Armies

Merrill's Marauders

The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) , known as  Merrill's Marauders , was a WW2 specialized unit of light infantry, which was used by the US …

North Vietnamese Army in Combat

During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army in combat action was a fighting force to be reckoned with. Originally trained by Soviet cadre duri…

Marius Reforms of the Roman Army

The Marius reforms of the Roman Army were all the measures taken by the consul to professionalize the Roman legions. His goal was to strengthen and …

Roman Army

In the 5th century BC, the Roman Army was far from being the powerful and efficient fighting machine it would become a couple of centuries later. Ho…

101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion

The 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was a Waffen-SS armored unit which fought on every front of the European Theater of World War II. The name of th…

US 5th Army

The US 5th Army was a large military unit of the United States Army, which was used in the Mediterranean theater of operation during World War II. I…

Freikorps

Originally, the Freikorps were voluntary armies organized in the German states and principalities in the middle of the 18th century. They were recru…

French Far East Expeditionary Corps

The French Far East Expeditionary Corps was a colonial expeditionary unit which belonged to the French Army. It was sent to French Indochina at the …

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces

The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ( SNLF ) were the marines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who were deployed during World War II. In contras…

Hoplite

The hoplite was the ancient Greek soldier. Highly trained, he was the key component of the Greek city-states’ armies. These city-States, such as Spa…

German Infantry Division

The German infantry division of World War II consisted of approximately 16,000 men. They were organized in 3 infantry regiments, each one of them wi…

Soviet Army Parade

The Soviet Army Parade of May 9, 1983, and military exercise that took place that year were two of the greatest in the Soviet Union history. The par…

Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht was the name of the German armed forces during the Third Reich, under Adolf Hitler. Created in 1935, it succeeded the Reichswehr, whic…

German 12th Army

The German 12th Army was a Wehrmacht’s major military unit, which fought during World War II. It was a field army composed of four corps, each of w…

9th SS Panzer Division

The 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen , or SS-Panzergrenadierdivision 9., was a World War II Waffen-SS German armored division which fought both on…

Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland

The Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland was a highly-trained and distinguished combat unit of the Wehrmacht. It fought during World War II, from begi…

II SS Panzer Corps

The II SS Panzer Corps was an armored unit of the Waffen-SS which fought on both the Eastern and Western Front of World War II. It was created in Ho…

Red Army

The Red Army of the Soviet Union was created on February 23, 1918. The reason of its creation was to protect Lenin's revolutionary government ag…

15th Army Group

The 15th Army Group was a powerful Allied military unit created to carry out the Italian Campaign in World War II. It was specially formed for the i…

German 10th Army

The German 10th Army ( 10. Armee ) was one of the several armies fielded by the Wehrmacht during World War II . It was created in early August 1939,…

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