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Despite the name, an order of battle is not limited to single battle situations, but can also represent the involvement of armed forces in larger campaigns or theatres of war. Orders of battle are structured depending on the units involved. For example, an army will normally consist of a command unit plus infantry, cavalry and artillery formations.
Savo Island order of battle; South African Army order of battle 1940; Structure of the Imperial Japanese forces in the South Seas Mandate; Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945; Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939; Structure of Aldershot Command in 1939; Structure of the Australian Army during World War II
American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front (World War I) order of battle; American order of battle Meuse–Argonne offensive; Battle of Amiens order of battle; Army of Alsace (1914) Australian occupation of German New Guinea order of battle
Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges.
Battle or campaign Order of battle Date 1861 Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate Hampton Division and Union Department of Virginia: June 10, 1861 Battle of Hoke's Run: Union Army of the Shenandoah: July 2, 1861 Battle of Carthage (1861) Confederate Missouri State Guard and Union Department of Missouri: July 5, 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain
Entries detailing the order of battle are arranged by month from June 1941 through May 1945 and for August 1945. The monthly entries are divided into four sections. These divide the forces into those actually engaged in combat operations, strategic air defense forces, Reserve of the Supreme High Command ( Stavka reserve forces (RVGK)), and ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Order of battle shows the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately. [1]
Operation Badr (1973) order of battle; Operation Savannah (Angola) order of battle: South Africa; Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation order of battle: Commonwealth; Iran–Iraq War order of battle; Western Libya campaign order of battle; Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) order of battle: Ottoman Navy