THE ORGANIZATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF MILITARIES IN WORLD WAR II

About the Book

There are numerous “order of battle” books on the market. So what makes this one so special? Why should one decide on this particular book? Most “order of battle” books usually deal only at the division and corps level of a country’s army. Most higher commands are not covered. This book deals with all the branches of a country’s military, giving a breakdown of all the major echelons of command, from theater down to brigade, under each component (army groups, armies, corps, divisions, and brigades), and the equivalent command structure for the other military branches are included. Second, it attempts to give an overall command structure of the country’s military, showing the central headquarters command structure as well as the major components (army groups, armies, corps, etc.). Third, most “order of battle” books list the commander and their dates of tenure. This book includes those but also lists their next duty assignments or where they went after leaving the post. One can literally trace a general officer’s career through the upper echelons of command, making this completely different from all the other books on order of battle in the market.

About the Author

The author is a retired special education teacher and school administrator who also was an ad hoc instructor at St. John Fisher College, a local college in the Rochester, New York, area. This is the eighth volume in the series of militaries that fought in World War II. The author also has a degree in history besides in special education and finds the subject of World War II interesting.