The multinational battle

Crusader was unusual in that it brought together a vast number of nationalities in a battle where almost none of them had anything to do with the place they fought over in the first instance. A total of three nationalities on the Axis side, and another 10 on the Allied side.

If anybody has further info on No. 272 Squadron (Blenheims) which seems to have contained a good number of Belgiums, please email me.

On the Axis side:

Germans (15th, 21st Panzer, Div. z.b.V. Afrika/90th Light)
Italians (Armoured Div. Ariete, Mot. Div. Trieste, Trento, Inf. Div. Bologna, Brescia, Pavia, Sabratha, Savona)
Libyans (native troops, auxiliaries)

On the Commonwealth side (counting formations at least battalion size or large naval units from destroyer or up):

Divisions:
British (1st, 7th Armoured, 70th)
Indian (4th)
South African (1st, 2nd)
New Zealand

Brigades:
British (22nd Guards, 1st, 32nd Army Tank)
Polish (Carpathian)

Battalions:
Australian (2/13)
Czechoslovak

Air Squadrons:
British
South African
Rhodesian (No. 237 Squadron, engaged in tactical recce)
French (Groupe de Bombardement 'Lorraine')

Naval Units:
British
Australian (Cruiser HMAS Hobart, Destroyers HMAS Nestor, Nizam, and Napier, Sloops HMAS Parramatta, Yarra)
Dutch (Destroyer HrMS Isaac Sweers, submarines)
Polish (submarine)