The alignment of forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein

On the side of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition , mainly represented by Great Britain, the troops of the countries of the British Commonwealth ( British India , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa Union ) participated, as well as the military forces of the anti-Hitler liberation movements of Free Greece and Free France , occupied countries whose governments were in exile in London . The Allied forces in North Africa were commanded by the commander of the 8th British Army, General Bernard Lowe Montgomery .

(Lt. Bernard Montgomery )

Directly subordinate to the army

• 1st Army Tank Brigade
  • 42nd Royal Tank Regiment
  • 44th Royal Tank Regiment
• 1st Armored Brigade
  • 4th Royal Hussar Regiment
  • 8th Royal Irish Hussar Regiment
  • 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussar Regiment
• 12th Air Brigade
  • 14th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 16th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 27th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 88th Heavy Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 94th Heavy Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 27th (London Electrical Engineering) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (two groups)
• 2nd Air Brigade
  • 2nd Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 69th Heavy Air Regiment, Royal Artillery (199th and 261st batteries)
• 21st Indian Infantry Brigade
  • 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputan Rifle
  • 3rd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion, 8th Rifle Gurkha
  • 9th Indian Field Company, Indian Engineers Corps

Army Groupings

• B squadron, 6th Royal Tank Regiment
• 6th South African Armored Regiment (one group)
• 556th Army Company, Royal Engineers
• 568th Army Company, Royal Engineers
• 25th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 27th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 31st Field Company, South African Engineers
• 8th Army of Communications, Royal Corps of Communications

British Xth Corps

(Lieutenant General Herbert Lumsden)

• X Corps, Royal Engineers
  • 571st Army Field Company (attached to the 10th Armored Division)
  • 572nd Army Field Company (attached to the 1st Armored Division)
  • 573rd Army Field Company (attached to the 10th Armored Division)
  • 570th Field Reserve Company
• Xth Corps of Communications, Royal Corps of Signalers

British 1st Armored Division

(Major General Raymond Briggs)

• 12th Royal Lansier Regiment
• 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
• 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
• 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honorable Artillery Company) (formerly 8th Armored Division) (M7 self-propelled guns)
• 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 42nd Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 1st Armored Engineering Division
  • 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from the 8th Armored Division)
• 1st Armored Telecommunications Division, Royal Corps of Signalers

British 2nd Armored Brigade

(Team Leader Arthur Fisher) 92 tanks " Sherman ", 68 " Cruzader ", 1 " Grant " = 161 tanks.

• 2nd Regiment of the Dragoon Guards
• 9th Royal Lansier Regiment
• 10th Royal Hussars Regiment
• Yorkshire Dragoons (Motorized Battalion)
• X Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fuseliers (machine gun battalion)

British 7th Motorized Brigade

(Team Leader Thomas J. Bosville)

• 2nd Battalion, Royal Rifle Corps
• 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
• 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Hammerforce (subordinated to the 8th Armored Division)

• 4th / 6th South African Armored Car Regiment
• 146th Field Regiment (Pembroke and Cardiganshire), Royal Artillery
• 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 56th Air Defense Regiment, Royal Artillery
• Z Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fuseliers (machine gun battalion)
• 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers

Minefield Task Force

(Subordinate to Hammerfors for mopping) Under the command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade

• 2nd Regiment of the Dragoon Guards (one group)
• Royal Lansier 9th Regiment (one group)
• Royal Hussars 10th Regiment (one group)
• 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 572nd Army Field Company (X Corps of the Royal Engineers Group)
• 2nd battalion, rifle brigade (smaller auxiliary company)

British 10th Armored Division

(Major General Alexander Gathouse)

• Royal dragoons
• 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
• 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (subordinate to the 8th Armored Division)
• 104th Regiment, Essex Cavalry, Royal Horse Artillery
• Her Majesty's 98th Field Regiment of Surrey and Sussex cavalry, Royal Artillery
• 84th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 53rd Light Air Defense Regiment (Royal Yorkshire Light Infantry), Royal Artillery
• 10th Armored Telecommunications Division
  • 2nd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (subordinate to the 8th Armored Division)
• 141st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 10th Armored Telecommunications Division, Royal Corps of Telecommunications

8th Armored Brigade

(Team Leader Edward S. N. Castance) 44 Cruzader tanks, 57 Grant tanks, 31 Sherman tanks = 133 tanks

• 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
• Sherwood Rangers Cavalry
• Staffordshire cavalry
• 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of East Kent

24th Armored Brigade (subordinate to the 8th Armored Division)

(Team Leader Arthur G. Kensington) 2 tanks " Grant ", 93 " Sherman ", 45 " Cruzader " = 140 tanks

• 41st Royal Tank Regiment
• 45th Royal Tank Regiment
• 47th Royal Tank Regiment
• 11th Battalion, Royal Rifle Corps

133rd Infantry Brigade (reporting to the 44th Infantry Division)

(Team Leader Alec W. Lee)

• 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
• 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Sussex
• 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Sussex
• W Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fuseliers (machine gun company) (subordinate to the 8th Armored Division)

Minefield Task Force

(submission to the 133rd brigade, clearance from mines) (Colonel-Lieutenant J. R. MacMikan, command of the Royal Engineers, 10th Armored Division)

• 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 571st Army Field Company (X Corps Corps of Royal Engineers)
• 573rd Army Field Company (X Corps Corps of Royal Engineers)
• 141st field squadron (squad)

8th Armored Division

(Major General Charles Guldner)

• 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (units of the 10th Armored Division)
• 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (10th Armored Division)
• 145th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 8th Armored Division Signalmen, Royal Corps of Signalers

British XIII Corps

(Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks)

• 4th / 6th South African Armored Car Regiment
• XIII Corps, Royal Engineers
  • 578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 576th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
• XII Signal Corps, Royal Signal Corps

50th (Northumberland) Infantry Division

(Major General John S. Nichols)

• 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
• 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 154th Leucherstershire Horse Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• Northumberland Hussars 102th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 34th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 50th Division of Northumberland Engineers
  • 233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 235th Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 50th Northumberland Communications Division, Royal Communications Corps

  1st Greek Infantry Brigade

(Colonel Pavsanias Katsotas)

• 1st Infantry Battalion
• 2nd Infantry Battalion
• 3rd Infantry Battalion
• 1st Greek Field Artillery Regiment
• 1st Greek machine-gun company
• 1st Greek Field Company, Greek Engineers

151st Infantry Brigade (subordinate to the 2nd New Zealand Division from October 29 to November 3)

(Team Leader Jocelyn E.S. Percy)

• 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
• 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
• 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

69th Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader Edward S. Cook-Collis)

• 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
• 6th Battalion, Green Howards
• 7th Battalion, Green Howards

  Free Brigade 2nd Brigade

• 5th Infantry Battalion
• 11th Infantry Battalion
• 21st and 23rd North African anti-tank companies
• 2nd Company, Engineers of Free France

Inland 44th Infantry Division

(Major General Ivor Hagis)

• 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (subordinated to the 7th Armored Division)
• 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
• 53rd Field Battalion, Royal Artillery
• 57th Field Battalion, Royal Artillery
• 58th Field Battalion, Royal Artillery
• 65th Field Battalion, Royal Artillery
• 57th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 30th Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 44th (Inland Counties) Engineers Division
  • 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 209th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 210th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 211st Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (Subordinate to the XIIIth Corps of Royal Engineers)
• 44th Inner Counties Signal Division, Royal Signal Corps

131st Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader William Donovan Stamer)

• 1/5th Battalion, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
• 1/6th Battalion, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Kent)
• 1/7th Battalion, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Kent)

132nd Infantry Brigade

(Foreman Lasmer Whistler)

• 2nd Battalion, shock Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Kent)
• 4th Battalion, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Kent)
• 5th Battalion, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment (West Kent)

133rd Infantry Brigade

Separate 10th Armored Division

7th Armored Division

(Major General John Harding)

• 1st Household Cavalry Regiment
• 11th Hussar Cavalry Regiment (under the command of the 4th Armored Brigade, in reserve)
• 2nd Regiment of Derbshire Horsemen
• 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (under the command of the 44th Infantry Division)
• 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
• 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• Kenting Cavalry Field Regiment 97th Royal Artillery
• 65th Norfolk Cavalry Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 15th Air Regiment Isle of Man, Royal Artillery
• 7th Armored Engineers Division
  • 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • 21st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • 143rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
• 7th Armored Engineers Division, Royal Corps of Signalers

4th Light Armored Brigade

(Foreman Marcus J. Roddick) 57 Stuart tanks, 14 Grant tanks = 71 tanks and 9 armored vehicles

• Royal Scottish Grays Regiment
• 4th / 8th regiment Gusarov
• 1st Battalion, Royal Rifle Corps

22nd Armored Brigade

(Brigadier George Pip Roberts) 57 Grant tanks, 50 Cruzeider tanks, 19 Stuart tanks = 126 tanks

• 1st Royal Tank Regiment
• 5th Royal Tank Regiment
• 4th Regiment of London Horsemen (Snipers)
• 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade

  Free Brigade 1st Brigade

(Foreman Marie-Pierre König)

• 1st Battalion, Foreign Legion
• 2nd Battalion, Foreign Legion
• 3rd Battalion, Pacific Marines
• 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 1st Artillery Regiment of Free France
• 2nd Air Company of Free France
• 22nd North African Anti-Tank Company
• 1st Field Company, Engineers of Free France

(under the command)

• 1st Flight Unit of Free France
• Armored squadron and zone group, 1st Marrokansky Spagi
• 1st Panzer Company of Free France
• Air Defense Group, 1st Battalion, French Foreign Legion

British XXX Corps

(Commander Lieutenant General Oliver Liz)

• XXX Corps of Defense Squadron
• Squadron S, 4th / 6th South African Armored Car Regiment
• 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 66th Motorized Company, Royal Engineers (two groups separated from 9th Australian Division)
• 11th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 13th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 22nd Field Company, South African Engineers
• XXX Corps of Signalers, Royal Corps of Signalers

9th Australian Division

(Commander Major General Leslie Morshid)

• 9th Division Cavalry Regiment
• 2/2 machine gun battalion
• 2 / 3rd sapper battalion
• 2nd / 7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 2 / 8th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 2 / 12th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 4th Air Defense Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 2/3 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
• 2/7 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
• 2/13 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
• 2/4 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
• 9th Australian Signal Division

24th Australian Brigade

(Team Leader Arthur H.L. Godfrey)

• 2nd / 28th Australian Infantry Battalion, Western Australia
• 2nd / 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
• 2nd / 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion, South Australia

26th Australian Brigade

(Team Leader David A. Whitehead)

• 2 / 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
• 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
• 2nd / 48th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Australia

20th Australian Brigade

(Foreman H. Wrigley)

• 2nd / 13th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales
• 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Queensland
• 2 / 17th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales

51st Highland Infantry Division

(Major General Douglas Wimberley)

• 51st Battalion, Reconnaissance Regiment
• 1/7th Battalion, Middleck Regiment (machine gun battalion)
• 50th Royal Tank Regiment (subordinate to the 23rd Armored Brigade)
• 126th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 127th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 128th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 61st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 40th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 51 Highland Engineers Division
  • 274th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 276th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  • 239th Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 51st Highland Communications Division, Royal Communications Corps

152nd Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader George Murray)

• 2nd Battalion, Zeafort Highlanders
• 5th Battalion, Zeafort Highlanders
• 5th Battalion, Royal Cameron Highlanders

153rd Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader Douglas Graham)

• 5th Battalion, Black Watch
• 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
• 5th / 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

154th Infantry Brigade

(Brigadier Henry W. Holdsworth)

• 1st Battalion, Black Watch
• 7th Battalion, Black Watch
• 7th Battalion, Argil and the Seterland Highlanders

2nd New Zealand Division

(Lieutenant General Bernard Freiberg)

• 2nd New Zealand Cavalry Division
• 27th (machine gun) battalion
• 4th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
• 5th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
• 6th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
• 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
• 14th Light Air Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
• 6th Field Company, Royal New Zealand Engineers
• 7th Field Company, Royal New Zealand Engineers
• 8th Field Company, Royal New Zealand Engineers
• 5th Field Company, Royal New Zealand Engineers
• 2nd New Zealand Signalman's Division

5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade

(Foreman Howard Kippenberger)

• 21st Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
• 22nd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
• 23rd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
• 28th Maori Battalion, New Zealand Infantry

6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader William Gantry)

• 24th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
• 25th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
• 26th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry

9th Armored Brigade

(Team Leader John Kurr) 35 Sherman tanks, 37 Grant tanks, 46 Cruzader = 118 tanks

• 3rd cavalry regiment Gussarov
• Royal Wiltshire Cavalry Regiment
• Warwickshire Cavalry Regiment
• 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

1st South African Infantry Division

(Major General Dan Piner)

• 8th Royal Tank Regiment (subordinate to the 23rd Armored Brigade, in reserve after October 31)
• 3rd South African Armored Reconnaissance Regiment
• President Stein Regiment (machine gun battalion)
• 2nd regiment of Bot (in reserve after October 31)
• 1st Field Regiment, Cape Field Artillery, South African Artillery
• 4th Field Regiment, South African Artillery
• 7th Field Regiment, South African Artillery
• 1st Light Air Regiment, South African Artillery
• 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, South African Artillery
• 1st Field Company, South African Engineers
• 2nd Field Company, South African Engineers
• 3rd Field Company, South African Engineers
• 5th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 19th Field Company, South African Engineers
• 1st South African Signal Division

1st South African Infantry Brigade

(Brigadier E.P. Hartshorn)

• 1st Rifle Regiment of the Duke of Edinburgh
• 1st Infantry Regiment of the Royal Natal Carabinieri
• 1st Transvaal Scots Infantry Regiment

2nd South African Infantry Brigade

(Foreman Evered Poole)

• 1st Cape Town Highland Regiment
• 1st regiment of motorized shooters
• 1/2 Field Reinforced Battalion

3rd South African Infantry Brigade

• 1st regiment of the Imperial light cavalry (Armored vehicles)
• Rand 1st Light Infantry Regiment
• 1st Royal Durban Light Infantry Regiment

4th Indian Infantry Division

(Major General Francis Tucker)

• Central Indian Riders (Reconnaissance Regiment)
• 5th battalion, Rajputan arrows (machine gun battalion)
• 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 11th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 149th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 57th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 2nd Field Company, Bengal sappers and miners
• 4th Field Company, Bengal sappers and miners
• 12th field company, Madras sappers and miners
• 11th field company, Madras sappers and miners
• 4th Indian Signal Division

5th Indian Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader Dudley Russell)

• 1/4 Battalion, Essex Regiment
• 4th Battalion, 6th Rajput Rifle Regiment
• 3rd battalion, 10th Balukh regiment

7th Indian Infantry Brigade

(Team Leader Arthur Holworthy)

• 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
• 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward Gurkha Rifle Regiment

161st Indian Infantry Brigade

(Foreman Francis Hagis)

• 1st Battalion, Argill and Sutherland Mountain Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
• 4th Battalion, Rajput Regiment

Reserve Corps

23rd Armored Brigade

(Foreman George W. Richards) 186 Valentine tanks

• 8th Royal Tank Regiment (subordination of the 1st South African Division)
• 40th Royal Tank Regiment (subordination of the 9th Australian Division)
• 46th Royal Tank Regiment
• 50th Royal Tank Regiment (subordinate to the 51st Highland Division)
• 121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 168th Battery, 56th Light Air Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 295th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (3 groups subordinate to the 50th Royal Tank Regiment of the 51st Highland Division)

On the side of the Axis forces, the combined Italo-German forces participated. Formally, the commander of the Italo-German forces in North Africa was the Italian Marshal Ettore Bastiko , however, in fact, the German General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took on the entire role of the commander. Until October 24, due to the temporary absence of Rommel undergoing treatment in Europe, his duties in North Africa were performed by tank troops general Georg Stumme .

Army Grouping

90th Africa Light Division

(Brigadier General (Major General) Ernst Strecker)

• 155th Motorized Infantry Regiment
• 200th Motorized Infantry Regiment
• 346th Motorized Infantry Regiment
• 190th artillery regiment
• 190th anti-tank battalion
• under the command of group 288:
  • 605th anti-tank battalion
  • 109th anti-tank battalion
  • 606th anti-tank battalion

164th Africa Light Division

(Lieutenant General Karl-Hans Lungershausen)

• 125th Infantry Regiment
• 382nd Infantry Regiment
• 433rd Infantry Regiment
• 220th artillery regiment
• 220th engineering regiment
• 220th motorcycle group
• 609th Air Defense Battalion

Parachute Brigade Framed

(Major General Hermann-Bernhard Frame )

• 1st and 2nd Parachute Regiment
• 1st and 3rd Parachute Regiment
• 2nd and 5th Parachute Regiment
• Burkhardt Training Battalion
• Artillery battery
• Parachute anti-tank battalion

German African Corps

(Lieutenant General Wilhelm Ritter von Tomma)

15th Panzer Division

(Major General Gustav von Firest)

• 8th Tank Battalion
• 115th Tank Grenadier Regiment
• 33rd artillery regiment
• 33rd anti-tank battalion
• 33rd Engineering Battalion

21st Panzer Division

(Major General Heinz von Randov)

• 5th Tank Regiment
• 104th Tank Regiment Regiment
• 155th artillery regiment
• 39th anti-tank battalion
• 200th Engineering Battalion

(Marshal Ettore Bastiko ) With the exception of the Pistoia division and the rear forces, the headquarters of the Italian army in Africa had only administrative control over the Italian forces. All Italian formations were under tactical control of the tank army of Rommel “Africa”.

Pistoia 16th Motorized Division

(Major General Giuseppe Falluji)

• 35th Infantry Regiment
• 36th Infantry Regiment
• 3rd artillery floor of the Fossalt
• 16th mortar battalion
• 16th anti-tank battalion
• 51st Engineering Battalion

136th Infantry Division Young Fascists

• 2 infantry battalions

Xth Italian Corps

(Lieutenant General Edoardo Nebba. Since October 26, under the command of Major General Enrico Frattini)

• 9th Bersalerier Regiment
• 16th corps artillery group
• 8th Army Artillery Group

27th Brescia Infantry Division

(Major General Brunetto Brunetti)

• 19th Infantry Regiment
• 20th Infantry Regiment
• 1st Mobile Artillery Regiment
• 27th Mixed Engineering Regiment

17th Pavia Infantry Division

(Brigadier General Nazzareno Scattaglia)

• 27th Infantry Regiment
• 28th Infantry Regiment
• 26th artillery regiment
• 17th Mixed Engineering Regiment

185th Folgore Parachute Division

(Major General Enrico Frattini)

• 186th Parachute Regiment
• 187th Parachute Regiment
• 185th artillery regiment

XX Motorized Corps

(Lieutenant General Giuseppe de Stefanis)

• 8th Army Artillery Group (part)
• 90th engineering group

Ariete 132nd Panzer Division

(Major General Francesco Arena)

• 132nd Tank Regiment
  • IX, X, XII tank battalions (more than 100 M14 / 41 tanks)
• 8th Bersalerier Regiment (Motorized)
  • V and XII bersalerier motorized rifle battalions
  • III Bersalerier Auxiliary Battalion
• 132nd artillery regiment (motorized)
  • I and II battalions (Field guns model 75/27)
  • III battalion (Howitzers model 105/25)
  • IV mixed AA gun battalion of 90/53 model and 20 mm automatic guns
  • I / 24 howitzer battalion
  • 88/56 battalion
• 3rd battalion "Nice Cavalry" (armored vehicles AB41 )
• 32nd Mixed Engineering Battalion (Motorized)

Littorio 133rd Panzer Division

(Major General Gervasio Bitozzi)

• 133rd tank regiment
  • VI, XII and LI tank battalions (M14 / 41 tanks)
• 12th Bersalerier Infantry Regiment
• 3rd artillery regiment
• 133rd artillery regiment
  • including two battalions of self-propelled guns Semovente da 75/18
• 3rd such group "Lanchieri di Novara" (tanks L6 / 40 )

101st Trieste Motorized Division

(Brigadier General Francisco La Faria)

• XIth Tank Battalion ( M14 / 41 tanks)
• 65th Infantry Regiment
• 6th Infantry Regiment
• 21st artillery regiment
• 8th Armored Bersalerier Battalion (armored vehicles AB41 )
• 52nd mixed artillery battalion

21st Corps

(Major General Aenea Navarini . Commander since October 26, Major General Alessandro Gloria)

• 7th Bersalerier Regiment
• 24th corps artillery group
• 8th Army Artillery Group (part)

Trento 102nd Motorized Division

(Brigadier General Giorgio Mazina)

• 61st Infantry Regiment
• 62nd Infantry Regiment
• 46th artillery regiment

25th Bologna Infantry Division

(Major General Giorgio Mazina)

• 39th Infantry Regiment
• 40th Infantry Regiment
• 205th artillery regiment
• 25th Engineering Battalion

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