The German plan for a land invasion of Britain in 1940 during World War II was code-named Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German). This is the order of battle for Operation Sea Lion per the modified German plan produced on August 30, 1940.
German forces
editGeneralfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
First Wave
- XIII Army Corps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
- 17th Infantry Division
- 35th Infantry Division
- Luftwaffe II./14th Flak Regiment
- VII Army Corps — Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert
- 1st Mountain Division
- 7th Infantry Division
- Luftwaffe I./26th Flak Regiment
Second Wave
- V Army Corps — General Richard Ruoff
- XXXXI Army Corps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Third Wave
- XIII Army Corps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
- 9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss
First Wave
- XXXVIII Army Corps — General Erich von Manstein
- VIII Army Corps — General Walter Heitz
Second Wave
- XV Army Corps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth
Third Wave
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- 6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau
British forces
editHome Forces
editGeneral 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
- Southern Command — Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck
- V Corps — Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery
- 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
- Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson
- Scottish Command — Lieutenant-General Harold Carrington
References
edit- ^ "9th Division". Second World War, 1939–1945 units. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.