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- A 10 fireplane (talk · contribs) (mostly the US Navy)
- 47thPennVols (talk · contribs) (the Holocaust, members of the Resistance in Europe, and notable women of World War II)
- Alexikoua (talk · contribs)
- AlinaGusewa (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)
- Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg-related topics)
- 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.)
- Buidhe (talk · contribs)
- CanonHistory (talk · contribs) (Pacific Theater)
- Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
- Luis Santos24 (talk · contribs) (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.)
- Dunutubble (talk · contribs) (Range of interests but I am particularly interested in Fascist War Crimes and Atrocities)
- 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).
- World War Two.)
- EpsilonEditor (talk · contribs) (Mostly Naval history, but will help where I can)
- Eurocopter (talk · contribs) (Romanian theatre/Eastern Front)
- Farawayman (talk · contribs) (North Africa, Italy, Eastern Front)
- 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)
- 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)
- Iazyges (talk · contribs) Largely naval.
- 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)
- 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)
- MetropolitanIC (talk · contribs) (Second Sino-Japanese War, Pacific Front)
- 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)
- ShauryaOMG (talk · contribs) (Mostly the Pacific War, Eastern Front and Western Front)
- sm8900 (talk · contribs) (Some categorization, history, etc.)
- Stanley Bannerman (talk · contribs) (New Zealand)
- the_ed17 (talk · contribs) (U.S. Navy, particularly battleships)
- Ted52 (talk · contribs) (European theater; Wehrmacht; Military planning & organization)
- Thehistorianisaac (talk · contribs) (my great grandfather died in ww2; I will contribute by protecting the sino-japenese war and related article's quality(and also improve it) to make sure these stories are told properly. I will also help in ww2 weapons.)
- Therealscorp1an (talk · contribs) Europe
- TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) (Almost anything either American or German, specifically respective airforces and special forces)
- 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)
- ♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:45, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
- 73.126.133.15 (talk · contribs) (Mostly the Soviet battles, European front and the Pacific war)
- Antny08 (talk · contribs) (Mainly WW2 battles in Europe)
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Open tasks
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- ...to referencing and citation (31,529) • ...to coverage and accuracy (24,581) • ...to structure (5,351) • ...to grammar (1,615) • ...to supporting materials (5,150)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Battle of Kiev (1943) • Battle of Ko Chang • Colditz Castle • Spiritual national defence • Tuskegee Airmen
- Requested articles
- German occupation of the Netherlands (current redirect) • 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 • Luxembourgers in the Wehrmacht • Chantiers de la Jeunesse (Vichy France) • Netherlands East Indies Government in exile • Burma Government in exile (1942-1945)
- Expansion needed
- Légion Français des Combattants • more
- Images needed
- 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
- 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
Today's featured article requests
- 13 Jun 2024 – Battle of Villers-Bocage (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2024 – Bill Newton (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jun 2024 – Saving Private Ryan (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Sheila1988 (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 08 Apr 2024 – William F. Fiedler (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Toadboy123 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 12 Apr 2024 – (5 participants)
A-Class review
- undated – Battle of Saipan (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – Battle of Tinian (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – Battle of La Haye-du-Puits (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – Johann Mickl (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – T-26 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
- undated – Henry Biard (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
Good article nominees
- 08 Apr 2024 – Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2024 – Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PizzaKing13 (t · c); start discussion
- 28 Mar 2024 – Supermarine Spiteful (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amitchell125 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2024 – Japanese destroyer Ume (1944) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Mar 2024 – German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Keivan.f (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Mar 2024 – George II of Greece (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Therealscorp1an (t · c); see discussion
Featured article reviews
- 09 Apr 2023 – USS Wisconsin (BB-64) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 13 Apr 2024 – USS Arizona (BB-39) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to USS Arizona by Egsan Bacon (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Mar 2024 – Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Polish–Ukrainian relations (1939–1947) by Marcelus (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2024 –
Articles to be merged
- 11 Jan 2024 – Bombing of the Vatican (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bombing of Rome in World War II by Choucas Bleu (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Dec 2023 – Resignation and post-war life of Erich Raeder (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Erich Raeder by Billsmith60 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 06 Mar 2024 – Submarine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2023 – 209th Rifle Division (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Le Petit Chat (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2023 – t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Sep 2023 – Treblinka extermination camp (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 28 May 2023 – 8th Special Operations Squadron (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Felix QW (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2023 – French Resistance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fred Gandt (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Mar 2021 – 18th Infantry Division (Poland) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (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
- 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
- ISBN 0340386312.
- Chancellor, Henry. Colditz: The Definitive History. ISBN 0-06-001286-2.