Order of battle for Operation Epsom

This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944.

British Order of Battle
Second Army General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey '''

Seventh Army / Panzer Group West
General Friedrich Dollmann (until 1700 hours 28 June) General der Panzertruppen (General of Armoured Troops) Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (from 1700 hours 28 June)

Army Troops

 * Projector Brigade 7
 * Projector Brigade 8

I SS Panzer Corps
SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich


 * Corps Troops
 * Heavy SS Panzer Battalion 101 - SS-Obersturmbannführer Heinz von Westerhagen


 * 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - SS-Standartenführer Kurt Meyer
 * SS-Panzer Regiment 12
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 25
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 26
 * SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 12
 * SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 12
 * SS-Anti-Tank Battalion 12
 * SS-Projector Battalion 12
 * SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 12
 * SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 12


 * 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - SS-Obersturmbannführer Albert Frey
 * battlegroup Frey
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 (elements)
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 (elements)


 * 21st Panzer Division - Generalmajor Edgar Feuchtinger
 * One battlegroup


 * Panzer-Lehr-Division (elements) - Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein


 * 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich - SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Weidinger
 * Battlegroup Weidinger
 * 1st Battalion, 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer"
 * 14th, 15th and 16th (Support) Companies, 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer"
 * 1st Battalion, 3rd SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Deutschland"

II SS Panzer Corps
SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser (until morning of 29 June) SS-Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich (from morning of 29 June)


 * 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller
 * SS-Panzer Regiment 9
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 19
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 20
 * SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 9
 * SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 9
 * SS-Anti-Tank Battalion 9
 * SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 9
 * SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 9


 * 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg - SS-Oberführer Heinz Harmel
 * SS-Panzer Regiment 10
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 21
 * SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 22
 * SS-Panzer Artillery Regiment 10
 * SS-Reconnaissance Battalion 10
 * SS-Anti-Aircraft Battalion 10
 * SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 10

III Anti-Aircraft Corps
General der Flakartillerie Wolfgang Pickert


 * 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (88mm Anti-Aircraft and other guns)

XLVII Panzer Corps

 * 2nd Panzer Division (elements)
 * One battlegroup based around a tank battalion