This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Crete and related operations in 1941. An order of battle (often abbreviated as ORBAT, OOB, or OB) is an organizational tool used by military intelligence to list and analyze enemy military units. ... Combatants Greece United Kingdom New Zealand Australia Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength United Kingdom: 15,000 Greece: 11,000 Australia: 7,100 New Zealand: 6,700 Total: 40,000 (10,000 without fighting capability. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

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Land forces

Commonwealth & Allied Forces, Crete - "Creforce"

Coordinates 35°31′ N 24°1′ E Country Greece Periphery Crete Prefecture Chania Population 53,373 source (2001) Area 12. ... The Rt Hon. ... Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ... The Queens Own Hussars, normally reffered to by the abbreviation QOH, was a United Kingdom cavalry regiment, formed from the amalgamation of 3rd The Kings Own Hussars and the 7th Queens Own Hussars in Tidworth in 1958. ... The 7th Royal Tank Regiment (7 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1959. ... The Welch Regiment (or The Welch) was a British army regiment. ...

2nd New Zealand Division

Coordinates 35°31′ N 24°1′ E Country Greece Periphery Crete Prefecture Chania Population 53,373 source (2001) Area 12. ... RGA redirects here. ... Coordinates 35°31′ N 24°1′ E Country Greece Periphery Crete Prefecture Chania Population 53,373 source (2001) Area 12. ... Brigadier James Hargest (4 September 1891 - 12 August 1944) was a New Zealand military officer and politician. ... Maleme (Greek Μάλεμε) is a town and airport 16km to the west of Chania, in North Western Crete, Greece. ... Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village on the Greek island of Crete. ... Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger, KBE CB DSO ED, (28 January 1897-1957) was a New Zealand soldier during World War II. // Early Life He was born in Ladbrooks, near Christchurch, the son of a schoolmaster who later became a farmer at Waimate. ...

14th Infantry Brigade

Heraklion or Iraklion (Greek: Ηράκλειο Italian: Candia), is the largest city and the capital of Crete. ... The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queens Division. ... The 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment was formed by the redesignation of the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot in 1881. ... The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The 2nd Battalion, Black Watch was fromed in 1881 when the 42nd Regiment of Foot and the 73rd Regiment of Foot were amalgamated to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) . Categories: | ... The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ... The 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was formed in 1881 when the 91st (Princess Louises Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot were amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . ... Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel_in_Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry regiment Creation... RGA redirects here. ...

19th Australian Infantry Brigade

Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO (29 March 1895 - 05 March 1945) was an Australian Army Divisional Commander during World War II. Vasey is argued to be the best divisional commander that has ever been produced by Australia. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs | Crete | Cities and towns in Greece ... The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... The Cretan Gendarmerie (Greek Κρητική Χωροφυλακή) was a gendarmerie force created soon after Crete gained its autonomy from Ottoman rule in the late 19th century. ...

Mobile Base Defence Organization

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Naval forces

• Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet - Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham

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Forces A1 & B

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Force C

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Force D

HMS Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. ... The Leander-class light cruiser HMS Orion: Royal Navy, Penant 85 Displacement: 7,215 tons Speed: 32. ... HMS Ajax was a Leander-class light cruiser. ... HMS Janus (F53), named after the Roman god, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... HMS Hasty (H24) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 April 1935, launched on 5 May 1936 and commissioned on 11 November 1936. ... HMS Hereward (H93), named after Hereward the Wake, was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936. ...

Air forces

• Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Middle East - Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Longmore

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Land, Airborne & Air forces

Fliegerkorps XI

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Fliegerkorps VIII

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Luftflotte IV

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Luftlande Sturmregiment

Two glider companies were detached and seconded to 7th Flieger Division, below

7th Flieger Division

The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd FJ Rgt was used with the 1st FJ Rgt The German 1st Parachute Division was a German military parachute-landing Division that fought during World War II. A division of paratroopers was termed a Fallschirmjäger Division. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

5th Gebirgs Division

The 141st Geb. Rgt is a renforcement from the 6th Gebirgs Division. The German 5th Mountain Division was established in the fall of 1940, from a mountain regiment taken from the 1st Mountain Division and an infantry regiment taken from the 10th Infantry Division. ...

Naval forces

See also

• Battle of Crete
• List of orders of battle

Combatants Greece United Kingdom New Zealand Australia Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength United Kingdom: 15,000 Greece: 11,000 Australia: 7,100 New Zealand: 6,700 Total: 40,000 (10,000 without fighting capability. ... This is a list of orders of battle. ...

External links

• Crete Order of Battle
• Battle of Crete Naval Order of Battles

Sources

• Antill, Peter D. (2005). Crete 1941. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-844-8. 
• Buckley, Christopher. Greece and Crete 1941, London, 1952. Greek pbk edition (in English): P. Efstathiadis & Sons S.A., 1984. Pbk ISBN 960-226-041-6
• Naval action against the German Flotillas. Battle of Crete. Retrieved on August 24, 2005.
• Beevor, Antony. Crete The Battle and the Resistance,Great Britain, 1991. John Murray(Publishers). Pbk ISBN 0-7195-6831-5