Armies of WW11

Armies of WW11 continued…. Japanese Infantry Division A Division was commanded by a lieutenant general, with a colonel of the General staff as Chief of Staff. The staff was in two sections – the General Staff section and the administrative section. To the staff were attached five departmental sections and an ordinance, a signal, and […]

ARMIES OF WWII – GERMAN continued.. The Armies, German Mountain Division Nazi Germany formed its first Gebirgsjarer Division, or Mountain Division, in 1938 from the Bavarian Gebrigs Brigade. In the same year it gained two more Mountain Division when it invaded Austria and absorbed its army. Late in 1941, the Germans formed another batch of […]

GERMAN EARLY PANZER DIVISION: The 1st Panzer Division was formed on October 15, 1935, in Weimer from the 3rd Cavalry Divison. Its organization is typical of the Panzer Divisions of the early war years. The German Panzer Division was the fist of the German Army, the key to the Blitzkrieg style of warfare. The Panzer […]

U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION The United States mobilized 67 Infantry Divisions in WW11. U.S. Infantry Divisions: • 1st-9th • 10th Mountain, • 24 th -38 th, • 40th-45th • 63rd • 65th • 66th • 69th – 71st • 75th – 81st • 83rd – 91st • 92nd • 93rd Colored • 94th – 100th • […]

ARMIES OF WW11 BRITISH: BRITISH 1939/1940 INFANTRY DIVISIONS: By May 1940 when German attacks began the British Infantry Divisions consisted of 10 Infantry Divisions in 3 Corps (1, 11 and 111), 1st Army Tank Brigade, and an RAF detachment of about 500 aircraft, the BEF Air Component. Typical organization of a 1939 British Infantry Division: […]