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

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 6.Gebirgs-Division
  • 8.Infanterie-Division
  • 28.Infanterie-Division

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
  • 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

External links

• Order of battle - Unternehmen Seelöwe (Sealion)