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

  • 22px 16th Army — Generaloberst Ernst Busch

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First Wave

  • XIII Army Corps — General Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel.
  • 22px 17th Infantry Division
  • 22px 35th Infantry Division
  • Luftwaffe II./14th Flak Regiment
  • VII Army Corps — Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert
  • 1st Mountain Division
  • 22px 7th Infantry Division
  • Luftwaffe I./26th Flak Regiment

Second Wave

  • 22px V Army Corps — General Richard Ruoff
  • 22px 12th Infantry Division
  • 22px 30th Infantry Division
  • 22px XXXXI Army Corps — General der Panzertruppen Georg-Hans Reinhardt
  • 22px 8th Panzer Division
  • 22px 10th Panzer Division
  • 22px 29th Infantry Division (motorised)
  • 22px Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland (motorised)
  • 22px Infantry Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (motorised)

Third Wave

  • 22px IV Army Corps — General Viktor von Schwedler
  • 22px 24th Infantry Division
  • 22px 58th Infantry Division
  • 22px XXXXII Army Corps — General Walter Kuntze
  • 22px 45th Infantry Division
  • 22px 164th Infantry Division

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  • 22px 9th Army — Generaloberst Adolf Strauss

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First Wave

  • XXXVIII Army Corps — General Erich von Manstein
  • 22px 26th Infantry Division
  • 22px 34th Infantry Division
  • 22px VIII Army Corps — General Walter Heitz
  • 22px 6th Mountain Division
  • 22px 8th Infantry Division
  • 22px 28th Infantry Division

Second Wave

  • XV Army Corps — Generaloberst Hermann Hoth
  • 22px 4th Panzer Division
  • 22px 7th Panzer Division
  • 22px 20th Infantry Division (motorised)

Third Wave

  • XXIV Army Corps General Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
  • 22px 15th Infantry Division
  • 22px 78th Infantry Division

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Army Group C

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

  • 22px 6th Army — Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau

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  • II Army Corps — General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
  • 22px 6th Infantry Division
  • 22px 256th Infantry Division
  • Airborne Formations — General Kurt Student
  • 22px 7th Air Division
  • 22px 22nd Infantry Division (Air Landing)
  • 22px 800th Special Duties Construction Training Regiment Brandenburg

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British forces

Home Forces

General Alan Brooke<br />Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Bernard Paget

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  • 22px 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
  • 22px 21st Army Tank Brigade
  • 22px IV Corps — Lieutenant-General Francis Nosworthy
  • 22px 2nd Armoured Division
  • 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
  • 22px 31st Independent Infantry Brigade Group
  • VII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton of Canada
  • 22px 1st Armoured Division
  • 22px 1st Canadian Infantry Division
  • 22px 1st Army Tank Brigade

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  • 22px Northern Command — Lieutenant-General Ronald Forbes Adam

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  • 22px I Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander
  • 22px 1st Infantry Division
  • 22px 2nd Infantry Division
  • 22px 45th Infantry Division
  • 22px X Corps — Lieutenant-General William Holmes
  • 22px 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
  • 22px 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division

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  • London District — Lieutenant-General Bertram Sergison-Brooke
  • 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
  • 22px 24th Guards Brigade Group
  • 3rd London Infantry Brigade
  • 22px Eastern Command — Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr

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  • 22px II Corps — Lieutenant-General Edmund Osborne
  • 22px 18th Infantry Division
  • 22px 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
  • 22px 37th Independent Infantry Brigade
  • 22px XI Corps — Lieutenant-General Hugh Massy
  • 22px 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
  • 22px 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
  • 22px XII Corps — Lieutenant-General Andrew Thorne
  • 22px 1st London Infantry Division
  • 22px 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
  • 22px New Zealand Division
  • 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade
  • 22px 29th Independent Infantry Brigade

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  • 22px Southern Command — Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck

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  • 22px V Corps — Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery
  • 22px 3rd Infantry Division
  • 22px 4th Infantry Division
  • 22px 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
  • 22px VIII Corps — Lieutenant-General Harold Franklyn
  • 22px 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
  • 70th Independent Infantry Brigade
  • 22px Australian force in the UK (later 9th Division) — Major General Henry Wynter&nbsp;
  • 22px 18th Australian Infantry Brigade (Southern Command Striking Force)
  • 22px 25th Australian Infantry Brigade

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  • 22px Western Command — General Robert Gordon-Finlayson

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  • 22px 2nd London Infantry Division
  • 22px III Corps — Lieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall
  • 22px 5th Infantry Division
  • 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade
  • 22px 36th Independent Infantry Brigade

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  • Scottish Command — Lieutenant-General Harold Carrington

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  • 22px 46th Infantry Division
  • 22px 51st (Highland) Infantry Division

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