Armed Forces

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
Jagdpanzer IV of the 116th Panzer Division
History of the 116th Panzer Division: formation and operations in 1944-45 of the 'Greyhound' Division. The 116th Panzer Division, as Read more
Flag rising Mt. Suribachi
The US forces in the Pacific War. The US Army and the US Marine Corps in the Pacific from December Read more
Geramn infantry on Panzers
German Orders of Battle of 11 May 1942 and the Planning of the Summer Offensive (Operation Blue). Here to the Read more
Japanese soldiers crossing a pontoon bridge in China
Strength and organization of the Imperial Army and Air Force 1939 and 1940, before the Japanese entry in the Second Read more
German tank has knocked-out and rolled over a Russian AT gun
German Orders of Battle at the time of the tank battle of Kursk and the Allied invasion of Sicily from Read more
Picture taken from a Japanese pilot during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Strength, Ships and Organization as the United States enters the Second World War in December 1941. US Navy in the Read more
Pocket-battleship 'Admiral Graf Spee'
German Kriegsmarine (Navy) at the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939. Ship classes and warships, organization. Here Read more
Italian infantry with the old pith helmet
Deployment of the armed forces of the Axis Minors (Italy, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia) by theatres of war Read more
7.5cm AT gun of 12 SS 'Hitlerjugend' in Normandy
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 7 (Prinz Eugen) - 12 (Hitlerjugend). The Waffen-SS divisions from this and the previous page Read more
Panzer and infantry officers at Klin
Military ranks, designations and description in the Second World War in international comparison. Ranks in the National Armies and Air Read more
Ju88C long-range fighters
Strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten at the beginning of the Battle for Stalingrad. Orders of Battle for the German Read more
Japanese troops storming a beach
Strength and organization of the Imperial Army. The Japanese Army in the time of victories in the Pacific War from Read more
Czech soldier on exercise in Britain
Czechoslovak Exil Forces 1939 to 1945 during the Second World War. History, strength, organization and air force. Before 1938, the Read more
Ju 87B dive-bomber
Strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten on the day after Germany invaded Poland and before the declaration of war by Read more
Vickers heavy MG about to open fire with the 1th South African Division of the Eight Army.
Strength and Organization of the Armies of the British Empire in the Middle East (including Battles of Alamein) and Europe Read more
WW2 Weapons
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Conflict of Nations - World War III