Operation Sea Lion order of battle explained

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

• 16th Army — Generaloberst Ernst Busch

• 9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

• 6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau

British forces

Home Forces

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

• Northern Command — Lieutenant-General Ronald Forbes Adam

• London District — Lieutenant-General Bertram Sergison-Brooke
  • 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
  • 24th Guards Brigade Group
  • 3rd London Infantry Brigade
• Eastern Command — Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr

• Southern Command — Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck

• Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson

• Scottish Command — Lieutenant-General Harold Carrington

References

1. Web site: 9th Division . Second World War, 1939–1945 units . Australian War Memorial. 15 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100103152540/http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_13042.asp. 3 January 2010.

External links

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