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Order of battle
Allied
Vice Adm. H. Kent Hewitt, USN
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, USA
Lt. Gen. Richard L. McCreery, BA
Maj. Gen. Ernest J. Dawley, USA
Allied Landing Forces
[1]
Embarked in Task Force 80 (Western Naval Task Force)
Vice Admiral
H. Kent Hewitt , USN
US Fifth Army
Lieutenant General
Mark Wayne Clark , USA
British X Corps (Lt. Gen.
Richard L. McCreery , BA)
US VI Corps (Maj. Gen.
Ernest J. Dawley , USA)
Northern Landing Force (South of Salerno)
Embarked in Task Force 85
Commodore G.N. Oliver , RN
British X Corps
Lieutenant-General
Richard L. McCreery , BA
46th Infantry Division (Maj.-Gen.
John Hawkesworth )
56th (London) Infantry Division (Maj.-Gen.
Douglas Graham )
7th Armoured Division (Maj.-Gen.
George Erskine )
3
US Ranger Battalions (Lt. Col.
William O. Darby , USA)
2
Commando Forces (Brig.
Robert Laycock )
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Southern Landing Force (Paestum)
Embarked in Task Force 81
Rear Admiral
John L. Hall Jr. , USN
US VI Corps
Major General
Ernest J. Dawley , USA
Axis
Fld. Mrshl. Albert Kesselring
GdPT Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Army Group C
[2]
Generalfeldmarschall
Albert Kesselring
Tenth Army
General
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen
Hermann Balck
Deployed along coast from north to south of Naples:
15th Panzergrenadier Division (Generalleutnant
Eberhard Rodt )
Panzer Division Hermann Göring (Generalmajor
Wilhelm Schmalz )
16th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant
Rudolf Sieckenius )
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LXXVI Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen
Traugott Herr
Deployed in Calabria and Apulia:
26th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant
Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz )
3rd Panzergrenadier Division (Generalleutnant
Fritz-Hubert Gräser )
29th Panzergrenadier Division (Generalleutnant
Walter Fries )
^ Morison 1954, pp. 391-394
^ Konstam 2013, p. 25
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