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.
The Belgian Air Service (Aéronautique Militaire Belge) comprised three main aerial regiments:
1er Régiment d'Aéronautique (1st Air Regiment - Observation and Army Cooperation aircraft)
1er Groupe (Fairey Fox)
2e Groupe (Fairey Fox)
3e Groupe (Fairey Fox)
4e Groupe (Fairey Fox)
5e Groupe (Renard R.31)
6e Groupe (Renard R.31)
2e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Fighter aircraft)
1er Groupe (Gloster Gladiator & Hawker Hurricane)
2e Groupe (Fiat CR.42)
3e Groupe (Fairey Fox)
3e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and Bomber aircraft)
1er Groupe (Fairey Fox)
3e Groupe (Fairey Battle & Fairey Fox)
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)
The strength of the Belgian Army extended to seven Corps:
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 VII Corps
8th Infantry Division
2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
Belgian Cavalry Corps 1st Cavalry Division
2nd Cavalry Division
Brussels Cavalry Corps - which had the following:
Corps Staff
1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, both of which were partially motorized. Each with three Mixed Cavalry Regiments each of which had a Horse cavalry battalion, a motorcycle battalion, an armored car squadron, and a training squadron
Corps Artillery Regiment
Bicycle Pioneer battalion
Chasseurs Ardennais - 1st and 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais, both of which were partially motorized.
French Cavalry Corps
2nd Light Mechanized Division
3rd Light Mechanized Division
French 3rd Corps
1st Moroccan Infantry Division
2nd North African Infantry Division
French 4th Corps
32nd Infantry Division
French 5th Corps
5th North African Infantry Division
101st Infantry Division
Belgian VII Corps
2nd Chasseurs Ardennais
8th Infantry Division
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
Direct reporting:
21st Infantry Division
60th Infantry Division
68th Infantry Division
French 1st Corps
1st Light Mechanized Division
25th Motorized Division
French 16th Corps
9th Motorized Division
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
General Lord Gort
Directly reporting:
5th Infantry Division
12th (Eastern) Division
23rd (Northumbrian) Division
46th Infantry Division
British I Corps - Lieutenant-General Michael Barker
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
48th (South Midland) Division
British II Corps - Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
British III Corps - Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
44th (Home Counties) Division
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)
205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst Richter
XI Corps- Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzfleisch
7th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz
211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner
253rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Fritz Kuhne
IX Corps
XVI Corps
3rd Panzer Division
4th Panzer Division
XXVII Corps
German Eighteenth Army — Georg von Küchler
Reserves
208th Infantry Division
225th Infantry Division
526th Infantry Division
SS "Verfügungstruppe" Division
7th Airborne Division
22nd Air Landing Infantry Division
9th Panzer Division
207th Infantry Division
X CorpsSS "Adolf Hitler" Division
227th Infantry Division
1st Cavalry Division
XXVI Corps256th Infantry Division
254th Infantry Division
SS "Der Führer" Division
The Luftwaffe order of battle for operations over Belgium:
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.)
