Armies

Strength, Organization, Orders of Battle, Weapons, Equipment of WW2 Armies.

A description of the strength, organization, orders of battle, weapons and equipment of the armies and armed forces of the involved nations for different periods of WW2.

Conscripts of the Wehrmacht during basic training
Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht - the German Armed Forces of the Third Reich. The origins and creation of the Wehrmacht in March 1935 Read more
Soviet soldiers in quilted outfit 'Telogreika'.
Red Army 1942
Strength and Organization of the Soviet Armed Forces from Winter 1941 to Winter 1942. Divisions and formations, equipment and tanks. Read more
Russian infantry with BT-7 tank
Red Army 1939
Strength and organization of the Russian Armed Forces in 1939. Divisions, equipment, armored fighting vehicles and Red Army Order of Read more
Finnish soldiers with reindeers
Finnish Armed Forces in the Winter War 1939-40
Armed Forces of Finland in the Winter War 1939-40. Finnish divisions, strength and equipment, tanks, air force and navy. Winter Read more
The last cigarette for Wehrmacht soldiers
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 Read more
Wehrmacht soldiers in training
Wehrmacht vs US Army
Fighting power of the Wehrmacht, Part II. Training of soldiers, casualties, awards and death sentences of German and US Army Read more
Grenadiers of 2 SS diviision 'Das Reich'
Waffen-SS divisions 1-3
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 1 - 3 (LAH, Reich, Totenkopf). Waffen-SS divisions LSSAH, Reich and Totenkopf The Waffen-SS was Read more
7.5cm AT gun of 12 SS 'Hitlerjugend' in Normandy
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 Read more
A Panzer I leads Panzer 38(t)
German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, May 1940
German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, 10 May 1940. Deployment, army groups, armies, corps, divisions, organization Read more
Japanese troops storming a beach
Japanese Army 1941-42
Strength and organization of the Imperial Army. The Japanese Army in the time of victories in the Pacific War from Read more
Lieutenant (left) and Corporal, Norwegian Army
Norwegian Armed Forces 1940
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Norway at the time of the German invasion in Read more
Dutch mortat team in action
Dutch Armed Forces
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of the Netherlands in Europe at the time of the Read more
French heavy tak Char B1
French Armed Forces 1940
Strength and organization of the Army Forces and Air Force of France at the beginning of the Western Campaign in Read more
View on the Avenue Foch when the Germans enter Paris.
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 Read more
Pith-helmeted infantrymen of Graziani's Italian desert army
Italian Army 1940
Strength, organization, divisions and equipment of the Army, Colonial Troops and Fascist Milita as Italy entered the Second World War Read more
Curtiss Hawks of the Vichy French Air Force
Vichy France l' Armee de l' Armistice
Strength and Organization of the l' Armee de l' Armistice of Vichy France after the armistice of 1940. Divisions of Read more
destroyed French villages
German Orders of Battle at the armistice with France
German Orders of Battle from 25 June 1940 early, the day of the armistice with France. Schematic layout of the Read more
Free French 'L' Force
Free French Army
Strength and organization of Free French Army 1941-1944. Divisions, units and Air Force in the Middle East and North Africa Read more
GI's are landing
US Army at the beginning of WW2
Strength and Organization of the US Army in North America, Great Britain and Mediterranean theatre in 1941-42. The US Army Read more
Finnish Army on march
Finnish Armed Forces 1941-1944
Strength and Organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Finland in the Continuation War against the Soviet Union. Read more

German military parade
Adolf Hitler at a military parade for the reintroduction of the military service.
On 1 September 1939 the armed forces of Nazi Germany began WW2 by invading Poland. With the notable exception of the German Wehrmacht, the organization and many weapons of the armed forces which fought the early campaigns was dominated by the memories of World War I and this was also the case in the design of uniforms. Not before the end of WW2, organization, uniform, equipment and weapons had often acquired a very modern look, as we knew it until today.

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Conflict of Nations - World War III