Battle of Belgium (1940) order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Belgium, a World War II battle between German and Western Allies in Belgium between 10–28 May 1940.

Belgian air service (Aéronautique Militaire Belge)
The Belgian air service comprised three main aerial regiments:


 * 1er Régiment d'Aéronautique (1st Air Regiment - Observation and Army Cooperation aircraft)
 * 2e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Equipped with Fighter aircraft )
 * 3e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and Bombers aircraft)

The Aéronautique Militaire Belge was reinforced by the Royal Air Force:


 * RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair)
 * No. 14 Group RAF (Group Captain P.F. Fullard)

Belgian Army
The strength of the Belgian Army extended to seven Corps:
 * Belgian I Corps
 * 1st Infantry Division
 * 4th Infantry Division
 * 7th Infantry Division
 * Belgian II Corps
 * 6th Infantry Division
 * 11th Infantry Division
 * 14th Infantry Division
 * Belgian III Corps
 * 1st Chasseurs Ardennais
 * 2nd Infantry Division
 * 3rd Infantry Division
 * Belgian IV Corps
 * 9th Infantry Division
 * 15th Infantry Division
 * 18th Infantry Division
 * Belgian V Corps
 * 12th Infantry Division
 * 13th Infantry Division
 * 17th Infantry Division
 * Belgian VI Corps
 * 5th Infantry Division
 * 10th Infantry Division
 * 16th Infantry Division
 * Belgian VII Corps
 * 8th Infantry Division
 * 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
 * Belgian Cavalry Corps
 * 1st Cavalry Division
 * 2nd Cavalry Division

Cavalry
Corps Staff
 * Brussels Cavalry Corps - which had the following:
 * 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, both of which were partially motorized. Each with three Mixed Cavalry Regiments each of which had a Horse cavalry battalion, a motorcycle battalion, an armored car squadron, and a training squadron
 * Corps Artillery Regiment
 * Bicycle Pioneer battalion

Ardennes

 * Chasseurs Ardennais - 1st and 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais, both of which were partially motorized.

French 1st Army

 * French Cavalry Corps
 * 2nd Light Mechanized Division
 * 3rd Light Mechanized Division
 * French 3rd Corps
 * 1st Moroccan Infantry Division
 * 2nd North African Infantry Division
 * French 4th Corps
 * 32nd Infantry Division
 * French 5th Corps
 * 5th North African Infantry Division
 * 101st Infantry Division
 * Belgian VII Corps
 * 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
 * 8th Infantry Division

French 2nd Army

 * Direct reporting:
 * 2nd Light Cavalry Division
 * 5th Light Cavalry Division
 * 1st Cavalry Brigade
 * French 10th Corps
 * 3rd North African Infantry Division
 * 5th Light Cavalry Division
 * 55th Infantry Division
 * 71st Infantry Division
 * French 18th Corps
 * 1st Colonial Infantry Division
 * 41st Infantry Division

French 7th Army

 * Direct reporting:
 * 21st Infantry Division
 * 60th Infantry Division
 * 68th Infantry Division
 * French 1st Corps
 * 1st Light Mechanized Division
 * 25th Motorized Division
 * French 16th Corps
 * 9th Motorized Division

French 9th Army

 * Direct reporting:
 * 4th North African Infantry Division
 * 53rd Infantry Division
 * French 2nd Corps
 * 4th Light Cavalry Division
 * 5th Motorized Division
 * French 11th Corps
 * 1st Light Cavalry Division
 * 18th Infantry Division
 * 22nd Infantry Division
 * French 41st Corps
 * 61st Infantry Division
 * 102nd Fortress Division
 * 3rd Spahi Brigade

British Expeditionary Force
General Lord Gort


 * Directly reporting:
 * 5th Infantry Division
 * 12th Infantry Division
 * 23rd Infantry Division
 * 46th Infantry Division
 * British I Corps - Lieutenant-General '''Michael Barker
 * 1st Infantry Division
 * 2nd Infantry Division
 * 48th Infantry Division
 * British II Corps - Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke
 * 3rd Infantry Division
 * 4th Infantry Division
 * 50th Infantry Division
 * British III Corps - Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam
 * 42nd Infantry Division
 * 44th Infantry Division

German Army Group B
Commanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock
 * (Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Hans von Salmuth).
 * German Sixth Army &mdash;Colonel General  Walter von Reichenau
 * (Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Friedrich Paulus).
 * IV Corps - Gen.of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler
 * 15th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Ernst-Eberhard Hell (reserve)
 * 205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
 * XI Corps- Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzfleisch
 * 7th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz
 * 211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
 * 253rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Fritz Kuhne
 * IX Corps
 * XVI Corps
 * 3rd Panzer Division
 * 4th Panzer Division
 * XXVII Corps
 * German Eighteenth Army &mdash; Georg von Küchler
 * Reserves
 * 208th Infantry Division
 * 225th Infantry Division
 * 526th Infantry Division
 * SS "Verfügungstruppe" Division
 * 7th Airborne Division
 * 22nd Air Landing Infantry Division
 * 9th Panzer Division
 * 207th Infantry Division
 * X Corps
 * SS "Adolf Hitler" Division
 * 227th Infantry Division
 * 1st Cavalry Division
 * XXVI Corps
 * 256th Infantry Division
 * 254th Infantry Division
 * SS "Der Führer" Division

Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe order of battle for operations over Belgium:
 * IV. Fliegerkorps (General der Flieger, Generaloberst Alfred Keller)
 * Lehrgeschwader 1 (Stab. I., II., III., IV. Düsseldorf)
 * Kampfgeschwader 30 (Stab. I., II., at Oldenburg III. at Marx)
 * Kampfgeschwader 27 (III. at Wunstorf)


 * Jagdfliegerführer 2 (Oberst Kurt-Bertram von Döring)
 * Jagdgeschwader 26 (Stab., II at Dortmund, III. at (Essen-Mühlheim).)
 * Jagdgeschwader 3 (III. at Hopsten)
 * Jagdgeschwader 51 (Stab. at Bönninghardt, I. at Krefeld)
 * Jagdgeschwader 27 (II. Bönninghardt)
 * Jagdgeschwader 20 (I. at Bönninghardt)


 * VIII. Fliegerkorps (Generalmajor Wolfram von Richthofen)
 * Jagdgeschwader 27 (Stab.,I.)
 * Jagdgeschwader 21
 * Jagdgeschwader 1 (I.)
 * Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 (I.)
 * Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (Stab., I., III.)
 * Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I, II.)
 * Lehrgeschwader 1 (IV(St.))
 * Lehrgeschwader 2 II.(Shl)
 * Kampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I., II., III.)