Red Army 1942
Strength and Organization of the Soviet Armed Forces from Winter 1941 to Winter 1942. Divisions and formations, equipment and tanks. The Red Army in 1942 The Red Army in 1942
Armed Forces
Luftwaffe Orders of Battle September 2, 1939
Strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten on the day after Germany invaded Poland and before the declaration of war by Britain and France. Orders of Battle from German Luftwaffe on
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
Deployment German Forces 1942
Deployment of German armed forces (divisions, infantry, vehicles, artillery, air force, navy) by theaters of war in the summer of 1942. Deployment German ground forces The German distribution of ground
Polish Armed Forces in Exile
The Polish Armed Forces in Exile, 1939-1945. Army units and equipment in France and Britain 1940, Air Force and Navy. Polish Armed Forces in Exile During World War II, Polish
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
Luftwaffe in the second half of war
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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. In the 1930s there were dramatic strides in civil and commercial aviation, and by
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 forces in the Pacific theatre
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
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
German Brandenburgers Special Forces and Panzergrenadier-Division Brandenburg
German Brandenburgers Special Forces and Panzergrenadier-Division Brandenburg: Elite WW2 Unit Analysis. The Brandenburgers During World War II, the Brandenburgers emerged as a notable special forces unit within Nazi Germany’s military,
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German Orders of Battle May 1942 and Operation Blue
German Orders of Battle of 11 May 1942 and the Planning of the Summer Offensive (Operation Blue). Here to the previous part: German Orders of Battle April 1942 and Soviet
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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
Luftwaffe Orders of Battle January 1945
Orders of Battle of the Luftwaffe from 10 January 1945: strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten for the last phase of Second World War. Air War over Europe 1945 The
Waffen-SS divisions 7-12
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 7 (Prinz Eugen) – 12 (Hitlerjugend). The Waffen-SS divisions from this and the previous page were Germany’s most effective troops of WW2. Waffen-SS divisions 4-6.
German Orders of Battle – Battle of France
German Orders of Battle for the Battle of France of June 8, 1940. The offensive started after Dunkirk Evacuation on June 5 with the attack of Army Group B. Battle
The Last Japanese Soldiers to Surrender After the Second World War
The Last Japanese Soldiers to Surrender After the Second World War: A Historical Overview. The Japanese soldiers who continued to fight for years after Japan’s surrender After World War II
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Performance on the Western Front
German military performance against the Western Allies in France and on the German frontier in 1944. back to Part III: Military performance in Italy 1943-44 Military performance on the Western
Waffen-SS divisions 33-38
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 33 (3rd Hungarian) – 38 (Nibelungen). Many of these late divisions (Nos. 33–38) were formed in 1944/45 amid severe personnel shortages. They were often poorly
