World War II: Order of Battle

by Shelby L. Stanton

Book Overview

- An illustrated, encyclopedic data reference to all U.S. Army World War II ground combat force units from battalion through division, 1939-1946 - Weapons, equipment, vehicles, and combat photographs... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883657759
• ISBN13: 9780883657751
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
• Length: 621 Pages
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 9.4" x 12.4"

Customer Reviews

Great research book's

I own both the WW2 and the Vietnam order of battle book's by this author and the text's have covered/solved a lot of questions and debates from my retired friends.There are very few debates about unit's that cannot be solved with these books. Our only regret is his "Order of Battle Korean War" is no were to be found. I made contact with this author a few years back and there was some poitical problem preventing his rersearch on the Korean War "Order of Battle" from being published. I was able to locate a version of a order of battle from the Korean War however it was no ware as extensive and informative as this author.I fought in Korea and Vietnam as a Infantry man and these books are just great. I recommend them to any and all.

WORLD WAR II ORDER OF BATTLE

This a very good about units of united states army. Where they were formed , ,the date , where did the unit served and when it was disbanded

Indispensable research tool

This book is just what many have been needing to research units, and their subordinate components, and units attached for varying amounts of time, whether in the Pacific Theater or the European Theater. Now it is much easier to catalog patches and DI's according to the Command and Theater, and to do the research on the smaller units, often overlooked in other material.

WWII Order of Battle

This is a thorough, user friendly, much needed resource. I use my copy for research in assisting veterans of the war to verify details of their claims for benefits from the VA.

Full of data on every regiment and battalion in US Army

This book is a "must-have" for those who wish to have a comprehensive resource for the organization of the US Army Ground Forces, 1939-1946. Unfortunately, despite the title, the book's information is strictly limited to Army Ground Forces, and it has nothing on Army Service Forces, Army Air Forces, or any other service. However, all the Engineer units are included, even the General Service Regiments. What the book does provide is a way of tracing the theaters of service of every battalion or higher unit covered by it. A brief narrative history is provided for each division. Often, two division organizations are listed to show changes over time, such as the National Guard's switch from "square" to "triangular" divisions 1940-42. The level of information decreases with unit size, and for battalions only the startup date, ship date, return date, disbandment date, and campaigns served in are provided. Dates of attachment to and detachment from higher headquarters are provided for regiments and divisions, and units temporarily attached to a division are listed with it. Unit awards are not addressed at any level, except to list campaigns served in. The book makes a valiant effort to track the numerous times that units were re-organized or converted from regiments to battalions, but I have detected at least one case where the book "lost" a unit. Despite the book's cover, unit patches are provided only for regiments, and the patches shown are often not the ones used in most of the war. Tables of equipment and personnel are provided for divisions, regiments, and selected battalion types. In summary, this book is a must for the data-hungry, but will probably just gather dust at a VFW post due to lack of unit award and unit patch information.