Zelja mi je da utvrdimo efektive nemačkih saveznika (u momentu kada ih je bilo najvise) na ruskom frontu. Dakle
ne da raspravljamo o kvalitetu tih trupa, nego o kvantitetu. Dosao sam do nekih cifara, a iznecu i izvore informacija, sa zeljom
da dodjemo do sto egzaktnijih podataka.
Nemački saveznici na ruskom frontu:
- RumuniThe Romanian Army had a total of
686,258 men under arms in the summer of 1941 and a total of
1,224,691 men in arms in the summer of 1944. (treca i cetvrta rumunska armija)
http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=2900.0;wap2- FinciFinnish Army in start of the continuation war (that is how we call it in Finland).
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?56181-WW2-German-allies-at-the-eastern-front16 Divisions(16 348 each) and 3 brigades
1829 artillery pieces
235 planes
total of
475 000 soldiers, all personnel included
630 000 people
- ItalijaniBy November 1942, the 8th Italian Army had a total of
235,000 men in twelve divisions and four legions. It was equipped with 988 guns, 420 mortars, 25,000 horses, and 17,000 vehicles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Army_in_Russia- MadjariBy April 11, 1942, the
209,000-man-strong Second Army joined the German Army Group South in southern Russia
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Hungarian_Second_Army- SlovaciThe total strength of the Slovak commitment in July 1941 was
40,393 men and
1,346 officers
http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Axis-Minors/Eastern-Front-Allies.htmSlovakia ordered its Army to invade the Soviet Union 4 days later (June 25). The original Slovakia formation was the Slovakian Expeditionary Army Group (SEAG) commanded by the Slovak Minister of Defense, Ferdinand Catlos was composed of
45,000 men
http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/camp/eur/ger/bar/bar-ally.htmlZa
Slovačku mislim da su poprilično tačno utvrdjene efektive (
41.500-45.000)
... i dobrovoljci iz ostalih zemalja- Španska Plava divizijaIn return for German help in the Spanish Civil War, Franco agreed to the formation of a Spanish Volunteer Division of
18,000 men, most of whom were regular soldiers, to participate in the 'crusade' against Bolshevism on the Eastern Front.
http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Axis-Minors/Eastern-Front-Allies.htm- HrvatiApproximately
6,300 Croatian soldiers served in this unit (369th)
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/related/axis_allies/croatia_main.htm- FrancuziIn October 1941, a French infantry regiment,
2,452 men strong, crossed the frontier of the Soviet Union as part of the foreign contingent of the German invasion force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_French_Volunteers_Against_Bolshevismaround
7.000 french served in "La Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchevisme", created in 1941.
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?56181-WW2-German-allies-at-the-eastern-frontFrom July 1941 to June 1944,
13,000 volunteers applied, but only about half of them will be accepted by the tough selection team composed of German military doctors.
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7274- Danci, Holandjani,... Najbolje bi bilo da nadjemo brojno stanje nemackih saveznika po godinama (broj divizija, ili broj vojnika izrazen u hiljadama), ili kao u slucaju Rumunije i Francuske, kada je doticni saveznik imao najvise trupa na ruskom frontu.
