Juno Beach order of battle

This is the Juno Beach order of battle on D-Day.

Canadian soldiers approaching Juno Beach aboard LCAs
Top: Wounded Canadian soldiers lying on Juno beach awaiting transfer to casualty clearing station, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Middle: The same bunker in 2006 Bottom: The view down the beach from the bunker, showing enfilading fire position.

Canadian Army

3rd Canadian Infantry Division Divisional Troops[1][2]

7th Canadian Infantry (Assault) Brigade Group - Mike Green / Mike Red and Nan Green Beaches [6][7]

8th Canadian Infantry (Assault) Brigade Group - Nan White and Nan Red Beaches [9][10]

9th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Landing through 8th CIB on Nan Beaches[11][12]

Supporting Corps Divisional Units integrated in Mike Sector and Nan Sector

British Forces

Ground forces from Second Army and Combined Operations Headquarters[2]

102 Beach Sub-Area[2][13]

Naval Forces

Force J was commanded by the British, and the flagship vessel came from the Royal Navy. Among the chief vessels in this combined British and Canadian Force were

The force also included 109 Royal Canadian Navy vessels, among them:

Landing craft from both the RN and RCN were employed in Force J, the total number were:

German Forces

Standing against the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 716.Infanterie-Division (Static) - Wehrmacht Heer Coastal Defence (Bodenständigen), had little mobility and its personnel, in general, belonged to the lowest category of conscript, coming from older age groups or from the Landsturm. On 1 May 1944, it only had 7,771 personnel of all ranks. It was the division in Normandy with the fewest personnel; while on Juno Beach, its density of troops was a little stronger than elsewhere. Seeing a delay between preparatory bombardments and landings, on adjacent beaches (Sword/Gold) the JUNO defenders had time to recover. [16][17]

The 716. Infanterie-Division consisted of: [18][19]

As seen in Normandy, Pz.Div.21 was reconstituted on 15 July 1943, in the reorganization of schnellen Brigade West (SB 931). Pz.Div.21 was absent from Normandy from March 1944, for Operation Maragretha, in Hungary, until May 1944, when it was reassigned to Brittany, and then moved up into Normandy. [31] On 06.06.44, Panzer-Division 21., on its initiative, adopted a ‘new’ organization for battle, as two Regimental (Brigade) Groups were formed, PzKGr.Oppeln: Pz.Regt.22., and KGr.Luck: Pz.Gren-Regt 125., regrouping an infantry battalion for a tank battalion. KGr.Rauch: Pz.Gren-Regt192., was also formed, given Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155., assigned a battalion to each Kampfgruppe. [32] The Canadians, coming South, from JUNO Beach, did not experience a direct impact from either PzKGr.Oppeln or KGr.Luck and only felt a slight impact, in their area of influence, from the counter-move undertaken by KGr.Rauch, on 06.06.44. Panzer-Division 21., belonging to XXXXVII Pz.Gr.West, was allocated to AOK.7 (Army Group B) as its (only) reserve.

References

  1. ↑ Lt-Col J.D. Mingay, GS 3 Cdn Inf Div, Neptune 'Overlord' 3 Cdn Inf Div Operation Order No.1, 13 May 1944. ORBAT 3 Cdn Inf Div
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, ISBN 1-843424-74-6, pp. 583–5.
  3. 1 2 3 Can Division at Royal Artillery 1939–1945 (archive site)
  4. 1 2 3 Maj-Gen R.P. Pakenham-Walsh, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol IX, 1938–1948, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958, pp. 335–6.
  5. ↑ [Tonner, Mark W. On Active Service (Service Publications, Ottawa, ON) ISBN 1-894581-44-X]
  6. ↑ Lt-Col J.D. Mingay, GS 3 Cdn Inf Div, Neptune 'Overlord' 3 Cdn Inf Div Operation Order No.1, 13 May 1944. Appendix 'B' Annexure 1
  7. ↑ Operation Overlord 7 Canadian Infantry Brigade Group: Operation Order No.1 Extracts - Canadian Scottish Regiment Amended Copy
  8. ↑ "Juno Beach - Regina Rifles". Members.shaw.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  9. ↑ Lt-Col J.D. Mingay, GS 3 Cdn Inf Div, Neptune 'Overlord' 3 Cdn Inf Div Operation Order No.1, 13 May 1944. Appendix 'B' Annexure 2
  10. ↑ Operation Overlord 8 Canadian Infantry Brigade Group: Operation Order No.1 Extracts
  11. ↑ Lt-Col J.D. Mingay, GS 3 Cdn Inf Div, Neptune 'Overlord' 3 Cdn Inf Div Operation Order No.1, 13 May 1944. Appendix 'B' Annexure 3
  12. ↑ 9 Canadian Infantry Brigade Group: Operation Order No.1 Extracts
  13. ↑ Rogers, J & D (2012). D-Day Beach Force. The Men Who Turned Chaos into Order (1 ed.). Stroud: The History Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780752463308.
  14. 1 2 80 AA Bde Operation Order No 1, 20 May 1944, in 80 AA Bde War Diary 1944, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 171/1085.
  15. 1 2 Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, ISBN 1-85753-099-3, pp. 305–7.
  16. ↑ Kampf Der 716.Division in der Normandie, Generalleutnant Richter, Wilhelm. Allendorf, den 31 Mai 1947. The Battle of the 716th Infantry Division in Normandy, Wilhelm Richter, 1947. US Army Europe: Manuscript No. B-621 / WWII Foreign Military Studies 1945-54: NARA M1035.
  17. ↑ James, Chris and George at Battlefront, Battlefront Miniatures 2006-2016, The German 716. Infanteriedivision in Normandy - Last Updated On Tuesday, December 3, 2013. See: http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=328 Accessed 16.05.2016
  18. ↑ Laurent Lefebvre - D-Day Historian, 716. Infanterie-Division, D-Day - Order of Battle. See: http://www.americandday.org/D-Day_German-Forces/716_Infanterie_Division.html Accessed 17.06.2016
  19. ↑ Georg Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1933-1945, Axis History, 716. Infanterie-Division, Published: 28 July 2011, Last Updated: 12 April 2013. See: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/150-germany-heer/heer-divisionen/3397-716-infanterie-division Accessed 17.06.2016
  20. ↑ Axis History, 716. Infanterie-Division, Published: 28 July 2011, Last Updated: 12 April 2013. See: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/150-germany-heer/heer-divisionen/3397-716-infanterie-division Accessed 17.06.2016
  21. ↑ Steiger, Capt. A.G., Report No. 41 - Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters. The German Defences in the Courseulles-St.Aubin Area of the Normandy Coast: Information from German Sources. 716 Inf Div 6 Jun 44 Initial Situation. Appendix "C and D". Dated 20 Jul 51
  22. ↑ Stéphane Moutin-Luyat, German Forces in Normandy: 716. Infanterie Division. See: http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/allemagne/en_index.php?id=716 Accessed 17.06.2016
  23. ↑ Steiger, Capt. A.G., Report No. 41 - Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters. The German Defences in the Courseulles-St.Aubin Area of the Normandy Coast: Information from German Sources. Page15.-Para27. Organization and Appendix C/D. Dated 20 Jul 51
  24. ↑ For Structure: Rich Hasenauer and Jim Baker, Fire and Fury Games. The Nafziger Orders Of Battle Collection: 716.Infanterie-Division - Normandy 6th June 1944. See: http://www.fireandfury.com/orbats/late716infantriedivdday.pdf Accessed 17.06.2016
  25. ↑ Steiger, Capt. A.G., Report No. 41 - Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters. The German Defences in the Courseulles-St.Aubin Area of the Normandy Coast: Information from German Sources. Page15.-Para27. Organization and Appendix C/D. Dated 20 Jul 51
  26. ↑ For Structure: Rich Hasenauer and Jim Baker, Fire and Fury Games. The Nafziger Orders Of Battle Collection: 716. Infanterie-Division - Normandy 6th June 1944. See: http://www.fireandfury.com/orbats/late716infantriedivdday.pdf Accessed 17.06.2016
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  29. ↑ Accessed 17.06.2016
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  37. ↑ Steiger, Capt. A.G., Report No. 41 - Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters. The German Defences in the Courseulles-St.Aubin Area of the Normandy Coast: Information from German Sources. Appendix C/D. Dated 20 Jul 51
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