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Operation Husky order of battle is a listing of the significant military and air force units that were involved in the campaign for Sicily, July 10 – August 17, 1943.
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
The division transferred to the Mediterranean theatre in June 1943 where the division, now under the command of Major General Guy Simonds after Major General Harry Salmon (who had taken command in September 1942) was killed in an air crash, took part in Operation Husky, code name for the Allied assault landing on Sicily on 10 July 1943, which ...
Five battle groups (each with a headquarters and service company, five rifle companies and a mortar battery) replaced the division's three regiments of three battalions each. The division's battle groups were: [41] 1st Airborne Battle Group (ABG), 187th Infantry (reassigned from the 24th Infantry Division on 8 February 1959) (1) [42]
Borneo campaign (1945) order of battle; Operation Brevity order of battle; Structure of the British Army in 1939; British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943; British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943
The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels" [1]) was an armored division of the United States Army.The division played important roles during World War II in the invasions of Germany, North Africa, and Sicily and in the liberation of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Fast convoys for the Allied invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky; reverse CNF NCS: Oran in French northwest Africa to Sicily: Jul 1943: Slow convoys for the Allied invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky: NE: New Zealand to the Panama Canal: 1942 to 1945: NG: New York City to Guantanamo, Cuba: Aug 1942 to May 1945 "New York to Guantánamo"; 207 ...