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Operation Market Garden IV Preparation

Historic order of battle

Allied order of battle

1st Allied Airborne Army

  • 1st UK Airborne Division, in 3 brigades, 9 battalions plus divisional units, also attached 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group, 3 battalions.
  • 82nd US Airborne Division, in 4 regiments, 12 battalions plus divisional artillery in 5 battalions
  • 101st US Airborne Division, in 4 regiments, 12 battalions plus divisional artillery in 4 battalions

2nd British Army, XXX Corps

  • Guards Armoured Division, Irish Guards group and 2 brigades, 9 battalions plus a lot of various divisional units
  • 43rd Wessex Division, 3 brigades, 9 battalions plus divisional units
  • 50th Northumbrian Division, 3 brigades, 9 battalions plus divisional units
  • 8th Indep. Armoured Brigade Group, 1 brigade
  • 157th Infantry Brigade Group, 1 brigade
  • Royal Netherlands “Princess Irene” Brigade

2nd British Army, VIII and XII Corps

These 2 corps do the flanking operation. For the game, we can probably ignore them.

German order of battle

Commander in Chief Holland (CO: General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen)

  • II SS Pz Corps, a lot of various units. Most important
    • 9 SS Pz Div “KG Hohenstaufen”, in various battalions, regiments
    • 10 SS Pz Div “KG Frundsberg”, in various battalions, regiments
  • KG “Von Tettau”, in various battalions, regiments
  • KG “Knoche”, in various battalions

Army Group B (CO: Feldmarschall Walther Model)

  • 15th Army
    • 87 Corps
      • 346 Inf. Div, 711 Static. Div, 719 Coastal Div
    • 88 Corps
      • 59 Inf. Div, 6 battalions (plus various other)
      • 245 Inf. Div, var. battalions
      • 712 Inf. Div, var. battalions
      • 85 Inf Div, KG Chill, 6 battalions
  • 86 Corps
    • KG Walther, 2 battalions (whatever there is left)
    • 7 Para Div. Erdmann, 10 battalions (whatever there is left)
    • 176 Inf. Div (various units)
  • 1 Para Army
  • Luftwaffe West
  • Various reserves
    • 506 Pz. Res. heavy tanks
    • II Para Corps, 4 battalions (whatever there is left)
    • WK 6, Corps Feldt
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