# Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944

Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.

## Allied Armies in Italy

    C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
    Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

### British 8th Army

Commander:
    Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese

#### New Zealand Corps

    Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
   * 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
   ** 5th Infantry Brigade
   *** 21st Infantry Battalion
   *** 23rd Infantry Battalion
   *** 28th (Māori) Infantry Battalion
   ** 6th Infantry Brigade
   *** 24th Infantry Battalion
   *** 25th Infantry Battalion
   *** 26th Infantry Battalion
   ** 4th Armoured Brigade
   *** 18th Armoured Regiment
   *** 19th Armoured Regiment
   *** 20th Armoured Regiment
   *** 22nd Motorised Battalion
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery
   *** 14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA
   *** 11th and 17th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
   *** 66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA
   *** 6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
   *** 5th Field Park Company, NZE
   *** 2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment
   * 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker until 4 February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness))
   ** 5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)
   *** 1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment
   *** 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
   *** 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
   ** 7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier O. de T. Lovett)
   *** 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
   *** 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
   *** 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
   ** 11th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier V. C. Griffin)
   *** 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
   *** 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
   *** 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
   *** 149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
   *** 27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
   *** Engineers
   **** 4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
   **** 12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
   **** 21st Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
   **** 11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
   **** 5th Indian Bridging Platoon
   *** Central India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment)
   *** Machine gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
   * British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February) (Major-General Charles Keightley)
   ** 11th British Infantry Brigade
   *** 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
   *** 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
   *** 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
   ** 36th British Infantry Brigade
   *** 5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
   *** 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
   *** 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
   ** 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
   *** 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles
   *** 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
   *** 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA
   *** 64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
   *** 49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
   *** 214th, 237th and 256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
   *** 281st Field Park Company, RE
   *** 21st Bridging Platoon, RE
   *** 56th Reconnaissance Regiment
   *** 1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (MG)
   * Corps troops
   * 2nd Army Group, RA (under command)
   ** 166th (Newfoundland) Field Artillery Regiment
   ** Two additional Field Regiments, RA
   ** Five Medium Regiments, RA

## German Army Group C

Commander:
    Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

### Tenth Army

    Commander: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff

#### XIV Panzer Corps

    Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
   * 15th Panzergrenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Rudolf Sperl)
   ** 104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
   *** 115th Panzer battalion
   *** 33rd Artillery battalion
   *** 33rd Anti-tank battalion
   *** 115th Engineer battalion
   * 29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to Anzio early Feb) Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Walter Fries)
   ** 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
   *** 129th Panzer battalion
   *** 29th Artillery Regiment
   *** 29th Anti-tank battalion
   *** 29th Engineer battalion
   *** 171st Engineer battalion
   * 44th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)
   ** 131st Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 132nd Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 134th Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 44th Fusilier battalion
   *** 96th Artillery Regiment
   *** 46th Anti-tank battalion
   *** 96th Engineer battalion
   * 71st Infantry Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Wilhelm Raapke)
   ** 191st Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 194th Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 211st Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 171st Fusilier battalion
   *** 171st Artillery Regiment
   *** 171st Anti-tank battalion
   * 90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.)
   ** 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr)
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
   *** 190th Panzer battalion
   *** 190th Artillery Regiment
   *** 90th Anti-tank battalion
   *** 90th Engineer battalion
   *** 3rd battalion 3rd Parachute Regiment
   *** 2nd battalion 1st Parachute Regiment
   *** Parachute Machine Gun Battalion
   *** 4th Alpine Battalion
   * 94th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Bernhard Steinmetz)
   ** 267th Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 274th Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** 276th Infantry Regiment
   *** 3 battalions
   ** Divisional troops
   *** 94th Fusilier battalion
   *** 194th Artillery Regiment
   *** 194th Anti-tank battalion
   *** 94th Engineer battalion