This is the British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.
- British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson- V Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey - British IX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General John Crocker- 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
- British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
- British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Charles Keightley)
- British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood)
- French XIX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant General Louis Koeltz- Brigade Légère Mécanique (Tank Group)
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards
- Division d'Alger [fr] (Major General Pierre-Félix Conne [sl])
- Division du Maroc (Lieutenant General Maurice Mathenet [sl])
- Division d'Oran [fr] (Major-General Robert Boissau [fr])
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group)
Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley- Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
- 4th and 6th Tabors of Moroccan goumiers
- U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
- U.S. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)
- U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)
- V Corps
See also
References
- Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth (1946). Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942–13 May 1943 published in "No. 37779". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1946. pp. 5449–5464.
- Playfair, Major-General I. S. O.; Molony, Brigadier C. J. C.; with Flynn, Captain F. C. (R.N.) & Gleave, Group Captain T. P. (2004) . Butler, Sir James (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. pp. 432–433. ISBN 1-84574-068-8.
Footnotes
- Anderson (1946), p. 11 "No. 37779". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1946. p. 5459.
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