References
There are many excellent sources of
information out there in print and online. This is
a listing of some of the more useful items I have
encountered:
The excellent OOB work of Dr. Leo Niehorster, some
of which can be found online at http:niehorster.org/
The Armchair General at
rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com (great Russian
stuff)
The
ComsimWorld Forum (more than 22000 posts on PB/PL
and growing)
The
Imaginative Strategist website by Ward McBurney
(a true gentleman. R.I.P Ward)
The invaluable input and critique of Byron Henderson
General Reference Books
British and American Tanks of World War II by Chamberlain and Ellis
World War II Order Of Battle by Shelby L. Stanton (very thorough listing of all U.S. ground forces from battalion through division)
Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles
1918-1948 by Kliment & Francev
Encyclopedia Of German Tanks of World War Two
by
Chamberlain and Doyle
Panzer Trupen : The Complete Guide to the
Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force
1933-1942 by Thomas Lentz
Panzer Trupen : The Complete Guide to the
Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force
1943-1945 by Thomas Lentz
Jane's World War II Tanks and
Fighting Vehicles The Complete Guide by Leland
Ness
Russian tanks of World War II by Bean and
Fowler
Tanks of World War 2 by Chris Ellis (lots
of nice color illustrations)
Red Army Handbook
by Zaloga and Ness - excellent resource for
Russian organizations
British and CommonWealth Armies 1939-43 (Helion Order of Battle 1) by Mark Bevis - Excellent OOB info
British and CommonWealth Armies 1944-45 (Helion Order of Battle 2) by Mark Bevis - Excellent OOB info
British and CommonWealth Armies 1939-45 Supplement 1 (Helion Order of Battle 3) by Mark Bevis - Excellent OOB info
British and CommonWealth Armies 1939-45 Supplement 2 (Helion Order of Battle 4) by Mark Bevis - Excellent OOB info
The German Order of Battle - Infantry in World War II by George F. Nafziger - an essential reference, much detail
The German Order of Battle - Panzer and Artillery in World War II by George F. Nafziger - an essential reference, much detail
The German Order of Battle - Waffen SS and Other Units in World War II by George F. Nafziger - an essential reference, much detail
Rumanian Order of Battle by George F. Nafziger
Bulgarian Order of Battle by George F. Nafziger
North Africa
Tank Combat in North Africa (The Opening Rounds) by Thomas Jentz
Operation Compass 1940 - Osprey Campaign Series 73 by Jon Latimer
The Desert War by George Forty
Tobruk 1941 - Rommel's Opening Move - Osprey Campaign Series 080 by Jon Latimer
Rommel's Africa Korps - Tobruk to El Alamein - Osprey Battle Orders 020 by Pier Paolo Battistelli
Afrika Korps 1941-43+ - Osprey Elite Series 034 by Gordon Williamson
Panzer Armee Afrika - Tripoli to Tunis - Tanks Illustrated 028 by Peter Gudgin
Armor of the Deutsches Afrikakorps - Concord Publications 7021 by Tom Cockle
The German Army 1939-45 (2) North Africa & Balkans - Osprey Men-at-Arms 316 by Nigel Thomas
Desert Rats. British 8th Army in North Africa 1941-43 - Osprey Battle Orders 028 by Tim Moreman
The Italian Army 1940-45 (2) Africa 1940-43 - Osprey Men-at Arms 349 by Philip S. Jowett
The British Army 1939-45 (2) Middle East & Mediterranean - Osprey Men-at-Arms 368 by Martin J. Brayley
7th Armored Division - The 'Desert Rats' by George Forty
The British 7th Armored Division 1940-45 - Osprey Vanguard 1 by John Sanders
The Australian Army in WWII -Osprey Elite Series 153 by Mark Johnston
British Tanks in N. Africa 1940-42 - Osprey Vanguard 23 by Bryan Perrett
Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-45 - Osprey New Vanguard 8 by David Fletcher
Crusader Cruiser 1939-45 - Osprey New Vanguard by David Fletcher
The 25-pounder Field Gun 1939-72 - Osprey New Vanguard 48 by Chris Henry
Battle of the Bulge
The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge by Hugh M. Cole U.S. Army in WWII, European Theater of Operations
The Battle of the Bulge Time-Life Books World War II by William K. Goolrick and Ogden Tanner
Ardennes 1944 - Osprey Campaign 005 by James R. Arnold
Battle Of Ardennes - Northen Shoulder - Osprey Campaign 115 by Steven J Zaloga
Battle of the Ardennes 1944 (2) Bastogne - Osprey Campaign 145 by Steven J. Zaloga
The Ardennes Offensive - VI Panzer Armee - Northern Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 4 by Bruce Quarrie
The Ardennes Offensive - V US Corps & XVIII US (Airborne) Corps- Northern Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 5 by Bruce Quarrie
The Ardennes Offensive - V Panzer Armee - Central Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 8 by Bruce Quarrie
The Ardennes Offensive - US VII & VIII Corps and British XXX Corps - Central Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 9 by Bruce Quarrie
The Ardennes Offensive - I Armee and VII Armee - Southern Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 12 by Bruce Quarrie
The Ardennes Offensive - US III and XII Corps - Southern Sector - Osprey Order of Battle Series 13 by Bruce Quarrie
US Armored Divisions - The European Theater of Operations 1944-45 Osprey Battle Orders 3 by Steven J. Zaloga
US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944-45 - Osprey Battle Orders 010 by Steven J Zaloga
US Army Infantry Divisions 1944-45 - Osprey Battle Orders 024 by John Sayen
US Airborne Divisions in the ETO 1944-45 - Osprey Battle Orders 025 by Steven J. Zaloga
US Field Artillery of World War II Osprey New Vanguard 131 by Steven J. Zaloga
Ardennes 1944: Peiper and Skorzeny Osprey Elite Series 11 by Jean-Paul Pallud
Market Garden
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (1) The American Airborne Missions by Steven J. Zaloga
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2) The British Airborne Missions by Ken Ford
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3) The British XXX Corps Missions by Ken Ford
The Battle of Arnhem by Antony Beever
It Never Snows in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem by Robert Kershaw
Arnhem: The Complete Story of Operation Market Garden 17-25 September 1944 by William F Buckingham
A wide range of very detailed Order of Battle documents by Mark Bevis can be found at Wargame Vault under MicroMark Army Lists for a nominal fee.
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