Operation Husky order of battle

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.

Allied forces

Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean Supreme Commander: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Allied 15th Army Group

The Allied 15th Army Group was under the command of General Sir Harold Alexander.

U.S. 9th Infantry Division Commanded by Major General Manton S. Eddy.

Commanded by Major General Geoffrey Keyes.

U.S. 2nd Armored Division Commanded by Major General Hugh Joseph Gaffey. Divisional units were placed under the combat commands as needed.
Combat Command A
Combat Command B
41st Armored Infantry Regiment
66th Armored Regiment
67th Armored Regiment
14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
17th Armored Engineer Battalion
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Commanded by Major General Lucian Truscott
7th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
9th Field Artillery Battalion
10th Field Artillery Battalion
39th Field Artillery Battalion
41st Field Artillery Battalion
10th Engineer Combat Battalion

British Eighth Army

The British Eighth Army was under the command of General Sir Bernard Montgomery.

The British 46th Infantry Division formed a floating reserve, but it did not participate in the Sicily campaign.

Army Troops

2nd Special Air Service
No. 3 (Army) Commando
No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando
Three companies of 2nd/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
2nd/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Welch Regiment
7th Battalion, Royal Marines

British XIII Corps

XIII Corps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey.

105th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
6th Army Group Royal Artillery
24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
66th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
XIII Corps Troops Royal Engineers
56th Field Company, Royal Engineers
576th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
5th Infantry Division Commanded by Major-General Horatio Berney-Ficklin (succeeded by Major-General Gerard Bucknall on 3 August).
13th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Green Howards
1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
5th Divisional Engineers
38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
245th Field Company, Royal Engineers
252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
245th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division Commanded by Major-General Sidney Kirkman.
69th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Green Howards
7th Battalion, Green Howards
151st Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
168th (2nd London) Brigade
1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles
1st Battalion, London Scottish
10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
90th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
50th Divisional Engineers
233rd (Northumbrian) Field Company, Royal Engineers
501st (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers
505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
British 78th Infantry Division Commanded by Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh.
11th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
36th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles
56th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
138th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
49th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's) (machine gun)
78th Divisional Engineers
214th Field Company, Royal Engineers
237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
281st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
1st Airborne Division Commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson. This unit did not participate as a division.
1st Airlanding Brigade
1st Battalion, Border Regiment
2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
9th Field Company, Royal Engineers
1st Parachute Brigade
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost, Corps of Military Police
British 4th Armoured Brigade
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
44th Royal Tank Regiment
A Squadron, 1st (Royal) Dragoons

British XXX Corps

XXX Corps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese.

73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
5th Army Group Royal Artillery
57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
64th (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
70th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)
142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1st Canadian Infantry Division Commanded by Major-General Guy Simonds.
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
The Royal Canadian Regiment
1st Battalion, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
1st Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Royal 22e Régiment
1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment
1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment
1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
3rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry)
1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
No. 1 Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
1st Canadian Tank Brigade Commanded by Major-General Douglas Wimberley.
152nd Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
153rd Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, Black Watch
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
5/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
154th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Black Watch
7th Battalion, Black Watch
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
61st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (machine gun battalion)
7th Battalion, Royal Marines (under command 19 to 29 July)
274th Field Company, Royal Engineers
275th Field Company, Royal Engineers
276th Field Company, Royal Engineers
239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
23rd Armoured Brigade HQ 23rd Armoured Brigade HQ fought as Arrow Force in mid-July with 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (from 152nd Brigade) under command together with elements of 50th RTR and 11th (HAC) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery as well as an Anti-Tank battery and a machine gun company.
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
165th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
300th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
352nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
295th Field Company, Royal Engineers
346th Company Royal Army Service Corps
200th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Allied Mediterranean Naval Command

The Naval forces were under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham and was divided into several Task Forces.

8th U.S. Amphibious Force Command by Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt.
80.2 Escort Group
Destroyer Squadron 7
USS Plunkett (DD-431), Destroyers Flag
DesDiv 13
USS Niblack (DD-424)
USS Benson (DD-421)
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
DesRon 8
USS Wainwright (DD-419), Flag
DesDiv 16
USS Mayrant (DD-402)
USS Trippe (DD-403)
USS Rhind (DD-404)
USS Rowan (DD-405)
Shark Force
Dime Force, Task Force 81, commanded by Rear Admiral John L. Hall Jr., USN The Dime Task Force landed the U. S. Army First Division (reinforced) and attached units near Gela, Sicily.
Cent Force, Task Force 85, commanded by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN The Cent Task Force landed the U. S. Army Forty-fifth Division (reinforced) and attached units near Scoglitti, Sicily.
Joss Force, Task Force 86, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly, USN The Joss Task Force landed the U. S. Third Division (reinforced) and attached units near Licata, Sicily.
Task Force Organization
86.1 Cover and Support Group, Rear Admiral Laurance T. DuBose, USN
Cruiser Division 13
Destroyer Squadron 13
Nine LCG(L) British - Landing Craft Gun (Large)
Eight LCF(L) British - Landing Craft, Flak (Large)
86.2 Landing Craft Group, Commander L. S. Sabin, USN
LST Groups Two
LST Groups Three
LST Group Six
LST Division Seven (less LSTs 4 and 38)
LCI Flotilla Two
LCI Flotilla Four
LCT Group Thirty one Less LCTs 80, 207, 208, 214 Plus LCTs 276, 305 311, 332
LCT 12 British LCTs
HMS Princess Astrid - Landing Ship, Infantry (Small)
HMS Prince Leopold - Landing Ship, Infantry (Small)
86.3 Escort Group, Commander Block, USNR
USS Seer (AM-112)
USS Sentinel (AM-113)
7 PCs
26 SCs
6 YMS - auxiliary motor minesweepers
86.4 Joss Assault Force, Major General Truscott, USA
U. S. Army 3rd Division (reinforced) and attached units
86.5 Train
USS Moreno (AT-87)
USS Intent
USS Evea (YT-458)
USS Resolute
86.6 Force Flagship
USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
86.9 Joint Loading Control, Captain Zimmerli, USN
Kool Force (Floating Reserve)

Allied Air Forces

At the time of Operation Husky, the Allied air forces - the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces - in the North African and Mediterranean theatre were organized as the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (RAF). The major subdivisions of the MAC included the Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF) under the command of Lt. General Carl Spaatz (USAAF) with Air Vice Marshal James Robb as his deputy, the American 12th Air Force (also commanded by Gen. Spaatz), the American 9th Air Force under the command of Lt. General Lewis H. Brereton, and units of the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

Also supporting the NAAF were the RAF Middle East Command, Air Headquarters Malta, RAF Gibraltar, and the No. 216 (Transfer and Ferry) Group, which were subdivisions of MAC under the command of Tedder. He reported to the Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower for the NAAF operations, but to the British Chiefs of Staff for RAF Command operations. Air Headquarters Malta, under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park, also supported Operation Husky.

The "Desert Air Task Force" consisting of North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers (the 12th and 340th Bombardment Groups) and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters (the 57th, 79th, and 324th Fighter Groups) from the 9th Air Force served under the command of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force. These bomber and fighter groups moved to new airfields on Sicily as soon as a significant beachhead had been captured there.

In the MAC organization established at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the 9th Air Force was assigned as a subdivision of the RAF Middle East Command under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas.

Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder had his headquarters in Algiers, Algeria.

thumb|Principle Sicilian targets of the Northwest African Air Forces for Operation Husky.

Northwest African Air Forces

Lt. General Carl Spaatz had his headquarters for the Northwest African Air Forces in Maison-Carrée, Algeria (Air Commodore Kenneth Cross)

No. 323 Wing RAF
No. 73 Squadron, Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes
No. 255 Squadron, Bristol Beaufighters
No. II/5 Escadre (French Air Force), P-40 Warhawk fighters
No. II/7 Escadre (French Air Force), Spitfires
No. 283 Squadron, Supermarine Walrus air-sea rescue planes
No. 284 Squadron, Walrus air-sea rescue planes
No. 328 Wing RAF
No. 14 Squadron, Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers
No. 39 Squadron, Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers
No. 47 Squadron, Bristol Beauforts
No. 144 Squadron, Beaufighters
No. 52 Squadron, Martin Baltimore light bombers
No. 221 Squadron (Det.), Vickers Wellington medium bombers
No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Wellington bombers

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! American Units

| RAF Units

No. 13 Squadron, Blenheim bombers
No. 614 Squadron, Blenheims
No. 36 Squadron, Wellington medium bombers
No. 253 Squadron, Hawker Hurricane fighters
No. 274 Squadron, Hurricanes
No. 313 Squadron, Hurricanes
No. 500 Squadron, Lockheed Hudson light bombers
No. 608 Squadron, Hudsons
No. 1575 (Special Duties) Flight, Handley Page Halifax and Lockheed Ventura bombers

| 52nd Fighter Group Lt. Colonel James Coward

2nd Squadron, Spitfires
4th Squadron, Spitfires
5th Squadron, Spitfires

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414th Night Fighter Squadron, Bristol Beaufighters
415th Night Fighter Squadron, Beaufighters

| Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Units Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance

813 NAS (detached), Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers
820 NAS, Fairey Albacore c
821 NAS, Albacore n
826 NAS, Albacore r
828 NAS, Albacore r

| 81st Fighter Group Lt. Colonel Michael Gordon

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Oran, Algeria Sector: 92nd Squadron, Bell P-39 Airacobra fighters

1st Air Defense Wing: 91st Squadron, P-39 Airacobras 93rd Squadron, P-39 Airacobras

| Bone, Algeria Sector:

No. 32 Squadron, Hawker Hurricanes
No. 87 Squadron, Hurricanes
No. 219 Squadron, Beaufighters

| 350th Fighter Group Lt. Colonel Marvin McNickle

345th Squadron, P-39 Airacobras
346th Squadron, P-39 Airacobras
347th Squadron, P-39 Airacobras

| 2nd Air Defense Wing:

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No. 153 Squadron, Beaufighters

| 480th Antisubmarine Group Colonel Jack Roberts

1st Squadron, B-24 Liberator patrol planes
2nd Squadron, B-24 Liberators

Notes:

The 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadrons were assigned to NACAF for administration and placed under the operational control of the U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing 15 of the Moroccan Sea Frontier commanded by Rear Admiral (United States) Frank J. Lowry
Air Ministry was asked to provide two additional Wellington patrol squadrons. Asked? This is supposed to be an accurate historical document. Many things get asked for, but many less get provided.

Northwest African Tactical Air Force

Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham had his headquarters in Hammamet, Tunisia

27th Fighter-Bomber Group (USAAF) Lt. Colonel John Stevenson
522nd Squadron, A-36 Mustang ground attack aircraft
523rd Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
524th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
86th Fighter-Bomber Group (USAAF) Major Clinton True
525th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
526th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
527th Squadron, A-36 Mustangs
33d Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel William W. Momyer
58th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
59th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
60th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
99th Squadron, P-40, Detached
324th Fighter Group (USAAF) Colonel William McNown
314th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
315th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
316th Squadron, P-40 Warhawks
31st Fighter Group (USAAF) Lt. Colonel Frank Hill
307th Squadron, Spitfires
308th Squadron, Spitfires
309th Squadron, Spitfires
111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, P-51A Mustangs
Tactical Bomber Force Air Commodore Laurence Sinclair
No. 248 (Naval Co-operation) Wing
No. 69 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
No. 108 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
No. 221 Squadron RAF, Wellington bombers
No. 272 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
No. 683 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
Spitfire fighter plane units
No. 40 Squadron SAAF of the South African Air Force
No. 126 Squadron RAF
No. 185 Squadron RAF
No. 229 Squadron RAF
No. 249 Squadron RAF
No. 1435 Flight RAF
Other units
No. 23 Squadron RAF, counter-night-intruder operations with [[De Havilland Mosquito|

Mosquito]] fighter planes

No. 73 Squadron RAF Detachment (Det.), with Hurricane fighter planes
No. 256 Squadron RAF Det., with Mosquito night fighters
No. 600 Squadron RAF, Beaufighter night fighters
815 Naval Air Squadron Det. (Fleet Air Arm), Fairey Albacores

No. 216 (Transport and Ferry) Group

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Italian 6th Army

The Royal Italian Army's 6th Army co-located with Armed Forces Command Sicily in Enna and also commanded by Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni had command of all Royal Italian Army and German Army units on Sicily. The German Army Liaison Officer was Generalleutnant Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin

6th Army, in Enna - Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni; Chief of Staff Generale di Brigata Emilio Faldella
10th Anti-tank Artillery Grouping, in Agrigento
CLXI Anti-tank Group, in San Michele di Ganzaria (90/53 self-propelled guns)
CLXII Anti-tank Group, in Borgesati (90/53 self-propelled guns)
CLXIII Anti-tank Group, in Paternò (90/53 self-propelled guns)
131st Tank Infantry Regiment (commands Mobile Group "H")
XII Tank Battalion "L" (detached to Mobile Group "A")
1st Tank Company (Fiat 3000 tanks; detached to XII Army Corps for static airfield defense)
2nd Tank Company (Fiat 3000 tanks; detached to Mobile Group "H")
CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks); detached mobile groups D, E, and F)
CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks; detached to mobile groups A, B, and C)
IV Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to 4th Infantry Division "Livorno")
CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to mobile groups A, B, and C)
CCXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to XII Army Corps)
II Battalion/ 10th Arditi Regiment
DV Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Artillery Group (90/53 anti-aircraft guns mounted on Breda 51 trucks)
2x Bersaglieri motorcyclist companies
2x Anti-aircraft artillery batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
1x Anti-aircraft artillery battery (75/46 anti-aircraft guns)
19th Mining Engineers Company
Army Services

The 6th Army fielded more than 100 Anti-paratrooper units of about 30 men each. These units, with the oldest available local reservists, were tasked with searching for allied personnel - paratroopers and pilots - which had parachuted into Sicily behind the frontline.

Italian XII Army Corps

XII Army Corps, in Corleone - Generale di Corpo d'Armata Mario Arisio, from 12 July: Generale di Corpo d'Armata Francesco Zingales - responsible for Sicily to the West of a line from Cefalù to Licata
12th Army Corps Artillery Grouping
XIX Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
XXI Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
XXII Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
XLVIII Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
CXXI Motorized Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)
CXXII Motorized Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)
76th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
78th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
VII Anti-aircraft Artillery Group (75/46 anti-aircraft guns)
CIV Anti-tank Battalion, in Agrigento (47/32 anti-tank guns) (detached to 177th Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Regiment)
CX Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 2nd Battery detached to Mobile Group "A")
CLI Coastal Artillery Group (149/19 heavy guns, reinforcements from the Italian mainland)
CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; detached to 26th Infantry Division "Assietta")
I Bersaglieri Anti-tank Battalion, in Corleone (47/32 anti-tank guns)
1x Engineer battalion
2x Bersaglieri motorcyclist companies
Army Corps Services

Coastal Troops Command

Coastal Troops Command - Generale di Divisione Giovanni Marciani
136th (Autonomous) Coastal Regiment - responsible for the coast from the East of Palermo to including Cefalù
CIII Coastal Battalion
CDLXV Coastal Battalion
202nd Coastal Division - Generale di Brigata Gino Ficalbi - responsible for the coast from Mazara del Vallo to Sciacca
124th Coastal Regiment
CCCLXXVI Coastal Battalion
CCCLXXXVI Coastal Battalion
DXLIII Coastal Battalion
142nd Coastal Regiment
CCCLXXVII Coastal Battalion
CDXXVII Coastal Battalion
CDLXVI Coastal Battalion
CDXC Coastal Battalion
62nd Coastal Artillery Grouping
LVI Cannons Group (105/32 field guns)
LXXVI Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)
CLXXI Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
CLXXII Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
63rd Coastal Artillery Grouping
LV Cannons Group (105/32 field guns)
CXLI Coastal Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
CXLIII Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 howitzers))
CLVII Coastal Artillery Group (149/19 howitzers)
CCCIII Coastal Battalion
CIX Static Machine Gun Battalion
151st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company
102nd Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
Division Services
207th Coastal Division, in Agrigento - Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber, later Generale di Brigata Augusto De Laurentiis - responsible for the coast from Sciacca to Punta Due Rocche to the East of Licata
138th Coastal Regiment
CCCLXXX Coastal Battalion
CCCLXXXVIII Coastal Battalion
CDXX Coastal Battalion
139th Coastal Regiment, in Licata
CDXIX Coastal Battalion
CCCXC Coastal Battalion
DXXXVIII Coastal Battalion
177th Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Regiment (attached)
DXXV Bersaglieri Battalion
DXXVI Bersaglieri Battalion
DXXVII Bersaglieri Battalion
CIV Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns; detached from 12th Army Corps Artillery Grouping)
1st Motorized Machine Gun Company (attached)
12th Coastal Artillery Grouping
XXXV Coastal Artillery Group (3x 105/28 and 1x 75/27 batteries)
CXLV Coastal Artillery Group (2x 105/28 and 1x 75/34 batteries)
CLX Coastal Artillery Group (2x 149/35 and 1x 105mm/27 batteries)
CCXXII Coastal Artillery Group (2x 100/22 batteries)
CIV Coastal Battalion
CV Static Machine Gun Battalion
103rd Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
Division Services
208th Coastal Division - Generale di Divisione Giovanni Marciani (nominal) - Colonel Dal Monte (effective) - responsible for the coast from Palermo to Trapani
133rd Coastal Regiment
CCXLIV Coastal Battalion
CDXXIII Coastal Battalion
CDXCVIII Coastal Battalion
147th Coastal Regiment
CCCLXXVIII Coastal Battalion
CDXXXVIII Coastal Battalion
DXXXIX Coastal Battalion
28th Coastal Artillery Grouping
CXXIV Coastal Artillery Group (105/14 howitzers
CCXV Coastal Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)
CXII Machine Gun Battalion
164th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)
101st Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
517th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
Division Services
230th Coastal Division - Generale di Divisione Egisto Conti - responsible for the coast from the South of Trapani to Mazara del Vallo (division raised on 1 June 1943 from personnel of the 8th Marching Division and arrived in Sicily on 3 July 1943, augmented with units of the 202nd Coastal Division)
120th Coastal Regiment
CCXLV Coastal Battalion
DCCCLVII Coastal Battalion
DCCCLXXX Coastal Battalion
184th Coastal Regiment
CCCLXXXVII Coastal Battalion
CDXCVII Coastal Battalion
43rd Coastal Artillery Grouping
VII Coastal Artillery Group (1x 149/35 and 1x 155/36 batteries)
XX Coastal Artillery Group (1x 149/35 and 1x 155/36 batteries)
XXII Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
CCXVIII Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)
712th Machine Gun Company
Division Services
XXIX Coastal Brigade - Harbor Defense Command "N", in Palermo - Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Molinero
CCCIV Coastal Battalion
CCCXLIV Coastal Battalion
CDLXXVI Coastal Battalion
XXX Coastal Group "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"
I Group/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" (100/17 howitzers)
XLI Coastal Artillery Group
121st Battery, at Punta la Barbara (2x 152/45 cannons)
122nd Battery, at Aspra (2x 152/45 cannons)
2x batteries (1x with 75/27 field guns, 1x with 105/28 howitzers)
51st Heavy Artillery Battery

Tactical Groups

Tactical groups were created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Tactical Group "Chiusa Sclafani", in Chiusa Sclafani
10th Bersaglieri Regiment
XXXV Bersaglieri Battalion
LXXIII Bersaglieri Battalion
LXXIV Bersaglieri Battalion
CIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
4th Self-propelled Company (75/18 self-propelled guns)
10th Armored Car Squadron (AB 41 armored cars)
Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico", in the area of Alcamo and Partinico
171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri"/ 28th Infantry Division "Aosta"
CLXVIII CC.NN. Battalion
CLXXI CC.NN. Battalion
171st CC.NN. Machine Gun Company
I Group/ 22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta" (75/27 field guns)
Tactical Group "Inchiapparo-Casale", in the area of Inchiapparo and Casale
LI Bersaglieri Battalion
82nd Anti-tank Battery (75/39 anti-tank guns)
Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa", in the area of Campobello di Licata and Ravanusa
I Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"
XVII CC.NN. Battalion/ 17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta"
259th Machine Gun Company/ 17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta"

Mobile Groups

Mobile groups were fully motorized battle groups created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Mobile Group "A", in Paceco - Lieutenant Colonel Renato Perrone
Headquarters Company/ XII Tank Battalion "L"
1st Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns)
4th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)
3rd Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion
2nd Battery/ CX Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
2nd Section/ 328th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
Mobile Group "B", in Santa Ninfa - Lieutenant Colonel Vito Gaetano Mascio
Headquarters Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion
3rd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns)
6th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)
1st and 2nd companies/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion
161st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company
6th Battery/ CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
2nd Section/ 10th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
Mobile Group "C", in Portella Misilbesi - Lieutenant Colonel Osvaldo Mazzei
Headquarters Company/ CII Tank Battalion
2nd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns)
5th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)
4th Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion
104th Anti-tank company (47/32 anti-tank guns)
10th Battery/ IV Group/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (75/27 field guns)
4th Section/ 326th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

XII Army Corps Reserve

The 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" had been transferred from its bases and recruiting area in eastern Piedmont to Sicily in August 1941. The division's pre-deployment headquarters were in Asti, while's its two infantry regiments had been based in Asti (29th) and Tortona (30th), with the division's artillery regiment also based at Asti.

26th Infantry Division "Assietta" - Generale di Divisione Francesco Scotti, from 26 July: Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber
29th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"
3x Fusilier battalions
Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
30th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"
3x Fusilier battalions
Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"
XVII CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")
XVIII CC.NN. Battalion
259th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")
25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta"
I Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers; detached to XXIX Coastal Brigade)
II Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)
III Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
IV Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 10th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")
10th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "B")
326th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 4th Sections detached to Mobile Group "C")
XXVI Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
CXXVI Machine Gun Battalion
CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 6th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")
Mixed Engineer Battalion
50th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company (attached)
126th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)
Division Services

The 28th Infantry Division "Aosta" was one of three divisions, which recruited in Sicily. It mainly drafted men from western Sicily and had its peacetime headquarters in Palermo. It's two infantry regiments were based in Trapani (5th) and Palermo (6th), where also the division's artillery regiment was based.

28th Infantry Division "Aosta" - Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Romano
5th Infantry Regiment "Aosta"
3x Fusilier battalions
Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
6th Infantry Regiment "Aosta"
3x Fusilier battalions
Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri" (detached as Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico")
CLXVIII CC.NN. Battalion
CLXXI CC.NN. Battalion
171st CC.NN. Machine Gun Company
22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta"
I Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; detached to Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico")
II Artillery Group (75/27 howitzers)
III Motorized Group (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns)
IV Artillery Group (75/13 mountain guns)
328th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "A")
365th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)
XXVIII Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
CXXVIII Mixed Engineer Battalion
28th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)
Division Services

Italian XVI Army Corps

XVI Army Corps, in Piazza Armerina - Generale di Corpo d'Armata Carlo Rossi - responsible for Sicily to the East of a line from Cefalù to Gela to take command of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division, the Hermann Göring Division, the newly arrived 1st Parachute Division and the 29th Panzergrenadier Division which started to arrive in Sicily on 18 July. The commanding general was General der Panzertruppe Hans-Valentin Hube.
German XIV Panzer Corps, General der Panzertruppe Hans-Valentin Hube
382nd Panzergrenadier Regiment (reinforcements, arrived 11 July)
2x battalions (a third battalion remained in Naples)
904th Fortress Battalion
923rd Fortress Battalion
926th Fortress Battalion
4th Battery/ I Battalion/ 71st Werfer Regiment (15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 and 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42)
Panzer Division "Hermann Göring" - Generalleutnant Paul Conrath (attached to XVI Italian Army Corps until the activation of XIV Panzer Corps on 18 July)
104th Panzergrenadier Regiment
2x battalions
115th Panzergrenadier Regiment
2x battalions
129th Panzergrenadier Regiment
3x battalions
33rd Motorized Artillery Regiment
I Battalion (3x 10.5 cm leFH 18 batteries)
II Battalion (3x 17 cm Kanone 18 batteries; former 557th Heavy Artillery Battalion)
III Battalion (2x 10.5 cm leFH 18 and 1x mortar batteries)
IV Battalion (3x 10.5 cm leFH 18 batteries)
Panzergrenadier Battalion "Reggio", in Reggio Calabria
215th Panzer Battalion (6x Panzer III, 46x Panzer IV)
33rd Engineer Battalion
315th Anti-aircraft Battalion (2x 8.8 cm Flak, 1x 3.7 cm Flak and 1x 2 cm Flak batteries)
999th Signal Battalion
Division Services
1st Fallschirmjäger Division - Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich (commenced arriving by air on 12 July; the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment was held in reserve at Naples)
3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment
3x battalions
13th Mortar Company
14th Anti-tank Company
4th Fallschirmjäger Regiment
3x battalions
13th Mortar Company
14th Anti-tank Company
1st Parachute Artillery Regiment
I Battalion (3x batteries 7.5 cm GebG 36)
II Battalion (3x batteries 7.5 cm GebG 36; with the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment at Naples)
1st Parachute Machine Gun Battalion
1st Parachute Panzerjäger Battalion (7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank guns)
1st Parachute Engineer Battalion
1st Parachute Signal Battalion
Division Services
29th Panzergrenadier Division - Generalmajor Walter Fries (commenced arriving in Sicily on 18 July)
15th Panzergrenadier Regiment
3x battalions
13th Mortar Company (6x sIG Grille)
14th Anti-tank Company (3x 7.5 cm Pak 40, 6x 5 cm Pak 38)
71st Panzergrenadier Regiment
3x battalions
13th Company (6x sIG Grille)
14th Anti-tank Company (3x 7.5 cm Pak 40, 6x 5 cm Pak 38)
29th Artillery Regiment
I Self-propelled Battalion (18x le.F.H. Wespe)
II Battalion
III Battalion
129th Panzer Battalion (43x StuG III, 3x Panzer III K)
129th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (remained in Southern Italy)
29th Engineer Battalion
313th Anti-aircraft Battalion (2x 8.8 cm Flak and 1x 3.7 cm Flak batteries)
29th Signal Battalion
Division Services

Territorial Defense Command Palermo

The Territorial Defense Command was tasked with rear area security duties, the training of recruits, and the formation of units.

Territorial Defense Command Palermo, in Palermo
25th Military Zone, in Palermo
Infantry Complementary Officer Recruits School
185th Coastal Regiment (activated on 20 May 1943)
186th Coastal Regiment (activated on 1 June 1943 - not fully mobilized)

Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria

Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria, in Messina
50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th Coastal CC.NN. companies
Sicilian Command Group North, in Fort Menaja
Coastal Artillery Battery "Masotto" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)
Coastal Artillery Battery "Spartà" (3x 152/45 naval guns and 1x 120/40 naval gun)
Coastal Artillery Battery "Mezzacapo" (4x 120/50 naval guns)
Artillery Battery "RE 198" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)
Searchlights at Pace del Mela and Torre Faro; optical telegraph at Fort Spuria; reconnaissance station at Piano del Giglio
Anti-aircraft Command Group North, at Tremonti
Dual-role Battery "MS 123" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 400" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 475" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 577" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 724" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 949" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Sicilian Command Group South, in Puntale Cappellaro
Coastal Artillery Battery "Cavalli" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)
Coastal Artillery Battery "Margottini" (3x 152/45 naval guns and 1x 120/40 naval gun)
Coastal Artillery Battery "De Cristofaro" (4x 120/40 naval guns)
Artillery Battery "RE 199" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)
Searchlight at Tremestieri
Anti-aircraft Command Group South, at Montepiselli
Dual-role Battery "MS 3" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 280" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 525" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 611" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

After the allies had landed on Sicily the Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria was reinforced with every available anti-aircraft battery to protect the vital supply route over the Strait of Messina. Until the end of July the following anti-aircraft units had reached Messina:

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 120" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 159" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 253" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 277" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 328" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "RE 344" (8x 37/54 anti-aircraft guns; Royal Italian Army)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 349" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 434" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 477" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 553" (8x 37/54 anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 620" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Dual-role Battery "MS 713" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 807" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 881" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 905" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)
Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 940" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Additionally the German Army's 281st Flak Battalion had been transferred to Messina with eight 8.8 cm Flak and six smaller caliber anti-aircraft batteries. After arriving in Messina the 281st Battalion was renamed "Flak Subgroup Messina". Retreating Italian army troops brought a further three 75/46 and six 90/53 anti-aircraft batteries to Messina. On 2 August the retreating 22nd Flak Brigade of the Luftwaffe arrived in Messina and took command of all Axis air-defense units.

14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion, in Reggio Calabria
Maritime Military Sector Augusta-Syracuse, in Augusta
60th, and 63rd Coastal CC.NN. companies
Augusta Sector

Type 1 Operational Train (4x 120/45 Mod. 1918 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
Armored Train 120/1/S, in Siderno (attached to the 211th Coastal Division in Calabria)
Armored Train 120/3/S, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)
Armored Train 120/4/S, in Catania (attached to the 213th Coastal Division)
Type 2 Operational Train (4x 152/40 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
Armored Train 152/1/T, in Termini Imerese (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)
Armored Train 152/2/T, in Carini (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)
Armored Train 152/3/T, in Crotone (attached to the 212th Coastal Division in Calabria)
Type 3 Operational Train (6x 76/40 Mod. 1916 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
Armored Train 76/1/T, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)
Type 3-bis Operational Train (4x 76/40 Mod. 1916 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
Armored Train 76/2/T, in Licata (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)
Armored Train 76/3/T, in Mazara del Vallo (attached to the 202nd Coastal Division)
Type 4 Operational Train (6x 102/35 Mod. 1914 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
Armored Train 102/1/T, in Syracuse (attached to the 206th Coastal Division)

The ten armored trains did not take part in any combat operation after the allied landings in Sicily, as the allies' absolute air supremacy prevent the trains from leaving their camouflaged shelters. The eight trains based in Sicily were blown up by their crews during the retreat from the island.