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.
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
German military performance against the Western Allies in France and on the German frontier in 1944. back to Part III: Read more
Army uniforms of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War. German insignia and special uniforms for the Western Desert an Read more
Deployment of Anglo-American forces by theatres in summer 1942. Deployment of the armed forces of the Anglo-Americans (Britain with Commonwealth Read more
Organization of the formations and units of the German Army after the start of the Russian campaign until 1945. Here Read more
Strength and organization of the Soviet armed forces in the second half of the war from 1943 to 1945. Russian Read more
Military ranks, designations and description in the Second World War in international comparison. Ranks in the National Armies and Air Read more
Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942 (Part I). Designations, Commanders, Western and Balkans campaigns Read more
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
Creation and Campaigns of the 5th SS Panzer division Wiking. Designations, commanders, creation, Russia 1941, Caucasus 1942-43, Eastern Front 1944 Read more
Creation and Campaigns of the 12th SS Panzer division Hitler Youth. Designations, commanders, insignia, organization, in Normandy 1944, Battle of Read more
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 on 16 September 1944 at the time of the allied airborne operation 'Market-Garden' around Arnhem. The Read more
Organization of the formations and units of the German Army from the Polish campaign til Operation Barbarossa 1941. In March Read more
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.