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A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
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).
A 2-pdr anti-tank gun of 44 Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd Division in the snow near Beuvry, 15 February 1940. The crew wear snow suits and the gun is camouflaged with white sheets. This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France.
In Belgium, German glider troops captured fort Eben-Emael by noon on 11 May; the disaster forced the Belgians to retreat to a line from Antwerp to Louvain on 12 May, far too soon for the French First Army to arrive and dig in. [29] The Corps de Cavalerie fought the XVI Panzer Corps in the Battle of Hannut (12–14 May) the first ever tank ...
Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle; F. Falaise pocket; G. Battle of Gembloux (1940) German encounter of Soviet T-34 and KV tanks; ... Tank battles of World ...
Battle of Saipan order of battle; Santa Cruz Islands order of battle; Savo Island order of battle; South African Army order of battle 1940; Structure of the Imperial Japanese forces in the South Seas Mandate; Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945; Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939; Structure of Aldershot Command in 1939
The Mobile Division (Egypt) was renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) and the Cairo Cavalry Brigade became the Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt), the later would eventually be renamed the 7th Armoured Brigade. On 4 April 1939, the Royal Armoured Corps was formed to command all mechanised cavalry and the battalions of the Royal Tank Corps.
On 1 March 1940, the German 21st Army Corps was renamed Group XXI and placed in charge of the invasion of Norway. The group was allotted two Mountain and five Infantry divisions for this task. The group was allotted two Mountain and five Infantry divisions for this task.