World War II military formation
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concept
A World War II military formation is an organized grouping of military units—such as divisions, corps, or armies—structured and deployed by a nation’s armed forces during the Second World War to conduct coordinated combat and support operations.
Aliases (16)
- Imperial Japanese Army formation ×6
- British Indian Army formation ×4
- United States Army Air Forces formation ×4
- military unit of World War II ×2
- Allied army formation ×1
- Communist military formation ×1
- German Army formation ×1
- German military formation ×1
- Italian Army formation ×1
- Luftwaffe formation ×1
- Polish Armed Forces in the East formation ×1
- Second Australian Imperial Force formation ×1
- Waffen-SS formation ×1
- Wehrmacht military formation ×1
- World War II unit ×1
- military organization in a specific war ×1
Instances (44)
- 1st Polish Army
- 2nd Polish Army ("Polish Armed Forces in the East formation")
- 12th Army Group
- Condor Legion ("Luftwaffe formation")
- New Fourth Army ("Communist military formation")
- Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd)
- Japanese Kwantung Army ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- Japanese China Garrison Army ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- Chindits ("British Indian Army formation")
- Central China Front ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- Axis forces on the Eastern Front
- Italian XX Motorised Corps ("Italian Army formation")
- Fifteenth Air Force ("United States Army Air Forces formation")
- Army Group Don ("Wehrmacht military formation")
- United States Armed Forces in World War II ("military organization in a specific war")
- Seventh Air Force ("United States Army Air Forces formation")
- Tenth Air Force ("United States Army Air Forces formation")
- Twentieth Air Force ("United States Army Air Forces formation")
- Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
- 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ("military unit of World War II")
- Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas
- Japanese North China Area Army ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- Japanese Central China Area Army ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- 21st Panzer Division
- 90th Light Africa Division ("military unit of World War II")
- Pacific Ocean Areas
- 6th Panzer Army ("Waffen-SS formation")
- Panzer division ("German military formation")
- Gebirgsjäger division ("German Army formation")
- Fallschirmjäger division
- Fourteenth Army ("Allied army formation")
- China Expeditionary Army ("Imperial Japanese Army formation")
- Moscow defense zone
- ABDA Command
- Allied ABDA Command
- AVG ("World War II unit")
- Indian mountain artillery units ("British Indian Army formation")
- Australian 9th Division ("Second Australian Imperial Force formation")
- Commander, South Pacific Area
- Indian Expeditionary Force D ("British Indian Army formation")
- South East Asia Command
- British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ("British Indian Army formation")
- 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division
- Italian Co-belligerent Air Force