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 on 30 August, 1940.
German forces
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
- XXXXI.Armee-Korps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt
- 8.Panzer-Division
- 10.Panzer-Division
- 29.Infanterie-Division (mot.)
- Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Großdeutschland
- Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (mot)
Third Wave
- IV. Armee-Korps — General Viktor von Schwedler
- XXXXII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Kuntze
- XIII.Armee-Korps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
- 9.Armee — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss
First Wave
- XXXVIII.Armee-Korps — General Erich von Manstein
- VIII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Heitz
Second Wave
- XV.Armee-Korps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth
- 4.Panzer-Division
- 7.Panzer-Division
- 20.Infanterie-Division (mot.)
Third Wave
- XXIV.Armee-Korps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
Heeresgruppe C
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- 6.Armee — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau
- II.Armee-Korps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
- 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
- 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
- XII Corps — Lieutenant General Andrew Thorne
- 1st London Infantry Division
- 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
- New Zealand Division
- 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade
- 29th Independent Infantry Brigade
- Southern Command — Lieutenant General Claude Auchinleck
- V Corps — Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- VIII Corps — Lieutenant General Harold Franklyn
- 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
- V Corps — Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery
- 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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