Battle of the Bulge order of battle


This is the order of battle of German and Allied forces during the Battle of the Bulge — specifically, at a point near the end of the battle, which lasted from 16 December 1944 until 25 January 1945.
As with any large Army organization in extended combat, forces and their assignments shifted over the course of the battle. For example, when the German attack began on 16 December, the U.S. 7th Armored Division was assigned to XIII Corps, U.S. Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. Later that day, its alignment became VIII Corps, U.S. First Army, 12th Army Group. On 20 December, the alignment switched to XVIII Corps, U.S. First Army, 12th Army Group — and later that day to XVIII Corps, U.S. First Army, 21st Army Group. On 18 January 1945, the alignment changed one last time, to XVIII Corps, U.S. First Army, 12th Army Group — as it is given in the following hierarchy.

High-level orders of battle

Allied

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
Armies deployed North to South:
21st Army Group
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
12th Army Group
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
U.S. First Army
Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges
U.S. Third Army
Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr.
Oberbefehlshaber West
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
Army Group B
Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model
Armies deployed North to South:
Sixth Panzer Army
Oberstgruppenführer der Waffen SS Josef "Sepp" Dietrich
Fifth Panzer Army
General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel
Seventh Army
General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower

[12th Army Group]

Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

U.S. First Army">First United States Army">U.S. First Army

Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
V Corps">V Corps (United States)">V Corps
Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
VII Corps">VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps
Maj. Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins
XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps (United States)">XVIII Airborne Corps
Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway

U.S. Third Army">Third United States Army">U.S. Third Army

Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
III Corps">III Corps (United States)">III Corps
Maj. Gen. John Millikin
VIII Corps">VIII Corps (United States)">VIII Corps
Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton
XII Corps">XII Corps (United States)">XII Corps
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy

[21st Army Group]

Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

XXX Corps">XXX Corps (United Kingdom)">XXX Corps

Corps Reserve

Air Support

U.S. Army Air Forces

U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe
Gen Carl Spaatz
[U.S. Eighth Air Force] (Strategic)
Lt Gen James H. Doolittle
[U.S. Ninth Air Force]
Lt Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg

Royal Air Force

;Bomber Command
;Fighter Command
;Second Tactical Air Force
Oberbefehlshaber West
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

Army Group B

Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model

[Fifth Panzer Army]

General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel
XXXIX Panzer Corps">XXXIX Panzer Corps (Germany)">XXXIX Panzer Corps
Generalleutnant Karl Decker
XLVII Panzer Corps">XLVII Panzer Corps (Germany)">XLVII Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
[LVIII Panzer Corps]
General der Panzertruppen Walter Krüger
LXVI Corps
General der Artillerie Walter Lucht

[Sixth Panzer Army]

Oberstgruppenführer der Waffen SS Josef Dietrich
[I SS Panzer Corps]
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess
[II SS Panzer Corps]
SS Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich
LXVII Corps
Generalleutnant Otto Hitzfeld

Seventh Army">7th Army (Wehrmacht)">Seventh Army

General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger
LIII Corps">LIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">LIII Corps
General der Kavallerie Edwin von Rothkirch
LXXX Corps
General der Infanterie Franz Beyer
LXXXV Corps
General der Infanterie Baptist Kniess

Luftwaffe

Generalmajor Dietrich Peltz
III Flak Corps
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Pickert