BATTLE OF FRANCE - Order of battle

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BATTLE OF FRANCE - Order of battle

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Order of battle for the Battle of France

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 Army
  • 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
French Second Army Group
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
French Third Army Group
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
French army facing Italy
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.
French reservesThe French began the battle with three reserve corps positioned behind the army groups. The VII and XXIII Corps were stationed behind the 2nd and 3rd Army Groups.

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
German Army Group A
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
  • 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
      1st Panzer Brigade Col Karl KELTSCH
      73rd Artillery Regiment (REIN) EICHSTADT
    2nd Panzer Division - MajGen Rudolf VEIEL
    • 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
  • 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
    4th Panzer Division - Maj.Gen. Ludwig Radlmeier -> 8.6.1940 Maj.Gen. Johann Joachim Stever
    • 135 PzKpfw Is
      105 PzKpfw IIs
      40 PzKpfw IIIs and
      24 PzKpfw IVs
    IV Corps - Gen.of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler
    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
  • 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
    SS "Verfügungstruppe" 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
  • 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
German Army Group C
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
Italian Army Group "West"
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
Overall, the Italian forces numbered about 700 000 troops. However, they had inadequate artillery and transport and they were not equipped for cold Alpine environment.

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
Last edited by II/JG54_Emil on Sun 26 Jul 2009 12:40 pm, edited 5 times in total.
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Post by II/JG54_Emil »

In short:
Tanks:
France
Renault FT 17 = 278
AMC + AMR = 450
FCM = 100
Renault R-35 = 900
Hotchkiss H-39 =770
D1 + D2 = 145
Somua S35 = 250
Char B1 bis = 274
total = 3167

British Eexpeditionary Force
Mk II Matilda = 160
Cruiser Mk IIa = 240
Cruiser Mk IIa = 240
total = 640

Belgium
T13/T15 = 270
total = 270

Netherlands
Landverk = 40
total = 40

Germany
Pz I = 523
Pz II = 955
Pz III = 398
Pz IV = 280
35 T = 118
38 T = 228
total = 2502




Dunkirk/Dynamo Statistics
Ships employed by the Allies during the evacuation
Sunk* / Damaged / Total Employed
  • A.A. Cruiser - / 1 / 1
    Destroyers 9/ 19 / 56
    Sloops - 1 / 6 /
    Corvettes - / - / 11
    Minesweepers 5 / 7 / 38
    Torpedo Boats - / - / 15
    Naval Transports - / - / 3
    Armed Merchant Ship1 / 2 / 3
    Hospital Ships 1 / 5 / 8
    Cargo Ships 3 / - / 13
    Ferry Boats 9 / 8 / 45
    Tug Boats 6 / - / 40
    Trawlers 23 / 2 / 230 /
    Dutch Skoots 1 / - / 40
    Yachts 1 / - / 27
    Barges 4 / - / 48
Note: Several hundred smaller craft were also used.
* Sunk or Damaged by S boats, aircraft or artillery. Destroyers,
ferries, mine sweepers, trawlers, and sloops took 75% of the men
off the beach.
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Post by II/JG54_Emil »

Situation 9th of May 1940

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Post by PA-Dore »

Very useful! Thanks Emil

--> Don't forget to use light actorsstatic for online campaign :wink:
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Post by II/JG54_Emil »

PA-Dore wrote:Very useful! Thanks Emil

--> Don't forget to use light actorsstatic for online campaign :wink:
hm???

Sorry I`m completely new. You mean static objects?
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Post by PA-Dore »

This map is too heavy on line and has no infrastructures (Fuel, factories) so see this topic: Map Battle of France
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Post by II/JG54_Emil »

Airforces
Here the question is which of the aircraft are in game?
Which planes could we use as proxis(look and performance).
The bold written types are there at least in Ultrapack (modpack).

Luftwaffe Aircraft Available on 10 May 1940
  • Ar-196 A3
    Bf -109 E1 1939
    Bf -109 E1/B 1939
    Bf -109 E3 1939
    Bf -109 E3/B 1940
    Bf -109 E4 BoB 1940
    Bf -109 E4/N 1940
    Bf -110 C4
    Bf -110 C4/B

    DFS-230 (can use G11)
    Do-17 M/P/U/Z
    Do-215 B
    He-111 B/H/J/P
    He-115 B/C
    He-59 D
    Hs-123
    Hs-126 B
    Fi-156
    Ju-52
    Ju 87 B
    Ju-88 A
Allied Aircraft Available on 10 May

1940 RAF
in GB
  • Blenheim MK I, 1935
    Blenheim I F
    Blenheim MK IV, 1938
    Fairy Battle MK II, 1937
    Fairy Swordfish MK I
    Gladiator MK I
    Gladiator MK II
    Hurricane MK I, 1938
    Hurricane MK I, BoB 1938
    Hurricane MK Ib, 1940

    Lysander
    Miles M.14 Magister
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A1
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A2
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A3
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A4
    P36, Mohawk III
    P36, Mohawk IV
    Spitfire MK I
    Tigermoths

    Whitley
    etc.
RAF in France
  • Fairy Battle MKII 1937
    Blenheim
    Gladiator MK I
    Gladiator MK II
    Hurricane

    Lysander
    Tigermoths
    Whitley
Armée de l'Air (France)
  • MS-406
    MS-410
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A1
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A2
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A3
    P36, Curtiss-H 75 Hawk A4

    Amiot 143 bomber
    Amiot 351 bomber
    Amiot 354 bomber
    ANF Les Mureaux 113 observation
    ANF Les Mureaux 115 observation
    ANF Les Mureaux 117 observation
    Arsenal VG 33 fighte
    Blériot-SPAD S.510 fighter
    Bloch MB.131 reconnaissance and bomber/reconnaissance
    Bloch MB.150 (prototype), 1936
    Bloch MB.150 series, fighter (Bloch MB.150 to MB.157)
    Bloch MB.151 first production design
    Bloch MB.152 increased power, (593 built by armistice)
    Bloch MB.155 used by Vichy France
    Bloch MB.157 (prototype), not put into production
    Bloch MB.162 long range heavy bomber
    Bloch MB.174 reconnaissance
    Bloch MB.175 light bomber
    Bloch MB.200 medium bomber
    Bloch MB.210 medium bomber
    Bloch MB.220 transport
    Bloch MB.81 light transport
    Bre 270 observation
    Bre 521 "Bizerte" flying-boat
    Bre 691 light attack bomber
    Bre 693 light attack bomber
    Bre 695 light attack bomber
    Bre XIX bomber
    C.272 "Luciole" liaison
    C.400 liaison
    C.440 "Goëland" transport
    C.600 "Aiglon" liaison
    C.630 "Simoun" transport
    C.714 "Cyclone" fighter
    C.A.M.S. 37 ship-borne flying boat
    C.A.M.S. 55.10 maritime reconnaissance flying boat
    C.A.O. 200 fighter
    D.510 fighter
    D.520 fighter
    DB-7 bomber comparable to A-20
    F.222 heavy bomber
    F.224 transport
    Farman F 402 transport and observation
    GL-810 ship-borne observation floatplane
    H.16 liaison
    H.180 3 seat trainer
    H.185 liaison
    H.220 2 seat Fighter-bomber
    H.230 2 seat trainer
    H.232 advanced trainer
    H.436 trainer
    H.510 Army Co-op Monoplane
    H.600 2 seat fighter
    H-75 fighter
    Harlow PC-5 2 seat trainer
    Koolhoven (Dutch)
    Koolhoven F.K.58 fighter
    Latécoère 298 torpedo bomber float plane
    Latécoère 302 long range flying boat
    Latécoère 523 long range flying boat
    Latécoère 611 long range flying boat
    LeO 206 heavy bomber
    LeO 451 medium bomber
    LeO C-30 Cierva observation autogyro
    LeO H-246 flying boat
    LeO H-257 torpedo bomber/bomber float plane
    LeO H-43 observation float plane
    LeO H-470 flying boat
    LN 401 ship-borne dive bomber
    LN 411 ship-borne dive bomber
    Loire 130 flying boat
    Loire 210 ship-borne fighter floatplane
    Loire 46 fighter
    Loire 501 liaison
    Loire 70 flying boat
    Loire-Nieuport
    M.167-F bomber
    M.B.411 submarine-borne float plane
    M.S.225 fighter
    M.S.406 fighter
    Marcel Besson
    Morane-Saulnier
    NAA-57 trainer
    NC.223 heavy bomber
    Ni-D.622 fighter
    P.L.10 torpedo bomber
    P.L.14 torpedo bomber float plane
    P.L.15 torpedo bomber float plane
    Potez 25 observation
    Potez 29 transport
    Potez 33 liaison
    Potez 39 observation
    Potez 402 transport
    Potez 452 ship-borne flying boat
    Potez 542 bomber/reconnaissance
    Potez 585 liaison
    Potez 63 series, twin-engine fighter, light bomber or reconnaissance (1200+ built)
    Potez 63.11 observation/reconnaissance, (900+ built)
    Potez 630 day/night fighter, (first 80 built;grounded)
    Potez 631 day/night fighter, (200+ built)
    Potez 633 light bomber, (many export variants)
    Potez 637 reconnaissance
    Potez 650 transport
    Potez 662 transport
    Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat
    S.E. 200 transport flying boat
    V.156-F ship-borne dive bomber
    Wibault 283T transport
    Wibault 33 transport
Aviation Militaire Belge (Belgium)
  • 11 Renard R-31s
    Hurricane = 20
    Fiat CR.-42s = 27
    Gladiator = 22
    Fairy Battle MK II, 1937 = 16
    Fairey Fireflies
    Fairey Fox IICs/IIICs/VICs (Biplane)
    Stampe-Vertongen SV5
    Douglas DB 7 (A20) = 16
    Devoitine D 520 = 351(at a fraction combat-ready)
Luchtvaartbrigade (Netherlands)
  • Douglas DB-8As
    Fokker C Vs/D. XXI 30
    Fokker GIA (= 23)
    Kolkoven F.K.51s
Dutch Airfields on the Map:
The main bases were:
  • • Ypenburg( AY27#8 ) [near The Hague]: one fighter squadron [D-XXI]; one modern recon and light ground support squadron [Douglas 8A-3N( B5N2 )]; one obsolete recon squadron [C-V / FK-51]
    • Waalhaven [near Rotterdam]: one fighter squadron [G-1]
Secondary bases were:
  • • Gilze Rijen ( BC23#5 ) [between Breda +Tiburg]: one recon squadron [C-V / FK-51(RWD8?/Swordfish MKI/U2 VS/HS123)]
    • Haamstede ( AU24#8 )[near Vlissingen]: flying school [C-V / FK-51, training planes]
    • Souburgh ( AT22#1 )[near Vlissingen]: flying school [training planes]


sources:
The Battle of France - then and now - 6 Nations locked in Aerial Combat, September 1939 -June 1940
Peter D. Cornwell, Battle of Britain Ltd -

http://france1940.free.fr/adla/ada_may. ... ber%20ZOAN
http://www.1940lafrancecontinue.org/FTL ... _01_41.htm
http://france1940.free.fr/adla/ada_juin.html
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I love reading this. Tremendous thread guys!
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NUMBER OF FRENCH TANKS IN FRANCE ON 10th MAY 1940, IN COMBAT UNITS : 2307 (2777)
  • • Hotchkiss H35 : 328
    • Hotchkiss H39 : 474
    • Renault R35/39 : 900
    • FCM36 : 90
    • Somua S35 : 264
    • Renault D2 : 45
    • Renault B1bis : 206
    --> Modern tanks : 2307

    • Renault FT17 : 462 (obsolete)
    • FCM-2C : 8 (obsolete)
    --> Obsolete tanks : 470
If the AMR tracked armored cars are counted as light tanks :
  • • AMR33 / AMR35 ZT1 : 259 (including about 150 AMR35 ZT1)
    • AMR35 ZT2 : 10
    • AMR35 ZT3 : 10
    --> TOTAL : 3056 French tanks
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Post by =gRiJ=Petr »

Greta work and great order of battle and could make an interesting scenario.

Question though, why have you dropped all units except for the tanks? No arty, flak, AT, etc... or am I missing something?

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Because that most of the information I could gather until now.

Haven´t gotten too much into the composition of the various divisions in general.

But here is some more:

Panzerdivision
Strength:
~12,500 men
~2,400 vehicles
220-340 tanks

Tanks:2 regiments
(4 battalions) like in the 1.,2.,3.,4.,5. and 10.PzD
  • heavy:
    medium: 65-160 PzIII, Pz38(t), Pz35(t) and PzIV
    light: 60-260 PzI, PzII and PzBef
Infantry: 2 regiments (4 battalions of Panzergrenadiers)
Motorcyclists: 1 battalion

Armored cars:
  • Aufklärung Abteilung
    with 56 armored cars
    (+ armored halftracks like the SdKfz-251/10)
Artillery:
  • 24x 105mm guns
    12x 150mm guns
    24x 7.5cm leIG
    8x 15cm sIG
    sometimes self-propelled sIG
AA guns:
  • 1 battalion :
    9x 8.8cm FlaK
    24x 3.7cm and 2.0cm FlaK
AT guns:
  • 51x 3.7cm PaK
    8.8cm FlaK and 10.5cm leFH in direct fire and sometimes self-propelled AT guns
Engineers: 1 battalion
Signals: 1 battalion

I´ll post a bit more later, I just didn´t have the time earlier on.
Sorry.

If you have informations about organisation of infantry divisions please post. Shared knowledge is growing knowledge.
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Post by =gRiJ=Petr »

Nice info and I mostly agree. Some observations though.
Armoured cars: which unit tupes are you going to use for those since the game doesn't have the armoured cars used by the germans at that time. (obviously, it has the SdJfz-251/10)

Arty: are you sure about the 15cm SIG's?

A typical infantry division in this period would have something like this:
Inf:
3 regiments with 3 batt. each (this remains pretty constant till somewhere 43-ish when the infantry divs were reorganized to either 2 regs with 3 batt, or 3 regs with 2 batt.)
A motorized recon batt.
A motorized MG batt.
A Engineer batt.

Arty:
4 batt. with 3 batteries of 4 guns each. I think you can abstract that to:
3 batt. with 105mm Howitzers
1 Batt. with 150mm Howitzers

Don't think they had a flak batt.

Concerning AT: I'd give them a lot of 37mm and a few 50mm Paks.
Some Divs had their own panzer Batt. or Stug batt. About 40 vehicles.

If you need more detailed info let me know.

This is general but if you follow this you can't be very much off.
Question is, what are you going to use to respresent the infantry?

Cheers,
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Post by II/JG54_Emil »

Arty: are you sure about the 15cm SIG's?
Pretty sure.

I found this document http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/kBCNSj1wfQ ... y%2040.doc

It list all you can wish for the German Army in May 1940, I hope you can download it.

It also explains that some Infatery divisions had AA.
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Sorry m8, link doesn't work...
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