German 10Th Army in Italy, Battle of Cassino, January-February 1944

German 10th Army in Italy Battle of Cassino January-February 1944

XIV Panzer Corps: 44th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/131st Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/132nd Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/Reichsgrenadier Regiment Hoch-und Deutschmeister 1/,2/,4/96th Artillery Regiment 46th Fusilier Battalion 46th Anti-tank Battalion 46th Engineer Battalion 64th Signals Battalion 44th Division Service Units 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division:1 8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 71st Infantry Division:2 1/,2/191st Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/194th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/211th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/171st Artillery Regiment 171st Anti-tank Battalion 171st Engineer Battalion 171st Fusilier Battalion 171st Signals Battalion 171st Division Service Units 15th Panzer Grenadier Division: 1/,2/,3/104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 115th Panzer Battalion 1/,2/,3/33rd (mot) Artillery Regiment 33rd Anti-tank Battalion 115th Engineer Battalion 115th Signals Battalion 115th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 115th Division Support Units 94th Infantry Division: 1/,2/267th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/274th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/276th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/194th Artillery Regiment 194th Anti-tank Battalion 94th Engineer Battalion 94th Fusilier Battalion

1 The 3rd PG Division relieved the 5th Mountain division from 17 January, but only the 8th PG Regiment remained in the line. All its other major units were sent to the Anzio beachhead in late January.

2 The 71st Division arrived in the Liri Valley on 17 january.

1 94th Signals Battalion 94th Division Service Units 29th Panzer Grenadier Division:3 1/,2/,3/15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment 129th Panzer Battalion 1/,2/,3/29th (mot) Artillery Regiment 313th Army Flak Battalion 29th Anti-tank Battalion 29th Engineer Battalion 129th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 5th Mountain Division: 1/,2/,3/85th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/100th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/95th Mountain Artillery Regiment 85th Anti-tank Battalion4 95th Reconnaissance Battalion5 95th Engineer Battalion 95th Division Support Units 90th Panzer Grenadier Division: 1/,2/,3/200th (mot) Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/361st (mot) Grenadier Regiment 190th Panzer Battalion 1/,2/,3/190th (mot) Artillery Regiment 242nd Sturmgeschütz Battalion 590th Anti-tank Battalion 90th Engineer Battalion 90th Signals Battalion 190th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion LXXVI Panzer Corps: (not involved in battle at this time) 305th Infantry Division 1/,2/576th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/577th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/578th Infantry Regiment6 1/,2/,3/305th Artillery Regiment 1st Parachute Division 1/,2/,3/1st Fallschirm-Jäger (Parachute) Regiment7 2/,3/,4/3rd Fallschirm-Jäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/4th Fallschirm-Jäger Regiment 1st Fallschirm-Jäger Panzerjäger (AT) Battalion (3 cos) 1/,3/1st Fallschirm-Jäger Artillery Regiment

3 The 29th and 90th Panzer Grenadier Divisions were in the 10th Army Reserve until released to the XIV Panzer Corps on 18 January.

4 Formed on 1/27/44.

5 Formed on 1/27/44.

6 The 578th Regiment was reformed using the 412th Ost Battalion.

7 3/1st Fallschirm-Jäger Battaion was detached in February. It was eventually rebuilt.

1/,4/1st Fallschirm-Jäger Flak Battalion (5 btrys) 1st Fallschirm-Jäger Pioneer Battalion (4 cos) 1st Luftnachrichten (Communications & Signal) Fallschirm-Jäger Division (2 cos) 1st Fallschirm-Jäger Division (Einheiten) Service Units 334th Infantry Division 1/,2/754th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/755th Grenadier Regiment8 1/,2/,3/756th Grenadier Regiment 334th Divisional Fusilier Battalion 1/,2/,3/,4/334th Artillery Regiment 334th Engineer Battalion 334th Signals Battalion 334th Divisional (Einheiten) Support Units 26th Panzer Division: 1/,2/9th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/67th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/26th Panzer Regiment 26th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 1/,2/,3/93rd Panzer Artillery Regiment 304th Army Flak Battalion 93rd Anti-Tank Battalion 93rd Engineer Battalion 93rd Signals Battalion 93rd Division (Einheiten) Support Troops

Ellis, J., Cassino, The Hollow Victory, The Battle for Rome, January-June 1944, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York,

Mueller-Hillebrand, B., Das Heer l933-l945, Frankfurt am Mein, l956 Vol I & II, Verband der Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS l939-l945

Tessin, G., Verbänd und Truppen der detuschen Wermacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Biblo Verlag, Osnabruck, 1977.

8 The 3/755th was formed from the 555th Ost Battalion.