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The following is a list of equipment of the United States Army during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, the United States joined the war and started actively supporting the Allies' campaign.
First United States Army (1 Oct. 1933) Second United States Army (1 Oct. 1933) Third United States Army (1 Oct. 1933) Fourth United States Army (1 Oct. 1933) Fifth United States Army (5.Jan. 1943) Sixth United States Army (25 Jan. 1943) Seventh United States Army (10 July 1943) Eighth United States Army (10 June 1944)
In June 1900 Schofield's successor as commanding general, Major General Nelson A. Miles, was made a lieutenant general of the staff by an amendment to the United States Military Academy appropriations bill that granted the rank of lieutenant general to the senior major general of the line commanding the Army. [55]
The four artillery regiments of the Regular Army (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th) were all organized similarly with twelve companies, each company composed of a captain, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, two artificers, and forty-two privates (sixty-four if organized as field artillery). [5]
Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equipment.
FM100-2-3 - The Soviet Army, Troops, Organization, and Equipment; this document contains a number of simplified Tables of Organization and Equipment In the Soviet and the Russian Armed Forces the term used for TO&E since the 1930s is "Shtatnoe raspisanie" ( Штатное расписание , [ 1 ] literally translated as Shtat Prescription).
Military Relations between the United States and Canada, 1939–1945: Stanlye W. Dziuban: 1959 Rearming the French: Marcel Vigneras: 1957 Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt: Charles B. MacDonald and Sidney T. Mathews: 1952 The Women's Army Corps: Mattie E. Treadwell: 1953 Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb: Vincent C. Jones: 1985
By the end of the war US factories had produced 300,000 planes, [2] [3] and by 1944 had produced two-thirds of the Allied military equipment used in the war [citation needed] — bringing military forces into play in North and South America, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, Western Europe and the Pacific.