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- ShauryaOMG (talk · contribs) (Mostly the Pacific War, Eastern Front and Western Front)
- 47thPennVols (talk · contribs) (the Holocaust, members of the Resistance in Europe, and notable women of World War II)
- A 10 fireplane (talk · contribs) (mostly the US Navy)
- Alexikoua (talk · contribs)
- Arthurcurrie (talk · contribs)
- Austin Moulton (talk · contribs) (WW2 German Small Arms, also one of my grandfathers was a USAAF Teacher who would teach mechanic students how to fix planes. the other one was a mechanic on the "home front" who worked on Tanks in the US Army)
- Binksternet (talk · contribs) (more Pacific than not)
- Btphelps (talk · contribs) (My father served in the 32nd Division, and while crossing Papua New Guinea, he didn't remove his boots or socks for a month.)
- Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg-related topics)
- Calidum (talk · contribs)
- Catrìona (talk · contribs) Aviation and the Holocaust
- Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
- {{target:User talk#Luis Santos24 (U.S. Navy Pacific 1940-1945, Great-Grandfather was B-24D Liberator Co-Pilot in South Pacific, Other Great-Grandfather was Army PFC. in Europe.)
- cla68 (talk · contribs) (East Asian/Pacific theatre.)
- Cliftonian (talk · contribs) (mainly Rhodesians)
- DPdH (talk · contribs) (Intend to contribute mainly related to my Key interests => Technology: Combat Aircraft & related weapons/ordnance, Armored warfare, Artillery, Infantry weapons, Vehicles, Missiles & Rockets, Naval warfare & related weapons. Theatres: ETO, Africa/Mediterranean, Italy, Atlantic, Ostfront. Doctrine & Order of Battle: German army, US Army, British Army, Russian Army).
- EnigmaMcmxc (talk · contribs) (Mainly the North African Campaign and the fighting in North West Europe, also dabble in the other fronts of World War Two.)
- {{User|EpsilonEditor} (Mostly Naval history, but will help where I can)
- Eurocopter (talk · contribs) (Romanian theatre/Eastern Front)
- Farawayman (talk · contribs) (North Africa, Italy, Eastern Front)
- Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs) (Image Improvements and European & Eastern Fronts)
- FriyMan (talk · contribs) (Vehicles)
- FitzColinGerald (talk · contribs) (Battle of France)
- Foxsch (talk · contribs) (WWII Then & Now)
- Gavbadger (talk · contribs) (RAF bases and RAF Bomber Command)
- GELongstreet (talk · contribs) (Axis armed forces, Orders of Battles, Biographies)
- Grant65 (talk · contribs) (Mediterranean theatre, 1940-43 mostly; Malaya-Singapore; the South West Pacific theatre, 1942-45; WW2 aircraft and air forces; Allied supreme commands)
- Gr8opinionater (talk · contribs)
- Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) (US-related, Pacific Theatre, Logistics)
- Ibericus Lusitanus (talk · contribs) (Battles in Europe, German weapons and units)
- Indy beetle (talk · contribs) (Naval battles; Events involving "minor" countries like Belgium, Thailand, Denmark, various colonies, etc.)
- JackTheBestBoss (talk · contribs)(US Armed Forces operations, into Pacific Theatre as well as European, specialize in German, American, and Japanese weaponry)
- Jak474 (talk · contribs) (Air campaigns, fighters, bombers, transports, and other aircraft.)
- Jcfrommn (talk · contribs) (Eastern and Western Fronts)
- Kierzek (talk · contribs) (History of Nazi Germany, NSDAP history, Schutzstaffel (SS), Japanese tanks and weapons and German Panzers and weapons)
- Legoboyvdlp (talk · contribs) WW2 tanks and planes
- Leithp (talk · contribs)
- Lineagegeek (talk · contribs) (US Army Air Force. focusing on history of organizations )
- Ljleppan (talk · contribs) (Mostly Finland-related topics)
- Loqiical (talk · contribs)
- Magus732 (talk · contribs) (general cleanup and fact-fixing; American and Japanese naval forces; American, Japanese and German air forces)
- MoRsE (talk · contribs) (Broad interests, but especially articles somehow related to Finland, AWB-user)
- Noha307 (talk · contribs) (a lot of, but not limited to, naval, especally U-Boats)
- Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) (Australian Army involvement, Yugoslavia)
- PlanespotterA320 (talk · contribs) Soviets in WWII, aviation
- sm8900 (talk · contribs) (Some categorization, history, etc.)
- the_ed17 (talk · contribs) (U.S. Navy, particularly battleships)
- Tomobe03 (talk · contribs) (Yugoslavia and Adriatic)
- TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Huge fan of WWII, will help in any way possible (school work permitting))
- Trfasulo (talk · contribs) (Almost anything in American military)
- TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) (Almost anything either American or German, specifically respective airforces and special forces)
- KevinNinja (talk · contribs) (World War 2, all the major battles and engagements. Especially the Eastern Front.))
- Iazyges (talk · contribs) Largely naval.
- AlinaGusewa (talk · contribs)
- Therealscorp1an (talk · contribs) Europe
- Dunutubble (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2021 (UTC) (Range of interests but I am particularly interested in Fascist War Crimes and Atrocities)
- ♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:45, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
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Article statistics[edit]
Open tasks[edit]
- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (30,543) • ...to coverage and accuracy (23,181) • ...to structure (5,230) • ...to grammar (1,701) • ...to supporting materials (5,006)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Battle of Kiev (1943) • Battle of Ko Chang • Colditz Castle • Spiritual national defence • Tuskegee Airmen
- Requested articles
- Battle of Uhtua-Kiestinki • Battles of Repola-Rukajärvi • Battle of Siiranmäki • Battle of Łuck • Battle of Równe • Battle of Włodzimierz Wołyński • Battle of Lubartów • Battle of Miedniki • Battle of Jodła • Francis Blanchain • Shinshou Draenger • Christer Lyst Hansen • Ove Kampman • League for Combat Policy • Julien Meline • Operation Mittelmeer • Operation Richard • Otto Program • Martin Poppel • Roehm's Avengers • Poul Bruun • Raoul Boulanger • Serge Asher-Ravanel • Battle of West Ukraine (1941) • Battle of Zunyi • Liberation of Denmark (currently redirect) • Operation Vado (currently redirect) • Finnish 19th Division (Continuation War) • Finnish 11th Division (Continuation War) • Finnish VII Corps (Continuation War) • Finnish Cavalry Brigade • 1st Jaeger Brigade • 2nd Jaeger Brigade • 168th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) • 71st Rifle Division (Soviet Union) • Group Oinonen • Operation Vesuvius (currently redirect) • Capture of Kassala (currently redirect) • Liberation of Lille • Battle of Pankow • Brandenburg–Rathenow Offensive • Japanese internment of European civilians during World War II • Miranda de Ebro concentration camp • German occupation of the Netherlands (current redirect) • Axis occupation of Monaco • Soviet home front during World War II • Labour Charter (Vichy France) • Berles-Monchel and Aubigny-en-Artois massacres (1940) • Febvin-Palfart massacre (1940) • German massacres of French colonial prisoners of war • 1941 Nord-Pas de Calais miners' strike • Spitfire funds • Good War (historiography) • Nederlandsche Oost Compagnie • West African Pioneers • 2nd Marching Battalion of Ubangui-Shari • Bataillon du Pacifique • Persecution of freemasons in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe • Mohammed El Maadi
- Expansion needed
- Princess Irene Brigade • Battle of Bay of Viipuri • Demilitarisation • Free Dutch Forces • Martha Desrumeaux • Mochitsura Hashimoto • Operation Cascade • Operation Tan No. 2 • Burma Area Army • Battle of Courland • Battle of Munda Point • Battle of Voronezh (1943) • Drive on Munda Point • First Battle of Kharkov • Race to Berlin • Marie Fourcade • Victor Strydonck de Burkel • Donald Blakeslee • Operation Nordwind • Battle of Skerki Bank • Michael Sinclair (soldier) • Battle of Maastricht • Battle of Zeeland • Landings on Rendova • New Georgia counterattack • Operation Waterfall • Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive • American-British-Dutch-Australian Command • Battle of Viru Harbor • Battle of Wickham Anchorage • Western New Guinea campaign (and the individual battles of the campaign) • Operation Blockbuster • Operation Cooney • The Holocaust in France • Knowledge of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe • Francoist Spain and the Holocaust • Japan campaign • Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign • more
- Images needed
- Twelfth Army (United Kingdom) • 4th Airborne Division (United Kingdom) • 5th Airborne Division (United Kingdom) • XVI Corps (United Kingdom) • Battle of Dakar • Battle of the Lys (1940) • Battle of Zeeland • Battle of the Grebbeberg • Franco-Thai War • Battle of Ko Chang • Switzerland during the World Wars • Berthe Fraser • Western Allied invasion of Germany • LXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
- Merging needed
- Add an article here!
- Citations needed
- Battle of Borneo (1941–42) • Battle of Imphal • Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene • Japanese invasion of French Indochina • Japanese invasion of Thailand • Luxembourg in World War II • New Georgia Campaign • Operation Cartwheel • Operation Chastise • Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade • Solomon Islands campaign • Battle of Radom • Seishin Operation • Moravia–Ostrava Offensive • Panzerjäger
- Translation needed
- 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment • Novorossiysk-Taman Operation • 1943 Novorossiysk Operation • 1943 Air Battles over Kuban • Battle of Rostov (1943) • Battle of Olshansky • Nalchik-Ordzhonikidzevskaya Operation • Bukrinsky Landing • Cape Tarhan Landing • 1942 Sudak Landing • Mozdok-Malgobek Operation • Alexander Sergeyevich Ksenofontov • Henri de Vernejoul • André Bergeret • Battle of Nice • Liberation de Saint-Malo • Battle of Seuil Valley • René-Jean-Paul Cassagne • Cameroun's rallying to the Free French • Battle of Bouno-Misaki
Article alerts[edit]
Today's featured articles
- 27 Apr 2022 – Uroš Drenović (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
- 25 Apr 2022 – No. 79 Squadron RAAF (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Articles for deletion
- 06 Apr 2022 – Hill 400, Bergstein (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed as redirect by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 21 Apr 2022; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 15 Apr 2022 – Passmore Auxiliary Field (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): No evidence of notability
- 20 Apr 2022 – Free Norwegian forces (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by TenPoundHammer (t · c) was redirected to Norwegian armed forces in exile (talk · edit · hist) by Brigade Piron (t · c) on 21 Apr 2022
- 20 Apr 2022 – MP 38 Machine Pistol 0.3 In (9mm) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Vt320 (t · c) was redirected to MP 40 (talk · edit · hist)
Files for discussion
- 16 Apr 2022 – File:Bismarck illustration.png (talk · edit · hist) (on German battleship Bismarck) was FfDed by BillHPike (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2022 – File:Meiman dissidents.gif (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) was FfDed by VernoWhitney (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2022 – File:Hermann Julius Hoefle mug shot 1961.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Hermann Höfle) was FfDed by VernoWhitney (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 22 Apr 2022 – American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Apr 2022 – The Cenotaph (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by HJ Mitchell (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2022 – The Holocaust in Greece (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 14 Jan 2022 – List of commanders of the British 4th Division (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by EnigmaMcmxc (t · c); see discussion
A-Class review
- undated – Witold Pilecki (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – List of British deception formations in World War II (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – USS Johnston (DD-557) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
Good article nominees
- 17 Apr 2022 – Harbourne Stephen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Zawed (t · c); start discussion
- 08 Apr 2022 – USS Marcus Island (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Stikkyy (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Mar 2022 – Hermann Hoth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by K.e.coffman (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Feb 2022 – Vito Trause (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mhawk10 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Dec 2021 – Warsaw concentration camp (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Szmenderowiecki (t · c); start discussion
- 13 Nov 2021 – Robert Wertheim (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RightCowLeftCoast (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Oct 2021 – Mehmed Handžić (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OakMapping (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Apr 2022 – Irving Smith (RAF officer) (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Zawed (t · c) was promoted by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (t · c), see discussion
- 09 Apr 2022 – William Rolls (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Zawed (t · c) was promoted by Indy beetle (t · c), see discussion
Featured article reviews
- 09 Apr 2022 – USS Missouri (BB-63) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 05 Apr 2022 – Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Sapphorain (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 13 Mar 2022 – Harro Schulze-Boysen (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Mar 2022 – John L. Chapin (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Bsoyka (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 19 Apr 2022 – 137th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 137th Division by No such user (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2022 – Osami Nagano (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nagano Osami by Yiba (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2022 – Death of Adolf Hitler (talk · edit · hist) move request to Suicide of Adolf Hitler by Jishiboka1 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 Mar 2022 – List of World War II war correspondents (1942–43) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of war correspondents#20th century by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2022 – Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to National Defence University of Warsaw by Kazamzam (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Jan 2022 – 8-inch gun M1 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to M115 howitzer by 71.223.101.69 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Dec 2021 – 381st Training Group (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Space Delta 1 by Buckshot06 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Dec 2021 – 43M Turán III (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 40M Turán by Denniss (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2021 – Prisoner functionary (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kapo by Szmenderowiecki (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Aug 2021 – Assyrian independence movement (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Assyrian nationalism by Shejsisijdwjdj (t · c); see discussion
- 19 May 2021 – Ward Boston (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to USS Liberty incident by Eddie891 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 May 2021 – No. 1 Special Service Battalion (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Special Service Brigade by Buckshot06 (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Apr 2021 – Home Army and V-1 and V-2 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to V-1 and V-2 intelligence by Brigade Piron (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 10 Oct 2021 – French Resistance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by TheSandDoctor (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Mar 2021 – 18th Infantry Division (Poland) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2021 – Resistance during World War II (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Brigade Piron (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Oct 2020 – Leonard Mociulschi (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mentatus (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2019 – Tanks in the German Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
Resources[edit]
- Internal
- Glossary of German WWII military terms
- List of equipment used in World War II
- List of World War II electronic warfare equipment
- World War II photos on Commons
- Imperialism and world wars on meta
- Australia
- Australian Second World War Official Histories, Australian War Memorial
- United States
- U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry
- U.S. Army Center of Military History
- U.S. Army Heritage Collection Online
- Combat Chronicles of U.S. Army Divisions in World War II
- OnWar - A general purpose military site with a focus on World War II
- Chronik Seekrieg 1939-45 - in German
- Axishistory - website and forum on WW2 related matters
- Ibiblio Hyperwar- online document repository
- ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES: AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: US Army Center of Military History
- Lone Sentry site
- ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY; WORLD WAR II: EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS: DIVISIONS
- Combined Arms research library
- British Pathé news archives
- The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II
- OPNAV 29-P1000 (Revised APRIL 1949) U.S. Navy Abbreviations of World War II
- World War II Armed Forces: Orders of Battle and Organizations
- U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II
- Germany
- U.S. War Department Technical Manual;March 15, 1945; TM - E30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces; 1939 - 1945; Republished 1990 by Louisiana State University Press. Document in Public Domain EXCEPT for new material added by LSU Press. ISBN 0-8071-2011-1
- British War Office, 1944/US War Department 1944. German Order Of Battle: 1944; Republished 1994; Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal LTD, Britain/Stackpole Books/USA; Under Crown Copyright in Britain; In Public Domain EXCEPT for new material in USA. ISBN 1-85367-170-3
- Japanese
- Japanese army operations in the South Pacific Area, translated by Steven Bullard, Australian War Memorial
- Miscellaneous
- Reid, Patrick R. Colditz and The Latter Days. Illustrated by John Watton. ISBN 0340386312.
- Chancellor, Henry. Colditz: The Definitive History. ISBN 0-06-001286-2.