bigpigeon.us webpage WW II Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > ETO, 30 June 1944, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 9 Nov 2022.
By 30 June 1944, 25 days after the D-Day landings, combat was still confined to northern Normandy.
By 30 June 1944, 25 days after the D-Day landings, combat was still confined to northern Normandy.
Herein is the organization of front-line ETO ground forces on 30 June 1944.
The two Allied armies and various corps are listed roughly from east to west.
The two Allied armies and various corps are listed roughly from east to west.
British 21st Army Group (Montgomery)
British Second Army (Miles Dempsey)
◼ British I Corps (Crocker)
◼ British VIII Corps (O'Connor), operational 11 June
◼ British XXX Corps (Bucknall)
◼ British XII Corps (Ritchie), operational 16 July
US First Army (Hodges)
◼ US V Corps (Gerow)
British Second Army (Miles Dempsey)
◼ British I Corps (Crocker)
◼ British VIII Corps (O'Connor), operational 11 June
◼ British XXX Corps (Bucknall)
◼ British XII Corps (Ritchie), operational 16 July
US First Army (Hodges)
◼ US V Corps (Gerow)
- 1st Infantry Division (Huebner).
- 2nd Armored Division (Brooks --> Harmon September), entered combat 13 June.
- 2nd Infantry Division (Robertson), entered combat 8 June.
- 29th Infantry Division (Gearhardt), V Corps --> XIX Corps 14 June.
- 30th Infantry Division (Hobbs), entered combat 11 June.
- 3rd Armored Division (Watson --> Rose August), entered combat 29 June.
- 83rd Infantry Division (Macon), entered combat 27 June. (perhaps 83rd moving from VIII Corps to VII Corps on 1 July)
- 90th Infantry Division (Mackelvie --> Landrum June --> McLain August), entered combat w/ VII Corps 10 June --> VIII Corps 19 June.
- 82nd Parachute Infantry Division (Ridgway), VII Corps --> VIII Corps 19 June.
- 79th Infantry Division (Wyche), entered combat 19 June.
- 4th Infantry Division (Barton --> Van Fleet December).
- 101st Parachute Infantry Division (Taylor).
- 9th Infantry Division (Eddy --> Craig August), entered combat 14 June.
The ETO Situation Map, 30 June 1944
More about corps:
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Sources for Big Pigeon's The ETO > Normandy Campaign > ETO, 30 June 1944 webpage:
- Most Orders of Battle sources are noted in the Sources list in Big Pigeon's The ETO > ETO Orders of Battle.
- The ETO Front in Normandy, 30 June 1944, map excerpted from http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/guns-at-last-light/maps-from-the-guns-at-last-light/images-for-maps-from-the-guns-at-last-light/.
- The ETO Situation Map, 30 June 1944, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5701sm.gct00021/?sp=269&r=-0.099,0.109,0.98,0.498,0.