# Operation Sea Lion order of battle

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
    First Wave XIII Army Corps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel. 17th Infantry Division 35th Infantry Division Luftwaffe II./14th Flak Regiment VII Army Corps — Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert 1st Mountain Division 7th Infantry Division Luftwaffe I./26th Flak Regiment Second Wave V Army Corps — General Richard Ruoff 12th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division XXXXI Army Corps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt 8th Panzer Division 10th Panzer Division 29th Infantry Division (motorised) Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland (motorised) Infantry Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (motorised) Third Wave IV Army Corps — General Viktor von Schwedler 24th Infantry Division 58th Infantry Division XXXXII Army Corps — General Walter Kuntze 45th Infantry Division 164th Infantry Division
* 9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss
    First Wave XXXVIII Army Corps — General Erich von Manstein 26th Infantry Division 34th Infantry Division VIII Army Corps — General Walter Heitz 6th Mountain Division 8th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division Second Wave XV Army Corps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth 4th Panzer Division 7th Panzer Division 20th Infantry Division (motorised) Third Wave XXIV Army Corps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg 15th Infantry Division 78th Infantry Division

### Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
* 6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau
    II Army Corps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt 6th Infantry Division 256th Infantry Division Airborne Formations — General Kurt Student 7th Air Division 22nd Infantry Division (Air Landing) 800th Special Duties Construction Training Regiment Brandenburg

## British forces
### Home Forces

General Alan Brooke Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Bernard Paget
    38th (Welsh) Infantry Division 21st Army Tank Brigade IV Corps — Lieutenant-General Francis Nosworthy 2nd Armoured Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division 31st Independent Infantry Brigade Group VII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton of Canada 1st Armoured Division 1st Canadian Infantry Division 1st Army Tank Brigade
* Northern Command — Lieutenant-General Ronald Forbes Adam
    I Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander 1st Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division X Corps — Lieutenant-General William Holmes 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
* 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
    II Corps — Lieutenant-General Edmund Osborne 18th Infantry Division 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 37th Independent Infantry Brigade XI Corps — Lieutenant-General Hugh Massy 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division XII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew Thorne 1st London Infantry Division 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division New Zealand Division 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade 29th Independent Infantry Brigade
* Southern Command — Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck
    V Corps — Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery 3rd Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division VIII Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Franklyn 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division 70th Independent Infantry Brigade Australian force in the UK (later 9th Division) — Major General Henry Wynter 18th Australian Infantry Brigade (Southern Command Striking Force) 25th Australian Infantry Brigade
* Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson
    2nd London Infantry Division III Corps — Lieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall 5th Infantry Division 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade 36th Independent Infantry Brigade
* Scottish Command — Lieutenant-General Harold Carrington
    46th Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Infantry Division