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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.

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 Read more

Organization of the Wehrmacht

Organization of the Wehrmacht, Third Reich and Nazi Party with Power balance of Germany during WW2. back to PART I Read more

Infantry of the US XX Corps move forward

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: Read more

German uniforms of WW2

Army uniforms of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War. German insignia and special uniforms for the Western Desert an Read more

British 6-pounder anti-tank gun ready to fire

Deployment of Anglo-American forces 1942

Deployment of Anglo-American forces by theatres in summer 1942. Deployment of the armed forces of the Anglo-Americans (Britain with Commonwealth Read more

Soldier of LSAAH in front of a knocked-out T-34

Waffen-SS Uniforms

Uniforms, ranks, rank badges and special insignias of foreign volunteers and formations of the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Read more

SS-Unterscharfuehrer (Corporal) of the Totenkopf Division

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). Read more

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. Read more

Germany Army Unit Organization 1942-45

Organization of the formations and units of the German Army after the start of the Russian campaign until 1945. Here Read more

Red Army 1943-45

Strength and organization of the Soviet armed forces in the second half of the war from 1943 to 1945. Russian Read more

Red Army Uniforms

Uniforms of the Red Army in World War II. Different types of uniforms and for airborne troops, NKVD, and Political Read more

Military Ranks

Military ranks, designations and description in the Second World War in international comparison. Ranks in the National Armies and Air Read more

SS Division Reich

Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942 (Part I). SS Division 'Das Reich' Designations, Commanders, Read more

Grenadiers of 2 SS diviision 'Das Reich'

2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich

Operations of the 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich 1943-45 (Part II). Here to Part I: Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision Read more

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 Read more

Soldiers of 12th SS Hitlerjugend division in Normandy

12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth

Creation and Campaigns of the 12th SS Panzer division Hitler Youth. Designations, commanders, insignia, organization, in Normandy 1944, Battle of Read more

British troops, armed with Lee-Enfield rifles

British Army in North-West Europe

Strength and organization of the British army in North-West Europe 1944 to 1945. Orders of Battle on 7 July 1944 Read more

German Orders of Battle September 1944

German Orders of Battle on 16 September 1944 at the time of the allied airborne operation 'Market-Garden' around Arnhem. The Read more

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 Read more

US Forces Pacific

The US forces in the Pacific War. The US Army and the US Marine Corps in the Pacific from December Read more

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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.