. bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Hub, © 2024 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 10 Aug 2024.
WWII Hub is the central module of Big Pigeon's five-module World War II component.
WWII Hub is the central module of Big Pigeon's five-module World War II component.
Big Pigeon's WWII Japan and WWII Germany submodules
(All webpages are shown. Some are incomplete.)
(All webpages are shown. Some are incomplete.)
WWII Japan - Directory & Combat Summary:
WWII Japan, 68 pages, 268 dead, 11 Apr 2024 WWII Japan Overview Order of Battle OOB - Armies & Corps OOB - Divisions OOB - South Pacific OOB - Southwest Pacific OOB - Central Pacific OOB - Philippines Liberated OOB - Iwo Jima & Okinawa Japan Ascendant ═══ Pearl Harbor to Midway (45 dead) ═══ Japan Lashes Out (40 dead) † Pearl Harbor, 1941 (5 dead) † Guam and Wake Islands (1 dead) Malaya & Singapore Lost (no dead) † Dutch East Indies Lost (7 dead) † Philippines Lost (27 dead) Northern Melanesia, 1942 (no dead) Japan Overreaches (5 dead) † Coral Sea (3 dead) † Midway (2 dead) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ═══ Guadalcanal to Peleliu (63 dead) ════ South & Southwest Pacific (42 dead) Securing Australia † Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal (4 dead) † Solomon Naval War (21 dead) † Southeast New Guinea, Papua (5 dead) Isolating Rabaul † Northeast New Guinea, Lae-Madang (2 dead) † Solomon Islands, New Georgia (4 dead) † Solomon Islands, Bougainville (1 dead) † Bismarck Archipelago (2 dead) Towards the Philippines † Western New Guinea (3 dead) North Pacific (5 dead) † North Pacific, Alaska (4 dead) † North Pacific, Attu & Kiska (1 dead) Pacific Lend-Lease Routes (projected) Central Pacific (16 dead) † Gilbert Islands (4 dead) Marshall Islands (1 dead) † Mariana Islands (5 dead) † Palau Islands (6 dead) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ═══ Philippines to Okinawa (69 dead) ════ Philippines Liberated (40 dead) † Leyte (5 dead) † Battle of Leyte Gulf (3 dead) † Philippines Naval War (5 dead) † Luzon (19 dead) † Southern Philippines (7 dead) Iwo Jima & Okinawa (30 dead) † Iwo Jima (10 dead) † Okinawa (16 dead) † Okinawa Naval War (4 dead) -------------------------------------------------------------------------═══ Other War with Japan (91 dead) ═════ Japan Overpowered (1 dead) Japan Under Attack (0 dead) † Japan Vanquished (1 dead) Naval War w/ Japan (30 dead) † US Submarine Force (12 dead) † Third & Fifth Fleets (18 dead) US Navy dead included in other webpages: 50 Army Air Force War w/ Japan (28 dead) † Fifth Air Force (13 dead) † Seventh Air Force (3 dead) † Thirteenth Air Force (5 dead) † Twentieth Air Force (7 dead) USAF dead included in other webpages: 33 (not current) The Pacific Base Areas (18 dead) The China-Burma-India Theater (14 dead) † ^China, 1941-45 (6 dead) † ^India, 1942-45 (1 dead) † ^Burma, 1941-45 (3 dead) † ^Crossing the Hump (4 dead) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
WWII Germany - Directory & Combat Summary:
WWII Germany, 104 pages, 390 dead, 10 Aug 2024 WWII Germany Overview † ^Battle of the Atlantic (15 dead) ═══════ -------------------------------------------------------------------- The MTO (111 dead) as of 18 Jun 2024 MTO Background MTO Overview North Africa (31 dead) ══════════ North Africa - Order of Battle † Operation Torch (5 dead) † + Race to Tunis (6 dead) † Tunisia (20 dead) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Italy (54 dead) ══════════════ Italy - Order of Battle Italy - Sources † Sicily (5 dead) Italy Leaves the Axis (no dead) Salerno-Naples-Foggia (no dead) Naples to Rome † + The Volturno Line (6 dead) † + The Bernhardt Line (6 dead) † + Battle of Anzio (9 dead) † + The Gustav Line/Cassino #1 (9 dead) + Cassino #2 & #3 † + Cassino to Rome (8 dead) † Rome to Florence (2 dead) Northern Apennines † + North Apennines Fall 1944 (1 dead) + North Apennines Winter 1944–45 † The Po Valley (7 dead) + Breakthrough + Advance to the Po + Beyond the Po ---------------------------------------------------------------- ════ Other MTO (26 dead) ══════ † The MTO Air War (16 dead) † The MTO Sea War (7 dead) † The MTO Comm. Zone (3 dead) -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ETO (249 dead) as of 27 Jan 2024 ETO Overview ETO Background ETO Orders of Battle ETO Unit Subordination. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ════ France (46 dead) ════════ Normandy Campaign (16 dead) † D-Day (2 dead) (excluding navy) ETO, 6 June 1944 (order of battle) † Normandy, June 1944 (4 dead) ETO, 30 June 1944 (order of battle) † Normandy, July 1944 (10 dead) Liberation (30 dead) † Operation Cobra (3 dead) ETO, 1 August 1944 (order of battle) † Brittany (6 dead) † Normandy (9 dead) † Northern France & Belgium (7 dead) ETO, 25 August 1944 (order of battle) † Southern France (5 dead) -------------------------------------------------------------- ═══ ETO Border Areas (86 dead) ═══ War of Attrition, Fall 1944 (51 dead) ETO, 15 September 1944 (order of battle) † Netherlands, Fall 1944 (4 dead) † Rhineland, Fall 1944 (1 dead) † V Corps at the West Wall (2 dead) † Aachen (3 dead) † Hürtgen Forest (2 dead) † Operation Queen (4 dead) † Queen/Hürtgen (8 dead) The Last 1944 Offensives Lorraine/Alsace, Fall 1944 † Lorraine/Third Army (10 dead) † Lorraine/Seventh Army (11 dead) † Alsace/Seventh Army (6 dead) ETO, 15 December 1944 (order of battle) Ardennes/The Bulge (31 dead) About the Bulge † The Bulge Begins (5 dead) † The Bulge Grows (1 dead) Ardennes, 25 December 1944 (order of battle) † The Bulge Contained (7 dead) † The Bulge Eliminated (18 dead) Alsace-Lorraine, 1945 (4 dead) Nordwind † Colmar Pocket (2 dead) † Seventh Army in Stasis (2 dead) ---------------------------------------------------------- ════ Germany (51 dead) ═════ Siegfried Line 1945 (12 dead) ETO, 26 Jan 1945 (order of battle) Operation Blackcock (no dead) † First Us Effort (1 dead) † Roer River Dams (3 dead) † VIII Corps to Prüm (1 dead) † XII Corps to Bitburg (6 dead) † XX Corps to Trier (1 dead) To the Rhine 1945 (11 dead) ETO, 1 March 1945 (order of battle) † Ops. Veritable & Grenade (5 dead) † Operation Lumberjack (3 dead) † Operation Undertone (3 dead) Central Europe (28 dead) † Crossing the Rhine (7 dead) † Beyond the Rhine (9 dead) ETO, 4 April 1945 (order of battle) † Central Germany (2 dead) † Southern Germany (10 dead) ------------------------------------------------------------ ════ Other ETO (81 dead) ═════ The ETO Air War (60 dead) † Eighth Air Force (44 dead) † Ninth Air Force (16 dead) † The ETO Sea War (7 dead) † The ETO Comm. Zone (14 dead) -------------------------------------------------------------- The Eastern Front |
Hint for visitors interested in browsing WWII history:
- Using the above hotspots and hotspots on combat summary webpages, you can use WWII Hub to quickly move between disparate aspects of WWII.