This is the order of battle for Operation Battleaxe, a Second World War battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers Germany and Italy in North Africa in June 1941.
British and Commonwealth Forces
Commander in Chief, Middle East - General Archibald Wavell
XIII Corps - Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
7th Armoured Division - Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh
4th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Alexander Gatehouse4th Royal Tank Regiment (Matilda tanks) - Lieutenant-Colonel Walter O'Carroll
7th Royal Tank Regiment (Matilda tanks) - Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Groves
7th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Hugh Russell
2nd Royal Tank Regiment (Mk I, II and III/IV cruiser tanks)
6th Royal Tank Regiment (Crusader tanks)
7th Support Group - Brigadier John Campbell
1st, 3rd, 4th, and 106th Regiments Royal Horse Artillery
1st battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd battalion Rifle Brigade
Divisional troops
11th Hussars (Reconnaissance regiment)
Engineers
4th Field Squadron, RE
143rd Field Park Squadron, RE
4th Indian Infantry Division - Major-General Frank Messervy
11th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Reginald Savory
2nd battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1st battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
2nd battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
22nd Guards Brigade - Brigadier Ian Erskine
1st battalion Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
2nd battalion Scots Guards
3rd battalion Coldstream Guards
22nd Guards Brigade Attack Company
Divisional troops
Central India Horse (Reconnaissance regiment)
25th Field Regiment, RA
31st Field Regiment, RA
Engineers:
4th, 12th, 18th, and 21st Field Company (Sappers and Miners)
11th Field Park Company
German and Italian forces
Commandante Superiore, Generale d'Armata Italo Gariboldi
Afrika Korps - Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel
15th Panzer Division - Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow
8th Panzer Regiment - Oberstleutnant Hans Cramer
1st Battalion - Hauptmann Johannes Kümmel
2nd Battalion - ?
1st Battalion of the 104th Motor Infantry Regiment - Wilhelm Bach (stationed at Halfaya Pass)
Reconnaissance Battalion 33
1st Abteilung of the 33rd Artillery Regiment
33rd Panzerjäger Battalion (12 50 mm (1.97 in) PaK 38 and 21 37 mm (1.46 in) PaK 36 anti-tank guns)
15th Motorcycle Battalion - Hauptmann Curt Ehle
One anti-aircraft battery (with 13 88 mm (3.46 in) FlaK 18 and 36 anti-aircraft guns)
5th Light Division - Generalleutnant Johann von Ravenstein
5th Panzer Regiment
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
Trento Division - Lieutenant-General Giuseppe de Stefanis
Three infantry battalions and one artillery regiment (stationed at the Sollum-Musaid-Capuzzo area)
Korps troops
Two regiments Italian artillery (stationed at Bardia)
One regiment FlaK (88 mm guns)