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This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler order of battle; Leningrad strategic defensive operation order of battle; Invasion of Leyte naval order of battle; Leyte Gulf order of battle; List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign; List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings; List of orders of battle for the British 7th Armoured Division
Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges.
German Order of Battle well-documented site on OB, strengths, and casualties by Niklas Zetterling. U.S. Airborne in Cotentin Peninsula "The Airborne Assault" - Utah to Cherbourg Archived 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, United States Army Center of Military History. Zaloga, Steven J. D-Day 1944 (2): Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings (2004 ...
The Battle of Berlin was the final major campaign of the European Theatre of World War II, fought between Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the Seelow Heights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin. Units are listed as they were deployed from North to South on 16 April.
This is the order of battle for the ground forces involved in Operation Crusader, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers of Germany and Italy in North Africa between 18 November – 30 December 1941.
This is the order of battle for the Battle of Midway, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, fought 4–7 June 1942 by naval and air forces of Imperial Japan and the United States in the waters around Midway Atoll in the far northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
This is the order of battle for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was fought between the German-led Axis Forces and the Soviet Forces. The operation started on June 22, 1941, and ended on December 5, 1941, after Operation Typhoon.