The Order of Battle for the Battle of France details the hierarchy of the major combatant forces in the Battle of France in May 1940.
Allies
The bulk of the forces of the Allies were French, although the United Kingdom (British Expeditionary Force), Netherlands, and Belgium had significant forces in the battle opposing Germany.
French First Army Group
The 1st Army Group was tasked with guarding the northeast frontier of France, and with moving into Belgium and the Netherlands to oppose any German invasion of those nations. The First controlled four French armies as well as the Belgian Army and the British Expeditionary Force.
- French 1st Army - Commander General BLANCHARD - (Officer commanding the tanks Colonel BARON)
French Cavalry Corps 174 Tanks HQ location on 10 May 1940 in MELLE http://france1940.free.fr/oob/1armee.html#CC
2e Division Légère Mécanique (2e DLM) / Light(fast) Mechanized Division 87 Tanks - HQ location on 10 May 1940 : FLEURUS (Bel.) http://france1940.free.fr/oob/1armee.html#2eDLM
3rd Light Mechanized Division 87 Tanks
French 3rd Corps
1st Moroccan Infantry Division
2nd North African Infantry Division
French 4th Corps
32nd Infantry Division
5th Corps
5th North African Infantry Division
101st Infantry Division
VII Corps
2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
8th Infantry Division
- French 2nd Army
Direct reporting:
2nd Light Cavalry Division
5th Light Cavalry Division
1st Cavalry Brigade
French 10th Corps
3rd North African Infantry Division
5th Light Cavalry Division
55th Infantry Division
71st Infantry Division
French 18th Corps
1st Colonial Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
- French 7th Army
Direct reporting:
21st Infantry Division
60th Infantry Division
68th Infantry Division
French 1st Corps
1st Light Mechanized Division 1 DLM = 174 Tanks
25th Motorized Division
French 16th Corps
9th Motorized Division
- 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
1st Light Cavalry Division
18th Infantry Division
22nd Infantry Division
French 41st Corps
61st Infantry Division
102nd Fortress Division
3rd Spahi Brigade
British Expeditionary Force - General Lord Gort
- Directly reporting:
5th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Division
46th Infantry Division
British I Corps - Lieutenant-General Michael Barker succeeded by Major-General Harold Alexander
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
48th Infantry Division
British II Corps - Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke succeeded by Major-General Bernard Montgomery
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
50th Infantry Division
British III Corps - Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam
42nd Infantry Division
44th Infantry Division
- Belgian I Corps 1st Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
Belgian II Corps
6th Infantry Division
11th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division
Belgian III Corps
1st Chasseurs Ardennais
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
Belgian IV Corps
9th Infantry Division
15th Infantry Division
18th Infantry Division
Belgian V Corps
12th Infantry Division
13th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Division
Belgian VI Corps
5th Infantry Division
10th Infantry Division
16th Infantry Division
Belgian Cavalry Corps
1st Cavalry Division
2nd Cavalry Division
The French 2nd Army Group was responsible for manning the bulk of the Maginot Line from Montmedy to south of Strasbourg, and controlled three armies.
- French 3rd Army
Directly reporting:
3rd Light Cavalry Division
6th Infantry Division
6th North African Infantry Division
6th Colonial Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
French Colonial Corp
2nd Infantry Division
51st British Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division
French 6th Corp
26th Infantry Division
42nd Infantry Division
French 24th Corp
51st Infantry Division
French 42nd Corp
20th Infantry Division
58th Infantry Division
- French 4th Army
Directly reporting:
1st Polish Infantry Division
45th Infantry division
French 9th Corp
11th Infantry Division
47th Infantry Division
French 20th Corp
52nd Infantry Division
82nd African Infantry Division
- French 5th Army
Directly reporting:
44th Infantry Division
French 8th Corp
24th Infantry Division
31st Infantry Division
French 12th Corp
16th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division
70th Infantry Division
French 17th Corp
62nd Infantry Division
103rd Infantry Division
French 43rd Corp
30th Infantry Division
The French 3rd Army Group was responsible for manning the southern end of the Maginot Line, along the River Rhine and controlled a single army.
(not important for us as they are not to find on the maps)
- French 8th Army French 7th Corps
13 Infantry Division
27 Infantry Division
French 13th Corps
19 Infantry Division
54 Infantry Division
104 Infantry Division
105 Infantry Division
French 44th Corps
67 Infantry Division
French 45th Corps
57 Infantry Division
63 Infantry Division
Army of the Alps (l'Armée des Alpes)Commanded by General René Olry
- 3 infantry divisions of type B
Fortification sectors: Dauphiné, Savoie, Alpes Maritimes
Defence sectors: Rhône, Nice
Originally the French 6th Army, the Army of the Alps was responsible for manning the southeast frontier with Italy. Overall, French forces in the region numbered about 35 000 soldiers.
Dutch Army
The Netherlands had four corps, one motorized division and a defense division deployed to begin the battle.
- Dutch I Corps
Dutch 1st Infantry Division
Dutch 3rd Infantry Division
Dutch II Corps
Dutch 2nd Infantry Division
Dutch 4th Infantry Division
Dutch III Corps
Dutch 5th Infantry Division
Dutch 6th Infantry Division
Dutch IV Corps
Dutch 7th Infantry Division
Dutch 8th Infantry Division
Dutch Light Division
Peel Division
A, B, G Brigades
Axis
The commander-in-chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) was Field Marshall Walter von Brauchitsch. Initially the Axis forces consisted of the forces of the German army.
Three German army groups deployed along the Western Front on 10 May. Leeb's Army Group A of 19 infantry divisions included 7th Army along the Rhine and 1st Army on the remainder of the Franco-German border. Book's Army Group B with 29 divisions (3 panzer) had 18th Army along most of the Dutch border (with one of the panzer divisions) and 6th Army (with Hoepner's panzer corps) along the Maastricht Appendage of the Dutch border and the Belgian border in the vicinity of Aachen. Forty-five divisions (7 panzer) of Rundstedt's Army Group A occupied the smallest frontage, situated between the other two army groups and facing the Ardennes. The 12th Army with Reinhardt's panzer corps (attached to Panzer Group Kleist was in the center of the Army Group with 16th Army on the left flank which had Panzer Group Kleist (Guderian's panzer corps and 14th Motorized Corps) under its administrative control and on the right flank 4th Army with Hoth's panzer corps.
They were joined in the conflict by the Italian army on June 10.
OKH Reserve
- German Second Army
5th Infantry Division
German Ninth Army
I Corps
XVII Corps
XXXVI Corps
XXXVIII Corps
XXXIX Corps
XLII Corps
XLIII Corps
Commanded by Colonel General Gerd von Rundstedt - (Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Georg von Sodenstern)
45 Divisions (7 Pz, 3 Mot, 35 Inf)
- German Fourth Army - Colonel General Günther von Kluge - (Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Kurt Brennecke)
11 Divisions (2 Pz, 9 Inf)
II Corps - General of Infantry Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
12th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
31st Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Rudolf Kämpfe
32nd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Franz Böhme
V Corps - General of Infantry Richard Ruoff
62nd Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Walter Keiner
94th Infantry Division - Gen. of Infantry Hellmuth Volkmann
263rd Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Franz Karl
VIII Corps - Gen. of Artillery Walter Heitz
8th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Rudolf Koch-Erpach
28th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Johann Sinnhuber
XV Corps - Gen. of Infantry Hermann Hoth
5th Panzer Division - Lt.Gen. Joachim Lemelsen -> 6.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Ludwig Cruwell
- 250 Pz I, II & command Vehicles
74 Pz III & IV
2nd Infantry Division (mot.) - Lt.Gen. Paul Bader
7th Panzer Division - Maj.Gen. Erwin Rommel
- 34 Pz
68 Pz II
91 Pz 38t
8 PzBef 38t
24 Pz IV
Reserves
87th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Bogislav von Studnitz
211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
267th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Fessman - 250 Pz I, II & command Vehicles
- German Twelfth Army - Colonel General Wilhelm List
(Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Eberhard von Mackensen)
III Corps - Gen. of Artillery Curt Haase
3rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Walter Lichel
23rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
52nd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Hans-Jurgen von Arnim
VI Corps - Gen. of Engineer Wilhelm Förster
15th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Eberhard Hell
205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
XVIII Corps - Gen.of Infantry Eugen Beyer -> 1.6. Lt.Gen. Hermann von Speck
25th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Erich Heinrich Clössner
81st Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Löper
290th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Max Dennerlein -> 8.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Theodor Wrede
- Panzer Group "Kleist" - Gen of Cavalry Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Kurt Zeitzler) 8 Divisions (5 Pz, 3 Mot)
XIX Panzer Corps - Gen Heinz GUDERIAN
1st Panzer Division - BGen Friedrich KIRCHNER
- 24 Pz I
115 II
62 Pz III
48 IV
- 1st Infanty Brigade Col Walter KRUGER
- 1st Infantry Regiment (REIN) LtCol Hermann BALCK
73rd Artillery Regiment (REIN) EICHSTADT- 1st Infanty Brigade Col Walter KRUGER
- 45 Pz I
115 Pz II
58 Pz III
32 Pz IV
16 PzBef
10th Panzer Division - Lt.Gen. Ferdinand Schaal
- 44 Pz I
113 Pz II
58 Pz III
32 Pz IV
18 PzBef
XLI Panzer Corps - General Georg-Hans REINHARDT
6th Panzer Division
- 70 Pz I,
60 Pz II
118 Pz 35t
14 PzBef 35t
146 Pz III & IV(31 Pz IV in other sources)
8th Panzer Division
- 130 Pz I, II & command Vehicles
132 Pz 35t & 38t
146 Pz III & IV
XIV Motorized Corps - Gen. of Infantry Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
2nd Mot Div
13th Mot.Division - Maj.Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Rothkirch
29th Mot Div
Infantry Regiment "Grossdeutschland" - Lt.Col. Gerhard von Schwerin
9th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Georg von Apell
XVIII Corps - Gen Eugen BEYER - 3 Divisions
5th Infantry Division
21th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
III Corps Gen Curt HAASE - 3 Divisions
3rd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Division
–th Infantry Division
VI Corps Gen Otto FOERSTER - 3 Divisions
16th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
–th Infantry Division
XXXXI Corps
2nd Motorised Division - Josef Harpe
Reserve
27th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen Friedrich Bergmann - 24 Pz I
- German Sixteenth Army- Gen. of Infantry Ernst Busch
(Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Walther Model)
VII Corps - Gen.Of Infantry Eugen von Schobert
16th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Heinrich Krampf
24th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Justin von Obernitz -> 1.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Hans-Valentin Hube
36th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Georg Lindemann
76th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Maximilian de Angelis
299th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Willi Moser
XIII Corps - Lt.Gen. Heinrich von Vietinghoff
17th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Herbert Loch
21st Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Otto Sponheimer
160th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Otto Schunemann
XXIII Corps - Lt.Gen. Albrecht Schubert
73rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Bruno Bieler
82nd Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Josef Lehmann
86th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Joachim Witthöff
Reserves
6th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Arnold von Biegeleben
26th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Sigismund von Förster
71st Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Karl Weisenberger
German Army Group B
Commanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock - (Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Hans von Salmuth). 29 Divisions (3 Pz, 2 Mot, 1 Cav, 23 Inf)
- German Sixth Army —Colonel General Walter von Reichenau (Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Friedrich Paulus). 20 Divisions (17 Inf, 1 Mot Div, 2 Pz Div)
IX Corps 3 Divisions - General GEYER
30th Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division
216th Infantry Division
XVI Corps - General of Cavalry Erich Hoepner
4th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Erich Hansen
33rd Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Rudolf Sintzenich
3rd Panzer Division - Maj.Gen. Horst Stumpff- 117 PzKpfw Is
129 PzKpfw IIs
42 PzKpfw IIIs
26 PzKpfw IVs
- 135 PzKpfw Is
105 PzKpfw IIs
40 PzKpfw IIIs and
24 PzKpfw IVs
15th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Ernst-Eberhard Hell
205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
7th Infantry Division
18th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division
61th Infantry Division
XI Corps - Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzlesich
7th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz
211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
253rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Fritz Kuhne
14th Infantry Division
19th Infantry Division
31th Infantry Division
XXVII Corps 2 Divisions
253th Infantry Division
269th Infantry Division - 117 PzKpfw Is
- German Eighteenth Army — Georg von Küchler - 9 Divisions (6 Inf, 1 Mot Div, 1 Cav Div, 1 Pz Div)
Reserves- 208th Infantry Division
225th Infantry Division
526th Infantry Division
7th Airborne Division
22nd Air Landing Infantry Division
207th Infantry Division
X Corps
SS "Adolf Hitler" Division
SS "Der Führer" Division
227th Infantry Division
1st Cavalry Division
207th Infantry Division
XXVI Corps
256th Infantry Division
254th Infantry Division
22th Airborne Division - 208th Infantry Division
- 9th Panzer Division - HUBICKY (from XXXIX Pz Corps - Gen R. SCHMIDT)
- 18,000 men
18 × Pz IV (short 7.5 cm guns) medium tanks
36 × Pz III (3.7cm guns) medium tanks
75 × Pz II (20mm guns) light tanks
100 × Pz I (machineguns) light tanks
56 assorted armored cars
8 × 15cm FH18 towed howitzers
12 × 10.5cm leFH18 towed howitzers
4 × 10.5cm K18 towed cannons
- 18,000 men
Commanded by Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.
- German First Army — Erwin von Witzleben
XII Corps
XXIV Corps
XXX Corps
XXXVII Corps
- German Seventh Army — Friedrich Dollmann
Reserves
XXV Corps
XXXIII Corps
Commanded by Prince General Umberto di Savoia
- 1st Army - General Pietro Pintor
2nd Corps - General Francesco Bettini
3rd Corps - General Mario Arisio
15th Corps - General Gastone Gambara
- 4th Army - General Alfredo Guzzoni
1st Corps - General Carlo Vecchiarelli
4th Corps - General Camillo Mercalli
Alpine Corps - General Luigi Negri
Sources:
Hitler's Blitzkrieg Campaigns - The Invasion and Defense of Western Europe, 1939–1940, J.E. and H.W. Kaufmann, COMBINED BOOKS Pennsylvania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_b ... _of_France
http://www.2ndbn5thmar.com/history/battlestudies.htm