Armed Forces

KV-1A in the area of Kharkov
Deployment of the armed forces of the Red Army by theaters of war summer 1942. Soviet divisions, strengths, equipment, planes Read more
88mm Pak 43 behind Rhine
German Orders of Battle from March 1, 1945 before the Allies crossed the Rhine. Army Groups, Armies, Corps and Divisions. Read more
Grenadiers of 2 SS diviision '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
Brandenburg commando soldiers
German Brandenburgers Special Forces and Panzergrenadier-Division Brandenburg: Elite WW2 Unit Analysis. The Brandenburgers During World War II, the Brandenburgers emerged Read more
Fiat CR42 Falco
Strength and Organization of the Regia Aeronautica and Regia Navale when Italy enters Second World War in June 1940. Regia Read more
Infantry of the US XX Corps move forward
German military performance against the Western Allies in France and on the German frontier in 1944. back to Part III: Read more
French soldiers moving a heavy artillery gun
Strength, organization, equipment and divisions of the French Army and aircraft of the l'Army de l'Air in September 1939. France Read more
group of German infantrymen
Army uniforms of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War. German insignia and special uniforms for the Western Desert an Read more
destroyed French villages
German Orders of Battle from 25 June 1940 early, the day of the armistice with France. Schematic layout of the Read more
Russian counter-attack with tank support
Strength and Organization of the Red Army at Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The Red Army in 1941 The Winter Read more
Troops of the 13/18th Royal Hussars
The British Army and Empire Armies at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 with organization, divisions, Read more
Pith-helmeted infantrymen of Graziani's Italian desert army
Strength, organization, divisions and equipment of the Army, Colonial Troops and Fascist Milita as Italy entered the Second World War Read more
German scorched earth tactics
The German Orders of Battle from October 4, 1943, after the surrender and occupation of Italy. The German Orders of Read more
Partisans
Partisans and Chetniks - strength, casualties and organization of irregular forces in Russia and Yugoslavia during the Second World War. Read more
German soldier burning Reichstag
The final battles in the East and the last German Orders of Battle from April 30, 1945. Army groups, armies, Read more
Men of the Belgrade 'Iron Regiment' on the march
Strength and organization of the Yugoslav Army, Air Force and Navy in 1941. Divisions and equipment, aircraft and types, warships. Read more
crew of a PzKpfw IV Ausf J
Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstaufen (Part II). From Arnhem, in the Ardennes and to Hungary to the end Read more
First B-24 in Great Britain
Strength and Organization of the USAAF in North America, Great Britain and Mediterranean theater in 1942. In the 1930s there Read more
Motorcyclists of the 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
Conscripts of the Wehrmacht during basic training
Wehrmacht - the German Armed Forces of the Third Reich. The origins and creation of the Wehrmacht in March 1935 Read more
Lieutenant (left) and Corporal, Norwegian Army
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Norway at the time of the German invasion in Read more
US 1st Infantry Division lands at the bloody Omaha Beach
Strength and Organization of the US Army in Northwest Europe 1944 to 1945. Divisions, battalions and units with their TOE Read more
10th SS Division Frundsberg
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg: History, Key Battles, and Analysis. History of 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg in WW2 The Read more
Tiger tanks of LAH
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
SS-Unterscharfuehrer (Corporal) of the 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
crew of a Danish anti-aircraft gun
Strength and organization of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Denmark in April 1940 and their fate during the Read more
StuG of the Hohenstaufen Division
Creation and Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Designations, commanders, formation in 1943, first action Russia in spring 1944 and Read more
MG42 machine gunner
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part I). Disproportionately high losses, poorer leadership and better and more equipment and weapons in the Read more
The last cigarette for Wehrmacht soldiers
Fighting power of the German Wehrmacht (Part I) in the West (1944-45), on the Russian front, in the Polish campaign Read more
Home Guard at coast
British Army, Home Guard and Canadian troops in Western Europe and Britain in 1940. Strength and organization. For the first Read more
A section of British soldiers of Slim's 14th Army in Burma
The British Army in Southeast Asia 1941 to 1945. Organization, divisions, Orders of Battle 1941/1942 and 1945, uniforms. The British Read more
Felix Steiner as commander of the 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
Turkmen volunteers i
Strength and Organization of the Wehrmacht volunteers (Hiwis, legionnaires), Cossack and Liberation Army (ROA) Russia. Russian volunteers with the German Read more
Soviet soldiers in quilted outfit 'Telogreika'.
Strength and Organization of the Soviet Armed Forces from Winter 1941 to Winter 1942. Divisions and formations, equipment and tanks. Read more
paratroopers board a Ju 52
German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and Airborne Forces for the campaign in the West (May 1940) and Norway. Here to German Read more
column of German Panzer III, crowded with infantrymen
The Second and Third Soviet Counteroffensive in the Winter of 1941-42, and the Orders of Battle of the Wehrmacht of Read more
Hiroo Onoda
The Last Japanese Soldiers to Surrender After the Second World War: A Historical Overview. The Japanese soldiers who continued to Read more
Spanish soldiers of the Blue Division on the Eastern Front.
Axis Eastern Front allies: Spanish 'Blue' division and Volunteer Air Force, Croatian Army and Air Force, pro-Axis Serbian troops. Spain Read more
Tiger I of sPz.Abt. 502 in Argenta in Italy
The Tiger Battalions of the German Army in the Second World War 1943 to 1945. Since the first Tiger tanks Read more
Exercise of light Vickers Mark IIA tanks
Strength and organization of British and Empire Armies in the Mediterranean Theater when Italy declared war in 1940. The Mediterranean Read more
Australian infantrymen advancing through swamps
The Australian army in North Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Organization, strength, divisions and uniforms in Read more
Focke-Wulf Fw44C primary tandem training biplanes
Pilot Training of the German Air Force in the Second World War (Part I). Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe before 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
British troops, armed with Lee-Enfield rifles
Strength and organization of the British army in North-West Europe 1944 to 1945. Orders of Battle on 7 July 1944 Read more
Soldiers Belgian Army, 1940
The strength and organization of the divisions of the Belgian Army, the planes of the Air Force and its small Read more
German Panzer Division after the first border fights in Poland
Orders of Battle, strength of the Army divisions and tank inventory of the Wehrmacht at time of campaign in Poland. Read more
Polikarpov I-16 Rata
Soviet Air Force in 1939. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s the Soviet Government made enormous efforts to build up a Read more
Training of Indian garrison troops
The Indian Army in WW2: Unsung Heroes and Pivotal Contributions. The Indian Army in World War II The role of Read more
German advance on the muddy roads of Yugoslavia.
German Orders of Battle on 5 April 1941 at the attack on Yugoslavia and Greece. German Army, Airborne Forces and Read more
Some of Dirlewanger's men.
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 33 (3rd Hungarian) - 38 (Nibelungen). Several of this last nominal 'divisions' of the Waffen-SS Read more
WW2 Weapons
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