Operation Sea Lion order of battle

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

Army Group A

Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

16th Army — Generaloberst Ernst Busch

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

Third Wave

IV Army Corps — General Viktor von Schwedler
- 24th Infantry Division
- 58th Infantry Division
XXXXII Army Corps — General Walter Kuntze
- 45th Infantry Division
- 164th Infantry Division

9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

First Wave

XXXVIII Army Corps — General Erich von Manstein
- 26th Infantry Division
- 34th Infantry Division
VIII Army Corps — General Walter Heitz

Second Wave

XV Army Corps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth

Third Wave

XXIV Army Corps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
- 15th Infantry Division
- 78th Infantry Division

Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau

II Army Corps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
- 6th Infantry Division
- 256th Infantry Division
Airborne Formations — General Kurt Student
- 7th Air Division
- 22nd Infantry Division (Air Landing)
800th Special Duties Construction Training Regiment 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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