Order of Battle

The following is an Order of Battle for the Allied and German forces involved in the 6th Airborne Division's sector of the Normandy battlefield. A full list of all units involved in the campaign would have been attempted, but I have decided against this on the grounds of not drifting from the point, not only because many of the units that were in action on D-Day had no influence upon the 6th Airborne Division, but in the following months so many additional divisions were brought to bear that to deal with them all would unnecessarily complicate this section and obscure the relevant points.

This section is by no means complete, and I would welcome any details at all that could expand on it. This may include an organisation of units and their commanders (as they stood on D-Day with notes referring to alterations thereafter) down to platoon or even section level if possible, together with the numbers of men in each unit, casualty figures and, in the instance of armoured formations or artillery units, the quantities and types of equipment used. Any details, no matter how small, are all welcome. pegasusarchive@googlemail.com.

Allied Forces

1st British Airborne Corps

Commander : Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning

6th Airborne Division and Attached Units

Air Transport Forces

38 and 46 Groups, RAF

Commandos

1st Special Service Brigade

4th Special Service Brigade

Attached Units

1st Belgian Brigade

Royal Netherlands "Princess Irene" Brigade