Battle of Belgium (1940) order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Belgium, a World War II battle between German and Western Allies in Belgium between 10–28 May 1940.

Contents

1 Allied armed forces
2 German armed forces
- 2.1 German Army Group B
- 2.2 Luftwaffe
3 Citations
4 References

[edit] Allied armed forces

[edit] Belgian air service (Aéronautique Militaire Belge)

The Belgian air service comprised three main aerial regiments:^[1]

1er Régiment d'Aéronautique (1st Air Regiment - Observation and Army Cooperation aircraft)
2e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Equipped with Fighter aircraft )
3e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and Bombers aircraft)

The Aéronautique Militaire Belge was reinforced by the Royal Air Force:

RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair)
No. 14 Group RAF (Group Captain P.F. Fullard)

[edit] Belgian Army

The strength of the Belgian Army extended to seven Corps:

- Belgian I Corps
- Belgian II Corps
- Belgian III Corps
- Belgian IV Corps
- Belgian V Corps
- Belgian VI Corps
- Belgian VII Corps
  - 8th Infantry Division
  - 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
- Belgian Cavalry Corps ^[2]
  - 1st Cavalry Division
  - 2nd Cavalry Division

[edit] French First Army Group

[edit] French 1st Army

[edit] French 2nd Army

Direct reporting:
French 10th Corps
French 18th Corps
- 1st Colonial Infantry Division
- 41st Infantry Division

[edit] French 7th Army

Direct reporting:
French 1st Corps
- 1st Light Mechanized Division
- 25th Motorized Division
French 16th Corps
- 9th Motorized Division

[edit] French 9th Army

Direct reporting:
- 4th North African Infantry Division
- 53rd Infantry Division
French 2nd Corps
- 4th Light Cavalry Division
- 5th Motorized Division
French 11th Corps
French 41st Corps

[edit] British Expeditionary Force

General Lord Gort

Directly reporting:
British I Corps - Lieutenant-General Michael Barker
British II Corps - Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke
British III Corps - Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam
- 42nd Infantry Division
- 44th Infantry Division

[edit] German armed forces

[edit] German Army Group B

Commanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock

(Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Hans von Salmuth).
German Sixth Army —Colonel General Walter von Reichenau
- (Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Friedrich Paulus).
- IV Corps - Gen.of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler
  - 15th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Ernst-Eberhard Hell (reserve)^[3]
  - 205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
- XI Corps- Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzfleisch
  - 7th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz^[4]
  - 211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner^{[dubious – discuss]}
  - 253rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Fritz Kuhne^[5]
- IX Corps^[6]
- XVI Corps
  - 3rd Panzer Division^[7]
  - 4th Panzer Division^[7]
- XXVII Corps^[8]
German Eighteenth Army — Georg von Küchler
- Reserves
  - 208th Infantry Division^[9]
  - 225th Infantry Division
  - 526th Infantry Division
- SS "Verfügungstruppe" Division
- 7th Airborne Division^[10]
- 22nd Air Landing Infantry Division
- 9th Panzer Division^[11]
- 207th Infantry Division
- X Corps^[6]
  - SS "Adolf Hitler" Division
  - 227th Infantry Division
  - 1st Cavalry Division
- XXVI Corps^[8]
  - 256th Infantry Division
  - 254th Infantry Division^[5]
  - SS "Der Führer" Division

[edit] Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe order of battle for operations over Belgium:^[12]

IV. Fliegerkorps (General der Flieger, Generaloberst Alfred Keller)
- Lehrgeschwader 1 (Stab. I., II., III., IV. Düsseldorf)
- Kampfgeschwader 30 (Stab. I., II., at Oldenburg III. at Marx)
- Kampfgeschwader 27 (III. at Wunstorf)

Jagdfliegerführer 2 (Oberst Kurt-Bertram von Döring)
- Jagdgeschwader 26 (Stab., II at Dortmund, III. at (Essen-Mühlheim).)
- Jagdgeschwader 3 (III. at Hopsten)
- Jagdgeschwader 51 (Stab. at Bönninghardt, I. at Krefeld)
- Jagdgeschwader 27 (II. Bönninghardt)
- Jagdgeschwader 20 (I. at Bönninghardt)

VIII. Fliegerkorps (Generalmajor Wolfram von Richthofen)
- Jagdgeschwader 27 (Stab.,I.)
- Jagdgeschwader 21
- Jagdgeschwader 1 (I.)
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 (I.)
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (Stab., I., III.)
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I, II.)
- Lehrgeschwader 1 (IV(St.))
- Lehrgeschwader 2 II.(Shl)
- Kampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I., II., III.)

[edit] Citations

World War II portal

^ Aéronautique Militaire Belge Order of Battle
^ Belgian Cavalry Corps Order of Battle, 10 May 1940
^ Mitcham 1985, p. 52.
^ Mitcham 1985, p. 46.
^ ^a ^b Mitcham 1985, p. 185.
^ ^a ^b Mitcham 1995, p. 505.
^ ^a ^b Mitcham 1985, p. 352.
^ ^a ^b Mitcham 1995, p. 509.
^ Mitcham 1985, p. 163.
^ Mitcham 1985, p. 422.
^ Mitcham 1985, p. 360.
^ Hooton 2007, pp. 45-48.

[edit] References

Mitcham, Samuel. Hitler's Legions: The German Army Order of Battle, World War II. Dorset Press, New York. 1985. ISBN 0-88029-214-8 (Formerly ISBN 0-8128-2992-1)
Hooton, E.R. (2007). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West. London: Chervron/Ian Allen. ISBN 978-1-85780-272-6.
Gunsburg, Jeffrey A., 'The Battle of the Belgian Plain, 12–14 May 1940: The First Great Tank Battle', The Journal of Military History, Vol. 56, No. 2. (Apr., 1992), pp. 207–244.
Belgian Cavalry Corps Order of Battle, 10 May 1940
Aéronautique Militaire Belge Order of Battle

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