Battle for Crete Mini Campaign – Allied and Axis Orbat Summary

Land forces

Commonwealth & Allied Forces, Crete – “Creforce”

Headquarters Creforce – (Eastern Zone, east of Chania)

• C Squadron, 3rd The King’s Own Hussars

• B Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment

• 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment

Headquarters New Zealand Division – (Western Zone, west of Chania)

• 27th New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

• 5th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment

• 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade

  • 18th New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 20th New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 1st Light Troop, RA

• 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade

  • 21st New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 23rd New Zealand Infantry Battalion

  • 28th (Maori) Infantry Battalion

  • 7th Field Company New Zealand Engineers

  • 19th Army Field Corps Company

  • New Zealand Field Punishment Centre (FPC)

  • 1st Greek Regiment

  • Evelpidon Officers’ Academy

• 10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade

  • New Zealand Divisional Cavalry

  • New Zealand Composite Battalion

  • 6th Greek Regiment

  • 8th Greek Regiment

• 14th Infantry Brigade

• • Headquarters 14th Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
    • 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

• • 2nd Battalion, Black Watch

  • 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion

  • 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

  • 7th Medium Regiment, RA

  • 3rd Greek Regiment

  • 7th Greek Regiment

  • Greek Garrison Battalion

• 19th Australian Infantry Brigade

• • Headquarters 19th Australian Infantry Brigade

  • 2/3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RAA

  • 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion

  • 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion

  • 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion

  • 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion

  • 4th Greek Regiment

  • 5th Greek Regiment

  • Gendarmerie Privates School

• Mobile Base Defence Organization

• Headquarters Mobile Base Defence Organization

• 15th Coast Regiment, RA

• “S” Royal Marine Composite Battalion

• 1st Battalion, The Rangers, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

• 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

• 106th (Lancashire Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

• 16th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion

• 17th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion

• 2nd Greek Regiment

• 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines

Naval forces

Forces A1 – 7th Cruiser Squadron)

• • HMS Warspite (03)

  • HMS Valiant (02)

  • HMS Greyhound (H05)

  • HMS Griffin (H31)

  • HMS Havock (H43)

  • HMS Hero (H99)

  • HMS Jaguar (F34)

Force B

• • HMS Gloucester (62)

  • HMS Fiji (58)

  • HMS Orion (85)

  • HMS Dido (37)

  • HMS Decoy (H75)

  • HMS Hereward (H93)

  • HMS Hotspur (H01)

  • HMS Imperial (D09)

  • HMS Jackal (F22)

  • HMS Kimberley (F50)

Force C – 15th Cruiser Squadron

• • HMS Naiad (93)

  • HMAS Perth (D29)

  • HMS Kandahar (F28)

  • HMS Nubian (F36)

  • HMS Kingston (F64)

  • HMS Juno (F46)

  • HMS Calcutta (D82)

Force D

• • HMS Dido (37)

  • HMS Orion (85)

  • HMS Ajax (22)

  • HMS Janus (F53)

  • HMS Hasty (H24)

  • HMS Hereward (H93)

  • HMS Kimberley

Force E – 14th Destroyer Flotilla

• HMS Ilex (D61)

• HMS Jervis (F00)

• HMAS Nizam (G38)

• HMS Carlisle (D67)

5th Destroyer Flotilla

• HMS Kelly (F01)

• HMS Kashmir (F12)

• HMS Kelvin (F37)

• HMS Jackal (F22)

• HMS Kipling (F91)

Evacuation Fleet – Sphakia evacuation force

• HMS Phoebe

• HMAS Perth

• HMS Coventry

• HMS Calcutta

• HMS Glengyle Landing Ship, Infantry (Large)

• HMAS Napier (G97)

• HMAS Nizam (G38)

• HMS Kelvin (F37)

• HMS Kandahar (F28)

Air forces

• • No. 30 Squadron RAF – Bristol Blenheim

  • No. 33 Squadron RAF – Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane

  • No. 80 Squadron RAF – Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane

  • No. 112 Squadron RAF – Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane

  • No. 203 Squadron RAF – Bristol Blenheim

Axis forces

Land, Airborne and Air forces

Fliegerkorps XI

• • KGzbV 1 – Junkers Ju 52 

  • KGzbV 2 – Ju 52

  • KGzbV 3 – Ju 52

  • 22nd Luftlande Division

Fliegerkorps VIII

• • Kampfgeschwader 2 “Holzhammer” – Do 17Z 

  • Jadgeschwader 77  “Herz-As” – Bf 109E

  • Lehrgeschwader 1 – Ju 88A & He 111H 
    

  • Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 – Ju 87R    

  • Sturzkampfgeschwader 2  “Immelman” – Ju 87R
    

  • Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 – Ju 87R  
    

  • Zerstörergeschwader 26  “Horst Wessel” – Bf 110C & Bf 110D
    

Luftflotte IV

• • 5th Panzer Division  

  • 6th Gebirgs Division   

Luftlande Sturmregiment

• • Headquarters Luftlande Sturmregiment

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion

  • 4th Battalion

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

7th Flieger Division

• • Headquarters, 7th Flieger Division  

  • 7th Engineer Battalion

  • 7th Artillery Battalion

  • 7th Machine Gun Battalion

  • 7th Anti-tank Battalion

  • 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, , 3rd Battalion

  • 2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment *

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, , 3rd Battalion

  • 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, , 3rd Battalion

*The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd FJ Rgt was used with the 1st FJ Rgt

5th Gebirgs Division

• • Headquarters, 5th Gebirgs Division

  • 95th Artillery Battalion

  • 95th Anti-tank Battalion

  • 95th Reconnaissance Battalion

  • 95th Engineer Battalion

  • 95th Signal Battalion

  • 85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion

  • 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion

  • 141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment

    • 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion