List of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens
Amiens, the key of the west, painting by Arthur Streeton
The following is a list of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens of World War I fought from August 8 to August 11, 1918.
Allies[]
Allied forces at Amiens were under the supreme command of General Ferdinand Foch.
British Fourth Army[1][]
Australian infantrymen before the battle
General Sir Henry Rawlinson
- British III Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler
- Australian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir John Monash
- 1st Australian Division
- 2nd Australian Division
- 3rd Australian Division
- 4th Australian Division
- 5th Australian Division
- 33rd US Division
- 5th Tank Brigade – 2nd, 8th, 13th Bn Tank Corps with 108 Mark V tank; 15th Bn Tank Corps with 36 Mark V* Tank; 17th (Armoured Car) Bn (Austin Armoured Cars.[2]
- Canadian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie
- 1st Canadian Division
- 2nd Canadian Division
- 3rd Canadian Division
- 4th Canadian Division
- 4th Tank Brigade – 108 Mark V tank, 36 Mark V* Tank
- British Cavalry Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Charles Kavanagh
- 1st Cavalry Division
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- 3rd Cavalry Division
- 3rd Tank Brigade – 72 Whippet tank of 3 Bn and 6 Bn Tank Corps
- Reserve
- 17th (Northern) Division
- 32nd Division
- 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
- 9th Tank Battalion – 36 Mark V tanks
Royal Air Force air support
(Major General John Salmond)
- V Brigade
- 15th (Corps) Wing – 110 aircraft
- 22nd (Army) Wing – 222 aircraft
- IX Brigade
- 9th Wing – 2 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns, 1 reconnaissance sqn. (99 aircraft)
- 51st Wing – 3 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns. (101 aircraft)
- 54th Wing – 2 night-fighter sqns, 4 night-bomber sqns (76 aircraft)
- III Brigade (available in support)
- 13th (Army) Wing – 136 aircraft
- I Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft
- X Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft
French First Army[3][]
General Marie-Eugène Debeney
- XXXI Corps – General
- IX Corps – General Noël Garnier-Duplessix
- X Corps – General
- XXXV Corps – General Charles Jacquot
- – General
French Third Army[]
The French Third Army played a peripheral role in the battle and was commanded by Georges Humbert
- – General
- – General
- Division Aerienne
- I Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 3 bomber groups
- II Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 2 bomber groups
- Groupe Lauren – 2 night-bomber groups
- Groupe Weiller
Total: 1,104 aircraft
Germans[4][]
German prisoners of war after the battle
The German Second and Eighteenth armies were part of Army Group Rupprecht, commanded by Crown Prince Rupprecht
Second Army[]
General Georg von der Marwitz
- 54th Corps – Generalleutnant
- 27th Division
- 54th Reserve Division
- 243rd Division
- 26th Reserve Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 9 August)
- XI Corps – Generalleutnant Viktor Kühne
- 13th Division
- 41st Division
- 43rd Reserve Division
- 108th Division
- 107th Division – (From Second Army reserve, 8 August)
- 21st Division – (From Second Army reserve, 9 August)
- 5th Bavarian Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 8 August)
- 38th Division – (From Sixth Army, 9 August)
- 51st Corps – Generalleutnant Eberhard von Hofacker
- Air Support
- Jagdgruppe 2
- Jagdgruppe Greim
- Bombengeschwader 7
- Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 40
- Fliegerabteilung 17,33
- Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 217,224,207,219,232,241,269
- Schlachtstaffel 17
Eighteenth Army[]
General Oskar von Hutier
- III Corps – Generalleutnant Walther von Lüttwitz
- 24th Division
- 25th Reserve Division
- 1st Reserve Division
- 79th Reserve Division – (From Seventh Army, 9 August)
- IX Corps – Generalleutnant
- I Bavarian Corps – Generalleutnant (Corps was formed during the battle on 10 August)
- Alpenkorps – (from Fourth Army, 10 August)
- 121st Division – (from Ninth Army, 10 August)
(The remaining corps of Eighteenth Army played only a peripheral role in the battle.)
- I Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Kurt von Morgen
- 75th Reserve Division
- 119th Division – (Sent to 51st Corps, Second Army, 8 August)
- XXVI Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Oskar von Watter
- 17th Reserve Division
- 54th Division
- 204th Division – (Sent to I Bavarian Corps, 10 August)
- XVIII Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant
- 3rd Bavarian Division
- 105th Division
- – (Sent to III Corps, 9 August)
Captured German artillery piece
- Luftstreitkräfte (air support)
- Jagdstaffel 24, 42, 44, 78
- Bombengeschwader 4
- Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 23
- Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 2, 245, 14,212,238,203
- Schlachtstaffel 36
References[]
- ^ McCluskey 2008, p. 24
- ^ Messenger, Charles The Day We Won The War: Turning Point At Amiens, 8 August 1918
- ^ McCluskey 2008, p. 25
- ^ McCluskey 2008, p. 26
Bibliography[]
- McCluskey, Alistair (2008). Amiens 1918: The Black Day of the German Army. Osprey Publishing (Campaign Series). ISBN 978-1-84603-303-2.
- Kearsey, A (February 1950). The Battle of Amiens 1918. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Limited (Reprinted by Naval & Military Press).
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