Lists of World War II topics

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This is a list of World War II-related topic lists:

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Units

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Strategic bombing lists

Numerous wikipages list the series of strategic bombing air raids on various World War II targets:

Equipment

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<i>Kriegsmarine</i> Naval warfare branch of Germanys armed forces (1935–1945)

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1933 to 1945.

Anti-ship missile

An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good number of other anti-ship missiles use infrared homing to follow the heat that is emitted by a ship; it is also possible for anti-ship missiles to be guided by radio command all the way.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor German four-engine propeller-driven airliner, transport aircraft and patrol bomber

The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies, was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft led to military versions that saw service with the Luftwaffe as long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping/maritime patrol bomber aircraft. The Luftwaffe also made extensive use of the Fw 200 as a transport aircraft.

Technology during World War II Role and use of technology and technology available in World War II

Technology played a significant role in World War II. Some of the technologies used during the war were developed during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s, much was developed in response to needs and lessons learned during the war, while others were beginning to be developed as the war ended. Many wars had major effects on the technologies that we use in our daily lives. However, compared to previous wars, World War II had the greatest effect on the technology and devices that are used today. Technology also played a greater role in the conduct of World War II than in any other war in history, and had a critical role in its final outcome.

Lists of World War II military equipment Wikipedia list article

Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment used in World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment and uniforms, and other equipment. There are aggregated military equipment lists by country, and lists of classes of equipment broken down by country or by type.

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940:

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943:

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941:

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942:

This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that have been or are used by the German military. Ranks and translations of nicknames for vehicles are included. Also included are some general terms from the German language found frequently in military jargon. Some terms are from the general German cultural background, others are given to show a change that was made before or after the Nazi era. Some factories that were the primary producers of military equipment, especially tanks, are also given.

Anti-submarine weapon

An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war. In its simplest sense, an anti-submarine weapon is usually a projectile, missile or bomb that is optimized to destroy submarines.

Industrial warfare Impact of the Industrial Age on warfare

Industrial warfare is a period in the history of warfare ranging roughly from the early 19th century and the start of the Industrial Revolution to the beginning of the Atomic Age, which saw the rise of nation-states, capable of creating and equipping large armies, navies, and air forces, through the process of industrialization.

Anti-submarine warfare Branch of naval warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, and/or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations are typically carried out to protect friendly shipping and coastal facilities from submarine attacks and to overcome blockades.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:

This is an Index of World War II articles, that can be found on Wikipedia.

  1. La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945
  2. La Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation
  3. La Liberation de Paris
  4. Lack of outside support in the Warsaw Uprising
  5. Lamason, Phil
  6. Landing Operation on Hainan Island
  7. Landing Ship, Tank
  8. Landing Vehicle Tracked
  9. Language of Nazi concentration camps
  10. Lapland War
  11. Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler
  12. Latvian Legion
  13. Latvian resistance movement
  14. Law on the status of Jews
  15. Law regarding foreign nationals of the Jewish race
  16. Laws against Holocaust denial
  17. Lead up to the Warsaw Uprising
  18. Leadership ranks of the Sturmabteilung
  19. League of German Girls
  20. Lebensborn
  21. Lebensraum
  22. Legal purge in Norway after World War II
  23. Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
  24. Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom
  25. Leni Riefenstahl
  26. Leningrad Front
  27. Leningrad People's Opolcheniye Army
  28. Leopold III of Belgium
  29. Letters from Iwo Jima
  30. Lexington-class aircraft carrier
  31. Liberation Front of the Slovenian People
  32. Liberation of Arnhem
  33. Liberation of Paris
  34. Liberty ship
  35. Lichtenburg
  36. Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
  37. Lili Marleen
  38. List of Adolf Hitler books
  39. List of Adolf Hitler speeches
  40. List of air operations of the Battle of Europe
  41. List of aircraft engines in use by Japan during World War II
  42. List of Aircraft engines in use of Japanese Army Air Force
  43. List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War Two
  44. List of Aircraft engines used by Japanese Navy Air Service
  45. List of aircraft of Italy, World War II
  46. List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
  47. List of aircraft of Russia, World War II
  48. List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II
  49. List of aircraft of the British, World War II
  50. List of aircraft of the Japanese Navy
  51. List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II
  52. List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II
  53. List of aircraft of World War II
  54. List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign
  55. List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
  56. List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender
  57. List of Allied traitors during World War Two
  58. List of Allied warships in the Normandy Landings
  59. List of armour used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War
  60. List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
  61. List of artillery weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  62. List of Australian divisions in World War II
  63. List of Australian divisions in WWII
  64. List of Axis war criminals
  65. List of B-29 Superfortress operators
  66. List of basic World War II topics
  67. List of battleships of Japan
  68. List of Bombs in use by Imperial Japanese Army
  69. List of British armies in World War I
  70. List of British armies in WWII
  71. List of British divisions in WWII
  72. List of British Empire divisions in World War II
  73. List of broadsides of major World War II ships
  74. List of Brothers in Arms characters
  75. List of Canadian divisions in World War II
  76. List of Canadian divisions in WWII
  77. List of Coastal Batteries in Australia and Territories during World War II
  78. List of common World War II infantry weapons
  79. List of component units of British 1st (African) Division
  80. List of component units of British 1st Armoured Division
  81. List of component units of British 1st Infantry Division
  82. List of component units of Fighter Command
  83. List of composers influenced by the Holocaust
  84. List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  85. List of demolished entertainment venues in Paris
  86. List of diplomatic missions during World War II
  87. List of Eastern Fleet ships
  88. List of engines and weapons used on Japanese tanks during World War II
  89. List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
  90. List of Female SOE Agents
  91. List of films about Anne Frank
  92. List of films based on war books — 1927–1945
  93. List of Finnish armies in WWII
  94. List of Finnish corps in the Continuation War
  95. List of Finnish corps in the Winter War
  96. List of Finnish divisions in the Continuation War
  97. List of Finnish divisions in the Winter War
  98. List of Flower-class corvettes
  99. List of foreign aircraft tested by Japanese forces from 1930s to WW2
  100. List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross
  101. List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
  102. List of Gaue of Nazi Germany
  103. List of Gauleiters
  104. List of German Army Groups in WWII
  105. List of German concentration camps
  106. List of German corps in WWII
  107. List of German divisions in World War II
  108. List of German divisions in World War II
  109. List of German military units of World War II
  110. List of German World War II jet aces
  111. List of German World War II night fighter aces
  112. List of Hawker Hurricane operators
  113. List of helicopters used in World War II
  114. List of Holocaust films
  115. List of Holocaust survivors
  116. List of IJA Independent Mixed Brigades
  117. List of IJA Mixed Brigades
  118. List of Imperial Japanese Navy admirals
  119. List of Indian corps in WWII
  120. List of Indian divisions in WWII
  121. List of individuals in the Warsaw Uprising
  122. List of infantry weapons of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  123. List of Italian divisions in WWII
  124. List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II
  125. List of Japanese aircraft in use during the Second Sino-Japanese War
  126. List of Japanese armored divisions
  127. List of Japanese Army military engineer vehicles of World War II
  128. List of Japanese Auxiliary Cruiser Commerce Raiders
  129. List of Japanese campaigns of the Second Sino-Japanese War
  130. List of Japanese dreadnought battleships
  131. List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II
  132. List of Japanese HEAT Shells in WW2
  133. List of Japanese hell ships
  134. List of Japanese Infantry Divisions
  135. List of Japanese infantry weapons used in the Second-Sino Japanese War
  136. List of Japanese military detachments in World War II
  137. List of Japanese military equipment of World War II
  138. List of Japanese Mixed Brigades
  139. List of Japanese nationalist movements and parties
  140. List of Japanese naval commanders
  141. List of Japanese Navy Air Force aces
  142. List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II
  143. List of Japanese steam battleships
  144. List of Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles of the WWII period
  145. List of Japanese trainer aircraft during World War II
  146. List of Japanese World War II explosives
  147. List of Japanese World War II military specialists on the USSR
  148. List of Japanese World War II navy bombs
  149. List of Japanese World War II radar
  150. List of Japanese WW2 Weapons
  151. List of jet aircraft of World War II
  152. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1940
  153. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1941
  154. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1942
  155. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1943
  156. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1944
  157. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1945
  158. List of Kriegsmarine ships
  159. List of leaders of Independent State of Croatia
  160. List of Liberty ships: A-F
  161. List of Liberty ships: G-L
  162. List of Liberty ships: M-R
  163. List of Liberty ships: S-Z
  164. List of Liberty ships
  165. List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II
  166. List of Maginot Line ouvrages
  167. List of major U.S. Commands of World War II
  168. List of major World War II warships built by minor powers
  169. List of Mauthausen-Gusen inmates
  170. List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima
  171. List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
  172. List of Medal of Honor recipients: World War II
  173. List of members of the July 20 Plot
  174. List of military aircraft of Germany
  175. List of military engagements of World War II
  176. List of military equipment of the Canadian Army during the Second World War
  177. List of Military Operations in the West European Theater during WW2 by Year
  178. List of Military operations on the Eastern Front European Theater during WW2
  179. List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II
  180. List of military operations
  181. List of military units in the Warsaw Uprising
  182. List of military vehicles of World War II
  183. List of National Socialist publishers
  184. List of Naval and land based operations in Mediterranean Sea Area during WW2
  185. List of Naval and land based operations in Pacific Theater during WW2
  186. List of Nazi-German concentration camps
  187. List of Nazi Party leaders and officials
  188. List of networks and movements of the French Resistance
  189. List of New Zealand divisions in World War II
  190. List of North African Campaign Battles
  191. List of officers of the People's Liberation Army
  192. List of people involved with the French Resistance
  193. List of people who assisted Jews during the Holocaust
  194. List of Polish armies in World War II
  195. List of Polish armies in WWII
  196. List of Polish divisions in World War II
  197. List of Polish divisions in WWII
  198. List of posthumous publications of Holocaust victims
  199. List of POW camps in Australia
  200. List of POW camps in Britain
  201. List of POW camps in Canada
  202. List of POW camps in Italy
  203. List of POW camps in Japan
  204. List of POW camps in occupied Germany
  205. List of POW camps in the Soviet Union
  206. List of POW camps in the United States
  207. List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
  208. List of Pro-Axis Leaders and Governments or Direct Control in Occupied Territories
  209. List of prototype World War II combat vehicles
  210. List of prototype WWII combat vehicles
  211. List of Radars in use by Imperial Japanese Army
  212. List of Righteous Among the Nations by country
  213. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
  214. List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
  215. List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons
  216. List of ships of the Free French Naval Forces
  217. List of ships of the Japanese Navy
  218. List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters
  219. List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy
  220. List of SOE Agents
  221. List of SOE establishments
  222. List of South African Divisions in World War II
  223. List of Soviet Union divisions 1917–1945
  224. List of Special Operations Executive Operations in WW2
  225. List of SS personnel
  226. List of subcamps of Auschwitz
  227. List of subcamps of Buchenwald
  228. List of subcamps of Dachau
  229. List of subcamps of Flossenbürg
  230. List of subcamps of Gross-Rosen
  231. List of subcamps of Herzogenbusch
  232. List of subcamps of Kraków-Płaszów
  233. List of subcamps of Mauthausen
  234. List of subcamps of Mittelbau
  235. List of subcamps of Natzweiler-Struthof
  236. List of subcamps of Neuengamme
  237. List of subcamps of Ravensbrück
  238. List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen
  239. List of subcamps of Stutthof
  240. List of successful U-boat commanders
  241. List of tanks and armoured vehicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  242. List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan
  243. List of the 108 Martyrs of World War Two
  244. List of theaters and campaigns of World War II
  245. List of U-boat aces
  246. List of U-boats never deployed
  247. List of undersea-carried planes during World War II
  248. List of uniforms and clothing of WWII
  249. List of United States Army Air Forces Air Force Component Commands
  250. List of United States Army divisions during World War II
  251. List of United States Navy escort aircraft carriers
  252. List of United States Navy losses in World War II
  253. List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
  254. List of units using the B-26 Marauder during World War II
  255. List of V-1 storage depots
  256. List of V-2 test launches
  257. List of Vichy France Air Aces
  258. List of victims of Nazism
  259. List of victims of the Babi Yar massacre
  260. List of Victory ships
  261. List of Waffen SS units
  262. List of war apology statements issued by Japan
  263. List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War Two
  264. List of weapons of the Japanese Navy
  265. List of weapons of World War II Japanese aircraft
  266. List of weapons on Japanese combat aircraft
  267. List of World War II aces by country
  268. List of World War II aces from Australia
  269. List of World War II aces from Austria
  270. List of World War II aces from Belgium
  271. List of World War II aces from Bulgaria
  272. List of World War II aces from Canada
  273. List of World War II aces from China
  274. List of World War II aces from Croatia
  275. List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia
  276. List of World War II aces from Denmark
  277. List of World War II aces from Finland
  278. List of World War II aces from France
  279. List of World War II aces from Germany
  280. List of World War II aces from Greece
  281. List of World War II aces from Hungary
  282. List of World War II aces from Italy
  283. List of World War II aces from Japan
  284. List of World War II aces from New Zealand
  285. List of World War II aces from Norway
  286. List of World War II aces from Poland
  287. List of World War II aces from Rhodesia
  288. List of World War II aces from Romania
  289. List of World War II aces from Slovakia
  290. List of World War II aces from South Africa
  291. List of World War II aces from Spain
  292. List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union
  293. List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom
  294. List of World War II aces from the United States
  295. List of World War II aces from United States
  296. List of World War II air aces
  297. List of World War II artillery
  298. List of World War II Battles
  299. List of World War II battles
  300. List of World War II British naval radar
  301. List of World War II conferences
  302. List of World War II convoys
  303. List of World War II electronic warfare equipment
  304. List of World War II evacuations
  305. List of World War II films
  306. List of World War II firearms of Germany
  307. List of World War II firearms
  308. List of World War II flying aces from Romania
  309. List of World War II guided missiles of Germany
  310. List of World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons of Germany
  311. List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
  312. List of World War II military equipment
  313. List of World War II military gliders
  314. List of World War II military operations
  315. List of World War II military units of Germany
  316. List of World War II military vehicles by country
  317. List of World War II military vehicles of Germany
  318. List of World War II POW camps
  319. List of World War II ship classes
  320. List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons
  321. List of World War II ships
  322. List of World War II torpedoes of Germany
  323. List of World War II video games
  324. List of World War II weapons of France
  325. List of World War II weapons of Germany
  326. List of World War II weapons of Italy
  327. List of World War II weapons of the Soviet Union
  328. List of World War II weapons of the United Kingdom
  329. List of World War II weapons of the United States
  330. List of World War II weapons
  331. List of WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer
  332. List of WWII POW camps in Kenya
  333. Lists of World War II topics
  334. Lithuanian 1941 independence
  335. Lithuanian Activist Front
  336. Lithuanian Security Police
  337. Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force
  338. Little Boy
  339. Liverpool Blitz
  340. Living with the enemy in the German-occupied Channel Islands
  341. Local Self-Defence in Lithuania during the Nazi German occupation (1941–1944)
  342. Lockheed Model 10 Electra
  343. Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
  344. Lockheed P-38 Survivors
  345. Lom prisoner of war camp
  346. London and Paris Conferences
  347. London Can Take It!
  348. London Charter of the International Military Tribunal
  349. London Victory Parade of 1946
  350. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  351. Los Alamos National Security
  352. Los Alamos Primer
  353. Los Alamos Ranch School
  354. Los Alamos, New Mexico
  355. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
  356. Losses during the Second Battle of the Atlantic
  357. Lost Battalion
  358. Lower Silesian Offensive Operation
  359. LSM-1-class landing ship medium
  360. Lublin-Brest Offensive Operation
  361. Lublin Army
  362. Lublin R-VIII
  363. Lublin R-XIII
  364. Luftflotte 1
  365. Luftflotte 2
  366. Luftflotte 3
  367. Luftflotte 4
  368. Luftflotte 5
  369. Luftflotte 6
  370. Luftflotte Reich
  371. Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment
  372. Luftstreitkräfte
  373. Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II
  374. Luftwaffe Central (Weissrutenische) detachment
  375. Luftwaffe Commander
  376. Luftwaffe Field Division
  377. Luftwaffe Fliegerführer
  378. Luftwaffe Institute of Aviation Medicine
  379. Luftwaffe North (Ostland) detachment
  380. Luftwaffe Northern (Arctic) detachment(Luftflotte 5)(Finland-Norway)
  381. Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940
  382. Luftwaffe serviceable aircraft strengths (1940-1945)
  383. Luftwaffe Southern (Balkan-Ukraine) detachment
  384. Luftwaffe units before the 1939 invasion of Poland
  385. Luftwaffe
  386. Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland
  387. Luftwaffenhelfer
  388. Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr
  389. Luger P08 pistol
  390. Luxembourg in World War II
  391. Luxembourgish government-in-exile
  392. Luxembourgish Patriot League
  393. Luxembourgish Red Lion
  394. Luxembourg Resistance
  395. LVI Panzer Corps
  396. Lviv Civilian Massacre (1941)
  397. Lviv pogroms
  398. Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
  399. Lwów Ghetto
  400. Lwów Uprising
  401. LXIV Corps (Germany)
  402. Léon Degrelle
Air warfare of World War II

Air warfare was a major component in all theaters of World War II, and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers. Germany and Japan depended on air forces that were closely integrated with land and naval forces; the Axis powers downplayed the advantage of fleets of strategic bombers, and were late in appreciating the need to defend against Allied strategic bombing. By contrast, Britain and the United States took an approach that greatly emphasised strategic bombing, and tactical control of the battlefield by air, as well as adequate air defences. Both Britain and the U.S. built a substantially larger strategic forces of large, long-range bombers. Simultaneously, they built tactical air forces that could win air superiority over the battlefields, thereby giving vital assistance to ground troops. The U.S. and Royal Navy also built a powerful naval-air component based on aircraft carriers, as did the Japanese; these played the central role in the war at sea.