Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces First Army, 12th Army Group) - the alignment in the hierarchy given here. On 18 January 1945, the final alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. First Army, 12th Army Group) and on the same day (XVIII Corps, U. On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. Later that day, the alignment became (VIII Corps, U. However, when the German attack began on 16 December 1944, the alignment of U.

7th Armored Division in XVIII Corps in U. For example, the hierarchy here places the U.

To fully understand the hierarchy at any given moment in the Battle, you must not rely on this page alone. The hierarchy given here is at a moment nearly at the end of the Battle. Any hierarchy of unit within Corps within Army within Army Group is inherently a snapshot of a single moment in that flux. This is the order of battle of German and Allied forces during the Battle of the Bulge.Ĭaveat: This Battle lasted more than a month, with assignments in considerable flux.

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