British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940)

Major-General Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

Major-General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne

Major-General Victor Fortune On 10 May 1940, this force, which was really just the 51st Division reinforced by various small units, was part of the Colonial Army Corps of the French Third Army in front of the Maginot Line.

Units attached to the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division in April 1940 to form Saar Force Major-General V. M. Fortune

All units were evacuated in late June 1940, during Operation Aerial.

A 2-pdr anti-tank gun of 44 Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd Division in the snow near Beuvry, 15 February 1940. The crew wear snow suits and the gun is camouflaged with white sheets.
BEF commander Lord Gort and Chief of the General Staff Pownall study a map at GHQ in the Chateau at Harbarcq, 26 November 1939.