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The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
In February–March 1917, the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by the new Red Army on 28 January 1918.
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941–1945. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-027169-4. Reese, Roger R. (2000). The Soviet Military Experience: A History of the Soviet Army, 1917–1991. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-21719-9. Steven J. Zaloga and James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London ...
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy ( Kaiserliche Marine ) of Germany , covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire , through to the end of ...
Drummer of the Marins of the Consular Guard (by Maurice Orange). The new unit's first task was to form part of the force at Boulogne for the Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom . They built boats for the force and served in their primary role as an elite unit to bolster naval crews, which often had little training or experience.
An imperial guard or palace guard is a special group of troops (or a member thereof) of an empire, typically closely associated directly with the emperor and/or empress. Usually these troops embody a more elite status than other imperial forces, including the regular armed forces , and maintain special rights, privileges and traditions.
The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy; List of Kriegsmarine ships; List of German Federal Navy ships; List of German Navy ships; List of German Navy ship classes; List of U-boats of Germany