Commonwealth and Allied Forces, Crete, May 1941
C-in-C, Commonwealth Forces, Middle East – General Sir Archibald Wavell
C-in-C, Mediterranean Fleet – Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Air Officer C-in-C, Middle East – Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
HQ Creforce – Major-General Bernard Freyberg, VC (east of Hania)
‘C’ Squadron, the King’s Own Hussars
‘B’ Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment
1st Battalion, the Welch Regiment (Force Reserve)
HQ New Zealand Division – Brigadier Edward Puttick (west of Hania)
27th NZ MG Battalion
5th NZ Field Artillery Regiment
4th NZ Infantry Brigade – Brigadier L.M. Inglis (between Hania and Galatos)
18th NZ Infantry Battalion
19th NZ Infantry Battalion
20th NZ Infantry Battalion
1st Light Troop, Royal Artillery
5th NZ Infantry Brigade – Brigadier J. Hargest (Maleme and Platanias)
21st NZ Infantry Battalion
22nd NZ Infantry Battalion
23rd NZ Infantry Battalion
28th (Maori) Infantry Battalion
7th NZ Field Coy
19th Army Troops Coy
1st Greek Regiment
10th NZ Infantry Brigade – Colonel H.K. Kippenberger (around Galatos)
NZ Divisional Cavalry
NZ Composite Battalion
6th Greek Regiment
8th Greek Regiment
HQ 14th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier B.H. Chappel (Heraklion)
2nd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment
2nd Battalion, the Black Watch
2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion
1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Tymbaki)
7th Medium Regiment, RA (acting as infantry)
3rd Greek Regiment
7th Greek Regiment
Greek Garrison Battalion
HQ 19th Australian Infantry Brigade – Brigadier G.A. Vasey (at Georgioupolis, with LtCol I.R. Campbell commanding Rethymnon)
2/3 Field Artillery Regiment, RAA
2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion (Rethymnon)
2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion (Rethymnon)
2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion
2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion
4th Greek Regiment (Rethymnon)
5th Greek Regiment (Rethymnon)
Greek Gendarmerie (Rethymnon)
HQ Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation – Major-General C.E. Weston, RM (Souda Bay)
15th Coastal Defence Regiment, RA
Royal Marine Battalion
1st Ranger Battalion (9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps)
Northumberland Hussars
106th Royal Horse Artillery
16th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion
17th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion
1st ‘Royal Perivolian’ Composite Battalion
2nd Greek Regiment
Axis Forces – Operation Mercury
HQ Luftflotte IV – General der Flieger Alexander Löhr
5th Panzer Division (Fehn)
6th Gebirgs Division (Schörner)
HQ Fliegerkorps VIII – General der Flieger Freiherr Wolfram von Richthofen
Kampfgeschwader 2 (Do-17Z)
Jagdgeschwader 77 (Bf 109E)
Lehrgeschwader 1 (Ju-88A & He-111H)
Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, 2 and 77 (Ju-87R)
Zerstörergeschwader 26 (Bf 110C & D)
HQ Fliegerkorps XI – Generalmajor Kurt Student
KGzbV 1, 2 and 3 (Ju-52)
22nd Luftlande Division (Sponeck) (in Romania)
HQ 7th Flieger Division – Generalleutnant Wilhelm Süssmann
(7th) Engineer, Artillery, Machine gun, Anti-tank, Anti-aircraft & Medical Bns.
1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment – Oberst Bruno Bräuer
1st Battalion – (Walther)
2nd Battalion – (Burckhardt)
3rd Battalion – (Schulz)
2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment – Oberst Alfred Sturm
1st Battalion – (Kroh)
2nd Battalion – (Schirmer)
3rd Battalion – (Weidemann)
3rd Fallschirmjager Regiment – Oberst Richard Heidrich
1st Battalion – (Heydte)
2nd Battalion – (Derpa)
3rd Battalion – (Heilmann)
HQ Luftlande Sturmregiment – Generalmajor Eugen Meindl
1st Battalion (Major W. Koch)
2nd Battalion (Major E. Stentzler)
3rd Battalion (Major O. Scherber)
4th Battalion (Hauptmann W. Gericke)
HQ 5th Gebirgs Division – Generalmajor Julius Ringel
(95th) Artillery, Anti-tank, Reconnaissance, Engineer & Signals Bns.
85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment (Krakau)
1st Battalion, 85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
2nd Battalion, 85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
3rd Battalion, 85th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment (Utz)
1st Battalion, 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
2nd Battalion, 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
3rd Battalion, 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment (Jais)
1st Battalion, 141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment 2nd Battalion,
141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment 3rd Battalion,
141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment