title: Operation Cobra order of battle
text: # Operation Cobra order of battle
  
  This is the order of battle for Operation Cobra, a World War II American offensive against German forces in Normandy, France that lasted 25-31 July 1944.
  
  ## American order of battle
  
  First Army
  
      Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley
  
  ### VII Corps
  
      Major General J. Lawton Collins
         1st Infantry "Big Red One" Division
         Major General Clarence R. Huebner
            Infantry: 16th, 18th, 26th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 7th, 32nd, 33rd Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 5th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 745th Tank Battalion, 635th Tank Destroyer Battalions
         4th Infantry "Ivy" Division
         Major General Raymond O. Barton
            Infantry: 8th, 12th, 22nd Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 29th, 42nd, 44th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 20th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 70th Tank Battalion, 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion
         9th Infantry "Old Reliables" Division
         Major General Manton S. Eddy
            Infantry: 39th, 47th, 60th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 26th, 60th, 84th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 34th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 746th Tank Battalion
         30th Infantry "Old Hickory" Division
         Major General Leland S. Hobbs
            Infantry: 117th, 119th, 120th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 7th, 32nd, 33rd Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 5th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 743rd Tank Battalion, 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
         2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division
         Major General Edward H. Brooks
            Armor: 66th, 67th Armored Regiments, 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
            Artillery: 14th, 78th, 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalions
            Infantry: 41st Armored Infantry Regiment
         3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division
         Major General Leroy H. Watson
            Armor: 32nd, 33rd Armored Regiments, 36th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
            Artillery: 54th, 67th, 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalions
  
  ### VIII Corps
  
      Major General Troy H. Middleton
         8th Infantry "Pathfinder" Division
         Major General Donald A. Stroh
            Infantry: 13th, 28th, 121st Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 43rd, 45th, 56th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 28th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 709th Tank Battalion, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion
         79th Infantry "Cross of Lorraine" Division
         Major General Ira T. Wyche
            Infantry: 317th, 318th, 319th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 313th, 314th, 905th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 315th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 749th Tank Battalion, 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion
         83rd Infantry "Thunderbolt" Division
         Major General Robert C. Macon
            Infantry: 329th, 330th, 331st Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 322nd, 323rd, 908th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 324th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
         90th Infantry "Tough 'Ombres" Division
         Major General Eugene M. Landrum
            Infantry: 357th, 358th, 359th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 343rd, 344th, 915th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 345th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 712th Tank Battalion, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion
         4th Armored Division
         Major General John S. Wood
            Armor: 8th, 35th, 37th Tank Battalions
            Artillery: 22nd, 66th, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalions
            Infantry: 10th, 51st, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalions
         6th Armored Division
         Major General Robert W. Grow
            Armor: 15th, 68th, 69th Tank Battalions
            Artillery: 128th, 212nd, 231st Armored Field Artillery Battalions
            Infantry: 9th, 44th, 50th Armored Infantry Battalions
  
  ### XIX Corps
  
      Major General Charles H. Corlett
         28th Infantry Division
         Major General Lloyd D. Brown
            Infantry: 109th, 110th, 112th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 322nd, 323rd, 908th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 324th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 744th Tank Battalion, 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
         29th Infantry Division
         Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
            Infantry: 115th, 116th, 175th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 110th, 111th, 224th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 227th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 747th Tank Battalion, 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
         35th Infantry Division
         Major General Paul W. Baade
            Infantry: 134th, 137th, 320th Infantry Regiments
            Artillery–105mm: 161st, 216th, 219th Field Artillery Battalions
            Artillery–155mm: 127th Field Artillery Battalion
            Armor: 737th Tank Battalion, 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  
  ## German order of battle
  
  Seventh Army SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser
  
  ### II Parachute Corps
  
      Generalleutnant Eugen Meindl
         5th Fallschirmjäger Division
         Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke
            13th, 14th, and 15th Parachute Infantry Regiments
            5th Artillery Regiment
         2nd Panzer Division
         Generalleutnant Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
            3rd Panzer Regiment
            2nd and 304th Panzergrenadier Regiments
            74th Artillery Regiment
         Panzer Lehr Division
         Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein
            130th Panzer Regiment
            901st and 902nd Panzergrenadier Regiments
            130th Artillery Regiment
  
  ### LXXXIV Corps
  
      Generalleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz
         2nd SS Panzer Division
         Sturmbannführer Christian Tychsen
         17th SS Panzergrenadier Division
         Brigadeführer Otto Baum
         116th Panzer Division
         General der Panzertruppen Gerhard von Schwerin
            16th Panzer Regiment
            60th and 156th Panzergrenadier Regiments
            146th Artillery Regiment
         352nd Infantry Division
         Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss
            914th, 915th, and 916th Volksgrenadier Regiments
            352nd Artillery Regiment
         353rd Infantry Division [de]
  