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This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Crete and related operations in 1941.
Attached to 14 Bde:
Unit | Commander | Remarks | |||||||||||||
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HQ 19 Brigade | Brig. George Vasey | At Georgioupolis | |||||||||||||
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion | Lt. Col. Ian R. Campbell | 620 personnel; Rethymno; Campbell commanded all Allied forces in the Rethymno area | |||||||||||||
2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion | Lt. Col. Ray Sandover | 650 personnel; Rethymno | |||||||||||||
2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion | Lt. Col. Theo Walker (par. 21) | About 550 personnel. Based at Heraklion; redeployed to Maleme and saw action in the Souda-Chania area ("42nd Street") during the battle. | |||||||||||||
2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion | Lt. Col. John W. Mitchell | About 400 personnel. Based at Chania; reinforced British forces around Perivolia and Mournies, and saw action in the Souda-Chania area ("42nd Street") during the battle. | |||||||||||||
No. 5 Battery, 2/3rd Field Regiment | |||||||||||||||
No. 6 Battery, 2/3rd Field Regiment | Maj. I. J. Bessell-Browne | 90 personnel, equipped with captured Italian weapons: four 100 mm guns and four 75 mm guns. | |||||||||||||
4th Greek Regiment | Col. M. Trifon | 1,300 personnel; Rethymno | |||||||||||||
5th Greek Regiment | Lt. Col. I Servos | 1,200 personnel; Rethymno | |||||||||||||
Gendarmerie Privates School | Col. Iak Chaniotis | 916 personnel; Rethymno |
Force B - Capt. Henry A Rowley
Force C - Rear Admiral Edward Leigh Stuart King (C.O. 15th Cruiser Squadron) | |||||||||||||
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Ship | Commander | Armament | Tonnage | Remarks | |||||||||
HMS Naiad (93) | Capt. MHA Kelsey | Light cruiser - damaged[9] | |||||||||||
HMAS Perth (D29) | Capt. Sir PW Bowyer-Smyth | 8x6 inch guns,
8x4 inch guns, 4x3 pdr guns, 8x21 inch torpedo tubes |
6,830 tons | Light cruiser - damaged[9] | |||||||||
HMS Kandahar (F28) | Cmdr. WGA Robson | Destroyer | |||||||||||
HMS Nubian (F36) | Cmdr. RW Ravenhill | Destroyer - damaged[9] | |||||||||||
HMS Kingston (F64) | Lt. Cmdr. P Sommerville | Destroyer - damaged[9] | |||||||||||
HMS Juno (F46) | Cmdr. St John Tyrwhitt | Destroyer Sunk 21 May 1941 | |||||||||||
HMS Calcutta (D82) | Capt. DM Lees | Anti-aircraft cruiser Sunk 1 June 1941 within one hundred miles of Alexandria | |||||||||||
Force D - Rear-Admiral Irvine Glennie Destruction of Lupo Convoy (21–22 May 1941) | ||
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Ship | Commander | Remarks |
HMS Dido (37) | Capt. HW McCall | Light cruiser- damaged |
HMS Orion (85) | Capt. PBRW William-Powlett | Light cruiser - damaged[9] |
HMS Ajax (22) | Capt. EDB McCarthy | Light cruiser - damaged |
HMS Janus (F53) | Cmdr. JAW Tothill | Destroyer |
HMS Hasty (H24) | Lt.Cmdr. LRK Tyrwhitt[10] | Destroyer |
HMS Hereward (H93) | Lt. WJ Munn | Destroyer - sunk by enemy aircraft 29 May 1941 |
HMS Kimberley | Lt. Cmdr. JSM Richardson | Destroyer |
5th Destroyer Flotilla - Captain Mountbatten
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2008) |
Sphakia evacuation force - Rear-Admiral King
Unit | Commander | Equipment/remarks |
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KGzbV 1 | Oberst Fritz Morzik | Junkers Ju 52 |
KGzbV 2 | Oberst Rüdiger von Heyking | Ju 52 |
KGzbV 3 | Oberst U. Bucholz | Ju 52 |
22nd Luftlande Division | General Hans Graf von Sponeck | Force reserve (in Romania) |
Unit | Commander | Equipment/remarks |
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Kampfgeschwader 2 | General-Major Herbert Rieckhoff | Do 17Z |
Jadgeschwader 77 | Major Bernhard Woldenga | Bf 109E |
Lehrgeschwader 1 | [Oberst F-K Knust | Ju 88A & He 111H |
Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | Oberst-Leutnant W. Hagen | Ju 87R |
Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 | Oberst-Lt O. Dinort | Ju 87R |
Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | Major Clemens von Schönborn-Wiesentheid | Ju 87R |
Zerstörergeschwader 26 | Oberst Johann Schalk | Bf 110C & Bf 110D |
Unit | Commander | Remarks |
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5th Panzer Division | Gustav Fehn | |
6th Gebirgs Division | Ferdinand Schörner |
Headquarters Luftlande Sturmregiment - Generalmajor Eugen Meindl, then Col. Ramcke, Maj. Braun[11] | ||
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Unit | Commander | Remarks |
1st Battalion | Major Walter Koch | Glider battalion |
2nd Battalion | Major Edgar Stentzler | |
3rd Battalion | Major Otto Scherber | |
4th Battalion | Hauptmann (Captain) Walter Gericke |
Two glider companies were detached and seconded to 7th Flieger Division, below
Unit | Commander | Subunits | Remarks |
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7th Engineer Battalion | Major Liebach | ||
7th Artillery Battalion | Major Bode | ||
7th Machine Gun Battalion | Hauptmann Schulz | ||
7th Anti-tank Battalion | Hauptmann Schmitz | ||
1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment | Oberst Bruno Bräuer | 1st Battalion (Major Erich Walther), 2nd Battalion (Hauptmann Burckhardt), 3rd Battalion (Major Karl-Lothar Schulz) | Heraklion |
2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment | Oberst Alfred Sturm, Maj, Schulz, Captain Paul[11] | 1st Battalion (Major Kroh), 2nd Battalion (Hauptmann Erich Pietzonka), 3rd Battalion (Hauptmann Wiedemann) | Retimno |
3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment | Oberst Richard Heidrich, Lt. Heckel[12] | 1st Battalion (Hauptmann Friedrich von der Heydte), 2nd Battalion (Major Derpa), 3rd Battalion (Major Ludwig Heilmann) | Hania |
The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd FJ Rgt was used with the 1st FJ Rgt
Unit | Commander | Sub units |
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95th Artillery Battalion | Oberstleutnant Wittmann | |
95th Anti-tank Battalion | Major Bindermann | |
95th Reconnaissance Battalion | Major Count Castell zu Castell | |
95th Engineer Battalion | Major Schaette | |
95th Signal Battalion | Major Nolte | |
85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment | Oberst August Krakau | 1st Battalion - 2nd Battalion - 3rd Battalion |
100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment | Oberst Willibald Utz | 1st Battalion - 2nd Battalion - 3rd Battalion |
141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment[lower-alpha 5] | Oberst Maximilian Jais | 1st Battalion - 2nd Battalion - 3rd Battalion |
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