Dispositions for the Second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt.
The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign, eliminating the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields. The battle revived the morale of the Allies, being the first big success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941. The end of the battle coincided with the Allied invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch on 8 November, which opened a second front in North Africa.
High-Level Orders of Battle
Allies
British Eighth Army
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
- Northern sector
- British XXX Corps (Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese)
- Australian 9th Division (Major-General Leslie Morshead)
- British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General Douglas Wimberley)
- New Zealand 2nd Division (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg)
- South African 1st Infantry Division (Major-General Dan Pienaar)
- Indian 4th Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker)
- Southern sector
- British XIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks)
- British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (Major-General John Nichols)
- British 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (Major-General Ivor Hughes)
- British 7th Armoured Division (Major-General John Harding)
- Reserve
- British X Corps (Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden)
- British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
- British 10th Armoured Division (Major-General Alexander Gatehouse)
- British 8th Armoured Division
Axis
Comandante Superiore Generale d' Armata General Ettore Bastico
- Panzer Armee Afrika
- Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
- 90th Light Afrika Division (Generalmajor Ernst Strecker, later Theodor Graf von Sponeck)
- Deutsches Afrika Korps
- Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
- 15th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst)
- 21st Panzer Division (Generalmajor Heinz von Randow)
- Italian Army Africa
- Marshall Ettore Bastico
- Italian XXI Army Corps
- Generale di Corpo d'Armata Enea Navarini; Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria
- 25th Infantry Division "Bologna" (Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria)
- 102nd Motorised Division "Trento" (Generale di Brigata Giorgio Masina)
- Italian XX Army Corps
- Generale di Divisione Giuseppe De Stefanis
- 101st Motorised Division "Trieste" (Generale di Divisione Francesco La Ferla)
- 132nd Armoured Division "Ariete" (Generale di Divisione Francesco Antonio Arena)
- 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio" (Generale di Divisione Gervasio Bitossi)
- German 164th Light Africa Division (Generalleutnant Carl-Hans Lungershausen)
- Italian X Army Corps
- Generale di Divisione Federico Ferrari Orsi KIA 18 Oct
- Generale di Divisione Enrico Frattini thru 26 Oct
- Generale di Divisione Edoardo Nebbia from 27 Oct, POW 7 Nov
- 17th Infantry Division "Pavia" (Generale di Divisione Nazzareno Scattaglia)
- 27th Infantry Division "Brescia" (Generale di Divisione Brunetto Brunetti)
- 185th Infantry Division "Folgore" (Generale di Divisione Enrico Frattini)
- Ramcke Parachute Brigade (Generalmajor Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke)
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- 16th Motorised Division "Pistoia" (Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Falugi)
- 136th Armoured Division "Giovani Fascisti" (Generale di Divisione Ismaele Di Nisio)
Allies
British Eighth Army
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
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Under direct Army command
- 1st Army Tank Brigade (Brigadier T.R. Price)
- 42nd Royal Tank Regiment
- 44th Royal Tank Regiment
- 1st Armoured Brigade (reforming) (Brigadier G.N. Todd)
- 4th Hussars (elements)
- 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars (elements)
- 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- 12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Brigadier Percy Calvert-Jones)
- 14th (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 27th (London Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (two troops)
- 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Brigadier Murray McIntyre)
- 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (199th and 261st batteries)
- 21st Indian Infantry Brigade (reforming) (Brigadier J.J. Purves)
- 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 3rd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Indian Field Company, Corps of Indian Engineers
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Lt.-Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
Army troops
- B Squadron, 6th Royal Tank Regiment
- 6th South African Armoured Car Regiment (one troop)
- 566th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 588th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 25th Field Company, South African Engineers
- 27th Field Company, South African Engineers
- 31st Field Company, South African Engineers
- 8th Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
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British XXX Corps
Main page: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
XXX Corps occupied the northern sector of the Allied front.
- Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
- Under direct Corps command
- XXX Corps Defence Squadron
- C Squadron, 4th/6th South African Armoured Car Regiment
- 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 66th Mortar Company, Royal Engineers (two sections detached to 9th Australian Division)
- 11th Field Company, South African Engineers
- 13th Field Company, South African Engineers
- 22nd Field Park Company, South African Engineers
- XXX Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
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Divisions deployed north to south
 Australian 9th Division- Major-General Leslie Morshead
- Division-level units
- 9th Division Cavalry Regiment
- 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
- 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
- 2/7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 2/8th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 2/12th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
- 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 2/7th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 2/13th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 2/4th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers
- 9th Australian Division Signals
- Australian 24th Brigade (Brigadier Arthur H.L. Godfrey)
- 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion, Western Australia
- 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
- 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion, South Australia
- Australian 26th Brigade (Brigadier David A. Whitehead)
- 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria
- 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, SA
- Australian 20th Brigade (Brigadier Hugh Wrigley)
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales
- 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Queensland
- 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales
 British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division- Major-General Douglas Wimberley
- Division-level units
- 51st Battalion, Reconnaissance Regiment
- 1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (machine gun battalion)
- 50th Royal Tank Regiment (attached from 23rd Armoured Brigade)
- 126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 61st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 51st (Highland) Divisional Engineers
- 274th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 276th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 51st Highland Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- British 152nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier George Murray)
- 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
- 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
- 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- British 153rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Douglas Graham)
- 5th Battalion, Black Watch
- 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
- 5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
- British 154th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Henry W. Houldsworth)
- 1st Battalion, Black Watch
- 7th Battalion, Black Watch
- 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 New Zealand 2nd Division- Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
- Division-level units
- 2nd New Zealand Division Cavalry Regiment
- 27th (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery
- 5th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery
- 6th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery
- 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, New Zealand Artillery
- 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, New Zealand Artillery
- 6th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
- 7th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
- 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
- 5th Field Park Company, New Zealand Engineers
- New Zealand 2nd Division Signals
- New Zealand 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Howard Kippenberger)
- 21st Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- 22nd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- 23rd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- 28th (Maori) Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
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- New Zealand 6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier William Gentry)
- 24th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- 25th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- 26th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry
- British 9th Armoured Brigade (Brigadier John Currie)
- 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
- Warwickshire Yeomanry
- 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
 South African 1st Infantry Division- Major-General Dan Pienaar
- Division-level units
- 8th Royal Tank Regiment
- South African 3rd Armoured Car Reconnaissance Regiment
- Regiment President Steyn (machine gun battalion)
- 2nd Regiment Botha (in reserve until 31 October)
- 1st Field Regiment, Cape Field Artillery, South African Artillery
- 4th Field Regiment, South African Artillery
- 7th Field Regiment, South African Artillery
- 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, South African Artillery
- 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, South African Artillery
- 1st Field Company, South African Engineers
- 2nd Field Company, South African Engineers
- 3rd Field Company, South African Engineers
- 5th Field Company, South African Engineers
- 19th Field Park Company, South African Engineers
- South African 1st Division Signals
- South African 1st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E.P. Hartshorn)
- 1st Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
- 1st Royal Natal Carabineers
- 1st Transvaal Scottish
- South African 2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Evered Poole)
- 1st Cape Town Highlanders
- 1st Natal Mounted Rifles
- 1st/2nd Field Force Battalion
- South African 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 1st Imperial Light Horse
- 1st Rand Light Infantry
- 1st Royal Durban Light Infantry
 Indian 4th Infantry Division- Major-General Francis Tuker
- Division-level Units
- Central India Horse (reconnaissance regiment)
- 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles (machine gun battalion)
- 1st Field Regiment Royal Artillery
- 11th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 149th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 4th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 12th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
- 11th Field Park Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
- 4th Indian Division Signals
- Indian 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Dudley Russell)
- 1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 4th (Outram's) Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 3rd (Queen Mary's Own) Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment
- Indian 7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Arthur Holworthy)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles
- Indian 161st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Francis E.C. Hughes)
- 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
- Corps Reserve
- British 23rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier George W. Richards)
- 8th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 1 SA Division)
- 40th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 9 Australian Division)
- 46th Royal Tank Regiment
- 50th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 51st Highland Division)
- 121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 168th Battery, 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 295th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
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British XIII Corps
Main page: XIII Corps (United Kingdom)
XIII Corps occupied the southern sector of the Allied front.
- Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
- Under direct Corps command
- South African 4th/6th Armoured Car Regiment (one troop)
- XIII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
- 578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 576th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- XIII Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
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Divisions deployed north to south
 British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division- Major-General John S. Nichols
- Division-level units
- 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
- 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers
- 233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 50th Northumbrian Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
 Greek 1st Infantry Brigade (Colonel Pausanias Katsotas)
- 1st Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Infantry Battalion
- 1st Greek Field Artillery Regiment
- 1st Greek Machine Gun Company
- 1st Greek Field Company, Greek Engineers
- British 151st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Joscelyn E.S. Percy)
- 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
- 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
- 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
- British 69th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Edward C. Cooke-Collis)
- 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion, Green Howards
- 7th Battalion, Green Howards
 2nd Free French Brigade Group (under command)
- 5th Battalion de Marche
- 11th Battalion de Marche
- 21st and 23rd North African Anti-Tank Companies
- 2nd Company, Free French Engineers
 British 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division- Major-General Ivor T.P. Hughes
- Division-level units
- 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (detached to 7th Armoured Division)
- 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion)
- 53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Engineers
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- 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 209th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 210th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (attached from XIII Corps Troops Royal Engineers)
- 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- British 131st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier William Donovan Stamer)
- 1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- British 132nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Lashmer Whistler)
- 2nd Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- British 133rd (Lorried) Infantry Brigade (Detached to 10th Armoured Division)
 British 7th Armoured Division- Major-General John Harding
- Division-level units
- 1st Household Cavalry Regiment
- 11th Hussars (under command from 4th Armoured Brigade, in reserve])
- 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry (under command from 8th Armoured Division)
- 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (under command from 44th Infantry Division)
- 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 7th Armoured Divisional Engineers
- 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 21st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 143rd Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 7th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- British 4th Light Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Marcus G. Roddick)
- Royal Scots Greys
- 4th/8th Hussars
- 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
- British 22nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier George "Pip" Roberts)
- 1st Royal Tank Regiment
- 5th Royal Tank Regiment
- 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
- 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 1st Free French Brigade Group (under command) (Brigadier Marie Pierre Koenig)
- 1st Battalion, Foreign Legion
- 2nd Battalion, Foreign Legion
- 3rd Battalion, Pacific Marine Infantry
- 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (attached)
- 1st Free French Artillery Regiment
- 2nd Anti-Aircraft Company, 1st Marine Fusiliers
- 2nd Free French Anti-Tank Company
- 22nd North African Anti-Tank Company
- 1st Field Company, Free French Engineers
- With (under command)
- 1st Free French Flying Column
- Armoured Car Squadron and Portee troop, 1st Morocco Spahis
- 1st Free French Tank Company
- Anti-Aircraft troop, 1st Battalion, French Foreign Legion
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British X Corps
Main page: X Corps (United Kingdom)
X Corps supplied reserve divisions behind the main Allied line.
- Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden
- Under direct Corps command
- X Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
- 571st Army Field Company (attached to 10th Armoured Division)
- 572nd Army Field Company (attached to 1st Armoured Division)
- 573rd Army Field Company (attached to 10th Armoured Division)
- 570th Corps Field Park Company
- X Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
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Divisions deployed north to south
 British 1st Armoured Division- Major-General Raymond Briggs
- Division-level units
- 12th Royal Lancers
- 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (ex-8th Armoured Division)
- 76th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 1st Armoured Divisional Engineers
- 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 8th Armoured Division)
- 1st Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- British 2nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Arthur Fisher)
- 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
- 10th Royal Hussars
- Yorkshire Dragoons (Motor battalion)
- X Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun battalion)
- British 7th Motor Brigade (Brigadier Thomas Bosvile)
- 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
- 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- Hammerforce (attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- 4th/6th South African Armoured Car Regiment
- 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Z Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun company)
- 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- Minefield Task Force (under Commanding Officer, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade)
- 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (one troop)
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers (one troop)
- 10th Royal Hussars (one troop)
- 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 8th Armoured Division)
- 572nd Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers)
- 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (less Support Company)
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 British 10th Armoured Division- Major-General Alexander Gatehouse
- Division-level units
- Royal Dragoons
- 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 84th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 10th Armoured Divisional Engineers
- 2nd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (attached to Minefield Task Force)
- 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- 141st Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 10th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- British 8th Armoured Brigade (Brig. Edward C.N. Custance)
- 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
- Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
- Staffordshire Yeomanry
- 1st Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- British 24th Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Arthur G. Kenchington) (Attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- 41st Royal Tank Regiment
- 45th Royal Tank Regiment
- 47th Royal Tank Regiment
- 11th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
- British 133rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Alec W. Lee)
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- W Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun company) (attached from 8th Armoured Division)
- Minefield Task Force (Lt.-Col. G.R. McMeekan, Commanding Royal Engineer, 10th Armoured Division) (attached to 133rd Bde for mine clearance)
- 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 571st Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers)
- 573rd Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers)
- 141 Field Park Squadron (detachment)
 British 8th Armoured Division- Major-General Charles Gairdner
- 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (detached to 10th Armoured Division)
- 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (detached to 1st Armoured Division)
- 145th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 8th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
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Axis
Divisions deployed north to south
Panzer Armee Afrika
Main page: Panzer Armee Afrika
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
German 90th Light Afrika Division- Generalmajor Ernst Strecker, later Theodor Graf von Sponeck
- 155th Panzergrenadier Regiment (with 707th Heavy Infantry Gun Company)
- 200th Panzergrenadier Regiment (with 708th Heavy Infantry Gun Company)
- 346th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 190th Artillery Regiment
- 190th Anti-tank Battalion
- Under command
- Force 288
- 605th Anti-tank Battalion
- 109th Anti-aircraft Battalion
- 606th Anti-aircraft Battalion
Deutsches Afrika Korps
Main page: Deutsches Afrika Korps
Gnlltnt. Wilhem Ritter von Thoma
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
German 15th Panzer Division- Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst
- 8th Panzer Regiment
- 115th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 33rd Artillery Regiment
- 33rd Anti-tank Battalion
- 33rd Engineer Battalion
German 21st Panzer Division- Generalmajor Heinz von Randow
- 5th Panzer Regiment
- 104th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- 155th Artillery Regiment
- 39th Anti-tank Battalion
- 200th Engineer Battalion
Italian Army Africa
The commander of the Italian Army Africa Ettore Bastico.
Note: All Axis forces were under Bastico's command including Rommel's Afrika Korps as the campaign is being fought in Italian territory. But Rommel can still command independently his units but under Bastico's approval..
Italian XXI Army Corps
Generale di Corpo d'Armata Enea Navarini
Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria (Thru 26 October)
- Corps-level troops
- 7th Bersaglieri Regiment
- X Bersaglieri Battalion
- XI Bersaglieri Battalion
- 8th Army Corps Artillery Grouping
- XXXIII Heavy Artillery Group (149/40 guns)
- LII Heavy Artillery Group (152/37 guns)
- CXXXI Heavy Artillery Group (149/28 howitzers)
- XXVII Construction Engineers Battalion
- LXV Signal Engineers Battalion
- 14th Fortification Engineer Company
 102nd Motorised Division "Trento"- Generale di Brigata Giorgio Masina
- 61st Infantry Regiment "Trento" (3x battalions)
- 62nd Infantry Regiment "Trento" (3x battalions)
- 46th Motorised Artillery Regiment "Trento"
- I Group (100/17 howitzers)
- II Group (100/17 howitzers)
- III Group (75/27 field guns)
- IV Group (75/27 and 75/13 field guns)
- 412th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- 414th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- LXIII Anti-aircraft Group (75/50 anti-aircraft guns)
- CCCLIV Frontier Guard Artillery Group (77/28 field guns)
- CCCLV Frontier Guard Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
- CXXXI Heavy Artillery Group (149/28 howitzers)
- IV Anti-tank Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna" (47/32 anti-tank guns)
- LI Mixed Motorised Engineer Battalion
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 25th Infantry Division "Bologna"- Generale di Divisione Alessandro Gloria
- 39th Infantry Regiment "Bologna" (3x battalions)
- 40th Infantry Regiment "Bologna" (2x battalions)
- 205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna"
- I Group (100/17 howitzers)
- II Group (100/17 howitzers)
- III Group (75/27 field guns)
- IV Group (75/27 field guns)
- 4th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- 437th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- CCCLVII Frontier Guard Artillery Group (77/28 field guns)
- XXV Mixed Engineer Battalion
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Italian XX Army Corps
Generale di Divisione Giuseppe De Stefanis
- Corps-level troops
- XVIII Anti-aircraft and Anti-tank Group (8.8cm Flak and 20/65 guns)
- LXII Anti-aircraft Group (75/50 anti-aircraft guns)
- XXIV Mixed Engineer Battalion
- 2nd Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company
- 106th Field Hospital
- 576th Field Hospital
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Northern Sector
 101st Motorised Division "Trieste"- Generale di Divisione Francesco La Ferla
- 65th Infantry Regiment "Trieste" (2x battalions)
- 66th Infantry Regiment "Trieste" (2x battalions)
- 21st Motorised Artillery Regiment "Trieste"
- I Group (100/17 howitzers)
- II Group (100/17 howitzers)
- III Group (75/27 field guns)
- IV Group (75/27 field guns)
- 5th Battery / XLII Anti-aircraft Group (75/50 anti-aircraft guns)
- VIII Armoured Bersaglieri Battalion (AB 41 armoured cars)
- XI Tank Battalion "M" (M13/40 and M14/41 tanks)
- XXXII Mixed Motorised Engineer Battalion
 German 164th Light Africa Division- Generalleutnant Carl-Hans Lungershausen
- 125th Infantry Regiment
- 382nd Infantry Regiment
- 433rd Infantry Regiment
- 220th Artillery Regiment
- 220th Engineer Battalion
- 220th Cyclist Unit
- 609th Anti-aircraft Battalion
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 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio"- Generale di Divisione Gervasio Bitossi
- 133rd Tank Infantry Regiment (M13/40 and M14/41 tanks)
- IV Tank Battalion "M"
- XII Tank Battalion "M"
- LI Tank Battalion "M"
- 12th Bersaglieri Regiment
- XXI Bersaglieri Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)
- XXIII Bersaglieri Battalion
- XXXVI Bersaglieri Battalion
- 3rd Fast Artillery Regiment
- II Group (75/27 field guns)
- III Group (105/28 howitzers)
- 5th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- 406th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- DLIV Self-propelled Artillery Group (Semovente 75/18)
- DLVI Self-propelled Artillery Group (Semovente 75/18)
- CCCXXXII Frontier Guard Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)
- XXIX Anti-aircraft and Anti-tank Group (8.8cm Flak)
- III Armoured Squadrons Group "Lancieri di Novara" (Fiat L6/40 light tanks)
- CXXXIII Mixed Engineer Battalion
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Southern Sector
132nd Armoured Division "Ariete"- Generale di Divisione Francesco Antonio Arena
- 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment (M13/40 and M14/41 tanks)
- IX Tank Battalion "M"
- X Tank Battalion "M"
- XIII Tank Battalion "M"
- 8th Bersaglieri Regiment
- III Bersaglieri Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)
- V Bersaglieri Battalion
- XII Bersaglieri Battalion
- 132nd Armoured Artillery Regiment
- I Group (75/27 field guns)
- II Group (75/27 field guns)
- III Group (105/28 howitzers)
- V (DLI) Self-propelled Artillery Group (Semovente 75/18 self-propelled guns)
- VI (DLII) Self-propelled Artillery Group (Semovente 75/18 self-propelled guns)
- XV Heavy Field Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)
- XXXI Anti-aircraft and Anti-tank Group (8.8cm Flak anti-aircraft guns)
- DI Anti-aircraft and Anti-tank Group (90/53 and 20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- III Armored Squadrons Group "Nizza Cavalleria" (AB 41 Armoured cars)
- CXXXII Mixed Engineer Battalion
Italian X Army Corps
16th Motorised Division "Pistoia"- Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Falugi
- 35th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia"
- 36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia"
- 3rd Motorised Artillery Regiment
- XVI Mortar Battalion
- LI Mixed Engineer Battalion
- 16th Anti-tank Company
136th Armoured Division "Giovani Fascisti"- Generale di Divisione Ismaele Di Nisio
- Infantry Regiment "Giovani Fascisti" (2x battalions)
- IX Autonomous Infantry Battalion
- 136th Artillery Regiment
- XIV Motorized Artillery Group (65/17 field guns mounted on Morris CS8)
- XV Motorized Artillery Group (65/17 field guns mounted on Morris CS8)
- XVI Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns mounted on TL.37)
- XVII Motorized Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers mounted on Lancia 3Ro trucks)
- 88th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns)
- III Armoured Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri del Monferrato" (AB 41 Armoured cars)
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XIII Corps occupied the southern sector of the Allied front.
X Corps supplied reserve divisions behind the main Allied line.
