British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is the British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943 during Operation Vulcan of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.
- British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson- V Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey - British IX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General John Crocker- 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
- British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
- British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Charles Keightley)
- British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood)
- French XIX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant General Louis Koeltz- Brigade Légère Mécanique (Tank Group)
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards
- Template:Ill (Major General Template:Ill)
- Division du Maroc (Lieutenant General Template:Ill)
- Template:Ill (Major-General Template:Ill)
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group<ref name="Despatches5459">Anderson (1946), p. 11 Template:London Gazette</ref>)
Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley- Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
- 4th and 6th Tabors of Moroccan goumiers
- U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
- U.S. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)
- U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)
- V Corps
See also
References
- Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth (1946). Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943 published in Template:London Gazette
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