German Forces, Proposed Operation Sea Lion, July-August 1940

German Forces Proposed Operation Sea Lion July-August 1940

ARMY GROUP A: Feldmarshcal Gert von Rundstedt 9th Army: Generaloberst Adolf Strauss VIII Corps: Generaloberst W. Heitz 8th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/28th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/38th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/84th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/8th Artillery Regiment 1/44th Artillery Regiment 8th Reconnaissance Battalion 8th Panzerjäger Battalion 8th Pioneer Battalion 8th Signals Battalion 8th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 28th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/7th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/49th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/83rd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/28th Artillery Regiment 1/64th Artillery Regiment 28th Panzerjäger Battalion 28th Reconnaissance Battalion 28th Pioneer Battalion 28th Signals Battalion 28th Division (Einheiten) Service Units X Corps: Generaloberst C. Hansen (assault corps) 6th Mountain Division: 1/,2,/,3/141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2,/,3/143rd Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2,/,3/,4/118th Mountain Artillery Regiment 112nd Reconnaissance Battalion 47th Panzerjäger Battalion 91st Pioneer Battalion 91st Signals Battalion 91st Division Support Units 30th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/6th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/26th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/46th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/30th Artillery Regiment 1/66th Artillery Regiment 30th Reconnaissance Battalion 30th Panzerjäger Battalion 30th Pioneer Battalion 30th Signals Battalion 30th Division (Einheiten) Service Units XV Panzer Corps: Oberst General 7th Panzer Division: 7th Schützen Brigade (newly formed) 1/,2/6th Schützen Regiment

1 1/,2/7th Schützen Regiment 7th Motorcycle Battalion 1/,2/25th Panzer Regiment 66th Panzer Battalion 1/,2/78th Artillery Regiment 42nd Panzerjäger Battalion 83rd Panzer Signals Battalion 58th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 58th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 58th Panzer Division (Einheiten) Support Units 8th Panzer Division: 8th Schützen Brigade 1/,2/,3/8th Schützen Regiment 8th Motorcycle Battalion 1/,2/10th Panzer Regiment 67th Panzer Battalion 1/,2/80th Artillery Regiment 43rd Panzerjäger Battalion 84th Panzer Signals Battalion 80th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 59th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 59th Panzer Division (Einheiten) Support Units 20th (mot) Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/69th Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/76th Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/90th Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/20th Motorized Artillery Regiment 1/56th Motorized Artillery Regiment 20th Reconnaissance Battalion 20th Panzerjäger Battalion 20th Pioneer Battalion 20th Signals Battalion 20th Division (Einheiten) Support Units XXIV Corps: Generalleutnant von Geyr 15th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/81st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/88th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/106th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/15th Artillery Regiment 3/51st Artillery Regiment 15th Reconnaissance Battalion 15th Panzerjäger Battalion 15th Pioneer Battalion 15th Signals Battalion 15th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 78th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/195th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/215th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/238th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/178th Artillery Regiment 178th Reconnaissance Battalion 178th Panzerjäger Battalion 178th Pioneer Battalion 178th Signals Battalion 178th Division (Einheiten) Service Units

2 16th Army: Generaloberst Ernst Busch IV Corps: Generalleutnant Schwedler 24th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/31st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/32nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/102nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/24th Artillery Regiment 1/60th Artillery Regiment 24th Reconnaissance Battalion 24th Panzerjäger Battalion 24th Pioneer Battalion 24th Signals Battalion 24th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 58th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/154th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/209th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/220th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/158th Artillery Regiment 158th Reconnaissance Battalion 158th Panzerjäger Battalion 158th Pioneer Battalion 158th Signals Battalion 158th Division (Einheiten) Service Units VII Corps: Generaloberst E.R.von Schobert (assault corps) 1st Mountain Division: 1/,2/,3/98th Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/99th Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/79th Gebirgs (Mountain) Artillerie Regiment 44th Panzerjäger Battalion 54th Reconnaissance Battalion 54th Pioneer Battalion 54th Signals Battalion 54th Division Support Units including 7th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/19th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/61st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/62nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/7th Artillery Regiment 1/43rd Artillery Regiment 7th Reconnaissance Battalion 7th Panzerjäger Battalion 7th Pioneer Battalion 7th Signals Battalion 7th Division (Einheiten) Service Units XIII Corps: Generaloberst H. von Vietinghoff (assault corps) 17th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/21st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/55th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/95th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/17th Artillery Regiment 1/53rd Artillery Regiment 17th Reconnaissance Battalion 17th Panzerjäger Battalion

3 17th Pioneer Battalion 17th Signals Battalion 17th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 33rd Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/104th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/110th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/115th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/69th Artillery Regiment 1/69th Artillery Regiment 33rd Reconnaissance Battalion 33rd Panzerjäger Battalion 33rd Pioneer Battalion 33rd Signals Battalion 33rd Division (Einheiten) Service Units XXXVIII Corps: Generaloberst E. von Manstein (assault corps) 26th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/39th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/77th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/78th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,26th Artillery Regiment 1/62nd Artillery Regiment 26th Reconnaissance Battalion 26th Panzerjäger Battalion 26th Pioneer Battalion 26th Signals Battalion 26th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 34th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/80th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/105th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/107th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/34th Artillery Regiment 1/70th Artillery Regiment 34th Reconnaissance Battalion 34th Panzerjäger Battalion 34th Pioneer Battalion 34th Signals Battalion 34th Division (Einheiten) Service Units XLI Panzer Corps: Generaloberst G.-H. Reinhardt 3rd Panzer Division: 3rd Schützen Brigade 1/,2/3rd Schützen Regiment 1/,2/394th Schützen Regiment 3rd Motorcycle Battalion 3rd Panzer Brigade 1/,2/5th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/6th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/75th Artillery Regiment 39th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 39th Panzerjäger Battalion 39th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 39th Panzer Signals Battalion 83rd Versorgungstruppen (Supply Troops) 10th Panzer Division: 10th Schützen Brigade (newly formed) 1/,2/69th Schützen Regiment

4 1/,2/86th Schützen Regiment 4th Panzer Brigade 1/,2/7th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/8th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/90th Artillery Regiment 90th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 90th Panzerjäger Battalion 49th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 90th Panzer Signals Battalion 90th Panzer Division (Einheiten) Support Units 29th (mot) Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/15th Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/71st Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/86th Motorized Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/29th Motorized Artillery Regiment 1/65th Artillery Regiment 29th Reconnaissance Battalion 29th Panzerjäger Battalion 29th Pioneer Battalion 29th Signals Battalion 29th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 1/,2/,3/SS Regiment Leibstandarte A.H. 1/,2/,3/Grossdeutschland (mot) Infantry Regiment:

ARMY GROUP B: Feldmarschal Fedor von Bock 6th Army: Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau II Corps: General W. von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (Assault corps) 12th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/27th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/48th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/89th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/12th Artillery Regiment 1/48th Artillery Regiment 12th Reconnaissance Battalion 12th Panzerjäger Battalion 12th Pioneer Battalion 12th Signals Battalion 12th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 31st Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/12th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/17th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/82nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/31st Artillery Regiment 1/67th Artillery Regiment 31st Reconnaissance Battalion 31st Panzerjäger Battalion 31st Pioneer Battalion 31st Signals Battalion 31st Division (Einheiten) Service Units 32nd Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/4th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/94th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/96th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/32nd Artillery Regiment

5 1/68th Artillery Regiment 2nd Pioneer Battalion 32nd Reconnaissance Battalion 32nd 9th Panzerjäger Battalion 32nd Signals Battalion 32nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units, including XXII Panzer Corps: Generaloberst E. von Kleist 1st Panzer Division: 1st Schützen Brigade 1/,2/,3/1st Schützen Regiment 1st Kradschützen (motorcycle) Battalion 1st Panzer Brigade 1st Panzer Regiment 2nd Panzer Regiment 1/,2/73rd Artillery Regiment 37th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 37th Panzerjäger Battalion 37th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 37th Panzer Signals Battalion 37th Division (Einheiten) Support Units 4th Panzer Division: 4th Schützen Brigade 1/,2/12th Schützen Regiment 1/,2/33rd Schützen Regiment 5th Panzer Brigade 1/,2/35th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/36th Panzer Regiment 1/,2/103rd Artillery Regiment 7th Reconnaissance Battalion 49th Panzerjäger Battalion 79th Panzer Pioneer Battalion 79th Panzer Signals Battalion 84th Versorgungstruppen (Supply Troops) SS Totenkopf Division: 1/,2/,3/1st SS Totenkopf Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/2nd SS Totenkopf Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/3rd SS Totenkopf Infantry Regiment SS Totenkopf Reconnaissance Battalion SS Totenkopf Panzerabwehr (Anti-Tank) Battalion 1/,2/,3/SS Totenkopf Artillery Regiment SS Totenkopf Pioneer Battalion SS Totenkopf Signals Battalion SS Totenkopf Feldersatz Battalion SS Totenkopf Flak Battalion IX Corps: Generalleutnant Geyer 6th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/18th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/37th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/58th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/6th Artillery Regiment 1/42nd Artillery Regiment 6th Reconnaissance Battalion 6th Panzerjäger Battalion 6th Pioneer Battalion 6th Signals Battalion

6 6th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 87th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/173rd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/185th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/187th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/187th Artillery Regiment 187th Reconnaissance Battalion 187th Panzerjäger Battalion 187th Pioneer Battalion 187th Signals Battalion 187th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 256th Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/456th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/476th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/481st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/256th Artillery Regiment 256th Reconnaissance Battalion 256th Panzerjäger Battalion 256th Pioneer Battalion 256th Signals Battalion 256th Division (Einheiten) Support Unit

2ND AIR FORCE: Feldmarschal A. Kesselring 7th Air Assault Division Divisional Staff Reconnaissance Staffel Transportation Staffel 7th Artillery Battery 7th Signals Company 7th Transportation Company 7th Medical Company 106th Light Flak Battery Anti-tank Battery Motorcycle Platoon 1/,2/,3/1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment (4 cos per bn) 1/,2/,3/2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment (4 cos per bn)

I Air Corps: Generaloberst U. Grauert 1/,2/,3/1st Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/76th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/77th Kampfgeschwader 3.(F)/122nd Aufklärungsstaffel (Reconnaissance Squadron) II Air Corps: 1/,2/,3/2nd Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/3rd Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/53rd Kampfgeschwader 2/1st Sturzkampfgruppe 2/2nd (Stuka) Lehrgeschwader 210th Zerstörergruppe IX Air CorpsY 39th Luftnachrichten Detachment 3.(F)/122nd Aufklärungsgruppe 1/,2/4th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/30th Kampfgeschwader 40th Kampfgeschwader, with

7 126th Kampfgruppe 106th Küstenfliegergruppe (Coastal Aviation Group)

3RD AIR FORCE: Feldmarschal Hugo Sperrle III Air Corps: Generaloberst A. Keller (organization as of May 1940) 1/,2/,3/Lehrgeschwader 1/,2/,3/27th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/28th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/40th Kampfgeschwader 100th Kampfgruppe (arrived on 8/16/40) 606th Küstenfliegergruppe 608th Küstenfliegergruppe 3./121st Aufklärungsgruppe Staff/,3/26th 26th Zerstörer 1/,2/2th Jagdgeschwader V Air Corps: General R.R.von Greim (as of May 1940) 1/,2/,3/51st Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/54th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/55th Kampfgeschwader 4.(F)/121st Aufklärungsgruppe VIII Air Corps: General W. von Richthofen (as of May 1940) 1/,2/,3/1st Sturzkampfgruppe 1/,2/2nd Sturzkampfgruppe 1/,2/,3/77th Sturzkampfgruppe 2 (Schlacht)/2nd Lehrgeschwader

5TH AIR FORCE Generaloberst H. J. Stumpff X Air Corps: General H. Geisler 1. (F)/121st Aufklärungsgruppe (Reconnaissance) 1/,2/,3/26th Kampfgeschwader 1/,2/,3/30th Kampfgeschwader 1/76th Zerstörergeschwader (Me 110) 1/,2/77th Jagdgeschwader 506th Küstenfliegergruppe

HIGH COMMAND OF THE ARMY (OKH): Reserves V, VI, XXII & XXIX Corps

3rd Infantry Division: 1/,2/,3/8th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/29th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/50th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/3rd Artillery Regiment 1/39th Artillery Regiment 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Panzerjäger Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Signals Battalion 3rd Division (Einheiten) Service Units

8 10th Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/20th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/41st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/85th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/10th Artillery Regiment 1/46th Artillery Regiment 10th Reconnaissance Battalion 10th Panzerjäger Battalion 10th Pioneer Battalion 10th Signals Battalion 10th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 14th Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/11th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/53rd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/101st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/14th Artillery Regiment 1/50th Artillery Regiment 14th Reconnaissance Battalion 14th Panzerjäger Battalion 14th Pioneer Battalion 14th Signals Battalion 14th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 18th Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/30th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/51st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/54th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/18th Artillery Regiment 1/54th Artillery Regiment 18th Reconnaissance Battalion 18th Panzerjäger Battalion 18th Pioneer Battalion 18th Signals Battalion 18th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 19th Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/59th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/73rd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/74th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/19th Artillery Regiment 1/55th Artillery Regiment 19th Reconnaissance Battalion 19th Panzerjäger Battalion 19th Pioneer Battalion 19th Signals Battalion 19th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 25th Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/13th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/35th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/119th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/25th Artillery Regiment 1/61st Artillery Regiment 25th Reconnaissance Battalion 25th Panzerjäger Battalion 25th Pioneer Battalion 25th Signals Battalion 25th Division (Einheiten) Service Units

9 33rd Infantry Division 1/,2/,3/104th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/110th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/115th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/69th Artillery Regiment 1/69th Artillery Regiment 33rd Reconnaissance Battalion 33rd Panzerjäger Battalion 33rd Pioneer Battalion 33rd Signals Battalion 33rd Division (Einheiten) Service Units

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