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Sicily 10 July - 17 August 1943
Axis Order of Battle

15th Panzergrenadier Division

  • 1 Heavy Panzer Battalion-17 Tiger I tanks
  • 3 Panzergrenadier Regiments each of two battalions (mounted on trucks)
  • Attached Artillery, Anti-Air, and engineer

Luftwaffe Panzer Division Hermann Göring

  • 1 Panzergrenadier Regiment “Hermann Göring” of two battalions (mounted on trucks)
  • Panzer Regiment “Hermann Göring” of two battalions of Panzer III/IV tanks
  • Attached Reconnaissance, Artillery, Anti-Air, and engineer

Independent

  • 1 Fortress Battalion
  • 1 Panzergrenadier Regiment

XIV Panzer Corps -Activated on 18 July 1943 to consolidate all German forces including reinforcements.

1st Parachute Division, arrival by air on 12 July 1943

  • 2 Parachute Regiments
  • Parachute Machine-Gun Battalion, Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Parachute Pioneer Battalion

German 29th Panzergrenadier Division, Arrival in Sicily 18 July

  • 1 Panzer Battalion – 17 tanks
  • 2 Panzergrenadier Regiments
  • Attached Artillery and Antiaircraft

Italian 6th Army

Italian XII Corps

  • 1 Mountain Infantry Division (2 Infantry Regiments, 1 legion + Artillery, Mortar, and Engineer)
  • 1 Infantry Division (2 Infantry Regiments, 1 legion + Artillery, Mortar, and Engineer)
  • 4 Costal Divisions (each of 2 Infantry Regiments and one Artillery Group)
  • Corps Artillery – 30 batteries
  • Palermo Harbour Garrison
  • 2 Light Infantry “Bersaglieri|” Regiments
  • 1 Tank Company
  • 3 “Mobile” Groups (tanks and motor infantry)

Italian XVI Corps

  • 2 Infantry Division (2 Infantry Regiments, 1 legion + Artillery, Mortar, and Engineer)
  • 2 Costal Divisions (each of 2 Infantry Regiments and one Artillery Group + Support)
  • 2 Costal Brigades (each of 2 Infantry Regiments and one Artillery Group – less artillery and no support compared to Costal Division)
  • Corps Artillery – 19 batteries
  • 5 “Mobile” Groups (tanks and motor infantry)

Navy garrisons at Augusta-Siracusa Harbour (Costal Infantry Regiment, 24 Artillery Batteries), Trapani Harbour (Costal Infantry Regiment, 12 Artillery Batteries), and Messina-Reggio Calabria Harbour (2 Costal Infantry Regiments, 1 Legion, 1 Dismounted Cavalry Battalion, 55 Artillery Batteries)

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