German Ground Order of Battle - 19 August 1942

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Most army units in Dieppe were under the control of the 302. Infanterie Division. There were also some Luftwaffe ground units in and around Dieppe on 19 August 1942.

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Army Units in Dieppe
- II./InfRgt 571 (5.-8. Kp)
- III./InfRgt 571 (9.-12. Kp)
- IG-Zug/InfRgt 571
- 14.(PzAbw)Kp/InfRgt 571
- Pionier-Bataillon 302 (1.-3. Kp)
- Batterie A, Batterie B, 7. und 8./Artillerie-Regiment 302 (10.5 cm IFH)
- I./InfRgt 571 in reserve west of Dieppe at Ouville-la-Riviere. Parts of 3. and 4. - Kp/InfRgt 571 were manning a strongpoint near 'Orange Beach'.

Army Coastal Artillery
- 2./Heeres-Küstenartillerie-Abt. 770 with three 17 cm and four 10.5 cm guns at Berneval (called Goebbels Battery by the Allies)
- Heeres-Küstenbatterie 813 with six 15 cm guns at Varengeville (called Hess Battery by the Allies)
- Heeres-Küstenbatterie 265 with four 15 cm guns at Arques-la-Bataille

Luftwaffe Ground Units
- Flakuntergruppe Dieppe with a heavy battery and a light battery with French 75 mm guns
- 23. schwere Funkmesskompanie/Luftgau Nachrichten Regiment 51 responsible for radar and radio installations

Kriegsmarine Units
- 2. Sicherungsdivision had some harbour personnel and sailors in Dieppe
- German convoy that ran into the eastern landing force included small submarine hunters UJ1404 and UJ1411, and small minesweeper M4014

Reserves Alerted but Failing to Reach the Battle
- III./InfRgt 570 (302. InfDiv) at Bacqueville
- I./InfRgt 676 (332. InfDiv) at Doudeville
- III./InfRgt 376 at Yvetot
- 10. PzDiv. at Amiens held at readiness
- SS-Brigade 'LAH' at Vernon held at readiness

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Information via Mitch Williamson. Sources used include:
J. Mordal, Dieppe: The Dawn of Decision

R. Atkin, Dieppe 1942 - The Jubilee Disaster

J. Leasor, Green Beach

R.W. Thompson, Dieppe at Dawn

C.P. Stacey, Six Years of War, Volume I

F. Ruge, Im Küstenvorfeld

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