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Operation Perch order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Operation Perch, a World War II operation between British and German forces in Normandy, France between June 6 and June 19, 1944.

British Order of Battle

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21st Army Group

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General Officer Commanding-in-Chief: General Sir Bernard Montgomery[1]
Chief of the General Staff: Freddie de Guingand

Second Army

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General Officer Commanding-in-Chief: Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey[1]

I Corps

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Lieutenant-General John Crocker

XXX Corps

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Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall

German order of battle

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I SS Panzer Corps

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SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich

III Flak Corps

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XLVII Panzer Corps

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LXXXIV Korps

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See also

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Notes

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Footnotes
Citations
  1. ^ a b Wilmot, p. 732

References

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  • Ellis, Major L.F.; Allen R.N., Captain G. R. G.; Warhurst, Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. & Robb, Air Chief-Marshal Sir James (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO 1962]. Butler, J.R.M (ed.). Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Naval & Military Press Ltd. ISBN 1-84574-058-0.
  • Forty, George (2004). Villers Bocage. Battle Zone Normandy. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3012-8.
  • Taylor, Daniel (1999). Villers-Bocage Through the Lens. After the Battle. ISBN 1-870067-07-X.
  • Wilmot, Chester; Christopher Daniel McDevitt (1997) [1952]. The Struggle For Europe. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN 1-85326-677-9.