Duitse - Schotse - Engelse en Canadese eenheden die meevochten tijdens operatie Veritable
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Op deze pagina ziet u een overzicht welke eenheden er allemaal hebben mee gedaan tijdens operatie Veritable. |
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De
eenheden van de Slag om het Rijnland. (vrije
vertaling: Leo Zilessen). Gegevens
over “de Slag om het Rijnland” (ook over het Reichswald) kan
men nalezen in het boekwerk “The Rhineland 1945, the last killing
ground in the West” van Ken Ford. ·
Duitse en Canadese formaties- Het
offensief tegen Nazi-Duitsland werd uitgevoerd door het Eerste Canadese
Leger, dat ongeveer een 500.000 manschappen onder zich had, opgesplitst
in twee Korpsen. ·
Het Tweede Canadese Korps- Het
Tweede Canadese Korps bestond uit twee Canadese Infanterie Divisies, een
Canadese Armoured Division (=Pantser Divisie), een Canadese Independent
Armoured Brigade en gedurende de Slag van Operatie Veritable, de Britse
Units: de 15de en 52ste Infanterie Divisies en de
11de Armoured Division. ·
Het Britse XXX Korps- In
het Britse XXX Korps waren ondergebracht, zes Infanterie Divisies, een Pantser
Divisie, elf Regimenten (waarin ook de 79ste Armoured Division) en
vijf groepen Royal Artillery waarvan de laatsten beschikten over 1000 kanonnen
!! Ook had het Korps nog onder zich, twee Luchtafweer (Artillerie) Brigades. ***INFANTRY DIVISIONS*** 2nd Canadian Infantry Division 2.Can.Corps 3rd Infantry Division (carried the battle honour "Rhineland") 3rd Canadian Infantry Division 2.Can.Corps 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 2.Can.Corps 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division XXX Corps 51st (Highland) Infantry Division XXX Corps 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division XXX Corps 53rd (Welch) Infantry Division XXX Corps ***ARMOURED DIVISIONS*** Guards Armoured Division XXX Corps 4th Canadian Armoured Division 2.Can.Corps 11th Armoured Division 2.Can.Corps 79th Armoured Division (split up, but mostly in XXX Corps) ***INDEPENDENT ARMOURED BRIGADES*** 2.Canadian Armoured Brigade 2.Can.Corps 4th Armoured Brigade XXX Corps 6th Guards Armoured Brigade XXX Corps 8th Armoured Brigade XXX Corps 34th Armoured Brigade XXX Corps 2.CANADIAN DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. A.B.Matthews) 4th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig.F.N.Cabeldu) The Royal Regiment of Canada The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth regiment) The Essex Scottish Regiment 5th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig.W.J.Megill) The Black Watch of Canada (Royal Highlanders) Le Regiment de Maisonneuve The Calgary Highlanders 6th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig.R.H.Keefler) Les Fusiliers Mont Royal The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The South Saskatchewan Regiment Artillery 4th Field Regiment 5th Field Regiment 6th Field Regiment 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 3rd INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. I.G.Whistler) RAC- 3rd Recce Regiment MMG- 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment 8th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. E.H.Goulburn) 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment 9th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. G.D.Renny) 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles 185th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. F.R.G.Martews) 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Artillery (Self-Propelled) 7th Field Regiment 33rd Field Regiment 76th Field Regiment 20th Anti-Tank Regiment 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft regiment 3rd CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. D.C.Spry) RAC- 7th Recce Regt. Duke of Yorks Royal Canadian Hussars MMG- The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 7th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.G.Spragge, from 20.02.45 Brig. T.G. Gibson) The Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Regina Rifles Regiment The Canadian Scottish Regiment 8th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.A. Roberts) The Queens Own Rifles Le Regiment de la Chaudière The North Shore Regiment (New Brunswick) 9th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.M.Rockingham) The Highland Light Infantry of Canada The Stormond,Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders The North Nova Scotia Highlanders Artillery 12th Field Regiment 13th Field Regiment 14th Field Regiment 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 15th (SCOTTISH) INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. C.M.Barber) RAC- 15th Recce Regiment MMG- 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment 44th Infantry (Lowland) Brigade (C.O. Brig. Hon.H.C.Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce) 8th Battalion Royal Scots 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers 46th Infantry (Highland) Brigade (C.O. Brig. R.M. Villers) 9th Battalion Cameronians 2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 227th Infantry (Highland) Brigade (C.O. Brig. E.C.Colville) 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Artillery 131st Field Regiment 181st Field Regiment 190th Field Regiment 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Northumberland Hussars) 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 43rd (WESSEX) INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. G.I.Thomas) RAC- 43rd Recce Regiment MMG- 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 129th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.O.E. Vandeleur) 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 130th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. B.A. Coad) 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 214th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. H. Essame) 7th Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall´s Light Infantry Artillery 92nd Field Regiment 112th Field Regiment 179th Field Regiment 59th Anti-Tank Regiment 110th Anti-Aircraft Regiment 51st (HIGHLAND) INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. T.G. Rennie) RAC- 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry MMG 1/7 Battalion Middlesex Regiment 152nd Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. A.J.H. Cassel) 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 153rd Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.R.Sinclair) 5th Battalion Black Watch 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders 5/7 Battalion Gordon Highlanders 154th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.A. Oliver) 1st Battalion Black Watch 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Artillery 126th Field Regiment 127th Field Regiment 128th Field Regiment 61st Anti-Tank Regiment 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 52nd (LOWLAND) INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. E. Hakewill-Smith) RAC- 52nd Recce Regiment MMG- 7th Battalion Manchester Regiment 155th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.F.S. MacLaren) 7/9 Battalion Royal Scots 4th Battalion King´s Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 156th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. G.D.Renny) 4/5 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion Cameronians 7th Battalion Cameronians 157th Infantry brigade (C.O. Brig. E.H.G.Grant) 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion King´s Own Scottish Borderers Artillery 79th Field Regiment 80th Field Regiment 186th Field Regiment 54th Anti-Tank Regiment (Queens Own Royal Glasglow Yeomanry) 108th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 53rd (WELCH) INFANTRY DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. R.K.Ross) RAC- 53rd Recce Regiment MMG- 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment 71st Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. M. Erlington) 4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry 158th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.H.O.Wilsey) 7th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 1/5 Battalion Welch Regiment 160th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. C.F.C. Coleman) 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Battalion Welch Regiment 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment Artillery 81st Field Regiment 83rd Field Regiment 133rd Field Regiment 71st Anti-Tank Regiment 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment ***ARMOURED DIVISIONS*** GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. A.H.S. Adair) RAC- 268 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC- 2nd Armoured Recce Battalion Welsh Guards MMG- 1st Company Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Guards Armoured brigade (C.O. Brig. N.W. Gwatkin) 2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards 1st Armoured battalion Coldstream Guards 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards 1st Motor Battalion Grenadier Guards 32nd Guards Brigade (C.O. Brig. G.F. Johnson) 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion Irish Guards 2nd Battalion Scots Guards Artillery 55th Field regiment 153rd Field Regiment (Leicestershire Yeomanry) 21st Anti-Tank regiment 94th light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 4th CANADIAN ARMOURED DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. C. Vokes) RAC- MMG- 4th Armoured Brigade (C.O. Brig. R.W. Moncel) The Governor Generals Foot Guards The Canadian Grenadier Guards The British Columbia Regiment 10th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.C. Jefferson) The Lincoln and Welland Regiment The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise´s) The Algonquin Regiment The Lake Superior Regiment Artillery 15th Field Regiment 23rd Field Regiment 5th Anti-Tank regiment 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 11th ARMOURED DIVISION ( C.O. Maj.-Gen. G.P.B.Roberts) RAC- 270th Forward Delivery Squadron RAC- 15/19 King´s Royal Hussars 29th Armoured Brigade (C.O. Brig. C.B.C. Harvey) 23rd Hussars Regiment 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 8th Motor Battalion The Rifle Brigade 159th Infantry Brigade (C.O. Brig. J.B.Churcher) 4th Battalion King´s Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment Artillery 13th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (HAC) 151st Field Regiment (Ayshire Yeomanry) 75th Anti-Tank Regiment 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 79th ARMOURED DIVISION (C.O. Maj.-Gen. Sir P.C.S.Hobart) The 79th did not operate as a division in the same sense as the other divisions. Due to it´s specialist vehicles, mine clearing etc, the unit found itself split up amongst the other Divisions and Independent Brigades. Sherman Flails, AVRE, Buffalos and Kangaroo personnel carriers. RAC- 264th Special Delivery Squadron RAC-269th Forward Delivery Squadron RAC- 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment RAC- 49th Armoured Carrier Regiment 30th Armoured Brigade (C.O. Brig. N.W. Duncan) 22nd Dragoons 1st Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1st Army Armoured Brigade (C.O. Brig. P.S.B. Sydenham) 11th Royal Tank Regiment 42nd Royal Tank Regiment 49th Royal Tank Regiment 1st Assault Brigade 5th Assault Regiment 6th Assault Regiment 42nd Assault Regiment 87th Assault Dozer Squadron 149th Assault Park Squadron ***INDEPENDENT ARMOURED BRIGADES*** ( A= Infantry support. B= without infantry support) 2nd CANADIAN ARMOURED BRIGADE - - - 4th ARMOURED BRIGADE (A) (C.O. Brig. R.M.P. Carver) Royal Scots Greys 3rd County of London Yeomanry 44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Battalion King´s Royal Rifle Corps (Motor) 6th GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE (B) (C.O. Brig. W.D.C. Greenacre) 4th Tank Battalion Grenadier Guards 4th Tank Battalion Coldstream Guards 3rd Tank Battalion Scots Guards 8th ARMOURED BRIGADE (A) (C.O. Brig. G.E. Prior-Palmer) 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards 13/18 Hussars Notinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) 12th Battalion King´s Royal Rifle Corps (Motor) 34th ARMOURED BRIGADE (A) (C.O. Brig. W.S. Clarke) 107th Royal Armoured Corps 147th Royal Armoured Corps 9th Royal Tank Regiment GERMAN WEHRMACHT FORMATIONS The German formations in the battle of the Reichwald (Operation Veritable) 1945, came under the control of General Schlemm (FIRST PARACHUTE ARMY), he fought a costly delaying action, his Corps consisted of the 2. PARACHUTE CORPS, 47. PANZER CORPS and the 86. INFANTRY CORPS. Many of the German formations were weak battle groups recovering from the earlier battles in Normandy or the Eastern Front. Some Divisions were only at Brigade level. But the Germans did have a number of Jagdpanters, and six of the heavy rocket firing Sturmtiger, of which only 12 were built. 2.PARACHUTE CORPS ( Gen. Meindl) 47. PANZER CORPS ( Gen. Von Lüttwitz) 86. INFANTRY CORPS (Gen. Staube) 84. INFANTRY DIVISION- Wehrkreis VI (C.O. Col. Fiebig) 1051. Grenadier Regiment 1052. Grenadier Regiment 1062. Grenadier Regiment 184. Artillery Regiment 84. Füsilier Battalion 184. Anti-Tank Battalion 184. Engineer Battalion 184. Signal Battalion 180. INFANTRY DIVISION- Verden Wkr. X ( C.O. Maj.-Gen. Bernhard Klosterkemper) 1221. Grenadier Regiment 1222. Grenadier Regiment 1223. Grenadier Regiment 180. Artillery Regiment 180. Füsilier Battalion 180. Anti-Tank Battalion 180. Engineer Battalion 180 Signal Battalion 190. INFANTRY DIVISION- Neumünster Wkr. X ( C.O. Lt.-Gen. Ernst Hammer) 1224. Grenadier Regiment 1225. Grenadier Regiment 1226. Grenadier Regiment 116. PANZER DIVISION- Rheine Wkr. VI ( Maj.-Gen. Siegfried von Waldenburg) 116. Panzer Battalion 60. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 156. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 146. Motorized Artillery Regiment 59. Motorcycle Battalion (may have had Armoured Cars by this time) 116. Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 146. Anti-Tank Battalion 146. Motorized Engineer Battalion 228. Motorized Signal Battalion (130.) PANZER LEHR DIVISION- Wehrkreis III ( C.O. Lt.-Gen. Fritz Bayerlein) 130. Panzer Regiment 901. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 902. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 130. Panzer Artillery Regiment 130. Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 130. Anti-Tank Battalion 130. Panzer Engineer Battalion 130. Panzer Signal Battalion 311. Army Anti-Aircraft Battalion 15. PANZER GRENADIER DIVISION- Kaiserslautern Wkr. XII ( C.O. Col. Wolfgang Maucke) 115. Panzer Battalion 104. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 115. Panzer Grenadier Regiment 33. Motorized Artillery Regiment 115. Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 33. Anti-Tank Battalion 33. Motorized Engineer Battalion 33. Motorized Signal Battalion 6. PARACHUTE DIVISION- formed June 1944- Battlegroup Strength) ( C.O. Lt.-Gen. Hermann Plocher) 16. Parachute Regiment 17. Parachute Regiment 18. Parachute Regiment 6. Parachute Artillery Regiment 6. Parachute Anti-Tank Battalion 6. Parachute Engineer Battalion 6. Parachute Signal Battalion 6. Parachute Anti-Aircraft Battalion 6. Parachute Heavy Mortar Unit. 7. PARACHUTE DIVISION- formed September 1944 ( C.O. Lt.-Gen. Wolfgang Erdmann) 19. Parachute Regiment 20. Parachute Regiment 21. Parachute Regiment 7. Parachute Artillery Regiment 7. Parachute Anti-Tank Battalion 7. Parachute Engineer Battalion 7. Parachute Signal Battalion 8. PARACHUTE DIVISION- formed December 1944 ( C.O. Lt.-Gen. Wadehn) 22. Parachute Regiment 23. Parachute Regiment ( Never fully formed) 24. Parachute Regiment 8. Parachute Artillery Regiment (not fully formed) 8. Parachute Anti-Tank Battalion (not fully formed) 8. Parachute Engineer Battalion 8. Parachute Signal Battalion |