The following is a list of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens of World War I fought from August 8 to August 11, 1918.
Allies[]
Allied forces at Amiens were under the supreme command of General Ferdinand Foch.
British Fourth Army[1][]
General Sir Henry Rawlinson
- British III Corps - Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler
- Australian Corps - Lieutenant General Sir John Monash
- 1st Australian Division
- 2nd Australian Division
- 3rd Australian Division
- 4th Australian Division
- 5th Australian Division
- 33rd US Division
- 5th Tank Brigade - 2nd, 8th, 13th Bn Tank Corps with 108 Mark V tank; 15th Bn Tank Corps with 36 Mark V* Tank; 17th (Armoured Car) Bn (Austin Armoured Cars.[2]
- Canadian Corps - Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie
- 1st Canadian Division
- 2nd Canadian Division
- 3rd Canadian Division
- 4th Canadian Division
- 4th Tank Brigade - 108 Mark V tank, 36 Mark V* Tank
- British Cavalry Corps - Lieutenant General Sir Charles Kavanagh
- 1st Cavalry Division
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- 3rd Cavalry Division
- 3rd Tank Brigade - 72 Whippet tank of 3 Bn and 6 Bn Tank Corps
- Reserve
Royal Air Force air support
(Major General John Salmond)
- V Brigade
- 15th (Corps) Wing - 110 aircraft
- 22nd (Army) Wing - 222 aircraft
- IX Brigade
- 9th Wing - 2 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns, 1 reconnaissance sqn. (99 aircraft)
- 51st Wing - 3 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns. (101 aircraft)
- 54th Wing - 2 night-fighter sqns, 4 night-bomber sqns (76 aircraft)
- III Brigade (available in support)
- 13th (Army) Wing - 136 aircraft
- I Brigade (available in support) - 19 aircraft
- X Brigade (available in support) - 19 aircraft
French First Army[3][]
General Marie-Eugène Debeney
- XXXI Corps - General Paul-Louis Toulorge
- 37th Division
- 42nd Division
- 66th Division
- 153rd Division
- 126th Division
- IX Corps - General Noël Garnier-Duplessix
- 3rd Division
- 15th Colonial Division
- X Corps - General Charles Vandenburg
- 60th Division
- 152nd Division
- 166th Division
- XXXV Corps - General Charles Jacquot
- 46th Division
- 133rd Division
- 169th Division
- II Cavalry Corps - General Felix Robillot
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- 4th Cavalry Division
- 6th Cavalry Division
French Third Army[]
The French Third Army played a peripheral role in the battle and was commanded by Georges Humbert
- XV Corps - General Jacques de Riols de Fonclare
- 67th Division
- 74th Division
- 123rd Division
- XXXIV Corps - General Alphonse Nudant
- 6th Division
- 121st Division
- 129th Division
- 165th Division
- Division Aerienne
- I Brigade - 3 fighter groups, 3 bomber groups
- II Brigade - 3 fighter groups, 2 bomber groups
- Groupe Lauren - 2 night-bomber groups
- Groupe Weiller
Total: 1,104 aircraft
Germans[4][]
The German Second and Eighteenth armies were part of Army Group Rupprecht, commanded by Crown Prince Rupprecht
Second Army[]
General Georg von der Marwitz
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Eighteenth Army[]
General Oskar von Hutier
- III Corps - Generalleutnant Walther von Lüttwitz
- 24th Division
- 25th Reserve Division
- 1st Reserve Division
- 79th Reserve Division - (From Seventh Army, 9 August)
- IX Corps - Generalleutnant Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger
- I Bavarian Corps - Generalleutnant Nikolaus Ritter von Endres (Corps was formed during the battle on 10 August)
- Alpenkorps - (from Fourth Army, 10 August)
- 121st Division - (from Ninth Army, 10 August)
(The remaining corps of Eighteenth Army played only a peripheral role in the battle.)
- I Reserve Corps - Generalleutnant Kurt von Morgen
- 75th Reserve Division
- 206th Division
- 119th Division - (Sent to 51st Corps, Second Army, 8 August)
- XXVI Reserve Corps - Generalleutnant Oskar von Watter
- 17th Reserve Division
- 54th Division
- 204th Division - (Sent to I Bavarian Corps, 10 August)
- XVIII Reserve Corps - Generalleutnant Ludwig Sieger
- 3rd Bavarian Division
- 105th Division
- 221st Division - (Sent to III Corps, 9 August)
- Luftstreitkräfte (air support)
- Jagdstaffel 24, 42, 44, 78
- Bombengeschwader 4
- Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 23
- Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 2, 245, 14,212,238,203
- Schlachtstaffel 36
References[]
- ↑ McCluskey 2008, p. 24
- ↑ Messenger, Charles The Day We Won The War: Turning Point At Amiens, 8 August 1918
- ↑ McCluskey 2008, p. 25
- ↑ McCluskey 2008, p. 26
Bibliography[]
- McCluskey, Alistair (2008). Amiens 1918: The Black Day of the German Army. Osprey Publishing (Campaign Series). ISBN 1-84603-303-9.
- Kearsey, A (February 1950). The Battle of Amiens 1918. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Limited (Reprinted by Naval & Military Press).
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