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bigpigeon.us webpage  WW II Germany > The ETO > Liberation > ETO OrBat, 25 Aug '44, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 19 Jun 2025
This webpage is incomplete.
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Herein is the organization of front-line ETO ground forces on 25 August 1944, the day Paris was liberated. 
General Eisenhower had originally planned for a pause to regroup at the Seine River before continuing on to Germany's defensive barrier, the Siegfried Line.

The Wehrmacht's abrupt withdrawal from much of France led Eisenhower to cancel this pause. Some units, such as elements of the Third Army's XV Corps, were sent ahead to clear areas along  the lower Seine to block retreating German forces and provide subsequent crossing points by follow-up units.

Compare the accompanying map, which shows advance Allied positions on 25 August, with the more-conservative situation map below, which shows many German units thought to be still attempting to maintain a north-south line in the Normandy area.
Scalable version not available.
Herein is the organization of front-line ETO ground forces on 25 August 1944. 
The two Allied armies and various corps are listed roughly from east to west.
​To be added.
Advance units order of battle, from near Rouen upstream along the Seine River through Paris and east of the crumbled front line.
First Army (Hodges):
◼XIX Corps 
  • 2nd Armored Division, V Corps 1 --> VII Corps 18 August --> XIX Corps 19 August
  • 30th Infantry Division, VII Corps --> XIX Corps 13 August
  • 28th Infantry Division.
Third Army (Patton):
◼XV Corps (Haislip)
  • 5th Armored Division.
  • 79th Infantry Division, XX Corps --> XV Corps 9 August.
  • French 2nd Armored Division, XV Corps ~ 1 August
The ETO Situation Map, 25 August 1944
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The ETO Situation Map, 25 August 1944
The ETO Situation Map, 25 August 1944
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