Slagorden ved Andet slag om el-Alamein

Slagorden ved Andet slag om el-Alamein er en opremsning af de væsentligste enheder, der deltog i slaget mellem den 23. oktober og den 3. november 1942.

8. Britiske Arme

Under ledelse af generalløjtnant Bernard Montgomery

Arme Tropper

• • 1. King's Dragoon Guards
  • 3. sydafrikanske panservogns Regiment
  • 4/8 sydafrikanske panservogns Regiment

• • 8. Arme Tropper Royal Engineers
  • 295. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 566. Arme Troppekompagni Royal Engineers
  • 568. Arme Troppekompagni Royal Engineers
  • 25. Felt Kompagni South African Engineers
  • 27. Felt Kompagni, South African Engineers
  • 31. Felt Kompagni, South African Engineers

• • 8. Armes Signalenhed

• • Hovedkvarteret for 8.britiske pansrede division (generalmajor Charles Henry Gairdner)
  • 146. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 73. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 56. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 6. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 9. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 145. Felt Park Eskadron Royal Engineers

• • 8. pansrede Divisions Signalenhed

• • 1. Kampvogns Brigade (brigadegeneral Price)
    • 42. Royal Tank Regiment
    • 44. Royal Tank Regiment

begge var udstyret med minestrygende Matilda kampvogne

XXX Britiske Korps

Under ledelse af generalløjtnant Oliver Leese

• • 2. Medium Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 64. Medium Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 69. Medium Regiments Royal Artillery

• • 66. Morter kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 11. Felt Kompagni, South African Engineers
  • 13. Felt Kompagni, South African Engineers
  • 22. Felt Park Kompagni, South African Engineers

• • XXX Corps Signalenhed

• 9. australske division (generalmajor Leslie Morshead)

• • 9. Division Kavaleriregiment
  • 2/2 Maskingeværbataljon
  • 2/3 Pionerbataljon

• • 2/7 Felt Regiment, Royal Australian Artilleri
  • 2/8 Felt Regiment, Royal Australian Artilleri
  • 2/12 Felt Regiment Royal Australian Artilleri
  • 3 Anti-Kampvogns Regiment, Royal Australian Artilleri
  • 4 Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment, Royal Australian Artilleri

• • 2/3 Felt Kompagni, Royal Australian Engineers
  • 2/7 Felt Kompagni Royal Australian Engineers
  • 2/13 Felt Kompagni Royal Australian Engineers
  • 2/4 Felt Park Kompagni Royal Australian Engineers

• • 9. Australske Divisions Signalenhed

• 24. australske brigade (brigadegeneral Arthur H.L. Godfrey)
  • 2/28. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, Western Australia (West Australia)
  • 2/32. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, Victoria (Victoria)
  • 2/43. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, South Australia (South Australia)

• 26. australske brigade (Brigadegeneral David A. Whitehead)
  • 2/23. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, Victoria
  • 2/24. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, Victoria
  • 2/48. Australske Infanteri Bataljon, South Australia

• 20. australske brigade (Brigadegeneral H. Wrigley)
  • 2/13th Australske Infanteri Bataljon, New South Wales
  • 2/15th Australske Infanteri Bataljon, Queensland
  • 2/17th Australske Infanteri Bataljon, New South Wales

• 23. britiske pansrede brigade (brigadegeneral George W. Richards) 186 Valentine Kampvogne
  • 8. Royal Tank Regiment [under kommando af 1. sydafrikanske division]
  • 40. Royal Tank Regiment
  • 46. Royal Tank Regiment
  • 50. Royal Tank Regiment

• 51. britiske Infanteri Division (Generalmajor Douglas Wimberley)
  • 51. Rekognosceringsbataljon
  • 1/7 Bataljon[The Middlesex Regiment (maskingeværbataljon)

• • 126. Felt Regiment Royal Artilleri
  • 127. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 128. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 61. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 40. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 274. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 275. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 276. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 239. Felt Park Kompagni Royal Engineers

• 51. Highland Divisions Signalenhed

• 152. britiske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral George Murray)
  • 2. Bataljon Seaforth Highlanders
  • 5. Bataljon Seaforth Highlanders
  • 5. Bataljon Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

• 153. britiske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral Douglas Graham)
  • 5. Bataljon Black Watch
  • 1. Bataljon Gordon Highlanders
  • 4/7 Bataljon Gordon Highlanders

• 154. britiske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral Henry W. Houldsworth)
  • 1. Bataljon Black Watch
  • 7. Bataljon Black Watch
  • 7. Bataljon Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

• 2. New Zealand division (generalløjtnant Bernard Freyberg)
  • 2 . NZ Division kavaleriregiment
  • 27. Bataljon (maskingeværbataljon)

• • 4. Felt Regiment Royal NZ Artilleri
  • 5. Felt Regiment Royal NZ Artilleri
  • 6. Felt Regiment Royal NZ Artilleri
  • 7. Anti-tank Regiment Royal NZ Artilleri
  • 14. Lette anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal NZ Artilleri

• • 6. Felt Kompagni Royal NZ Engineers
  • 7. Felt Kompagni Royal NZ Engineers
  • 8. Felt Kompagni Royal NZ Engineers
  • 5. Felt Park Kompagni Royal NZ Engineers

• • 2. New Zealand Divisions Signalenhed

• 5. New Zealand Infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Howard Kippenberger)
  • 21. Bataljon
  • 22. Bataljon
  • 23. Bataljon
  • 28. Māori Bataljon

• 6. New Zealand Infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral William Gentry)
  • 24. Bataljon New Zealand Infanteri
  • 25. Bataljon New Zealand Infanteri
  • 26. Bataljon New Zealand Infanteri

• 9. britiske pansrede brigade Brigade John Currie 35 Sherman, 37 Grant, 46 Crusader =118
  • 3. (The King's Own) Hussars
  • Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  • Warwickshire Yeomanry
  • 14. Bataljon The Sherwood Foresters

• • 1. sydafrikanske infanteridivision (generalmajor Dan Pienaar)
  • 3. sydafrikanske panservogns rekognosceringsregiment
  • Regiment President Steyn (Maskingeværbataljon)
  • 2. Regiment Botha

• • 1. Felt Regiment, Cape Felt Artillery, South African Artilleri
  • 4. Felt Regiment, South African Artillery
  • 7. Felt Regiment, South African Artillery
  • 1. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment, South African Artillery
  • 1. Anti-tank Regiment, South African Artillery

• • 1. Felt Kompagni, South African Ingeneers
  • 2. Felt Kompagni, South African Ingeneers
  • 3. Felt Kompagni, South African Ingeneers
  • 5. Felt Kompagni, South African Ingeneers
  • 19. Felt Park Kompagni, South African Ingeneers

• • 1. sydafrikanske Divisions Signalenhed

• 1. sydafrikanske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral E.P. Hartshorn)
  • 1. Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
  • 1. Royal Natal Carabineers
  • 1. Transvaal Scottish

• 2. sydafrikanske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral Evered Poole)
  • 1. Cape Town Highlanders
  • 1. Natal Mounted Rifles
  • 1./2. Felt styrke Bataljon

• 3. sydafrikanske Infanteribrigade
  • 1. Imperial Light Horse
  • 1. Rand Light Infanteri
  • 1. Royal Durban Light Infanteri

• 4. indiske infanteridivision (generalmajor Francis Tuker)
  • Central India Horse (Rekognoscering)
  • 5. bataljon 6. Rajputana Regiment (maskingevær)

• • 1. Felt Regiment Royal Artilleri
  • 11. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 32. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 149. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 57. Lette anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 4. Felt Kompagni, Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • 12. Felt Kompagni, Madras Sappers and Miners
  • 21. Felt Kompagni, Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 11. Felt Park Kompagni,Madras Sappers and Miners

• • 4. Indiske Divisions Signalenhed

• 5. indiske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral Dudley Russell)
• 1/4 bataljon The Essex Regiment
• 4. bataljon (Outram's) 6. Rajputana Rifles
• 3. bataljon Queen Mary's Own 10th Baluch Regiment

• 7. indiske infanteribrigade (brigadegeneral Alan Holworthy)
  • 1. bataljon The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 4. bataljon 16. Punjab Regiment
  • 1. bataljon 2. King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles

• 161. indiske infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Francis E.C. Hughes)
  • 1. Bataljon Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • 1. Bataljon 1. Punjab Regiment
  • 4. Bataljon 7. Rajput Rifles

XIII Britiske Korps

Under kommando af generalløjtnant Brian Horrocks

• • 577. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 578. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 576. Felt Park Kompagni Royal Engineers

• • 13. Korps Signalenhed

• 50. Britiske Infanteri Division (Generalmajor John Nichols)
  • 2. Bataljon Cheshire Regiment (maskingevær Bataljon)
  • 74. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 111. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 124. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 154. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 102. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 34. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 233. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 505. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 235. Felt Park Kompagni Royal Engineers

• • 50 Northumbrian Division Signalenhed

• 1. Græske infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Pausanias Katsotas)
  • 1. Infanteribataljon
  • 2. Infanteribataljon
  • 3. Infanteribataljon
  • 1. Artilleri Regiment
  • 1. Maskingeværkompagni
  • 1 Ingeniørkompagni

• 151 Britiske Infanteribrigade (tilknyttet 2. New Zealand Division 29. oktober – 3. november)

(Brigadegeneral Joscelyn E.S. Percy)

• • 6. Bataljon Durham Light Infanteri
  • 8. Bataljon Durham Light Infanteri
  • 9. Bataljon Durham Light Infanteri

• 69. Britiske infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Edward C. Cooke-Collis)
  • 5. Bataljon East Yorkshire Regiment
  • 6. Bataljon Green Howards
  • 7. Bataljon Green Howards

• 44 Britiske Infanteridivision (Generalmajor Ivor T.P.Hughes)
  • 44. Rekognoscerings Bataljon
  • 6. Bataljon Cheshire Regiment (maskingevær Bataljon)

• • 53. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 57. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 58. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 65. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 57. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 30. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 11. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 209. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 210. Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 211. Felt Park Kompagni Royal Engineers

• • 44. Home Counties Division Signalenhed

• 132. britiske infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Lashmer Whistler)
  • 4. Bataljon The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • 5. Bataljon The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • 2. Bataljon The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

• 7. Britiske pansrede division (Generalmajor John Harding)
  • 1. Household Cavalry Regiment
  • 11. Hussars [under kommando af 4. Pansrede Brigade]
  • 2. Derbyshire Yeomanry [under kommando af 8. Pansrede Division]

• • 3. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
  • 4. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 97. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 65. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 15. Light Anti-luftluftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 4. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 21. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 143. Felt Park Eskadron Royal Engineers

• • 7. Pansrede Divisions Signalenhed

• 4. Britiske let Pansrede Brigade (Brigadegeneral Marcus G. Roddick) 57 Stuart, 14 Grant –71 Kampvogne
  • Royal Scots Greys
  • 4./8. Hussars
  • 1. Bataljon King's Royal Rifle Corps

• 22. Britiske pansrede brigade (Brigadegerneral George "Pip" Roberts) 57 Grant, 46 Crusader, 19 Stuart-122 Kampvogne
  • 1. Royal Tank Regiment
  • 5. Royal Tank Regiment
  • 4. County of London Yeomanry
  • 1. Bataljon Rifle Brigade

• 131. infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral William Donovan Stamer)
  • 1/5 Bataljon Queens Regiment
  • 1/6 Bataljon Queens Regiment
  • 1/7 Bataljon Queens Regiment

• 1. Frie franske brigade (brigadegeneral Marie Pierre Koenig)
  • 2. Bataljon Fremmedlegionen
  • 3. Bataljon Fremmedlegionen
  • 1. March Bataljon

• • 1 Artilleriregiment

X Britiske Korps

Under kommando af generalløjtnant Herbert Lumsden

• • 571 Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 572 Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 573 Felt Kompagni Royal Engineers
  • 570 Felt Park Kompagni Royal Engineers

• • 10 Korps Signalenhed

• 1. britiske pansrede division (Generalmajor Raymond Briggs)
  • 12. Royal Lancers
  • 4/6 Sydafrikanske panservogns Regiment

• • 2. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
  • 4. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
  • 11. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [fra 8. Pansrede Division]
  • 76. Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artilleri
  • 42. Lette Anti-luftskyts Regiment Royal Artillery

• • 1. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 7. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 1. Felt Park Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 1. Pansrede Divisions Signalenhed

• 2. britiske pansrede brigade ( Brigadegeneral Arthur Fisher 92 Sherman, 68 Crusader-160 Kampvogne
  • 2. Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
  • 9. Queen's Royal Lancers
  • 10. Royal Hussars
  • Yorkshire Dragoons

• 7. britiske motoriserede brigade (Brigadegeneral Thomas J. Bosville)
  • 2. Bataljon Kings Royal Rifle Corps
  • 2. Bataljon Rifle Brigade
  • 7. Bataljon Rifle Brigade

• 10.britiske pansrede division (Generalmajor Alexander Gatehouse
  • Royal Dragoons
  • 1. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
  • 5. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (tilknyttet fra 8. Pansrede Division)
  • 104. Felt Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (tilknyttet fra 8. Pansrede Division)
  • 98. Felt Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 84. Anti-tankregiment Royal Artillery
  • 53. Lette Anti-luftskytsregiment Royal Artillery
  • 2. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 3. Felt Eskadron Royal Engineers
  • 141. Felt Park Eskadron Royal Engineers

• • 10 Pansrede Divisions Signalenhed

• 8. britiske Pansrede Brigade (Brigadegeneral Edward C.N. Custance)45 Crusader, 57 Grant, 31 Sherman-133 Kampvogne
  • 3. Royal Tank Regiment
  • Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
  • Staffordshire Yeomanry

• 24. britiske pansrede brigade (Brigadegeneral Arthur G. Kenchington) 93 Sherman, 45 Crusader=138 Kampvogne
  • 41 Royal Tank Regiment
  • 45 Royal Tank Regiment
  • 47 Royal Tank Regiment
  • 11 Bataljon Kings Royal Rifle Corps

• 133. britiske infanteribrigade (Brigadegeneral Alec W. Lee)
  • 2. Bataljon, The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 4. Bataljon, The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 5. Bataljon, The Royal Sussex Regiment

Panzer Armee Afrika

(Feltmarskal Erwin Rommel, Georg Stumme ved slagets start i Rommels fravær)

Tropper fra hæren

• 90. tyske lette infanteridivision (Generalmajor Ernst Strecker)
  • 155. PanzerGrenadier Regiment (med 707. tunge Infanteri Kanonkompagni)
  • 200. PanzerGrenadier Regiment (med 708. tunge Infanteri Kanonkompagni)
  • 361. PanzerGrenadier Regiment (tidligere franske fremmedlegionærer af tysk herkomst)
  • 190. Artilleriregiment
  • 190. Anti-tankbataljon
  • under kommando: Styrke 288 (PanzerGrenadier Regiment 'Afrika', de tre nedennævnte bataljoner er ikke en del af denne 8-10 kompagniers detachement)
    • 605. Anti-tank Bataljon
    • 109. Anti-luftskytsbataljon
    • 606. Anti-luftskytsbataljon

• 164. tyske lette infanteridivision (Generalløjtnant Carl-Hans Lungershausen)
  • 125. Infanteriregiment
  • 382. Infanteriregiment
  • 433. Infanteriregiment
  • 220. Artilleriregiment
  • 220. Ingeniørbataljon
  • 220. Cyklist enhed
  • 609. Anti-luftskytsbataljon

• Ramcke faldskærmsbrigade (Generalmajor Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke)
  • En bataljon fra hver af 2., 3. og yderligere et faldskærmsregiment
  • Uddannelsesbataljon Burkhardt
  • Faldskærmsartilleribatteri
  • Faldskærms anti-tankbataljon

Tyske Afrika Korps

(Generalløjtnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma)

• 15. tyske Panzer Division (Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst)
  • 8. Panzer Regiment
  • 115. PanzerGrenadier Regiment
  • 33. Artilleriregiment
  • 33. Anti-Kampvognsbataljon
  • 33. Ingeniørbataljon

• 21. tyske Panzer division (Generalmajor Heinz von Randow)
  • 5. Panzer Regiment
  • 104. PanzerGrenadier Regiment
  • 155. Artilleriregiment
  • 39. Anti-tankbataljon
  • 200. Ingeniørbataljon

Italienske Arme i Afrika

(Marskal Ettore Bastico)
(Note: Bortset fra Pistoia divisionen og tropperne i bagområderne, havde den Italienske hærs hovedkvarter i Afrika kun administrativ kontrol over de italienske styrker. Alle italienske styrker var under taktisk kontrol af Rommels Panzer Armee Afrika.)

• Pistoia Division
  • 35. Infanteriregiment
  • 36. Infanteriregiment
  • 3. Motoriserede Artilleriregiment
  • ?? Bersaglieri Bataljon

Giovani Fascisti (Ungfascisterne) Division

• 2 Infanteribataljoner

X Italienske Korps

(Generalløjtnant Edoardo Nebba; Generalajor Enrico Frattini havde midlertidigt kommandoen indtil den 26. oktober)

• 9. Bersaglieri Regiment
• 16. Korps Artillerigruppe
• 8. Arme Artillerigruppe

• 27. italienske infanteridivision Brescia (Generalmajor Brunetto Brunetti)
  • 19. Infanteriregiment
  • 20. Infanteriregiment
  • 1. Selvkørende Artilleriregiment
  • 27. Blandede Ingeniørregiment

• 17. italienske infanteridivision Pavia (Brigadegeneral N. Scattaglia)
  • 27. Infanteriregiment
  • 28. Infanteriregiment
  • 26. Artilleriregiment
  • 17. Blandede Ingeniørbataljon

• 185. italienske Faldskærmsdivision Folgore (Generalmajor Enrico Frattini)
  • 185. Faldskærmsregiment
  • 186. Faldskærmsregiment
  • 187. Faldskærmsregiment
  • 185. Faldskærmsartilleriregiment

XX italienske Korps

(Generalløjtnant Giuseppi de Stephanis)

• 8. Arme Artillerigruppe (del)
• 90. Ingeniørkompagni

• 132 italienske pansrede division Ariete (Major General Francesco Arena)
  • 132. Pansrederegiment
  • 8. Bersaglieri Regiment (motoriseret)
  • 132. Artilleri Regiment (motoriseret)
  • 3. Bataljon Lancieri de Novara
  • 3. Bataljon Nizza Cavalleria
  • 32. Blandede Ingeniørbataljon (motoriseret)

• 133. italienske pansrede division Littorio (Major General G. Bitossi)
  • 133. Kampvognsregiment
  • 5. Bersaglieri Infanteriregiment
  • 3. Artilleriregiment
  • 133. Artilleriregiment (del)
  • 3. Kampvognsgruppe Lancieri di Novara

• 101. italienske motoriserede division Trieste (Brigadegeneral Francisco La Ferla)
  • 11. Kampvognsrataljon
  • 65. Infanteriregiment
  • 6. Infanteriregiment
  • 21. Artilleriregiment
  • 8. Pansrede Bersagliereregiment
  • 52. Blandede Artilleribataljon

XXI Italienske Korps

(Generalløjtnant Enea Navarini; generalmajor Alessandro Gloria havde midlertidigt kommandoen indtil 26. oktober)

• 7. Bersaglieriregiment
• 24. Korps Artillerirruppe
• 8. Arme Artillerirruppe (del)

• 102. italienske motoriserede division Trento (Brigadegeneral Giorgio Masina)
  • 61. Infanteriregiment
  • 62. Infanteriregiment
  • 46. Artilleriregiment

• 25. italienske infanteri division Bologna (Generalmajor Giorgio Masina)
  • 39. Infanteriregiment
  • 40. Infanteriregiment
  • 205. Artilleriregiment
  • 25. Ingeniørbataljon

Referencer og kilder

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