Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-09
.112 Allied Divisions
Revealed in Final
West Front Lineup
BY The Associated Press.

| SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, PARIS, May 9.-Victory in
Europe found liz known Allied
divisions arrayed against the Ger
man enemy, plus an undiSclosed
number of others which must re-
main on the secret list for a variety
of reasons.
Ninety of those divisions which
can be designated by number are
under Gen. Eisenhower-59 of them
American divisions in armies other
than the new 18th, whose present
makeup cannot be disclosed.
The 18th, which will remain to
participate in the occupation of
Germany, will be strengthened by
additional divisions transferred
from other American armies.
The situation on Gen. Eisen-
hower's front was SO fluid in the
final weeks Of the war that the divi-
sions were shifted rapidly from
army to army, depending upon
where they were most needed. AS
a result, the United States Sd Army.
the last to meet any organized re-
sistance, drove through Czechoslo-
vakia and Austria with Is divisions
under Gen. Patton's command as
the end drew near.
Divisions With Patton.
Gen. Patton's divisions at the end
of the war included Is infantry out
flts-the LIST, I'd, 5th, 26th, 65th, list,
10th, 80th, 87th, 18th, Goth, Gath
and 9eth, and five armored divi-
sions-4th, 9Th, 18th, 18th and 14th.
On Gen. Patton's right flank the
United States It'll Army of 1t. Gen.
Alexander M. Patch finished the
war in Europe with IA divisions
the Sd, 4th, 36th, 42d, 44th, 45th, SD,
10th, Both, Tooth and 1880 Infantry
and the 10th, 18th and goth Ar
mored.
The 7th and the French list
Armies finished by forcing the Ger
man LIST and 10Th Armies in Austria
to surrender.
In the French LIST Army were the
French LIST. ID and 5th Armored
Divisions, the French LIST Infantry.
I'd Moroccan Infantry, Sd Algerian
Infantry, 4th Moroccan Mountain
Division, 9th Colonial Infantry. 10th
French Infantry and 9th French
Alpine.
Lineup Of LIST Army.
At last reports the United States
1st Army of Gen. Hodges, first on
the Normandy beaches, first through
the Siegfried Line, first across the
Rhine and first to link with the
Russians, had nine divisions de-
ployed along the Elbe and Nude
Rivers on the Sd Army's left. These
were the 9th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 104th
and 1O6th Infantry, and the Sd, 7th
and 9th Armored.
Between Gen. Hodges forces and
Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st
Army Group 1t Gen. William H.
Simpsons 9th Army had Is an
nounced divisions up to or across
the Elbe. These were the 18th,
3Oth, 35th, 18th, 18th, 83d. 84th,
95th, 102d Infantry; the I'd, 5th and
9th Armored and the 18th Air-borne.
The United States 9th Infantry
and 82d Air-borne Divisions finished
up with the British I'd Army on
the Baltic. Other divisions on the
2lst Army Group included:
The British Sd, 5th, 43d, 49th. 5Oth
51st, SD. SD and the 18th Scot
fish: the British 7th, 18th and 18th
Armored and the Guards Armored
the British LIST and 9Th Air-borne
the Canadian LIST, I'd and Sd Infan-
try; 4th and 5th Armored; the
Polish LIST Armored.
Others Not Located.
The American divisions under
Gen. Elsenhower's command which
can be designed but not located
include the 66th Infantry, 7th Ar
mored and 101st Air-borne. "a field
dispatch put the 101st at Berchtes.
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i Others which still are on the
secret list were in the line or ir
rest areas when victory came.
So far as is known here % divi.
sions were in on the Allied victory
on the Italian front. These in.
eluded the American 34th, 85th, 18th
9lst and 92d Infantry. an armored
division and the 10th Mountain
the British LIST, 4th, 46th, 56th. 18th
Infantry and the 1st and 9Th Ar
mored: the I'd New Zealand Infantry;
the 9Th South African Armored
I,