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Welcome to the World War II task force of the Military history WikiProject!

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1. Abel29a (talk · contribs) (Air war, Luftwaffe and German Heer Panzer units are main interests.)
2. Airforceguy (talk · contribs) (I love world war II battles, vehicles (tiger), weapons, and planes)
3. Andreas1968 (talk · contribs) (Eastern Front, German formations and strategy, Normandy, are my prime areas of interest and potential contributions)
4. Anonymous Dissident (talk · contribs)
5. AQu01rius (talk · contribs) (China-India-Burma theater & Pacific War)
6. Brendenhull (talk · contribs)
7. Captain panda (talk · contribs) (European war especially Operation Barbarossa and North African campaign)
8. User-multi error: "Christopher Benson" is not a valid project or language code (help). (World War II - My father-in-law Eric Stanmore King was a British tank gunner throughout the Normandy Invasion, and I've been documenting his experiences during the campaign.)
9. Cheif Captain (talk · contribs)
10. Christian Historybuff (talk · contribs) (I am most interested in the American Civil War. Also a good deal of study on all American Wars up to the Spanish-American War and also World War II)
11. CidTheGod (talk · contribs) (Added Production information to main WWII article - I currently study Political Science/History)
12. Climie.ca (talk · contribs) (European War, Naval Aviation, Pacific Naval Battles [Carrier battles]I hope to study History when I go to University)
13. Cowboy357 (talk · contribs) (Lesser known generals, equipment, tactics, battles)
14. cla68 (talk · contribs) (East Asian/Pacific theatre.)
15. User-multi error: "SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired)" is not a valid project or language code (help). (My Father and Brother seved in World War II - My Brother is buried in the US Cemetery in Florence, Italy. My Army Career spanned from Vietnam through Desert Storm, and I've waited a long time for something like this to come along as an attempt at presenting the historical facts - as against opinion and conjecture - for this war. I have personal access to a lot of research material on the subjects presented here.)
16. Ctatkinson (talk · contribs) Espionage
17. Darkildor (talk · contribs)
18. Detroit4 (talk · contribs) (Cleaning up articles)
19. DMeyering (talk · contribs) (mostly Naval & Air combat)
20. DMorpheus (talk · contribs) (Main interests/contributions: Eastern Front, Red Army, US Army, Normandy campaign, Italian campaign, AFV pages, tactics pages. Look but don't touch: Pacific stuff. Glad to help any way I can)
21. DJ Clayworth (talk · contribs) (Help out where I can)
22. Nick Dowling (talk · contribs) (Pacific Theatre and other Australian aspects of the war)
23. User-multi error: "Dudtz" is not a valid project or language code (help). (Armoured vehicles,small arms,and other WW2 history)
24. Dreamafter (talk · contribs) (Weaponry mostly.[That includes guns, tanks, vehicles, and mortars.])
25. Drva1226 (talk · contribs) (Tanks, weaponry, units, battles, commanders, politics, holocaust, both European and Pacific Theatres, aviation, maritime warfare, among other things)
26. EasyPeasy21 (talk · contribs) (Narrative of WW2 campaigns in primarily the European Theatre of Operations)
27. El benderson (talk · contribs) (Main interests in European theatre, 101st Airborne div.)
28. Feldmaus (talk · contribs) (German military doctrine, Waffen-SS, Eastern Front 1939-45)
29. Foster2008 (talk · contribs) (Grandfather served in the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns, was the first medic to enter Santo Thomas Concentration Camp and operated on Hideki Tojo after his self-inflicted gunshot wound, and won a Bronze Star. Great Uncle was Chief Executive Officer on Fletcher-class destroyer, won major award for sinking I.J.N. submarine. Another Great Uncle was the rear gunner on a Helldiver, my great-Grandmother was in the WACS, and my other great Grandfather. . . was a ships clerk on a trip that circulated from New York to Trinidad and Tobago. They can't all be heroes.)
30. GangstaEB (talk · contribs)
31. General Eisenhower (talk · contribs) (Do the best I can)
32. Grafikm fr (talk · contribs) (Eastern front battles ^_^)
33. Grant65 (talk · contribs) (Mediterranean theatre, 1940-43 mostly; Malaya-Singapore; the South West Pacific theatre, 1942-45; WW2 aircraft and air forces; Allied supreme commands)
34. Harryema (talk · contribs)
35. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) (US-related, Pacific Theatre, Logistics)
36. Ice cold blizzard (talk · contribs) (German armed forces)
37. Indoles (talk · contribs) – Wide range
38. J.StuartClarke (talk · contribs) (WWII German tactics, largely Panzer, combined arms, mechanized and armoured warfare)
39. Jmlk17 (talk · contribs) (WWII Western Front, US Pacific Theater, D-Day)
40. Ken keisel (talk · contribs) (Aircraft)
41. Kfc1864 (talk · contribs) (course)
42. Knight579 (talk · contribs) (WWII Medal of Honors (MOH)
43. Ktsquare (talk · contribs) (Help out where I can)
44. Leathernecks (talk · contribs) (Anywhere that I can help, but anything to Marine Corps or D-Day.)
45. Leithp (talk · contribs)
46. Lordevilvenom (talk · contribs)
47. MarcoLittel (talk · contribs)
48. Marky48 (talk · contribs) (Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, D-Day)
49. Lordandmaker (talk · contribs) (Time permitting, UK & USSR contributions to WWII, and aircraft)
50. Marine954 (talk · contribs) (Mostly Dday and western front, but know a bit about the Pacific Theater)
51. Matt107bghs (talk · contribs) (Mainly US-related influences, battles, organization ect.)
52. Max Rex (talk · contribs)
53. Mike McGregor (Can) (talk · contribs) (Canadian contabutions to the war mostly, also intrested in, Armour, German forces, airborne forces, commonwelth forces, etc...)
54. MahbubAli88 (talk · contribs) (general info, looking to get more involved, will try to cull basic fact issues)
55. Mooseberry (talk · contribs)
56. User-multi error: "MoRsΞ" is not a valid project or language code (help). (Broad interests, but especially articles somehow related to Finland, AWB-user)
57. MRatcliffe (talk · contribs) (Aviation is main interest. Particularly German or Finnish)
58. Mr. Yooper (talk · contribs)
59. NeoFreak (talk · contribs) (Mainly trying to get stubs or Starts going on German divisions as well as clean up War Crimes sections and bad translations)
60. Noha307 (talk · contribs) (a lot of, but not limited to, naval, especally U-Boats)
61. Oberiko (talk · contribs) (Several different areas, spanning from various equipment to different campaigns and categorization)
62. Psdubow (talk · contribs) (Anywhere I can help)
63. RashBold (talk · contribs) (World War II in Europe, World War II espionage)
64. Redskunk (talk · contribs)
65. User-multi error: "Randy J. Ray" is not a valid project or language code (help). (AFV and aircraft history, museums and their holdings, scale modeling)
66. RLoughins (talk · contribs) (Good general knowledge of WWII; Irish Regiments and contribution to the war)
67. Robin63 (talk · contribs) (D-Day, military tactics, will help out wherever I can.)
68. rufjbn (talk · contribs) (Operation Tonga, British 6th Airborne Division, Battle of Normandy)
69. Sandertje (talk · contribs) (Is intrested in the Western front will help wherever possible and on request)
70. sm8900 (talk · contribs) (Some categorization, history, etc.)
71. Smoth 007 (talk · contribs) (Will help anywhere I can - currenty working on Pacific battles)
72. Spot87 (talk · contribs) (I do/will do a little bit of everything. I am currently working on WWII ships)
73. Thesurveyor (talk · contribs) (Particularly bios of Bradley, MacArthur, and Ike, also Naval Organization and USA order of battle in Europe after Normandy)
74. TheVault (talk · contribs) (Will help anywhere, especially interested in infantry forces)
75. Tomdidiot (talk · contribs) (UK and US Divisions)
76. TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Huge fan of WWII, will help in any way possible (school work permitting))
77. Tristan benedict (talk · contribs) (Articles on military units in WWII)
78. Ugen64 (talk · contribs) (anything, mostly NW Europe theatre)
79. UNHchabo (talk · contribs) (WWII, especially western front)
80. USMA (talk · contribs) (Know quite a bit about the AFVs used during the war, constantly expanding knowledge on the various theaters of war).
81. Wikist (talk · contribs) (Recently overhauled M4 Sherman; broad interests)

World War II task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 504 FL 49 A 298 AL 30 GA 1,475     B 6,603 BL 78 C 15,756 CL 162 Start 22,401 List 692 Stub 3,696     Total 50,733 Total 1,011 Other pages Category 0 Disambig 0 Draft 0 File 0 Portal 0 Project 0 Redirect 0 SIA 22 Template 0 User 0 Total 22 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 224,634 Ω 4.341 category

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