Operation Grapeshot order of battle

Operation Grapeshot order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the Spring 1945 offensive in the Apennine Mountains and the Po valley in northern Italy, April 1945 – May 1945.

Allied Forces Headquarters Mediterranean
Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre: Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander Deputy Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief:: Lieutenant General Joseph T. McNarney Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General William Morgan Air Commander-in Chief Mediterranean Allied Air Forces: Lieutenant General John K. Cannon

Allied 15th Army Group

 * Commander: General Mark Wayne Clark


 * Chief of Staff: Major General Alfred M. Gruenther

U.S. Fifth Army
Commander:
 * Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott

Army Troops

 * U.S. 85th Infantry Division (Major General John B. Coulter)
 * 337th Regimental Combat Team
 * 338th Regimental Combat Team
 * 339th Regimental Combat Team
 * U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (Major General Edward M. Almond)
 * 370th Regimental Combat Team
 * 442nd (Japanese-American) Regimental Combat Team (attached)
 * 473rd Regimental Combat Team (attached)
 * 758th Light Tank Battalion
 * 760th Tank Battalion (less two companies)
 * 679th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (less two companies)

U.S. II Corps

 * Major General Geoffrey Keyes
 * Corps Troops
 * Italian Legnano Combat Group
 * 68th Italian Infantry Regiment
 * 69th Italian Infantry Regiment
 * 752nd Tank Battalion
 * 757th Tank Battalion
 * 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles Bolté)
 * 133rd Regimental Combat Team
 * 135th Regimental Combat Team
 * 168th Regimental Combat Team
 * U.S. 88th Infantry Division (Major General Paul W. Kendall)
 * 349th Regimental Combat Team
 * 350th Regimental Combat Team
 * 351st Regimental Combat Team
 * U.S. 91st Infantry Division (Major General William G. Livesay)
 * 361st Regimental Combat Team
 * 362nd Regimental Combat Team
 * 363rd Regimental Combat Team
 * 6th South African Armoured Division (Major-General Evered Poole)
 * 11th South African Armoured Brigade
 * 12th South African Motorised Brigade
 * 13th South African Motorised Brigade

U.S. IV Corps

 * Lieutenant General Willis D. Crittenberger
 * Corps Troops
 * 365th Infantry Regiment (detached from 92nd Infantry Division)
 * 371st Infantry Regiment (detached from 92nd Infantry Division)
 * 751st Tank Battalion (plus one company 760th Tank Battalion)
 * 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion (plus elements 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion)
 * U.S. 1st Armored Division (Major General Vernon Prichard)
 * 6th Armored Infantry Battalion
 * 11th Armored Infantry Battalion
 * 14th Armored Infantry Battalion
 * 1st Tank Battalion
 * 4th Tank Battalion
 * 13th Tank Battalion
 * U.S. 10th Mountain Division (Major General George Price Hays
 * 85th Infantry Regiment
 * 86th Infantry Regiment
 * 87th Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Brazilian Division (General Mascarenhas de Morais)
 * 1st Brazilian Infantry Regiment
 * 6th Brazilian Infantry Regiment
 * 11th Brazilian Infantry Regiment

British 8th Army
Commander:
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery

Army Troops

 * 7th Hussars (amphibious tanks)
 * 12th Lancers (armoured cars)
 * 16th Army Group Royal Engineers
 * 20th Army Group Royal Engineers
 * 22nd Army Group Royal Engineers

British V Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley
 * Corps Troops
 * 1st Army Group Royal Artillery (Five medium regiments)
 * 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery (Five medium regiments)
 * 6th Armoured Division Artillery
 * 54th Super Heavy Regiment R.A. (less two batteries)
 * Special Forces
 * Two squadrons Special Boat Service
 * Two troops Raiding Support Regiment
 * Italian 28th Garibaldi Brigade (Partisans)


 * British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General John Yeldham Whitfield)
 * 24th Guards Brigade
 * 167th Infantry Brigade
 * 169th Infantry Brigade
 * 2nd Commando Brigade (under command)
 * 9th Armoured Brigade (under command)
 * 27th Lancers (armoured cars) (under command)
 * 4th Hussars (Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers)
 * British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General Keith Arbuthnott)
 * 11th Infantry Brigade
 * 36th Infantry Brigade
 * 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
 * 2nd Armoured Brigade (under command)
 * Indian 8th Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Russell)
 * 17th Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 19th Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 21st Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 21st Army Tank Brigade (under command)
 * New Zealand 2nd Division (Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg VC)
 * 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
 * 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
 * 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
 * 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
 * Italian Cremona Combat Group (Italian Co-Belligerent Army)
 * 21st Italian Infantry Regiment
 * 22nd Italian Infantry Regiment

British X Corps

 * Lieutenant-General John Hawkesworth
 * Jewish Brigade (from March 1945)
 * Palestine Regiment
 * Italian Fruili Combat Group
 * 87th Italian Infantry Regiment
 * 88th Italian Infantry Regiment

British XIII Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
 * 6th Army Group Royal Artillery (under command)
 * Indian 10th Infantry Division (Major-General Denys Reid)
 * 10th Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 20th Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 25th Indian Infantry Brigade
 * 2nd battalion Lovat Scouts (under command)
 * 2nd battalion Highland Light Infantry (under command)
 * Italian Folgore Combat Group (Italian Co-Belligerent Army)
 * Nembo Regiment
 * San Marco Regiment

Polish II Corps

 * Major-General Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko (acting commander)
 * Corps Troops
 * Army Group Polish Artillery
 * 54th Super Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery (one battery)
 * British 7th Armoured Brigade (under command)
 * 43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade (under command)
 * 14th/20th Hussars (Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers) (under command)


 * Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Major-General Bolesław Bronisław Duch)
 * 1st Carpathian Rifle Brigade
 * 2nd Carpathian Rifle Brigade
 * 3rd Carpathian Rifle Brigade
 * Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (Major-General Nikodem Sulik)
 * 5th Wilenska Infantry Brigade
 * 6th Lwowska Infantry Brigade
 * 4th Wolwyn Infantry Brigade
 * Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier-General Bronislaw Rakowski)

Army Reserve

 * British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Horatius Murray)
 * British 26th Armoured Brigade
 * British 1st Guards Brigade
 * British 61st Infantry Brigade
 * British 25th Armoured Engineer Brigade (less detachments with assault divisions)
 * British 2nd Parachute Brigade

German Army Group C
Commander:
 * General Heinrich von Vietinghoff (to 29th April)
 * Lieutenant-General Friedrich Schulz (from 29 April to 2 May)
 * General Heinrich von Vietinghoff (from 2 May)

German Tenth Army
Commander:
 * Lieutenant-General Traugott Herr

German LXXVI Panzer Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Graff Gerhard von Schwerin (to 25 April 1945)
 * Major-General Karl von Graffen (from 25 April 1945)
 * German 162nd (Turkestan) Infantry Division (Major-General Ralph von Heygendorff)
 * 42nd Jäger Division (Major-General Walter Jost)
 * German 362nd Infantry Division (Brigadier-General Alois Weber)
 * 98th Volksgrenadier Division (Major-General Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt to 11 April 1945 then Brigadier-General Otto Schiel)

German I Parachute Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Richard Heidrich
 * German 26th Panzer Division (Brigadier-General Alfred Kuhnert to 19 April 1945 then Major-General Viktor Linnarz)
 * German 1st Parachute Division (Brigadier-General Karl-Lothar Schulz)
 * German 4th Parachute Division (Major-General Heinrich Trettner)
 * German 278th Infantry Division (Major-General Harry Hoppe)
 * 1st Italian Assault Company "Forlì"(Pier Vittorio Riccardi)
 * German 305th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General Friedrich von Schellwitz)

German LXXIII Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Anton Dostler


 * Minor units coast watching between the Po and Venice.

German LXXXXVII Corps (transferred to Army Group E on 10 April)

 * General of the Mountain Troops Ludwig Kübler
 * German 237th Infantry Division (Major-General Hans von Grävenitz until late April then Colonel Karl Falkner)
 * German 188th Mountain Division (Major-General Hans von Hößlin)

Army Reserve

 * German 29th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Fritz Polack)
 * German 155th Infantry Division (Brigadier-General Georg Zwade)

German Fourteenth Army

 * Commander:
 * Lieutenant-General Joachim Lemelsen

German XIV Panzer Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
 * German 65th Infantry Division (Major-General Hellmuth Pfeifer)
 * German 8th Mountain Division (Major-General Paul Schricker)
 * German 94th Infantry Division (Major-General Bernhard Steinmetz)

German LI Mountain Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Valentin Feurstein until March 1945 and then Lieutenant-General Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck
 * German 114th Jäger Division (Brigadier-General Hans-Joachim Ehlert to 15 April 1945 then Brigadier-General Martin Strahammer)
 * German 334th Volksgrenadier Division (Major-General Hellmuth Böhlke)
 * German 232nd Infantry Division (Major-General Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz)
 * German 148th Infantry Division (Major-General Otto Fretter-Pico)
 * 1st Bersaglieri "Italia" Division (Major-General Mario Carloni)

Army Group Liguria

 * Commander: Marshal Alfredo Guzzoni

Corps Lombardia

 * Lieutenant-General Kurt Jahn
 * 3rd Italian "San Marco" Marine Infantry Division (Major-General Amilcare Farina)
 * 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment
 * 5th Marine Infantry Regiment
 * Battle Group Meinhold
 * Fortress Brigade 135
 * 4th Italian "Monte Rosa" Alpine Division (elements)

German LXXV Corps

 * Lieutenant-General Hans Schlemmer
 * 2nd Italian "Littorio" Infantry Division (Major-General Tito Agosti)
 * 3rd Infantry Regiment
 * 4th Alpine Regiment
 * German 5th Mountain Division (Brigadier-General Hans Steets)
 * German 34th Infantry Division (Major-General Theobald Lieb)
 * 4th Italian "Monterosa" Alpine Division (bulk of) (Colonel Giorgio Milazzo)
 * 7th Alpine Regiment
 * 8th Alpine Regiment

Army Group Reserve

 * German 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Brigadier-General Heinrich Baron von Behr)