Articles on the regiments in World War Two, along with their equipment, tactics, and battlefield strategy
Articles on the regiments in World War Two, along with their equipment, tactics, and battlefield strategy
This article features comprehensive facts on WW2 Armies who fought from 1939 to 1945. Discover how they battled for their respective nations Scroll down to see more articles about the history of WW2 armies. Click here to see more articles in this category. Guest Post: Four Things Dunkirk Gets Right…
The following is a guest post from Warfare History Network. You can view the original post by clicking here. Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan’s latest film, has wowed critics since it hit theaters in the U.S. last week, and for good reason. The amazing depiction of three unique and interlocking perspectives on the Battle…
The Origins of Operation Pedestal Operation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction…
The following article on D-Day regiments is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. American D-Day Regiments In the U.S. Army an infantry regiment was composed of three battalions, each with three rifle companies, a headquarters company, and a heavy weapons company.…
The following article on the German Army WW2 is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The German army was often misidentified in Anglo-American reports as the ‘‘Wehrmacht,’’ which in fact referred to the armed forces as a whole. The German word…
The following article on combat engineers is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Military engineering has a long and varied history, dating at least as far back as the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages castle design and construction became recognized…
The following article on the Canadian Army in World War 2 (Canadian Army WW2) is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Too few people respect Canada's enormous contribution to D-Day. Canadians fought as part of the British Commonwealth, as they were…
The following article on British Army Divisions in World War Two is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman' D-Day Encyclopedia. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The overriding concern of the British army in 1944 was manpower. After four years of war and enormous drain not only on the…
