<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery Mark W. Clark </Td> <Td> Albert Kesselring Heinrich von Vietinghoff Hans - Valentin Hube </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 189,000 (by 16 September) </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr>

Allied forces on the western front had been badly defeated