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What's your favorite combat units/types of WW2?

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  1. Wolfy

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    For me:

    3rd/4th Armored (US)
    101st/82nd Airborne
    1st/6th Parachute Division
    1st/2nd/12th SS/1st/2nd/3rd/4th/21st/GD Panzer Division
    1st/3rd Fallschimjager Division

    Tiger Tank Battalions
    (SPW) Armored Infantry Battalion
    Panzer Regiment
    Tank rider battalion
     
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  2. JCFalkenbergIII

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    Why?
     
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  3. urqh

    urqh Tea drinking surrender monkey

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    HMS Sunflower, RN corvet...Because it was my dads boat thingy....well not his..the kings, but he played on it.
     
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  4. IntIron

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    USS Colorado, My grandfather served on it. He saw a heck of a lot of action in the war and told me all about it!

    Yours,

    Bill
     
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  5. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    The 82nd Airborne Division of course. After that it would be the Flying Tigers, the Afrika Korps, and the PT boat units. I always did like the Highland formations, with their bag pipes and all too. I guess it would be "the king's bag pipes" to be correct....
     
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  6. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    1st Guards Tank Army,
    2nd Guards Tank Army,
    3rd Guards Tank Army,
    4th Guards Tank Army,
    5th Guards Tank Army.

    1st Guards Mechanised Corps,
    2nd Guards Mechanised Corps,
    3rd Guards Mechanised Corps,
    4th Guards Mechanised Corps,
    5th Guards Mechanised Corps,
    6th Guards Mechanised Corps,
    7th Guards Mechanised Corps,
    8th Guards Mechanised Corps,
    9th Guards Mechanised Corps.
     
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  7. Miguel B.

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    Really Za?? Now that is unexpected :D
    How can you choose guards units in liew of the SS?? I mean have you seen the uniforms yet?? And what about that story where 300 SS stoped 1,000,000 guards???:p




    Cheers...
     
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  8. JulioMoc

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    WW2 Thermopylae? C'mon... tell us the story.

    By the way, my favourites:

    -132ยช Div. Corazzata Ariete
    -Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
    -20th Air Force
    -1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron
     
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  9. Boozie

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    2nd Infantry Division
    38th Infantry Division
    The "Mighty 8th" Air Force

    I also like to study the USS Indianapolis. There is a nice memorial in Indianapolis and a reunion there every year.
     
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  10. Richard

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    Great list Za. :)

    One question, what about the 6th Guards Tank Army as well? How could you leave off Colonel General Kravchenko. Who fought against Germany and then Japan.
     
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  11. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    He fell off the edge of the world while pursuing a Jap so he was removed from the game.
     
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  12. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    No Red Banner Armies?
     
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  13. C.Evans

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    Any GOOD German and Soviet Infantry, Mountain & Armored unit in WWII.

    A few examples:

    1,2,3,5,6,7,116th & GD Panzer Divs.
    1st, 19, 21, 36, 44th I.Ds-just to name a few.
     
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  14. Phantom of the Ruhr

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    -352nd Fighter Group "The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney"
    -617 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command
    -First Special Service Force
    -The British Commandos
    -Jagdgeschwader 52
     
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  15. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    The Order of the Red Banner might be awarded to this or that army, it's not a generic title. Other Orders that could be awarded to units included the Order of Kutuzov, Suvorov, Alexandre Nevsky, etc.

    These awards were more visible post war in less hectic occasions. You might read, for instance, of full titles like; "2nd Schock Army, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov".
     
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  16. Jaeger

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    Womens Auxillary Baloon Corps
     
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    big red 1 is my favourite unit of ww2
     
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  18. 4th wilts

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    british 43rd wessex inf div.(129 bde)in particular,but a great formation anyway.
    british 11th armd div.
    83 group R.A.F.
    British hunt class destroyers.
    vickers wellington bomber.
    my grandads L.A.A.regt Royal Artillery.not known:(
    U.S. 28th bloody bucket inf div.
    U.S. 9th army.
    british 21st army group.
    bristol beaufighter.
    british submarine service.
    british special service brigade.
     
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  19. Slipdigit

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    United States Army and Army Air Forces.
    Unites States Navy, inlcuding the United States Marine Corps
    United States Coast Guard.
    :D:p:D:p

    But, if I have to choose a smaller collection of men, then:

    The DDs and DEs of Task Unit 77.4.3, otherwise known as Taffy 3.
    USS Hoel
    USS Johnston
    USS Heerman
    USS Samuel B. Roberts
    USS Dennis
    USS John C. Butler
    USS Raymond
     
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  20. bigfun

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    1st Canadian Army.
     
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