Operation Sealion order of battle
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The German plan for a land invasion of England in 1940 was code-named Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German). This is the Operation Sealion order of battle for the modified German plan produced in August, 1940.
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[edit] German forces
[edit] 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
- V.Armee-Korps — General Richard Ruoff
- 12.Infanterie-Division
- 30.Infanterie-Division
- XXXI.Armee-Korps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt
- VI.Armee-Korps — General Viktor von Schwedler
- 24.Infanterie-Division
- 58.Infanterie-Division
- XXXII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Kuntze
- 45.Infanterie-Division
- 164.Infanterie-Division
- XIII.Armee-Korps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
- 9.Armee — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss
- First Wave
- XXVIII.Armee-Korps — General Erich von Manstein
- 26.Infanterie-Division
- 34.Infanterie-Division
- VII.Armee-Korps — General Walter Heitz
- 6.Gebirgs-Division
- 8.Infanterie-Division
- 28.Infanterie-Division
- XV.Armee-Korps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth
- XXIV.Armee-Korps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
- 15.Infanterie-Division
- 78.Infanterie-Division
- XXVIII.Armee-Korps — General Erich von Manstein
[edit] Heeresgruppe C
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- 6.Armee — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau
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- II.Armee-Korps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
- 6.Infanterie-Division
- 256.Infanterie-Division
- Airborne Formations General Karl Student
- II.Armee-Korps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
