
      30th Division
      61st (2nd South Midland) Division
      20th (Light) Division (from 21 March)
      XIX Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir H. E. Watts)
      24th Division
      66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
      50th (Northumbrian) Division (from 21 March)
      8th Division (from 22 March)
      VII Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir W. N. Congreve )
      16th (Irish) Division
      21st Division
      9th (Scottish) Division
      39th Division
      35th Division (from 23 March)
      12th (Eastern) Division (from 25 March)
      US Army
      6th Battalion United States (railway) Engineers (2 companies)


      = Third Army

      =
      General Hon. Sir Julian Byng

      V Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir E. A. Fanshawe)
      47th (1/2nd London) Division
      63rd (Royal Naval) Division
      17th (Northern) Division
      2nd Division
      19th (Western) Division
      12th (Eastern) Division (from 8:30 p.m. on 25 March)
      IV Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir G. M. Harper)
      51st (Highland) Division
      6th Division
      25th Division
      19th (Western) Division (from 21 March)
      41st Division (from 22 March)
      42nd (East Lancashire) Division (from 24 March)
      62nd (2nd West Riding) Division (from 25 March)
      New Zealand Division (from 25/26 March)
      4th Australian Division (from 25/26 March)
      VI Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir J. A. L. Haldane)
      59th (2nd North Midland) Division
      34th Division
      3rd Division
      40th Division (from 21 March)
      Guards Division (from 22 March)
      31st Division (from 22 March)
      XVII Corps Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt.)
      15th (Scottish) Division
      4th Division
      Guards Division
      Cavalry Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir C. T. MacM. Kavanagh)
      1st Cavalry Division
      2nd Cavalry Division
      3rd Cavalry Division


      French Group of Armies of Reserve


      General Émile Fayolle


      = Third Army

      =
      General Georges Louis Humbert

      V Corps (General Maurice Pellé)
      125th Division (from 22 March)
      1st Dismounted Cavalry Division (from 23 March)
      9th Division (from 23 March)
      10th Division (from 23 March)
      55th Division (from 24 March)
      1st Division (from 25 March)
      35th Division (from 25 March)
      53rd Division (part, from 26 March)
      77th Division (part, from 26 March)
      II Cavalry Corps (General Félix Adolphe Robillot)
      22nd Division (from 24 March)
      62nd Division (from 24 March)


      = First Army

      =
      General Marie-Eugène Debeney

      56th Division (from 25 March)
      II Cavalry Corps
      1st Cavalry Division (from 26 March)
      5th Cavalry Division (from 26 March)
      6th Cavalry Division (from 27 March)


      Notes




      Footnotes




      Bibliography




      External links



      British order of battle 1914–1918
      Battles and Engagements France and Flanders 1918
      Nafziger: German Order of Battle

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