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World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations |
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World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations |
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The pages of this site are constantly being tweaked and twitched. This site is so large (5600 + pages) that only major changes and or additions are noted on this page. Check the date at the top of the page for status of the information content. Changes to spelling, or a unit's designation, or other additional bits of information are not indicated here. Changes in format, layout, or administration are seldom reported. Administrative comments are in yellow. Website information is in white. Book updates are in green. Other colors are used as the whim strikes me. |
| 01.01.2012 |
07.12.1941
US Army and USAAF heavily revised and updated. The revisions and updates are thanks to,
once again, Mark Boland; Steven E. Clay's US Army Order of Battle, 1919–1941; John Stanton for his work on the Harbor Defenses at Fort Wiki website; and last but not least, The Coast Defense Study Group. Enjoy. |
| 01.01.2012 | Happy New Year |
| 13.10.2011 |
01.09.1939 German Army. Service units revised and augmented. Luftwaffe units attached to the Army revised.
01.09.1939 Polish Armed Forces. Some rearrangement of commands and assignments. Thanks to Wojciech Zalewski and Radoslaw Nozykowski. |
| 25.09.2011 | I know this is not
not World War II, but it is so good I include it here for those who like OOB of any period:
Netherlands Armed Forces Order of Battle 1985 by Hans Boersma |
| 25.07.2011 |
Updated the errata for Tessin's magnus opus "Verbände und Truppen
der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945".
Working on Volume 15, Part I. Kriegsstärkenachweisungen now, in which I will be including a list of KStN issued by the Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe. |
| 24.07.2011 | Added the 31.08.1939 Slovakian Army administrative organization and the 04.09.1939 Slovakian Field Army operational orders of battle. |
| 10.07.2011 |
Well, another half year gone by. Time flys. These are the main areas affected:
01.09.1939 Polish Armed Forces. Ground forces revised and ammended. Thanks to Wojciech Zalewski. 03.09.1939 British Commonwealth Air Forces. Material added. 03.09.1939 British Commonwealth Navies. Material added. 10.05.1940 British Military Organizations. Material added. Thanks to the works of Alan Philson. 22.06.1944 British Military Organizations. Material added. Thanks to assistance by Gary Kennedy and Mike Taylor. 22.06.1944 German Armed Forces. The order of battle has been expanded. Still lots to do. Thanks to Jos Vogel for artillery data, and Richard Anderson for his order of battle manuscript. Plus the usual lesser updates, amendments, and additions too many to indicate in detail. Please check the dates at the top of the pages. |