Norwegian campaign order of battle

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{{Short description|1940 order of battle during WWII}}
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The [[Nazi Germany|German]] operation for the invasion of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]] in April 1940 was code-named ''[[Operation Weserübung|Weserübung]]'', or "Weser Exercise." Opposing the invasion were the partially mobilized [[Norwegian Armed Forces|Norwegian military]], and an allied expeditionary force composed of [[United Kingdom|British]], [[France|French]], and [[Polish Armed Forces in the West|Free Polish]] formations. The following list formed the [[order of battle]] for this [[Norwegian campaign|campaign]].

==Germany==
===Gruppe XXI===
On 1 March 1940, the '''[[German 21st Army Corps]]''' was renamed '''Group XXI''' and placed in charge of the invasion of Norway. The group was allotted two Mountain and five Infantry divisions for this task. It was led by the commanding officer of the XXI Korps, ''[[General of the Infantry (Germany)|General der Infanterie]]'' [[Nikolaus von Falkenhorst]]. His chief of staff was ''[[Oberst]]'' [[Erich Buschenhagen]].
[[File:German Army XXI Gruppe Scandinavia 9 April 1940.png|thumb|500px|Organization of Wehrmacht Heer Gruppe XXI during the invasion of Norway and Denmark April 1940<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nafziger|first1=George|title=German Attack on Norway 9 April 1940|url=http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/940GDAA.PDF|website=U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library}}</ref>]]

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-757-0038N-11A, Norwegen, Schwerer Kreuzer.jpg|thumb|German Troops on landing craft]]

* '''[[2nd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|2nd Mountain Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''[[Generalleutnant]]'' [[Valentin Feurstein]]
** The division fought in the northern part of Norway, the 137th Regiment dropped by parachute at [[Narvik (town)|Narvik]] on 15 May.
** Regiments: [[German 136th Mountain Regiment|136th]] & [[German 137th Mountain Regiment|137th]] mountain light infantry; [[German 111th Mountain Artillery Regiment|111th]] mountain artillery
* '''[[3rd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|3rd Mountain Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalleutnant'' [[Eduard Dietl]]
** Most of this division was landed at [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]] and [[Narvik (town)|Narvik]] on 9 April.
** Regiments: 138th & 139th mountain light infantry; 112th mountain artillery
* '''[[69th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|69th Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''[[Generalmajor]]'' [[Hermann Tittel]]
** From 9 April through 15 April, divisional elements were transported to [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]], [[Stavanger (city)|Stavanger]], and [[Oslo]].
** Regiments: 159th, 193rd, and 236th infantry; 169th artillery
* '''[[163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|163rd Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Erwin Engelbrecht]]
** Elements were landed at Oslo, [[Kristiansand (town)|Kristiansand]], [[Arendal (town)|Arendal]], and Stavanger, beginning on 9 April.
** Regiments: 307th, 310th, and 324th infantry; 234th artillery
* '''[[181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|181st Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Kurt Woytasch]]
** By 15 April, this division had arrived at Trondheim, being primarily transported by aircraft.
** Regiments: 334th, 349th, and 359th infantry; 222nd artillery
* '''[[196th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|196th Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Richard Pellengahr]]
** By 15 April, most of this division had landed at Oslo.
** Regiments: 340th, 345th, and 362nd infantry; 233rd artillery
* '''[[214th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|214th Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Max Horn]]. It landed at Kristiansand and Arendal on 17 and 18 April.
** Regiments: 355th, 367th, and 388th infantry; 214th artillery
* '''[[170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|170th Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Walter Wittke]]
** Entered Denmark through the southern end of [[Jutland]] peninsula on 9 April.
** Regiments: 391st, 399th, and 401st infantry; 240th artillery
* '''[[198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|198th Infantry Division]]'''
** Commanded by ''Generalmajor'' [[Otto Röttig]]
** Occupied [[Copenhagen]], [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]], and the southern Danish islands on 9 April.
** Regiments: 305th, 308th, and 326th infantry; 235th artillery
* '''[[German 11th Motorized Rifle Brigade]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/40-04_scandinavia/brig_11.html |title=Scandinavian Campaign: 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade |first=Leo |last=Niehorster |author-link=Leo Niehorster |website=niehorster.org |date=1 May 2004 |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref>
** Commanded by ''Oberst'' [[Günther Angern]]
** Part of the Denmark invasion force. It was replaced by garrison troops from the 160th Security Division on 13 May, when the brigade was withdrawn for use in the [[Battle of France|invasion of France]].
** Regiments: 110th and 111th motorized infantry
** [[Panzer-Abteilung 40|Panzer Abteilung z.b.V 40]]

[[File:Ju 88A-1 Stab KG 51.jpg|thumb|German [[Junkers Ju 88]] bomber]]

=== Luftwaffe ===
{{main|Luftwaffe order of battle April 1940}}
The [[10th Air Corps (Germany)|Luftwaffe's X Fliegerkorps]] was commanded by ''Generalleutnant'' [[Hans Ferdinand Geisler]]; it had operational command of all Luftwaffe units participating in Operation Weserübung.

* '''Parachute troops'''
** I/[[German 1st Parachute Regiment]]
** Commanded by ''[[Major (Germany)|Major]]'' [[Erich Walther]]
** Individual companies were used to occupy key airfields in northern Denmark ([[Aalborg Airport]]), near Stavanger ([[Stavanger Airport, Sola|Sola Airport]]), and Oslo ([[Oslo Airport, Fornebu|Fornebu Airport]]).
* '''Aircraft available'''
** 102 fighters.
** 233 bombers.
** 39 dive bombers.
** 165 reconnaissance aircraft (including float planes).
** 582 transport aircraft.

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MO-0683-07, Leichter Kreuzer 'Emden'.jpg|thumb|An [[Admiral Hipper-class cruiser|''Admiral Hipper'' class heavy cruiser]], either [[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|''Admiral Hipper'']] or [[German cruiser Blücher|''Blücher'']], en route to Norway.]]

=== Kriegsmarine ===
Baltic Sea and Norwegian Waters
'''Naval Group Command West''' – ''[[General admiral|Generaladmiral]]'' [[Alfred Saalwächter]]

'''Battleship Force''' – ''[[Vizeadmiral]]'' [[Günther Lütjens]]
* ''[[German battleship Gneisenau|Gneisenau]]'', ''[[Kapitän zur See]]'' [[Harald Netzbandt]] (damaged 20 June)
* ''[[German battleship Scharnhorst|Scharnhorst]]'', ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann]] (damaged 8 June)

'''Objective: Narvik'''

'''Warship Group One''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' and ''[[Kommodore]]'' [[Friedrich Bonte]] ({{KIA}} 10 April)
*'''First Flotilla ''' (detachment) – ''[[Fregattenkapitän]]'' [[Fritz Berger (officer)|Fritz Berger]]
** [[German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele|Z2 ''Georg Thiele'']] (Type 1934) – ''[[Korvettenkapitän]]'' [[Max-Eckart Wolff]] (Flotilla Flagship) (beached 13 April)
*'''Second Flotilla ''' – ''Fregattenkapitän'' [[Erich Bey]]
** [[German destroyer Z9 Wolfgang Zenker|Z9 ''Wolfgang Zenker'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Fregattenkapitän'' [[Gottfried Pönitz]] (Flotilla Flagship) (beached and scuttled 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim|Z11 ''Bernd von Arnim'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Curt Rechel]] (beached and scuttled 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese|Z12 ''Erich Geise'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Karl Smidt]] (sunk 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner|Z13 ''Erich Koellner'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Fregattenkapitän'' [[Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs]] (scuttled 13 April, Schulze-Hinrichs {{POW}})
*'''Third Flotilla''' – ''Fregattenkapitän'' H.-J. Gadow
** [[German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder|Z17 ''Diether von Roeder'']] (Type 1936) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Erich Holthof]] (scuttled 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann|Z18 ''Hans Lüdemann'']] (Type 1936) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Herbert Friedrichs]] (Flotilla Flagship) (beached 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z19 Hermann Künne|Z19 ''Hermann Künne'']] (Type 1936) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Friedrich Kothe]] (scuttled 13 April)
** [[German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp|Z21 ''Wilhelm Heidkamp'']] (Type 1936) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Hans Erdmenger]], (Group One Flagship) (sunk 10 April)
** [[German destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt|Z22 ''Anton Schmitt'']] (Type 1936) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Friedrich Böhme]] (sunk in [[Battles of Narvik|First Battle of Narvik]] 10 April)
'''Transporting:'''
*Advanced HQ/3rd Mountain Division – ''Generalleutnant'' [[Eduard Dietl]], 139th Mountain Regiment/3rd Mountain Division – ''Oberst'' Windisch, coastal artillery battery (crew only), Naval signals section, Army signals platoon, I Bn/32nd LW Flak Regiment (personnel only)

Landing Group (planned to be at or entering [[Narvik (town)|Narvik]] when Warship Group One was scheduled to arrive.)
* {{SS|Bärenfels|1921|2}} (cargo ship) (army equipment, guns, and ammunition) – diverted to Bergen and sunk by [[Fleet Air Arm]] air attack on 14 April
* {{SS|Rauenfels|1928|2}} (cargo ship) (army equipment, guns, and ammunition) – sunk by British destroyers {{HMS|Havock|H43|2}} and {{HMS|Hostile|H55|2}} while entering the Ofotfjord on 10 April.
* {{SS|Alster|1928|2}} (cargo ship) (motor transport and military stores) – captured by the British destroyer {{HMS|Icarus|D03|2}} near [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]] on 10 April
Tanker Group
* {{SS|Jan Wellem|1935|2}} (tanker) – arrived at Narvik, sunk 13 April
* {{MS|Kattegat|1928|2}} (tanker) – scuttled by crew after being intercepted by Norwegian patrol boat {{HNoMS|Nordkapp||2}} on 9 April

'''Objective Trondheim'''
[[File:German destroyer off Norway 1940.jpg|thumb|''[[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|Admiral Hipper]]'' and a [[German World War II destroyers|destroyer]] approaching Trondheim.]]
'''Warship Group Two''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Hellmuth Heye]],
*''[[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|Admiral Hipper]]'', ''Kapitän zur See'' Hellmuth Heye (damaged 8 April)
*2. Destroyer Flotilla – ''Fregattenkapitän'' [[Rudolf von Pufendorf]]
**[[German destroyer Z5 Paul Jakobi|Z5 ''Paul Jakobi'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Hans-Georg Zimmer]], Flagship of 2. Destroyer Flotilla
**[[German destroyer Z6 Theodor Riedel|Z6 ''Theodor Riedel'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Gerhardt Böhmig]]
**[[German destroyer Z8 Bruno Heinemann|Z8 ''Bruno Heinemann'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Hermann Alberts]]
**[[German destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt|Z16 ''Friedrich Eckoldt'']] (Type 1934A) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Alfred Schemmel]]
*Naval Special Operations Group – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Wilhelm Hornack]]
Transporting:
*138th Mountain Regiment/3rd Mountain Division – ''Oberst'' Weiss, minus one company on the ''Lutzow'', diverted to Oslo, 1./112th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 1./38th Engineer Battalion, naval signals detachment, army signals platoon, Two Coast Artillery Batteries (crews only), I Bn/611th LW Flak Regiment – personnel only, airbase personnel
'''Landing Group''' (Planned to be at or entering [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]] when Warship Group Two was scheduled to arrive.)
* {{SS|Sao Paulo|1921|2}} (supply ship) (mined off Bergen on 9 April, mine laid by Norwegian minelayer {{HNoMS|Tyr|1887|2}}),
* {{MS|Levante|1939|2}} (cargo ship)
* {{SS|Main|1927|2}} (supply ship) (captured and sunk on 9 April by Norwegian destroyer {{HNoMS|Draug|1908|2}})
'''Tanker Group'''
* {{MS|Skagerrak|1928|2}} (tanker) (scuttled on 14 April when intercepted by the [[Royal Navy]] cruiser {{HMS|Suffolk|55|2}})
* {{MS|Moonsund|1937|2}} (tanker) (sunk on 12 April by the British submarine {{HMS|Snapper|39S|2}})

'''Objective Bergen'''

'''Warship Group Three''' – Rear Admiral [[Hubert Schmundt]]
*''[[German cruiser Köln|Köln]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Ernst Kratzenberg]] (Flag)
*''[[German cruiser Königsberg|Königsberg]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Heinrich Ruhfus]] (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April, then sunk by [[Fleet Air Arm]] aircraft on 10 April)
*[[German training ship Bremse|''Bremse'']] ''Fregattenkapitän'' [[Jakob Förschner]] (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April)
*Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Leopard|1928|2}} ''[[Kapitänleutnant]]'' [[Hans Trummer]] (sunk in collision 30 April)
*Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Wolf||2}}, ''[[Oberleutnant]]'' Broder Peters, Flag of 6. Torpedo Boat Flotilla ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Hans Marks]],
1. S-Boatflotilla – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Heinz Birnbacher]]
*S-Boat-Tender {{ship|German support ship|Carl Peters||2}}, ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Otto Hinzke]] (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April)
*''S19'', ''S21'', ''S22'', ''S23'', ''S24'', {{Ship|German auxiliary|Schiff 9||2}} (mined off Bergen on 10 April, mine laid by Norwegian minelayer ''Tyr''), {{Ship|German auxiliary|Schiff 18||2}} (damaged and beached 25 April)
Transporting:
*HQ/69th Infantry Division, 1./169th Engineer Bn, 2./169th Engineer Bn, HQ/159th Infantry Regiment, I./159th infantry Regiment, II./159th infantry Regiment (-5. Company), 159th Band, naval signals section, army signals platoon, two coastal artillery batteries (crews only), I Bn/33rd LW Flak Regiment – personnel only, airbase personnel

'''Landing Group'''
* {{SS|Rio de Janeiro|1914|2}} (troop ship) (torpedoed and sunk off [[Lillesand (town)|Lillesand]] by the Polish submarine {{ORP|Orzeł|1938|2}})

'''Landing Group Stavanger'''
* {{MS|Roda|1928|2}} (cargo ship) (captured and sunk on 9 April by Norwegian destroyer {{HNoMS|Æger|1936|2}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-04.htm |title=Chronik des Seekrieges 1939-1945: 1940 April |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |year=2007 |work=Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte |publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek |access-date=25 October 2012 |language=de}}</ref>

'''Objectives Kristiansand and Arendal'''
{{main|Capture of Arendal|Odderøya}}

'''Warship Group Four''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Friedrich Rieve]]
* {{ship|German cruiser|Karlsruhe||2}} – ''Kapitän zur See'' Friedrich Rieve (torpedoed and sunk on 9 April by the British submarine {{HMS|Truant|N68|2}} on return voyage to Germany)
* Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Luchs||2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' Karl Kassbaum, flagship of ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Hans Bütow]] (F.d.T. = Leader of T-Boats),
* Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Greif||2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Wilhelm-Nikolaus Freiherr von Lyncker]], flagship ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Wolf Henne]], leader of 5. Torpedo Boat Flotilla),
* Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Seeadler||2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Franz Kohlauf]],
'''2. S-Boat-Flotilla''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Rudolf Petersen (Kapitän zur See)|Rudolf Petersen]]
* S-Boat-Tender ''[[German auxiliary Tsingtau|Tsingtau]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Carl Klingner]]
* ''S7'', ''S8'', ''S17'', ''S30'', ''S31'', ''S32'', ''S33''
'''Transporting'''
* HQ/310th Infantry Regiment, I/310th Infantry Regiment, 9 Co./310th Infantry Regiment, 234th Bicycle Infantry Co., naval signals platoon, two coastal artillery batteries (crews only)

'''Objectives Oslo and Oslofjord'''

'''Warship Group Five''' – Rear Admiral [[Oskar Kummetz]]
'''Objective Oslo'''
* ''[[German cruiser Blücher|Blücher]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Heinrich Woldag]], flagship ([[Battle of Drøbak Sound|sunk]] 9 April by the Norwegian coastal fortress [[Oscarsborg Fortress|Oscarsborg]] in the [[Oslofjord]])
* ''[[German cruiser Deutschland|Lützow]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[August Thiele]] (damaged by Oscarsborg 9 April, then torpedoed and further damaged by {{HMS|Spearfish|69S|2}} on 11 April, during the return voyage to Germany)
* ''[[German cruiser Emden|Emden]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Werner Lange]]
* ''R18''
* ''R19''
* ''Rau 8''

'''Objectives Son and Moss'''
* Torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|Möwe||2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Helmut Neuss]]

'''Objective Horten'''
* Torpedo boat ''[[German torpedo boat Albatros (1926)|Albatros]]'' – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Siegfried Strelow]] (grounded and wrecked 10 April while under fire from Norwegian coastal artillery)
* Torpedo boat ''[[German torpedo boat Kondor (1926)|Kondor]]'' – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Hans Wilcke]]
* ''R17'' (sunk 9 April by Norwegian warships {{HNoMS|Olav Tryggvason||2}} and {{HNoMS|Rauma|1939|2}})
* ''R22'' (damaged by ''Olav Tryggvason'' and ''Rauma'')
* ''Rau 7''

'''Objective Rauøy Island'''
* ''R20''
* ''R24''

'''Objective Bolærne Island'''
* ''R22''
* ''R23''

'''Objective Egersund Cable Station'''
{{main|Capture of Egersund}}
'''Warship Group Six''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Kurt Thoma]],
'''2 Minehunting Flotilla'''
* {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1||2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|M-2|1937|2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|M-9|1937|2}}, {{ship|German minesweeper|M-13|1939|2}}

'''Objectives Korsör and Nyborg'''

'''Warship Group Seven''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Gustav Kleikamp]]
* ''[[SMS Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]]'' – ''Kapitän zur See'' Gustav Kleikamp
* ''[[SMS V190|Claus von Bevern]]'' (mine warfare trial ship, ex minesweeper/large torpedo boat)
* ''Pelikan'' (mine warfare trial ship, ex minesweeper)
* ''Nautilus'' (mine warfare trial ship, ex minesweeper)
* {{SS|Campinas|1921|2}} (cargo ship)
* {{SS|Cordoba|1919|2}} (cargo ship)
* ''MRS 12'' (minesweeper)
'''School Flotilla of Commander in Chief Baltic Approaches'''
* Six armed fishing trawlers – ''Fregattenkapitän'' Dr. [[Oskar Dannenberg]]

'''Objectives Copenhagen'''

'''Warship Group Eight''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Wilhelm Schroeder (Korvettenkapitän)|Wilhelm Schroeder]]
* ''[[German minelayer Hansestadt Danzig|Hansestadt Danzig]]'' (minelayer) – ''Korvettenkapitän'' Wilhelms Schroeder
* {{SS|Stettin|1933|2}} (icebreaker)
Warship Group Eight supported in the waters of the Belt by 13. Patron-Flotilla – ''Kapitänleutnant'' Dr. [[Walther Fischer]]

'''Objectives Middelfart and Belt Bridge'''

'''Warship Group Nine''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Helmut Leissner]], F.d.V.O
* {{SS|Rugard|1927|2}} (cargo ship), flagship of F.d.V.O,
* ''Arkona'' (M115), ''Otto Braun'' (M129), ''Cressida,'' ''Silvia'', ''R6'', ''R7'' (minesweepers)
* ''UJ 107'' (ASW patrol craft)
* ''Passat'', ''Monsun'' (Tugs)

'''Objectives Esbjerg and Nordby'''

'''Warship Group Ten''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' and ''Kommodore'' [[Friedrich Ruge]] F.d.M. West
* ''Königin Luise (F6)'' (patrol craft)
'''12. Minehunter Flotilla''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Karl Marguth]]
* ''KFK M1201, KFK M1202, KFK M1203, KFK M1204, KFK M1205, KFK M1206, KFK M1207, KFK M1208, M4, M20, M84, M102'' (minesweepers)
'''2. Minesweeper Flotilla''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Gert von Kamptz]]

* ''R25, R26, R27, R28, R29, R30, R31, R32'' ([[R boat]] minesweepers)

'''Objective Thyborön'''

'''Warship Group Eleven'' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Walter Berger]]
'''4. Minehunter Flotilla''' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' Walter Berger
* ''M-61, M-89, M-110, M-111, M-134, M-136'' (minesweepers)

'''3. Minesweeper Flotilla''' – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Hagen Küster]]
* ''R 33, R 34, R 35, R 36, R 37, R 38, R 39, R 40'' (minesweepers)
* {{ship|German R boat tender|Von Der Groeben||2}} – ''[[Oberleutnant zur See]]'' [[Gustav Czycholl]] (R boat tender)

'''Mine Sweeper Covering Group'''
Laying minefields to the [[Skagerrak]] to protect the German resupply route to southern Norway.
* ''[[SMS Schlesien|Schlesien]]'' ([[pre-dreadnought battleship]])

'''Minelaying Group''' – ''Kapitän zur See'' [[Kurt Böhmer]]:
* ''[[German minelayer Roland|Roland]]'' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Karl von Kutzleben]] (minelayer)
* {{SS|Cobra|1926|2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' Dr. Ing. [[Karl-Friedrich Brill]] (minelayer)
* ''Preussen'' – ''Korvettenkapitän'' [[Karl Freiherr von der Recke]] (minelayer)
* {{MS|Königin Luise||2}} – ''Kapitänleutnant'' [[Kurt Foerster]]
* ''M6, M10, M11, M12'' (minesweepers fitted to lay mines)

'''U-Boat Force Force''' – [[Rear Admiral]] [[Karl Dönitz]]

'''U-Boat Group One'''
Patrol area: Narvik, Harstad, [[Vestfjorden|Vestfjord]], [[Vågsfjorden, Troms|Vågsfjord]]
* {{GS|U-25|1936|2}}, {{GS|U-46|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-51|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-64|1939|2}} (sunk 13 April), {{GS|U-65|1940|2}}

'''U-Boat Group Two'''
Patrol area: Trondheim, [[Namsos (town)|Namsos]], [[Romsdalsfjord]]
* {{GS|U-30|1936|2}}, {{GS|U-34|1936|2}}

'''U-Boat Group Three'''
Patrol area: Bergen, [[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]], [[Shetland|Shetland Islands]]
* {{GS|U-9|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-14|1936|2}}, {{GS|U-56|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-60|1939|2}}, {{GS|U-62|1939|2}}

'''U-Boat Group Four'''
Patrol area: Stavanger
* {{GS|U-1|1935|2}} (sunk c. 6 April), {{GS|U-4|1935|2}}

'''U-Boat Group Five'''
Patrol area: East of the Shetland Islands, Vågsfjord, Trondheim
* {{GS|U-37|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-38|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-47|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-48|1939|2}}, {{GS|U-49|1939|2}} (sunk 15 April), {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} (sunk 6 April)

'''U-Boat Group Six'''
Patrol area: [[Pentland Firth|Pentland]], [[Orkney|Orkney Islands]], Shetland Islands
* {{GS|U-13|1935|2}} (sunk 31 May), {{GS|U-57|1938|2}}, {{GS|U-58|1939|2}}, {{GS|U-59|1939|2}}

U-Boat Group Seven
Never assembled

'''U-Boat Group Eight'''
Patrol area: [[Lindesnes Lighthouse|Lindesnes]], [[Egersund]]
* {{GS|U-2|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-3|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-5|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-6|1935|2}}

'''U-Boat Group Nine'''
Patrol area: Bergen, Shetland Islands
* {{GS|U-7|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-10|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-19|1936|2}}

'''Unassigned to a group'''
Operating in the area of the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, and Bergen
* {{GS|U-17|1935|2}}, {{GS|U-23|1936|2}}, {{GS|U-24|1936|2}}, {{GS|U-61|1939|2}}

==Norway==

[[File:Hegra Fortress - group of soldiers 1940.jpg|thumb|Norwegian Soldiers at Hegra Fortress]]

Owing to the speed and surprise achieved by the German forces, the Norwegian army was only able to partially mobilize. Unit strengths were only a fraction of their paper establishments.

Unlike the armies of most other nations, the Norwegian "division" was more of an administrative and mobilization unit, rather than a fighting formation. The most important tactical unit of the Norwegian army was the regiment. When mobilized, each regiment was supposed to muster two battalions of infantry of the line, and one battalion of ''[[Landwehr|landvern]]''. Some of the Norwegian forces were ''ad hoc'' battalions.

The commander of the [[Norwegian Army]] at the time of the invasion was General [[Kristian Laake]]. He was replaced by Colonel [[Otto Ruge]] on 11 April.

Each Regiment had 3,750 soldiers, with 60,000 being the total number of soldiers by 1940. Every battalion had around 1,250 soldiers. However, only 55,000 soldiers were well prepared.

[[File:Norwegian Rifleman 1940.jpg|thumb|Norwegian Rifleman 1940]]

===Norwegian Army===
*The [[Hans Majestet Kongens Garde|Royal Guards]] battalion – based in [[Oslo]] and [[Elverum (town)|Elverum]], the only unit in Southern Norway that received proper training during the inter-war years.
*[[1st Division (Norway)|1st Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Halden (town)|Halden]], and was commanded by Major-General [[Carl Johan Erichsen]].
**1st Infantry Regiment (based in [[Fredrikstad (town)|Fredrikstad]])
**2nd Infantry Regiment (based in [[Oslo]])
**3rd Infantry Regiment (based in [[Kongsberg (town)|Kongsberg]])
*[[2nd Division (Norway)|2nd Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Oslo]], and was commanded by Major-General [[Jacob Hvinden Haug]].
**4th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Trandum]])
**5th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Elverum (town)|Elverum]])
**6th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Hønefoss]])
*[[3rd Division (Norway)|3rd Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Kristiansand (town)|Kristiansand]], and was commanded by Major-General [[Einar Liljedahl]].
**7th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Kristiansand (town)|Kristiansand]])
**8th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Stavanger (city)|Stavanger]])
*[[4th Division (Norway)|4th Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]], and was commanded by Major-General [[William Steffens]].
**9th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]])
**10th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Vossevangen|Voss]])
*[[5th Division (Norway)|5th Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]], and was commanded by Major-General [[Jacob Ager Laurantzon]].
**11th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Åndalsnes]])
**12th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]])
**13th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Steinkjer (town)|Steinkjer]])
*[[6th Division (Norway)|6th Division]] – This division had its headquarters in [[Harstad (town)|Harstad]], and was commanded by Major-General [[Carl Gustav Fleischer]]. The division was better prepared for war than any other unit of the Norwegian Army as it had been mobilised and kept on duty during the [[Finnish Winter War]].
**14th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Mosjøen]])
**15th Infantry Regiment (based at [[Elvegårdsmoen]])
**16th Infantry Regiment (based in [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]] and [[Bardufoss]])
:During the campaign, the 6th Division formed two light infantry brigades. The [[6th Brigade (Norway)|6th Brigade]] was initially commanded by Colonel [[Kristian Løken]], and from 9 May by Lieutenant Colonel [[Ole Berg]], and the [[7th Brigade (Norway)|7th Brigade]], commanded by Colonel [[Wilhelm Faye]].<ref>Berg and Vollan 1999, pp. 138, 233</ref>

[[File:Norwegian Army 7.5 cm field gun.jpg|thumb|Norwegian Army 7.5 cm field gun]]

*Additional units – These were additional units not organised into divisions.
**1st Dragoon Regiment (based at [[Gardermoen, Norway|Gardermoen]], including [[Landsverk L-120|Norway's only tank]])
**2nd Dragoon Regiment (based in [[Hamar]])
**3rd Dragoon Regiment (based in [[Rindleiret]], [[Verdal (town)|Verdal]])
**1st Artillery Regiment (based in [[Ski (town)|Ski]])
**2nd Artillery Regiment (based at Gardermoen)
**3rd Artillery Regiment (based in Trondheim/[[Stjørdalshalsen|Stjørdal]])
**1st Mountain Artillery Battalion (based in [[Evje (village)|Evje]])
**2nd Mountain Artillery Battalion (based in [[Vossevangen|Voss]])
**3rd Mountain Artillery Battalion (based in [[Bardufoss]])
** [[Alta Battalion]] (based at [[Altagård]] in [[Alta (town)|Alta]])
** [[Varanger Battalion]] (based in [[Kirkenes]], with training grounds at [[Nyborgmoen]] near [[Varangerbotn]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nor-miltids.com/nmt2002/nr9/Andersen.html |title=Trygve Andersen: Varanger bataljons historie 1898-1995 |author= |year=2002 |work=[[Norsk Militært Tidsskrift]] |publisher=[[Oslo Militære Samfund]] |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118075839/http://nor-miltids.com/NMT2002/nr9/Andersen.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the time of the German invasion, the Norwegian Army was only partially mobilized, and thus only the following land units were immediately available to the Norwegians;
*The Oslo battalion of the Royal Guards
*4 regiments of the [[1st Division (Norway)|1st]] and [[2nd Division (Norway)|2nd Divisions]]
*3 battalions of the [[3rd Division (Norway)|3rd Division]]
*5 battalion for the [[4th Division (Norway)|4th Division]]
*Only about 2 battalions and a company of [[5th Division (Norway)|5th Division]]
*The [[6th Division (Norway)|6th Division]]
*Three ''landvern'' companies at [[Horten (town)|Horten]], [[Haugesund (town)|Haugesund]] and on various fortresses in the Oslofjord.
*One artillery battalion at [[Fredrikstad (town)|Fredrikstad]], and another one in the extreme north.
*One artillery battery at Gardermoen, and two more in the extreme north.
*One mountain artillery battery at [[Evjemoen]]
*One engineer company near [[Madla]]
*Partially mobilised elements of the 3rd Dragoon Regiment at the outskirts of Trondheim
*A company of volunteers at [[Hegra Fortress]]
*The Alta and Varanger Battalions

====Norwegian Army Air Service====

[[File:Norwegian Army Air Service Gloster Gladiator 423.jpg|thumb|Norwegian Army Air Service Gloster Gladiator 423]]

At the outbreak of the German invasion, the [[Norwegian Army Air Service]] consisted of:<ref>Hafsten, Larsstuvold, Olsen and Stenersen 2005, p. 54</ref>
*11 [[Gloster Gladiator]] biplane fighters (7 operational)
*3 [[Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar]] biplane fighters (none operational, undergoing maintenance)
*4 [[Caproni Ca.310]] monoplane reconnaissance/bombers (3 operational)
*25 [[Fokker C.V]]-D reconnaissance/bomber biplanes (24 operational)
*16 Fokker C.V-E reconnaissance/bomber biplanes (16 operational)
*29 [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]] biplane trainers (26 operational)
*3 [[de Havilland DH.60 Moth]] biplane trainers (none operational, undergoing maintenance)
*6 [[Curtiss P-36 Hawk]] monoplane fighters (none operational, still under final assembly)
[[File:De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth Warbirds of Norway, STA Stauning, Denmark PP1118608910.jpg|thumb|Norwegian dh.82 fighter biplane]]Of the Norwegian Army Air Service's aircraft, all were shot down, destroyed or captured by the Germans during the campaign, except two Fokker C.Vs and one Tiger Moth that were flown to Finland on 8 June 1940. The three biplanes were intended to form a Norwegian Army Air Service training unit in Finland under the command of Captain [[Ole Reistad]], but were eventually taken over by the [[Finnish Air Force]].<ref>Hafsten, Larsstuvold, Olsen and Stenersen 2005, pp. 80-81</ref>

===Royal Norwegian Navy===

[[File:HNoMS Sleipner (H48).jpg|thumb|HNoMS Sleipner (H48)]]
The [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] during the campaign consisted of:
*2 {{sclass|Eidsvold|coastal defence ship}}s:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 12-15</ref>
**{{HNoMS|Eidsvold||2}} (sunk 9 April), {{HNoMS|Norge||2}} (sunk 9 April)
*7 destroyers:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 16-19, 26-</ref>
**Three {{sclass|Draug|destroyer|0}}: {{HNoMS|Troll|1910|2}} (captured 18 May), {{HNoMS|Garm|1913|2}} (sunk 26 April) and {{HNoMS|Draug|1908|2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 9 April).
**Four {{sclass|Sleipner|destroyer|0}}: {{HNoMS|Æger|1936|2}} (sunk 9 April), {{HNoMS|Sleipner|1936|2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 25 April), {{HNoMS|Gyller|1938|2}} and {{HNoMS|Odin|1939|2}} (both captured 9 April)
**Two incomplete ''Sleipner''-class destroyers: {{HNoMS|Tor|1939|2}} (scuttled 9 April) and {{HNoMS|Balder|1939|2}} (captured 9 April)
*11 minelayers:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 134-149</ref>
**Five {{sclass|Vale|gunboat|0}}: {{HNoMS|Vale|1874|2}} (captured 13 May), {{HNoMS|Uller|1876|2}} (captured 9 April, sunk by Norwegian forces 1 May), {{HNoMS|Brage|1878|2}} (captured 9 April), {{HNoMS|Nor|1878|2}} (captured 14 April), {{HNoMS|Vidar|1878|2}} (captured 14 April)
**Two {{sclass|Gor|gunboat|0}}: {{HNoMS|Gor|1884|2}} (captured 13 May), {{HNoMS|Tyr|1887|2}} (captured 20 April),
**Two {{sclass|Glommen|minelayer|0}}: {{HNoMS|Glommen|1916|2}} (captured 14 April), {{HNoMS|Laugen|1918|2}} (captured 14 April),
**Two unique vessels: {{HNoMS|Frøya||2}} (scuttled 13 April), {{HNoMS|Olav Tryggvason||2}} (captured 9 April)
*8 minesweepers:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 88-101</ref>
**Two ''Otra''-class: {{HNoMS|Otra|1939|2}} (captured 10 April) and {{HNoMS|Rauma|1939|2}} (captured 9 April)
**Six rebuilt [[2. class torpedo boat|2. class]] torpedo boats: {{HNoMS|Djerv|1897|2}} (scuttled 2 May), {{HNoMS|Dristig||2}} (scuttled 2 May), {{HNoMS|Hvas||2}} (captured 11 April), {{HNoMS|Kjæk||2}} (captured 12 April), {{HNoMS|Falk|1902|2}} (captured 12 April), {{HNoMS|Hauk|1902|2}} (captured 9 April)
*9 submarines:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 47-49, 52-60</ref>
**Three [[Norwegian A class submarine|''A'' class]]: {{HNoMS|A-2||2}} (damaged and run aground 9 April), {{HNoMS|A-3||2}} (scuttled 16 April), {{HNoMS|A-4||2}} (scuttled 16 April)
**Six [[Norwegian B class submarine|''B'' class]]: {{HNoMS|B-1||2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 8 June), {{HNoMS|B-2||2}} (captured 11 April), {{HNoMS|B-3||2}} (scuttled 10 June), {{HNoMS|B-4||2}} (captured 10 April), {{HNoMS|B-5||2}} (captured 9 April), {{HNoMS|B-6||2}} (captured 18 May)
*17 [[torpedo boat]]s:<ref>Abelsen 1986, pp. 152-170</ref>
**Three {{sclass|Trygg|torpedo boat|0}}: {{HNoMS|Trygg|1919|2}} (sunk 25 April), {{HNoMS|Snøgg|1919|2}} (captured 5 May), {{HNoMS|Stegg|1921|2}} (sunk 20 April)
**Six [[1. class torpedo boat|1. class]]: {{HNoMS|Brand|1898|2}} (captured 9 April), {{HNoMS|Laks|1900|2}} (captured 13 April), {{HNoMS|Sæl||2}} (sunk 18 April), {{HNoMS|Storm|1898|2}} (wrecked 12/13 April), {{HNoMS|Sild|1900|2}} (scuttled 5 May), {{HNoMS|Skrei|1901|2}} (scuttled 8 May)
**Eight [[2. class torpedo boat|2. class]]: {{HNoMS|Grib||2}} (scuttled 17 April), {{HNoMS|Jo|1905|2}} (scuttled 17 April), {{HNoMS|Kjell||2}} (captured 11 April), {{HNoMS|Lom|1905|2}} (captured 9 April), {{HNoMS|Ravn|1903|2}} (scuttled 17 April), {{HNoMS|Skarv|1906|2}} (captured 9 April), {{HNoMS|Teist|1907|2}} (scuttled 14 April), {{HNoMS|Ravn|1903|2}} (captured 9 April)
*58 patrol boats, including:
**{{HNoMS|Fridtjof Nansen|1930|2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 8 June), {{HNoMS|Heimdal|1892|2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 8 June), {{HNoMS|Honningsvåg||2}} (captured from the Germans 13 April, evacuated to the United Kingdom 7 June), {{HNoMS|Nordkapp||2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 8 June), {{SS|Oster|2}} (captured 22 May), {{HNoMS|Pol III||2}} (captured 14 April), {{HNoMS|Thorodd||2}} (evacuated to the United Kingdom 8 June)

[[File:M.F. 11 F.322.jpg|thumb|Norwegian mf.11 naval bomber]]

====Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service====
The [[Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service]] consisted of:<ref>Hafsten, Larsstuvold, Olsen and Stenersen 2005, p. 63</ref>
*6 [[Heinkel He 115]] seaplane reconnaissance torpedo bombers (all operational)
*1 [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12]] biplane trainer aircraft (not operational, undergoing repairs)
*1 [[Junkers Ju 52]] seaplane bomber (not operational, undergoing maintenance)
*20 [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11]] biplane reconnaissance seaplane (17 operational, 3 undergoing maintenance)
*3 [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10]] biplane trainer seaplane (two operational, one undergoing maintenance)
*5 [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.8]] biplane trainer seaplane (two operational, three undergoing maintenance)
*6 [[Douglas DT]]2B/C torpedo bomber biplanes (two operational, one undergoing maintenance and three not mobilized)
*4 [[Breda Ba.25]] biplane trainer aircraft (none operational, all undergoing maintenance)

Of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service's fleet of aircraft, four Heinkel He 115s were evacuated to the United Kingdom at the end of the campaign, while one He 115 and three Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11s were flown to Finland and taken over by the Finnish Air Force.<ref>Hafsten, Larsstuvold, Olsen and Stenersen 2005, pp. 81-82</ref>

==Allied==

[[File:Ruinsofnamsos.jpg|thumb|British Mauriceforce troops at Nasmos]]

===Mauriceforce===
Commanded by Major-General [[Adrian Carton de Wiart|Carton de Wiart]] V.C., this group began [[Namsos campaign|landing at Namsos]] on 14 April.

*[[146th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 146th Infantry Brigade]] – Commanded by Brigadier [[Charles G. Phillips]]
**1/4th Battalion, [[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]]
**1/4th Battalion, [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]]
**[[Hallamshire Battalion]], [[York and Lancaster Regiment]]
*French 5e Demi-Brigade Chasseurs Alpins – Commanded by Général de Brigade [[Antoine Béthouart]]
**13ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins
**53ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins
**67ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins

===Sickleforce===
Commanded by Major-General [[Bernard Paget|Bernard Charles Tolver Paget]], this force [[Åndalsnes landings|landed at Åndalsnes]] starting 18 April.

* [[15th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|15th Infantry Brigade]] – Commanded by Brigadier [[Herbert Edward Fitzroy Smyth]]
**1st Battalion, [[Green Howards]]
**1st Battalion, [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]]
**[[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment|1st Battalion]], [[York and Lancaster Regiment]]
* [[148th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|148th Infantry Brigade]] – Commanded by Brigadier [[Harold de Riemer Morgan]]
**1/5th Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]]
**1/8th Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]]
* [[168 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery]] from [[56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]]
* [[84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery|260th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery]]
* 55th Field Company, [[Royal Engineers]]

===Rupertforce===
Commanded by Major-General [[Pierse Joseph Mackesy]], this force landed at Harstad, north of [[Narvik (town)|Narvik]], between 15 April and 5 May.

[[File:Narvik001.jpg|thumb|Polish Troops at Narvik]]

* [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|24th (Guards) Brigade]] – Commanded by Brigadier [[William Fraser (British Army officer)|William Fraser]]
**1st Battalion, [[Scots Guards]]
**1st Battalion, [[Irish Guards]]
**2nd Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]]
*French 27e Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs Alpins – Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel [[Sèrge Valentini]]
**6ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins
**12ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins
**14ème Bataillon Chasseurs Alpins
*French [[13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade]] – Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel [[Raoul Magrin-Vernerey]]. Landed at Harstad on 5 May.
**1er Bataillon
**2ème Bataillon
*[[Polish Independent Highland Brigade]] – Commanded by General [[Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko]]
**1st Demi-Brigade
***1 Battalion
***2 Battalion
**2nd Demi-Brigade
***3 Battalion
***4 Battalion
* One troop, [[3rd The King's Own Hussars]] (''personnel only, no tanks''){{#tag:ref|The [[3rd The King's Own Hussars]] embarked three [[Light Tank Mk VI]]s, the only British tanks despatched to Norway, on the Polish troopship {{MS|Chrobry||6}}; but, in while en route to [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]] in the early hours of 15 May 1940, she was attacked by German aircraft with the resulting loss of the ship and all of the equipment aboard it.<ref>Derry 1952, p. 184</ref><ref>Dildy 2007, p. 80</ref>|group=note}}
** [[203rd (Cumberland) Field Battery, Royal Artillery|203 (Cumberland) Field Battery]] from [[51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]]
*French 342me Independent Tank Company
*French 2me Independent Colonial Artillery Group
*British Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 [[Independent Company|Independent Companies]] ("Scissorsforce") commanded by Lieutenant Colonel [[Colin Gubbins]], landed [[Mosjøen]], [[Mo i Rana]] and [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]] 8/9 May.
*British No. 2 Independent Company commanded by Major [[Hugh Stockwell]], landed at Bodø 15 May.

=== North Western Expeditionary Force ===
Commanded by Lieutenant-General [[Claude Auchinleck]], this force resulted from the reorganisation of British forces in the Narvik area on 13 May 1940.<ref>Derry 1952, p. 201 and Appendix B.</ref>
* 24th (Guards) Brigade, acting commander, Brigadier [[Colin Gubbins]]; organisation as above. Brought back to Narvik from Bodø for evacuation on 29–31 May.<ref>Joslen 2003, pp. 269–7.</ref>
* Nos 2, 3 and 5 Independent Companies: brought back to Narvik from Bodø for evacuation on 29–31 May, Nos 1 and 4 Companies having been evacuated directly to home ports.
* One troop 3rd Kings Hussars without tanks
* 203 Battery, 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
* [[6th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|6th Anti-Aircraft Brigade]] commanded by Brigadier F.N.C. Rosseter<ref>Routledge, p. 110</ref>
** No 10 Army Observer Unit
**[[51st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] (23 x 3.7-inch mobile AA guns, based at [[Harstad (town)|Harstad]], [[Evenskjer|Skånland]], and some attached to [[Bodø Force]])
**[[82nd (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] (24 x 3.7-inch mobile AA guns)
***156th (Essex) HAA Bty in [[Bardufoss]]
***193rd (Essex) HAA Bty in [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]] and [[Sørreisa (village)|Sørreisa]]
**[[55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] (36 x [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|40mm Bofors guns]], detachments in [[Harstad (town)|Harstad]], [[Evenskjer|Skånland]], [[Bardufoss]], and Bodø force)
**[[167 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery|167th Light Anti-Aircraft Bty]] from 56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (10 x 40mm Bofors guns in [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]] and [[Sørreisa (village)|Sørreisa]])
**3rd LAA Bty (10 x 40mm Bofors guns in [[Bardufoss]] and French force)
* 229 and 230 Field Companies, [[Royal Engineers]]
* Detachment 231 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

[[File:HMS Resolution FL18214 cropped.jpg|thumb|British battleship ''Resolution'']]

===Royal Navy===
* 4 [[battleship]]s – {{HMS|Resolution|09|6}}, {{HMS|Rodney|29|2}}, {{HMS|Valiant|1914|2}} and {{HMS|Warspite|03|2}}
* 2 [[battlecruiser]]s – {{HMS|Renown|1916|6}} and {{HMS|Repulse|1916|2}}
* 3 [[aircraft carrier]]s – {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}}, {{HMS|Furious|47|2}} and {{HMS|Glorious||2}} (sunk 8 June)
* 5 [[heavy cruiser]]s – {{HMS|Berwick|65|6}}, {{HMS|Devonshire|39|2}}, {{HMS|Effingham||2}} (grounded 17 May, lost), {{HMS|Suffolk|55|2}} (beached 17 April) and {{HMS|York|90|2}}
* 5 [[light cruiser]]s – {{HMS|Birmingham|C19|6}}, {{HMS|Glasgow|1937|2}}, {{HMS|Manchester|1937|2}}, {{HMS|Sheffield|C24|2}}, and {{HMS|Southampton|83|2}}
* 5 light cruisers – {{HMS|Arethusa|26|6}}, {{HMS|Aurora|12|2}}, {{HMS|Enterprise|1926|2}}, {{HMS|Galatea|71|2}} and {{HMS|Penelope|97|2}} (grounded 11 April, damaged)
* 6 anti-aircraft cruisers – {{HMS|Cairo|D87|6}} (damaged 28 May), {{HMS|Calcutta|1918|2}}, {{HMS|Carlisle|D67|2}}, {{HMS|Coventry|D43|2}}, {{HMS|Curacoa|D41|2}} (damaged 24 April) and {{HMS|Curlew|D42|2}} (sunk 26 May)
* 7 [[Tribal-class destroyer (1936)|''Tribal''-class destroyers]] – {{HMS|Afridi|F07|6}} (sunk 3 May), {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|2}}, {{HMS|Cossack|F03|2}}, {{HMS|Eskimo|F75|2}}, {{HMS|Gurkha|F20|2}} (sunk 9 April), {{HMS|Punjabi|F21|2}} and {{HMS|Zulu|F18|2}}
*14 destroyers – {{HMS|Acasta|H09|6}} (sunk 8 June), {{HMS|Ardent|H41|2}} (sunk 8 June), {{HMS|Forester|H74|2}}, {{HMS|Foxhound|H69|2}}, {{HMS|Glowworm|H92|2}} (sunk 8 April), {{HMS|Hardy|H87|2}} (sunk 10 April), {{HMS|Havock|H43|2}}, {{HMS|Hero|H99|2}}, {{HMS|Hostile|H55|2}}, {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|2}}, {{HMS|Hunter|H35|2}} (sunk 10 April), {{HMS|Icarus|D03|2}}, {{HMS|Kimberley|F50|2}}, {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|2}}
* 4 sloops – {{HMS|Auckland|L61|6}} (damaged 20 April), {{HMS|Bittern|L07|2}} (sunk 30 April), {{HMS|Black Swan|L57|2}}, {{HMS|Flamingo|L18|2}}, {{HMS|Fleetwood|U47|2}}, {{HMS|Stork|L81|2}},
* 17 submarines – including {{HMS|Sterlet|2S|6}} (sunk c. 18 April), {{HMS|Tarpon|N17|2}} (sunk 10 April), {{HMS|Thistle|N24|2}} (sunk 10 April), {{HMS|Seal|N37|2}} (captured 5 May)
*?? minesweepers

[[File:Emile-Bertin.jpg|thumb|{{ship|French cruiser|Émile Bertin}}]]

===French Navy===
*2 cruisers – {{ship|French cruiser|Émile Bertin||2}} and {{ship|French cruiser|Montcalm|1935|2}}
*4 auxiliary cruisers – ''El Djezaïr'', ''El Mansour'', ''El Kantara'', ''Ville d'Oran''
*9 destroyers – {{ship|French destroyer|Bison|1928|2}} (sunk 3 May), {{ship|French destroyer|Tartu|1931|2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Maillé Brézé|1931|2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Chevalier Paul|1932|2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Boulonnais||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Milan||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Épervier||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Brestois||2}}, {{ship|French destroyer|Foudroyant|1929|2}}
*17 transport ships – ''Ville d'Alger'', ''Djenné'', {{SS|Flandre|1913|2}}, ''Président Doumer'', ''Chenonceaux'', {{SS|Mexique||2}}, ''Colombie'', ''Amiénois'', ''Saumur'', ''Cap Blanc'', ''Château Pavie'', ''Saint Firmin'', ''Albert Leborgne'', ''Paul Émile Javary'', ''Saint Clair'', ''Vulcain'', ''Enseigne Maurice Préchac''
*1 submarine – {{ship|French submarine|Rubis|1931|2}}

===Polish Navy in exile===
*3 destroyers – {{ORP|Błyskawica||6}}, {{ORP|Burza||2}}, {{ORP|Grom|1936|2}} (sunk 4 May)
*1 submarine – {{ORP|Orzeł|1938|6}} (sunk 8 June)
*3 troopships – {{MS|Chrobry||2}} (damaged later scuttled 16 May), {{MS|Sobieski||2}}, {{MS|Batory||2}}

[[File:Hurricane I 46 Squadron.jpg|thumb|British Hurricane fighter]]

===Royal Air Force (deployed to Norway)===
*[[No. 263 Squadron RAF]] – Gloster Gladiator fighter aircraft<ref>Dildy 2007, pp. 65, 69, 80-81</ref>
*[[No. 46 Squadron RAF]] – [[Hawker Hurricane]] fighter aircraft<ref>Dildy 2007, p. 81</ref>

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=note}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

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* {{Joslen-OOB}}
*Brigadier N. W. Routledge, ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-55,'' Brasseys: [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], 1994. {{ISBN|1-85753-099-3}}.

==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://niehorster.org/017_britain/40_norway/_40-04_uk.html |title=Scandinavian Campaign: Order of Battle British Forces Northwest Expeditionary Force April-June 1940 |last=Niehorster |first=Leo |author-link=Leo Niehorster |date=1 December 2006 |website=World War II Armed Forces Orders of Battle and Organizations |publisher=Orbat.com |access-date=11 June 2014}}

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Norwegian campaign order of battle