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

• File:Insignia of the German 16. Armee (Wehrmacht).svg 16th Army — Generaloberst Ernst Busch

First Wave XIII Army Corps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel. File:17th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 17th Infantry Division File:35th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg 35th Infantry Division Luftwaffe II./14th Flak Regiment VII Army Corps — Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert 1st Mountain Division File:7th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 7th Infantry Division Luftwaffe I./26th Flak Regiment Second Wave File:V Armeekorps emblem.svg V Army Corps — General Richard Ruoff File:12th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 12th Infantry Division File:30th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 30th Infantry Division File:XXXXI.svg XXXXI Army Corps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt File:8th Panzer Division logo.svg 8th Panzer Division File:10th Panzer Division logo 1.svg 10th Panzer Division File:29th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 29th Infantry Division (motorised) File:GDInsig.svg Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland (motorised) File:1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler.svg Infantry Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (motorised) Third Wave File:IV Armeekorps emblem.svg IV Army Corps — General Viktor von Schwedler File:24. Infanterie-Division (Wehrmacht).svg 24th Infantry Division File:58th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 58th Infantry Division File:XXXXII Armee-Korps unit marking Unternehmen Zitadelle.png XXXXII Army Corps — General Walter Kuntze File:Divisionsabzeichen 45. Infanterie-Division.svg 45th Infantry Division File:164th leichte Afrika Division Logo 1.svg 164th Infantry Division

• File:Insignia of the German 9. Armee (Wehrmacht).svg 9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

First Wave XXXVIII Army Corps — General Erich von Manstein File:26. Infanterie-Division(Wehrmacht).svg 26th Infantry Division File:34. Infanterie-Division (Wehrmacht).svg 34th Infantry Division File:VIII Armeekorps.svg VIII Army Corps — General Walter Heitz File:6th Mountain Division logo 1.svg 6th Mountain Division File:8th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 8th Infantry Division File:28th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 28th Infantry Division Second Wave XV Army Corps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth File:4 Panzer Division.JPG 4th Panzer Division File:7th Panzer Division logo 2.svg 7th Panzer Division File:20th Infanterie Division Logo.svg 20th Infantry Division (motorised) Third Wave XXIV Army Corps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg File:15th Infanterie Division Logo 1.svg 15th Infantry Division File:78th Infanterie Division Logo 1.svg 78th Infantry Division

Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

• File:6th Army Logo.svg 6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau

II Army Corps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt File:6th Infanterie Division logo.svg 6th Infantry Division File:256th Infanterie-Division Logo 1.svg 256th Infantry Division Airborne Formations — General Kurt Student File:1st Airborn Dvision Logo 1.svg 7th Air Division File:22. Luftlande-Infanterie-Division(Wehrmacht)(gules).svg 22nd Infantry Division (Air Landing) File:Brand1943w.svg 800th Special Duties Construction Training Regiment Brandenburg

British forces

Home Forces

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

File:38 inf div -vector.svg 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division File:21st armoured brigade.svg 21st Army Tank Brigade File:IV corps.svg IV Corps — Lieutenant-General Francis Nosworthy File:British 2nd Armoured Division.svg 2nd Armoured Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division File:31st Independent Infantry Brigade.svg 31st Independent Infantry Brigade Group VII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton of Canada File:1st Armoured Div.svg 1st Armoured Division File:1 Canadian Infantry Division patch.svg 1st Canadian Infantry Division File:1st Army Tank Brigade Formation Badge.svg 1st Army Tank Brigade

• File:Northern Command (United Kingdom) Badge.jpg Northern Command — Lieutenant-General Ronald Forbes Adam

File:I Corps.svg I Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander File:British 1st Division 3 type.svg 1st Infantry Division File:British 2nd Infantry Division.svg 2nd Infantry Division File:45 inf div -vector.svg 45th Infantry Division File:X corps.svg X Corps — Lieutenant-General William Holmes File:54 inf div -vector.svg 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division File:59 inf div -vector.svg 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division

• London District — Lieutenant-General Bertram Sergison-Brooke
  • 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
  • File:24th Infantry Brigade Badge.gif 24th Guards Brigade Group
  • 3rd London Infantry Brigade
• File:Eastern Command (United Kingdom) Badge.jpg Eastern Command — Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr

File:II corps.svg II Corps — Lieutenant-General Edmund Osborne File:18 inf div -vector.svg 18th Infantry Division File:52 inf div -vector.svg 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division File:37th Independent Infantry Brigade.svg 37th Independent Infantry Brigade File:XI corps.svg XI Corps — Lieutenant-General Hugh Massy File:15th (Scottish) div WW2 1st pattern.svg 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division File:55 inf div -vector2.svg 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division File:XII corps.svg XII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew Thorne File:56 inf div -vector.svg 1st London Infantry Division File:43 inf div -vector.svg 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division File:2nd NZ.svg New Zealand Division 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade File:29th Infantry Brigade Formation Patch.svg 29th Independent Infantry Brigade

• File:Southern Command (United Kingdom) Badge.jpg Southern Command — Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck

File:V corps.svg V Corps — Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery File:British 3rd Infantry Division2.svg 3rd Infantry Division File:4 inf div -vector.svg 4th Infantry Division File:50 inf div -vector.svg 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division File:VIII corps (1).svg VIII Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Franklyn File:48 inf div -vector.svg 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division 70th Independent Infantry Brigade File:9th aus inf div (1).svg Australian force in the UK (later 9th Division) — Major General Henry Wynter  File:HQ 18th Brigade.png 18th Australian Infantry Brigade (Southern Command Striking Force) File:HQ 25th Brigade.png 25th Australian Infantry Brigade

• File:Western Command (United Kingdom) Badge.jpg Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson

File:47th div.svg 2nd London Infantry Division File:III corps.svg III Corps — Lieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall File:5 inf div -vector.svg 5th Infantry Division 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade File:36th Independent Infantry Brigade.svg 36th Independent Infantry Brigade

• Scottish Command — Lieutenant-General Harold Carrington

File:46 inf div -vector.svg 46th Infantry Division File:51 inf div -vector.svg 51st (Highland) Infantry Division

External links

• Order of battle - Unternehmen Seelöwe (Sealion)
• Order of Battle - British Home Forces