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 …
Axis
Military performance
The German military performance during World War Two. Part III of the assessment of the fighting power of the Wehrmacht in WW2. back to Part II: Wehrmacht vs US Army …
Baltic volunteers with the German Army
Baltic volunteers with the German Army in the Second World War. Service of inhabitants of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. On 22 June 1941 the Red …
Romanian Armed Forces 1942
Strength and Organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Romania in 1942. Romanian Orders of Battle at the Eastern Front from November 1942, divisions and equipment, aircraft types …
Japanese Navy
Strength and organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy in December 1941 at the Pearl Harbor raid. Ships of the Combined Fleet and Japanese Naval Air Force. The Prime Minister presided …
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 Disproportionately high losses in the …
Waffen-SS divisions 20-25
20 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Estonian), 22 SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Maria Theresia (Volunteer cavalry division), 23 Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Kama (2nd Croatian Mountain division), 23 SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Nederland, 24 SS-Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Karstjaeger …
Germany Army Unit Organization 1939-41
Organization of the formations and units of the German Army from the Polish campaign til Operation Barbarossa 1941. In March 1939, the Wehrmacht Supreme Command Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – or …
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Campiagns of the 3rd SS tank division Totenkopf (Part II: from 1943 to 1945). Back to Part I: SS-Totenkopf-Division 1939-42. Russia 1943 Kursk tank battle and the Donez Basin The …
Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe
Pilot Training of the German Air Force in the Secomd World War (Part I). Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe before 1942. Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe before 1942 The period …
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 …
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 …
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler
Creation, organization, commanders, actions, particularities and the end of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler. History of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler. 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf …
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German uniforms of WW2
Army uniforms of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War. German insignia and special uniforms for the Western Desert an the Eastern Front. The field-gray uniform of the Wehrmacht was …
Waffen-SS divisions 1-3
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 1 – 3 (LAH, Reich, Totenkopf). Between early 1943 and until the end of World War II the ‘Order of Battle’ of the Waffen-SS rose …