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Welcome to the World War II task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below.

The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here.

Scope[edit]

This task force covers all articles related to World War II.

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |WWII=yes or |WWII-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:World War II task force articles.

Participants[edit]

If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.

  1. ShauryaOMG (talk · contribs) (Mostly the Pacific War, Eastern Front and Western Front)
  2. 47thPennVols (talk · contribs) (the Holocaust, members of the Resistance in Europe, and notable women of World War II)
  3. A 10 fireplane (talk · contribs) (mostly the US Navy)
  4. Alexikoua (talk · contribs)
  5. Arthurcurrie (talk · contribs)
  6. 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)
  7. Binksternet (talk · contribs) (more Pacific than not)
  8. 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.)
  9. Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg-related topics)
  10. Calidum (talk · contribs)
  11. Catrìona (talk · contribs) Aviation and the Holocaust
  12. Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
  13. {{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.)
  14. cla68 (talk · contribs) (East Asian/Pacific theatre.)
  15. Cliftonian (talk · contribs) (mainly Rhodesians)
  16. 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).
  17. 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.)
  18. {{User|EpsilonEditor} (Mostly Naval history, but will help where I can)
  19. Eurocopter (talk · contribs) (Romanian theatre/Eastern Front)
  20. Farawayman (talk · contribs) (North Africa, Italy, Eastern Front)
  21. Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs) (Image Improvements and European & Eastern Fronts)
  22. FriyMan (talk · contribs) (Vehicles)
  23. FitzColinGerald (talk · contribs) (Battle of France)
  24. Foxsch (talk · contribs) (WWII Then & Now)
  25. Gavbadger (talk · contribs) (RAF bases and RAF Bomber Command)
  26. GELongstreet (talk · contribs) (Axis armed forces, Orders of Battles, Biographies)
  27. 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)
  28. Gr8opinionater (talk · contribs)
  29. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) (US-related, Pacific Theatre, Logistics)
  30. Ibericus Lusitanus (talk · contribs) (Battles in Europe, German weapons and units)
  31. Indy beetle (talk · contribs) (Naval battles; Events involving "minor" countries like Belgium, Thailand, Denmark, various colonies, etc.)
  32. JackTheBestBoss (talk · contribs)(US Armed Forces operations, into Pacific Theatre as well as European, specialize in German, American, and Japanese weaponry)
  33. Jak474 (talk · contribs) (Air campaigns, fighters, bombers, transports, and other aircraft.)
  34. Jcfrommn (talk · contribs) (Eastern and Western Fronts)
  35. Kierzek (talk · contribs) (History of Nazi Germany, NSDAP history, Schutzstaffel (SS), Japanese tanks and weapons and German Panzers and weapons)
  36. Legoboyvdlp (talk · contribs) WW2 tanks and planes
  37. Leithp (talk · contribs)
  38. Lineagegeek (talk · contribs) (US Army Air Force. focusing on history of organizations )
  39. Ljleppan (talk · contribs) (Mostly Finland-related topics)
  40. Loqiical (talk · contribs)
  41. Magus732 (talk · contribs) (general cleanup and fact-fixing; American and Japanese naval forces; American, Japanese and German air forces)
  42. MoRsE (talk · contribs) (Broad interests, but especially articles somehow related to Finland, AWB-user)
  43. Noha307 (talk · contribs) (a lot of, but not limited to, naval, especally U-Boats)
  44. Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) (Australian Army involvement, Yugoslavia)
  45. PlanespotterA320 (talk · contribs) Soviets in WWII, aviation
  46. sm8900 (talk · contribs) (Some categorization, history, etc.)
  47. the_ed17 (talk · contribs) (U.S. Navy, particularly battleships)
  48. Tomobe03 (talk · contribs) (Yugoslavia and Adriatic)
  49. TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Huge fan of WWII, will help in any way possible (school work permitting))
  50. Trfasulo (talk · contribs) (Almost anything in American military)
  51. TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) (Almost anything either American or German, specifically respective airforces and special forces)
  52. KevinNinja (talk · contribs) (World War 2, all the major battles and engagements. Especially the Eastern Front.))
  53. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Largely naval.
  54. AlinaGusewa (talk · contribs)
  55. Therealscorp1an (talk · contribs) Europe
  56. Dunutubble (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2021 (UTC) (Range of interests but I am particularly interested in Fascist War Crimes and Atrocities)[reply]
  57. ♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:45, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Article statistics[edit]

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A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here.

With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below:

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Battle of Kiev (1943)Battle of Ko ChangColditz CastleSpiritual national defenceTuskegee Airmen
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Battle of Uhtua-KiestinkiBattles of Repola-RukajärviBattle of SiiranmäkiBattle of ŁuckBattle of RówneBattle of Włodzimierz WołyńskiBattle of LubartówBattle of MiednikiBattle of JodłaFrancis BlanchainShinshou DraengerChrister Lyst HansenOve KampmanLeague for Combat PolicyJulien MelineOperation MittelmeerOperation RichardOtto ProgramMartin PoppelRoehm's AvengersPoul BruunRaoul BoulangerSerge Asher-RavanelBattle of West Ukraine (1941)Battle of ZunyiLiberation 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 Brigade1st Jaeger Brigade2nd Jaeger Brigade168th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)71st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)Group OinonenOperation Vesuvius (currently redirect) • Capture of Kassala (currently redirect) • Liberation of LilleBattle of PankowBrandenburg–Rathenow OffensiveJapanese internment of European civilians during World War IIMiranda de Ebro concentration campGerman occupation of the Netherlands (current redirect) • Axis occupation of MonacoSoviet home front during World War IILabour Charter (Vichy France)Berles-Monchel and Aubigny-en-Artois massacres (1940) • Febvin-Palfart massacre (1940) • German massacres of French colonial prisoners of war1941 Nord-Pas de Calais miners' strikeSpitfire fundsGood War (historiography)Nederlandsche Oost CompagnieWest African Pioneers2nd Marching Battalion of Ubangui-ShariBataillon du PacifiquePersecution of freemasons in Nazi Germany and German-occupied EuropeMohammed El Maadi
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Princess Irene BrigadeBattle of Bay of ViipuriDemilitarisationFree Dutch ForcesMartha DesrumeauxMochitsura HashimotoOperation CascadeOperation Tan No. 2Burma Area ArmyBattle of CourlandBattle of Munda PointBattle of Voronezh (1943)Drive on Munda PointFirst Battle of KharkovRace to BerlinMarie FourcadeVictor Strydonck de BurkelDonald BlakesleeOperation NordwindBattle of Skerki BankMichael Sinclair (soldier)Battle of MaastrichtBattle of ZeelandLandings on RendovaNew Georgia counterattackOperation WaterfallPetsamo–Kirkenes OffensiveAmerican-British-Dutch-Australian CommandBattle of Viru HarborBattle of Wickham AnchorageWestern New Guinea campaign (and the individual battles of the campaign) • Operation BlockbusterOperation CooneyThe Holocaust in FranceKnowledge of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and German-occupied EuropeFrancoist Spain and the HolocaustJapan campaignVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignmore
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Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)4th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)5th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)XVI Corps (United Kingdom)Battle of DakarBattle of the Lys (1940)Battle of ZeelandBattle of the GrebbebergFranco-Thai WarBattle of Ko ChangSwitzerland during the World WarsBerthe FraserWestern Allied invasion of GermanyLXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
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Battle of Borneo (1941–42)Battle of ImphalGarderegiment Fuseliers Prinses IreneJapanese invasion of French IndochinaJapanese invasion of ThailandLuxembourg in World War IINew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelOperation ChastiseRoyal Netherlands Motorized Infantry BrigadeSolomon Islands campaignBattle of RadomSeishin OperationMoravia–Ostrava OffensivePanzerjäger
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5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment [ru]Novorossiysk-Taman Operation [ru]1943 Novorossiysk Operation [ru]1943 Air Battles over Kuban [ru]Battle of Rostov (1943) [ru]Battle of Olshansky [ru]Nalchik-Ordzhonikidzevskaya Operation [ru]Bukrinsky Landing [ru]Cape Tarhan Landing [ru]1942 Sudak Landing [ru]Mozdok-Malgobek Operation [ru]Alexander Sergeyevich Ksenofontov [ru]Henri de Vernejoul [fr]André Bergeret [fr]Battle of Nice [fr]Liberation de Saint-Malo [fr]Battle of Seuil Valley [fr]René-Jean-Paul Cassagne [fr]Cameroun's rallying to the Free French [fr]Battle of Bouno-Misaki [ja]

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  • 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
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