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.

Heeresgruppe A
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt


 * 16.Armee &mdash; Generaloberst Ernst Busch



First Wave


 * XIII.Armee-Korps &mdash; General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
 * 17.Infanterie-Division
 * 35.Infanterie-Division
 * Luftwaffe II./Flak-Regiment 14


 * VII.Armee-Korps &mdash; Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert
 * 1.Gebirgs-Division
 * 7.Infanterie-Division
 * Luftwaffe I./Flak-Regiment 26

Second Wave


 * V.Armee-Korps &mdash; General Richard Ruoff
 * 12.Infanterie-Division
 * 30.Infanterie-Division


 * XXXI.Armee-Korps &mdash; 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 &mdash; General Viktor von Schwedler
 * 24.Infanterie-Division
 * 58.Infanterie-Division


 * XXXII.Armee-Korps &mdash; General Walter Kuntze
 * 45.Infanterie-Division
 * 164.Infanterie-Division
 * }


 * 9.Armee &mdash; Generaloberst Adolf Strauss



First Wave


 * XXXVIII.Armee-Korps &mdash; General Erich von Manstein
 * 26.Infanterie-Division
 * 34.Infanterie-Division


 * VIII.Armee-Korps &mdash; General Walter Heitz
 * 6.Gebirgs-Division
 * 8.Infanterie-Division
 * 28.Infanterie-Division

Second Wave


 * XV.Armee-Korps &mdash; 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 &mdash; Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau


 * II.Armee-Korps &mdash; 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
 * }