APPENDIX D


Enemy Chain of Command and
Order of Battle

Supreme Command West
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

Army Group B
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel

Seventh Army
Generaloberst Friedrich Dollman (died 28 June)

LXXXIV Corps,
General der Artillerie Erich Marcks (KIA 12 June)
General der Artillerie Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (to 17 June)
General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz

Units of LXXXIV Corps identified on VII Corps front:

17th SS-Panzer Grenadier Division (Geotz von Berlichingen), Genlt. Werner Ostendorf, CG

77th Division, Genlt. Rudolph Stegmann, CG (KIA 17 June), Obst. Rudolph Bacherer

91st Luftlande (Airborne) Division, Genmaj. Wilhelm Falley, CG (KIA 6 June), Obst Eugen Koenig, CO

243d Division, Genlt. Heinz Hellmich, CG (KIA 17 June), Obst. Bernard Klosterkemper, CO

265th Division, Genlt.Walter Duevert, CG

352d Division, Genlt. Dietrich Kraiss

709th Division, Genlt. Karl W. von Schlieben, CG

Sturm Battalion AOK 7 (attached to 709th Division), Maj. Hugo Messerschmidt, CO

6th Parachute Regiment (attached to the 91st Division), Maj. von der Heydte


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