Military Ranks
Military ranks, designations and description in the Second World War in international comparison. Ranks in the National Armies and Air Forces of World War II and the promotion system in …
Allies
Performance on the Russian Front
The German military performance on the Russian Front during the Second World War. Part IV of the analysis of fighting power on the Eastern Front, during the Battle of Kursk …
Greek Armed Forces 1940-41
Strength and organization of the Armed Forces of Greece 1940-41. Divisions and equipment, aircraft of the Air Force and ships of the Navy. From 1938 until the German invasion, Greece …
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 troops fighting in Burma saw themselves as the ‘Forgotten Army’ …
Red Army Uniforms
Uniforms of the Red Army in World War II. Different types of uniforms and for airborne troops, NKVD, and Political Commissars. Insignia and badges of ranks for the period from …
Red Army 1943-45
Strength and organization of the Soviet armed forces in the second half of the war from 1943 to 1945. Divisions, Corps and equipment. to Red Army 1942. On 19 November …
US Navy in late 1941
Strength, Ships and Organization as the United States enters the Second World War in December 1941. US Navy in the Atlantic and the Pacific. In late 1941, the US Navy …
US Army Air Force at the beginning of WW2
Strength and Organization of the USAAF in North America, Great Britain and Mediterranean theater in 1942. US Army Air Force In the 1930s there were dramatic strides in civil and …
US Army at the beginning of WW2
Strength and Organization of the US Army in North America, Great Britain and Mediterranean theater in 1941-42. US Army Although it is true that the United States mobilized its vast …
Free French Army
Strength and organization of Free French Army 1941-1944. Divisions, units and Air Force in the Middle East and North Africa and the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy. Free French Army …
French Armed Forces 1940
Strength and organization of the Army Forces and Air Force of France at the beginning of the Western Campaign in May 1940. Deployment, divisions, equipment and aircraft. French Army On …
Dutch Armed Forces
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of the Netherlands in Europe at the time of the German invasion in May 1940. Dutch Army During World War …
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 Army In 1939, after more than a …
US Forces Pacific
The US forces in the Pacific War. The US Army and the US Marine Corps in the Pacific from December 1941 to September 1945. US Army The rapid advance of …
Red Air Force and Navy 1939
Soviet Air Force in 1939. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s the Soviet Government made enormous efforts to build up a large modern air force, but the difficulties in finding suitable …