Operation Sea Lion order of battle

The German plan for a land invasion of England in 1940 was code-named Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German). This is the Operation Sea Lion order of battle for the modified German plan produced in August, 1940.

German forces

Plan of Operation Sealion

Heeresgruppe A

Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

16.Armee — Generaloberst Ernst Busch

First Wave

XIII.Armee-Korps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
- 17.Infanterie-Division
- 35.Infanterie-Division
- Luftwaffe II./Flak-Regiment 14
VII.Armee-Korps — Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert
- 1.Gebirgs-Division
- 7.Infanterie-Division
- Luftwaffe I./Flak-Regiment 26

Second Wave

V.Armee-Korps — General Richard Ruoff
- 12.Infanterie-Division
- 30.Infanterie-Division
XXXI.Armee-Korps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt

Third Wave

IV. Armee-Korps — General Viktor von Schwedler
- 24.Infanterie-Division
- 58.Infanterie-Division
XXXII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Kuntze
- 45.Infanterie-Division
- 164.Infanterie-Division

9.Armee — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

First Wave

XXXVIII.Armee-Korps — General Erich von Manstein
- 26.Infanterie-Division
- 34.Infanterie-Division
VIII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Heitz

Second Wave

XV.Armee-Korps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth

Third Wave

XXIV.Armee-Korps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
- 15.Infanterie-Division
- 78.Infanterie-Division

Heeresgruppe C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

6.Armee — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau

II.Armee-Korps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
- 6.Infanterie-Division
- 256.Infanterie-Division
Airborne Formations General Kurt Student
- 7.Flieger-Division
- 22.Infanterie-Division (Luftlande)
Bau-Lehr-Regiment z.b.V. 800 Brandenburg

British forces

Home Forces

General Alan Brooke
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Bernard Paget

38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
21st Army Tank Brigade
IV Corps — Lieutenant General Francis Nosworthy
VII Corps — Lieutenant General Andrew McNaughton of Canada

Northern Command — Lieutenant General Ronald Forbes Adam

I Corps — Lieutenant General Harold Alexander
X Corps — Lieutenant General William Holmes
- 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
- 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division

London District — Lieutenant General Bertram Sergison-Brooke
Eastern Command — Lieutenant General Laurence Carr

II Corps — Lieutenant General Edmund Osborne
XI Corps — Lieutenant General Hugh Massy
- 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
- 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
XII Corps — Lieutenant General Andrew Thorne

Southern Command — Lieutenant General Claude Auchinleck

V Corps — Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery
VIII Corps — Lieutenant General Harold Franklyn
- 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
- 70th Independent Infantry Brigade
Australian force in the UK (later 9th Division) — Major General Henry Wynter ^[1]
- 18th Australian Infantry Brigade (Southern Command Striking Force)
- 25th Australian Infantry Brigade

Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson

2nd London Infantry Division
III Corps — Lieutenant General James Marshall-Cornwall
- 5th Infantry Division
- 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade
- 36th Independent Infantry Brigade

Scottish Command — Lieutenant General Harold Carrington

References

↑ "9th Division". Second World War, 1939–1945 units. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

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