Order of Battle series – Further volumes arrive

When I got back from work this evening I was very pleased to find that the latest two volumes of the ORDER OF BATTLE series had been delivered. They are:

• ORDER OF BATTLE – THE RED ARMY IN WWII by David Porter
• ORDER OF BATTLE – WESTERN ALLIED FORCES IN WWII by Michael E Haskew

They follow the now familiar layout used in the previous ORDER OF BATTLE books, and although they do not contain highly detailed ORBATs, they are good basic primers.


ORDER OF BATTLE – WESTERN ALLIED FORCES IN WWII is particularly useful as it covers:

• The pre-war British and Commonwealth armies
• The Polish Army of 1939
• The Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and Belgian armies of 1940
• The French Army of 1940
• The British Expeditionary Force of 1940
• The British Army in the Eastern Mediterranean, East Africa, and North Africa from 1940 to 1943
• The Allied armies in North Africa from 1942 to 1943
• The Yugoslav and Greek armies of 1941
• The Balkan partisan armies from 1942 to 1945
• The Allied armies in Italy from 1943 to 1945
• The Allied armies in North West Europe from 1943 to 1945

Both books look like they will provide me with lots of reading over the next few weeks as well as some ideas for future wargames.