Unit Histories - Axis units (non-German)

[Andy H]

The Japanese 58th Infantry Regiment on the Burma Front by Masao Hirakubo, published in Tokyo.

Andy H

[Orok]

Royal Hungarian Army:

Lajtos Árpád, Emlékezés a 2. magyar hadseregre. (on the 2nd Hungarian Army)
A 2. magyar hadsereg megsemmisülése a Donnál . (on the 2nd Hungarian Army, 2 volumes)
M. Szabó Miklós, A Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő a második világháborúban. (on Hungarian air force)
Szabó Péter, Don-kanyar. (on the 2nd Hungarian Army)

Regards!

[Tony Slug]

Juha, you might find this picture interesting :



According to the original comment under the photo, these are the "Finnish farmer sons" who recaptured the capitol of Karelia(sp?), pictured before a parade.

Source is Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, nr. 38, 1941

Best,
- T -

[Harri]

Nice photo, probably taken during the field devotion (that is why soldiers carry their helmets) and later parade arranged at the city of Viipuri (Wiborg, Viborg, Vyborg) after its liberation on 30 August 1941. It was a former Finnish town in Karelian Isthmus ceded to USSR after Winter War in 1940 and should not be confused with Äänislinna (Petroskoi, Petrozhavodsk) which Finns conquered in October 1941 but which was the capital city of Soviet (East) Karelia.

At that time majority of Finns were actually farmers or sons of farmers so the text is basically correct. Troops are from IV Army Corps (either from 4th, 8th or 12th Division). Note the captured ex-Soviet automatic rifles on the right. And also the Hungarian helmets obtained during Winter War in winter 1940 as clearly visible (recognizable from the "loop" on the back of the helmet). Soldiers wear Finnish mouse grey light summer tunics which were used only during hot periods. They were worn both in combat and during holidays. Collar badges were not used with this tunic. Officers had their "roses" directly in the collars and NCOs had these in epolettes.

[finnjaeger]

Tony Slug, could you put the link once more for the photo? It doesn´t seem to work (atleast not for me). Thank you.

best regards, TK

[gruppe.drei]

Slovenská armáda 1939 - 1945 (Armed Forces of the Slovak State 1939-1945)
Charles K. Kliment, Bøetislav Nakládal

Publisher: Naše vojsko, 2003
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 8020605967
(http://www.nasevojsko.cz)

Slovakia split from Czechoslovakia and formed its own state on March 14, 1939. The Slovak State was born under the auspices of Hitler's Third Reich and became its first ally on September 1, 1939, when it took part in the invasion of Poland. The Slovak army inherited its weapons, equipment, training manuals and its doctrine from the defunct Czechoslovak Army. Though hampered by a shortage of specialists in its air force, armored units and artillery, it managed to field several division-sized units and sustain them during the initial three years of combat on the Eastern front. Its Mobile division fought its way all the way from the Carpathian Mountains to the Caucasus. In the last years of the war, the Slovak people became more and more disillusioned with the war and with their own semi-fascist government. These feelings led to mounting desertions in the fighting units, and culminated in the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944. Though the uprising was liquidated after two months of bitter fighting, it gave the Slovak nation the right to join the victorious allies and be accepted back into the restored Czechoslovakia. Though the Slovak army was by far the smallest of the armies of Germany's allies on the Eastern front, it was part of this grandiose "clash of titans" and deserves thus a place in the history of the Second World War. This book describes in detail the composition, dislocation and equipment of all branches of the Slovak army (infantry, artillery, armored and air force) and its operational history through the war years.

[borsod]

Hungarian bicyle formations: http://kpzaszloalj.com/
At the moment just hungarian, english version later.

[kuuskajaskari]

Hi, I'm looking for Winter War 4.Pr history books.

Erkki Peräkylä-Talvisodan 1939-40 Er.P 2/4. Prikaati.Perustaminen,Taistelut,Kotiuttaminen.

Oiva Kyöstiö-Talvisodan 1939-40 Er.P 1/4.Prikaati.Perustaminen,taistelut,kotiuttaminen.


Does anyone have in your home library or information on where to borrow or copy a few pages.

Regards Jukka

[David W]

Any books covering Italian units?