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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