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Post by ZackdeBlanc » 16 Oct 2002, 18:30

We've all heard of "armies" which are groups of soldiers which make up the entire armed forces of nations. But, is there a set number of men who are in an "Army?" I know that during WW2 the German 6th army was originally comprised of approximately 250,000 men, but in WW1 one US Army had 600,000 men.

During WW2 (mainly in Germany) how many men comprised an army? Or, were they arranged by number of divisions? Basically, what was the German make-up of an Army and did the same patterns exist in US and UK armies?

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Post by Johan Elisson » 17 Oct 2002, 10:03

A german Armee mostly had on to six Korps, and a lot of subunits (for example engineers, bridge laying columns, artillery units, and so on), a Korps usually had 1-4 Divisionen, and some subunits. Therefore, Armeen could have a wide range in men. Feldgrau.com is writing that a theoretical Armee would have between 60 000 and 100 000 men. Of course, that will change because of losses, extra units to build up the Armee before an offensive and so on.

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Post by johnny_bi » 18 Oct 2002, 13:16

It depends on every nation . For example during Stalingrad campaign the
3rd Romanian Army had about 160 000 soldiers and the 4th Romanian Army 75 000 soldiers ... Victor could give you better figures ...
Latter Germans inflated their divisions and armies by reducing the number of soldiers in their units so, their armies became "thiner" , but on paper they were ok ... :D . The reality was that the German units were understrengthened.
The fact is that the number of soldiers within an army may vary from country to country ...

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