Red Army 1941
Strength and Organization of the Red Army at Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The Red Army in 1941 At the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, the Red […]
Armies
British and Empire Armies 1939
The British Army and Empire Armies at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 with organization, divisions, equipment and tanks. British and Empire Armies On 2 September
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Italian Army 1940
Strength, organization, divisions and equipment of the Army, Colonial Troops and Fascist Milita as Italy entered the Second World War in June 1940. Italian Army in WW2 The Italian Army
German Orders of Battle October 1943
The German Orders of Battle from October 4, 1943, after the surrender and occupation of Italy. The German Orders of Battle and distribution of the divisions of the Wehrmacht and
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Final German Orders of Battle
The final battles in the East and the last German Orders of Battle from April 30, 1945. Army groups, armies, corps and divisions. The establishment and distribution of the divisions
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Yugoslavia Armed Forces
Strength and organization of the Yugoslav Army, Air Force and Navy in 1941. Divisions and equipment, aircraft and types, warships. The titular head of the armed forces was the King.
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9th SS Hohenstaufen from Arnhem to the end
Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstaufen (Part II). From Arnhem, in the Ardennes and to Hungary to the end of the war. To Part I: 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. 9th
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SS Division Reich
Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942 (Part I). SS Division ‘Das Reich’ Designations, Commanders, Western and Balkans campaigns and in Russia. The SS division
Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces of the Third Reich. The origins and creation of the Wehrmacht in March 1935 and the evolution until the beginning of WW2 in September
Norwegian Armed Forces 1940
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Norway at the time of the German invasion in April 1940. Norwegian Armed Forces in 1940 In 1940, at
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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg: History, Key Battles, and Analysis. History of 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg in WW2 The 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, a key unit of the
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LSSAH Campaigns
1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler (Part II) The campaigns of the LSSAH: ‘Anschluss’ of Rhineland and Austria, Polish and Balkans campaign 1938-1941, in Russia 1941-1943, Italy 1943, Russia 1943-1944, Western Front
SS-Totenkopf Division
Creation of the SS-Totenkopf (Death’s head) division (T) and the campaigns in the West 1940 and Russia 1941-42 (Part I). The term “SS Totenkopf” (German for “Death’s Head”) most often
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Danish Armed Forces
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Denmark in April 1940 and their fate during the Second World War. Denmark in WW2 Denmark’s experience during World
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9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen
Creation and Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Designations, commanders, formation in 1943, first action Russia in spring 1944 and in Normandy from June. The history of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division
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Waffen-SS Myths
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part I). Disproportionately high losses, poorer leadership and better and more equipment and weapons in the Waffen-SS. Myths of the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS, the military branch
Fighting Power of the Wehrmacht
Fighting power of the German Wehrmacht (Part I) in the West (1944-45), on the Russian front, in the Polish campaign 1939, impact of tactics and weapons and the main causes
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British Army in Western Europe 1940
British Army, Home Guard and Canadian troops in Western Europe and Britain in 1940. Strength and organization. The British Army in the first year of the Second World War This
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British Army Southeast Asia
The British Army in Southeast Asia 1941 to 1945. Organization, divisions, Orders of Battle 1941/1942 and 1945, uniforms. The British Army in Southeast Asia 1941 to 1945 The British Army
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5th SS Panzer division Wiking
Creation and Campaigns of the 5th SS Panzer division Wiking. Designations, commanders, creation, Russia 1941, Caucasus 1942-43, Eastern Front 1944 and Hungary 1945. Wiking-Division The Wiking-Division was the first foreign
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