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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Germany > The MTO > Northern Italy > OrBat, Op. Grapeshot, © 2026 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 31 Dec 2025

​I am attempting to show both the Allied order of battle at the beginning of Operation Grapeshot and major changes as Operation Grapeshot, known in the US as the Po Valley Campaign progressed.
                                              ██   Allied Order of Battle - Operation Grapeshot   ██
                                                                
Key Dates (1945):
  • 18 January - British XIII Corps returned from US Fifth Army to British Eighth Army control.
  • 6 April - Operation Grapeshot begins in Eighth Army sector.
  • 21 Apr - Bologna liberated as US Fifth Army exits the Apennine Mountains.
  • 23 Apr - Allied forces begin crossing the Po River.
  • 2 May - Armistice in effect in Italy.

      .................................................................. 15th Army Group (Clark)  .................................................................
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◼ ​US Fifth Army (Truscott)
⏶   Under direct Fifth Army control:
  • 92nd Infantry Division (Almond) - from IV Corps 3 Apr 1945; advanced up the Italian west coast; in northwest Italy east of Turin 2 May 1945.
  • 85th Infantry Division (Coulter) - to IV Corps 17 Apr 1945.
  • 10th Mountain Division (Hays) - from IV Corps 28 Apr 1945; in north Italy near Lake Garda 2 May 1945.
⏶   IV Corps (Crittenberger) - on Fifth Army left wing
  • Brazilian Expeditionary Force (de Morais/Mascarenhas) - in northwest Italy at Susa west of Turin 2 May 1945.
  • 10th Mountain Division (Hays) - to Fifth Army 28 Apr 1945.
  • 1st Armored Division (Prichard) - in northwest Italy north and east of Milan 2 May 1945.
later additions to IV Corps:
  • 85th Infantry Division (Coulter) - from Fifth Army to IV Corps right flank 17 Apr 1945; to II Corps 30 Apr 1945.
  • 34th Infantry Division (Bolte) - from IV Corps near Modena 23 Apr 1945; near Brescia 2 May 1945.
​⏶   II Corps (Keyes) - on Fifth Army right wing.
  • South African 6th Armoured Division (Poole) - near Treviso and transferred to Fifth Army 30 Apr 1945; en route to garrison duties in Milan 2 May 1945.
  • 88th Infantry Division (Kendall) - in northeast Italy in the Dolomite Mountains 2 May 1945.
  • 91st Infantry Division (Livesay) - attached to British Eighth Army 1 May 1945; in northeast Italy north of Venice near Treviso 2 May 1945.
  • 34th Infantry Division (Bolte) - to IV Corps 23 Apr 1945.
​⏶   later additions to II Corps:
  • 85th Infantry Division (Coulter) -  from IV Corps 30 April 1945; in northeast Italy near the Piave River 2 May 1945. 

​◼ British Eighth Army (McCreery)
​⏶   Under direct British Eighth Army control:
  • British 6th Armoured Division (Murray) - served with British V Corps.
  • British 46th Infantry Division (Weir) - returned from Greece to Italy 11 Apr 1945; to British V Corps 5 May 1945.
​⏶ British XIII Corps (Harding) - inactive as beginning of campaign; about 14 Apr 1945 XIII Corps was inserted between Polish II Corps and British V Corps.
  • 10th Indian Infantry Division (Reid) - squeezed out  ? April; in Minerbio area northeast of Bologna 2 May 1945
  • British 6th Armoured Division (Murray) - from British V Corps 23 April 1945; in Dolomite foothills 2 May 1945
  • 2nd New Zealand Division (Freyberg) - from British V Corps 14 April 1945, in Trieste, northeast Italy 2 May 1945.
​⏶ British X Corps (Hawkesworth); placed in reserve at unknown date; disbanded June 1945
  • initially no division-sized components
  • 10th Indian Infantry Division (Reid) - from British XIII Corps late April 1945; in Minerbio northeast of Bologna 2 May 1945
​⏶ Polish II Corps (Anders); withdrawn from combat 22 April 1945 after capture of Bologna
  • 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Duch)
  • 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (Kulik)
​⏶ ​British V Corps (Keightley)
  • 2nd New Zealand Division (Freyberg) - to British XIII Corps 14 April 1945.
  • British 78th Infantry Division (Arbuthnott) - in reserve until 12 April 1945
  • 8th Indian Infantry Division (Russell) - in northeast Italy near the Adige River 2 May 1945.
  • Italian Cremona Battle Group
  • British 56th Infantry Division (Whitfield) - in northeast Italy in Venice area 2 May 1945.
​V Corps additions after the Po Valley Campaign began:
  • British 6th Armoured Division (Murray) - on left wing of British 78th Infantry Division 19 Apr 1945; to British XIII Corps 23 Apr 1945,
  • British 46th Infantry Division (Weir) -  from direct British Eighth Army control 5 May 1945​.

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