German Attack on Norway 9 April 1940

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1 German Attack on Norway 9 April 1940 Army Group XXI 3rd Mountain Division 1/,2/,3/138th Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/139th Gebirgsjäger Regiment 1/,2/,3/112th Gebirgs (Mountain) Artillerie Regiment 12th Reconnaissance Battalion 48th Armored Abwehr (AT) Battalion 83rd Gebirgs (Mountian) Pioneer Battalion 68th Division Support Units 69th Division: 1/,2/,3/159th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/193rd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/236th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/169th Artillery Regiment 169th Anti-tank Battalion 169th Engineer Battalion 169th Signals Battalion 169th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 163rd Division: 1/,2/,3/307th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/310th Infantry Regiment 234th Bicycle Battalion 1/,2/,3/324th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/234th Artillery Regiment (to 9 btrys on 4/26) 234th Anti-tank Battalion 234th Engineer Battalion 234th Signals Battalion 234th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 181st Division 1/,2/,3/334th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/349th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/359th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/222nd Artillery Regiment 222nd Anti-tank Battalion 222nd Engineer Battalion 222nd Signals Battalion 222nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units 196th Division: 1/,2/,3/340th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/345th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/362nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/223rd Artillery Regiment 223rd Anti-tank Battalion 223rd Engineer Battalion 223rd Signals Battalion 223rd Division (Einheinten) Service Units Corps Troops: 1/729th Heavy Artillery Battaion 1/,2/,3/730th Heavy Artillery Battalion (4-105mm Czech guns ea) 916th Heavy Artillery Battery (150mm) 939th Heavy Artillery Battery (150mm) 3rd Co, 40th Panzer Battaion 1

2 40th Railroad Company 41st Railroad Company 463rd Signals Company 2./640th Radio Company 2./640th Telephone Company 9./645th Telephone Company (1 platoon) Army Group XXXI 170th Division: 1 1/,2/,3/391st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/399th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/401st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/240th Artillery Regiment 240th Anti-tank Battalion 240th Engineer Battalion 240th Signals Battalion 240th Divisional (Einheinten) Service Units 11th Schützen Brigade: 2 1/,2/110th Schützen Regiment 1/,2/111th Schützen Regiment 198th Division: 1/,2/,3/305th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/306th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/326th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/235th Artillery Regiment 235th Anti-tank Battalion 235th Engineer Battalion 235th Signals Battalion 235th Divisional (Einheinten) Service Units German Navy: Group 1: (Transport Security) Gneisenau Scharnhorst 10 Destroyers Group 2: (Occupation of Narvik) Hipper 4 Destroyers Group 3a: (Occupation of Bergen) Köln Königsberg Bremen 1 The 170th Division and the 11th Schützen Brigade invaded Jütland, Denmark. 2 Would join the 11th Panzer Division on August 1940.

3 1 S Boat Flotilla (7 S boats) Group 3b: (Occupation of Bergen) Leopard Wolf Karl Peters Ship 9 Ship 18 Ship 111 Group 4 (Occupation of Kristiansend and Adrendal) Karlsruhe Tsingtau 2nd S Boat Flotilla (7 S Boats) Luchs Seeadler Greif Group 5 (Occupation of Oslo) Blücher Lützow Möwe Albatros 1 Minesweeping Flotilla (8 Minesweepers) Whaleboat "Rau 7" Whaleboat "Rau 8" Group 7: (Occupation ofkorsör and Nyberg) Schleswig-Holstein D "Campinus" "Nautilus" "Pelikan" Group 8: (Occupation of copenhagen) D :Hansestadt Danzig 2 Patrol Boats Group 9: (Occupation of Middelfort) "Rugard" "Otto Braum" "Arkona" 2 Patrol Boats 102 & 103 R6 R7 U-Jäger 2 Tugs Group 10: (Occupation of Esbjerg) 4 M boats 1 MS Flotilla 2 R-Flotilla Group 11: (Occupation of Thyberön) 4 MS flotilla 3 $R Flotilla Escort Ship von der Groeben Aircraft: I/108th Naval Avaition Group II/108th Naval Avaition Group III/108th Naval Avaition Group Luftflotte 5 Zestörer Gruppe 1 3

4 Zestörer Gruppe 76 I/,II/,III/4th Kamfpgruppe I/,II/,III/26th Kamfpgruppe 30th Kamfpgruppe 100th Kamfpgruppe 160th Kamfpgruppe I/1st Stuka Gruppe II/77th Jagdfleiger Verband 1./106th Kampfgruppe (1st Staffel) 1./,2./506th Kampfgruppe (1st & 2nd Staffel) Transports: I/,II/,III/Kampfgrupe z.b.v 1 (Special Assignment Group 1) Parachutists: 1/1st Fallschirmjäger Regioment 3rd & 4th Companies, 1st Fallschirmjäger Regioment Other 1st Company, Göring Regiment Flak: 1/8th Flak Regiment 2/19th Flak Regiment 1/32nd Flak Regiment 2/33rd Flak Regiment 1/611th Flak Regiment Sent Later: 3/32nd Flak Regiment 4th Co., 111th Flak Regiment 4th Co., 141st Flak Regiment 4th Co., 234th Flak Regiment 4th Co., 361st Flak Regiment 4th Co., 641st Flak Regiment Luftwaffe Aircraft Availability (from Shore) Oper- Units Base A/C Type Avail ational V Fliegerkorps II/JG 77 Husum Bf 109E 38 Stab, II/KG 4 Faberg He 111P 42 I/KG 4 Perleberg He 111P 36 III/KG 4 Lüneburg He 111P 17 Ju 88A 20 Stab, II, III/KG 26 Lübeck-Blankensee He 111H 67 I/KG 26 Marx He 111H 36 Stab/KG 30 Westerland Ju 88A 1 2, 3/KG 30 Ju 88A 25 II/KG 30 Ju 88A 30 III/KG 30 Ju 88A 13 Z/KG 30 Ju 88C-2 6 KGr 100 Nordholz He 111H 27 1/KäFlGr 106 List/Sylt He 115B/C 12 1, 2/KäFlGr 506 List/Sylt He 115B 11 He 115C 12

5 I/StG 1 Kiel-Holtenau Ju 87R 39 1, 2/ZG 1 Barth Bf 110C 22 3/ZG 1 Westerland Bf 110C 10 I/ZG 76 Westerland Bf 110C 32 Stab, I/KG zbv 1 Utersen Ju II/KG zbv 1 Schleswig, Stade Ju III/KG zbv 1 Utersen, Hagenow Ju IV/KG zbv 1 Hagenow Ju KGr zbv 101 Neumünster Ju KGr zbv 102 Oldenburg Ju KGr zbv 103 Schleswig Ju KGr zbv 104 Stade Ju KGr zbv 105 Holtenau Fw 200B/C 8 Ju Ju G-38 1 KGr zbv 106 Utersen Ju KGr zbv 107 Fuhlsbüttel Ju KGr zbv 108 Rantum, Hvrnum Ju 52/See 13 Note: The precise of of KGr z.b.v 108 is unclear as it was referred to in contemporary orders as a geschwader with three gruppen. There is also some confusion about which unit had the commandeered transports with KGr zbv 107 often suggested.<p> Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, national Archives Microcopy No. T-78, Roll T-971, American Historical Association Committee for the Study of War Documents, Washington, DC., 1960 Shores Fledgling Eagles Copyright GFN