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This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II .
Feldjäger – military police detachments formed late in the war to root out deserters; later the name was applied to all military police units of the postwar Bundeswehr. Feldkoch – cook. Feldlazarett – field hospital. Feldpolizeibeamter – field police officer. Feldpost, Feldpostbrief – mail to and from troops at the front.
Italian Army cavalry regiments are the army's only units, which have the name before their number, and who do not include a description of the type of unit in their name (unlike other regiments like i.e. 5th Alpini Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 32nd Tank Regiment, etc.) Dragoons: Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st)
Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower — Kempf [a] Germans: General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf: 1939: 164–180 tanks — Böhmen-Mähren [b] Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1944–1945: 1st: Kosaken Nr. 1: Cossacks: 1943–1945: 17,500 [citation needed] — RONA (Russische Nr ...
The Dogs of War (1981) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Commando Leopard (1985) Men of War (1994) Mister BOB (2011) (TV) Soldiers of Fortune (2012) See also. War film;
A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units: [4] three infantry regiments with staff and communications units three battalions with: three infantry companies; one heavy weapons company; one anti-tank company (mot.) one artillery company; one reconnaissance unit; one tank destroyer battalion with:
Greg Boyington, World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace [89] Paul Gunn, World War II U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot "Pappa Dönitz" – Karl Dönitz, German admiral "Pat" – J. Loy Maloney, U.S. submarine commander [4] "Patton of Asia – Xue Yue, Chinese Nationalist military general, nicknamed by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers ...