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Deployment of Anglo-American forces by theaters
in summer 1942

Deployment of the armed forces of the Anglo-Americans (Britain with Commonwealth and United States) by theaters of war (Europe, Middle East, Atlantic) in summer 1942

Army
strengths on paper
divisions

Coastal defense and and Airborne divisions

 Motorized Infantry Tank
Infantry
Motor vehicles
Artillery
Regiment strengths automatic rifles sub-machine guns machine guns mortars

light anti-tank weapons

 Tanks Assault guns, AFV's APC's Trucks Field guns AT guns AA guns

Eight Army, Western Egypt

-
5
2
43,089
-
?
5,285
1,246
-
347
-
1,456
13,710
456
336
344

Eight Army, Fortress Tobruk

-
1 2/3
1/3
13,274
-
?
1,602
389
-
58
-
455
4,082
136
96
98

British Troops in Egypt

-
2/3
1
8,130
-
?
1,052
223
-
174
-
259
2,899
96
80
86
in transfer to Eight Army
-
1
1
10,569
-
?
1,342
296
-
174
-
344
3,618
120
96
102
Ninth Army in Palestine
-
1 2/3
-
12,190
-
?
1,920
363
-
-
-
426
3,595
120
80
80
Tenth Army in Iraq
-
2
1
17,886
-
?
2,209
514
-
174
-
600
5,776
192
144
150
British troops in Cyprus
-
1/3
-
2,439
-
?
289
73
-
-
-
85
719
16
16
16
UK
8
26
2 1/3
257,450
-
?
33,785
7,506
-
580
52
7,109
60,512
2,400
2,238
1,794
in UK for Operation Torch
-
1
1
10,569
-
?
1,727
296
-
201
26
151
3,626
120
250
102

Reinforcements for Eight Army for Battle of Alamein
-
3 1/3
(2 from UK)
2 2/3
(from UK)
33,058
-
?
4,610
883
-
758
52
1,155
10,129
312
564
268
TOTAL
8
42 2/3
11 1/3
408,696
-
?
53,821
11,789
-
2,466
130
12,040
108,666
3,968
3,900
3,040
US armed forces by theaters of war
US Army
strengths on paper
divisions

Garrison and Airborne divisions

 (partly) motorized Infantry Tank
Infantry
Motor vehicles
Artillery
Regiment strengths automatic rifles sub-machine guns machine guns mortars

light anti-tank weapons

 Tanks Assault guns, AFV's APC's Trucks Field guns AT guns AA guns
Eastern USA
-
approx. 10
approx. 3
85,140
?
?
3,079
1,518
7,391
681
402
1,553
20,100
480
1,171
-
for Operation Torch
-
4
3
36,120
?
?
1,306
690
3,678
590
312
549
9,934
192
490
-
Iceland
1
-
-
7,740
?
?
280
138
557
-
24
-
-
48
109
-
TOTAL
1
14
6
129,000
?
?
4,665
2,364
11,626
1,271
738
2,102
30,034
600
1,700
-

 

British and Commonwealth armed forces by theaters of war
Aircrafts
Ships
Fighter planes
Bomber planes
Battleships
(BB,BC) 		Heavy Cruisers
(CA) 		Light Cruisers
(LCA)		 Aircraft carriers
(CV)		 Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE) Destroyers (DD) Torpedo boats Escorts (corvettes, frigates) Motor torpedo boats
(MTB) 		Subs Merchant Fleet
Fighters Fighter-bombers Light and medium bombers Heavy bombers
UK
approx. 1,188
approx. 540
approx. 820
approx. 396
1
approx. 41
1
approx. 3
approx. 67
-
approx. 242
?
approx. 18
?
Iceland, USA (and Konvoi PQ-17)
-
-
approx. 24
-
2
6
1
-
23
-
4
?
2
34
Mddle East
approx. 144
approx. 288
approx. 386
approx. 36
1
approx. 8
-
approx. 1
approx. 30
-
approx. 4
approx. 10
approx. 10
?
Malta
approx. 90
-
approx. 18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
?
approx. 10
?
Gibraltar and West Africa
approx. 18
-
approx. 16
-
2
approx. 4
2
-
approx. 10
-
-
?
-
?
TOTAL
1,440
828
1,264
432

6
(+5 Far East + 2 under repair for a year)

approx. 10 (+2 Far East)
approx. 41 (+5 Far East)
4
4 (+1 or 2 Far East)
approx. 130 (+20 Far East)
-
approx. 250
?
approx. 40 (+15 Far East)

approx. 9,787 WORLDWIDE including Commonwealth, Belgium, Greece, Holland, Norway (about 19.095 million t)

US armed forces by theaters of war
US Army Air Force
(December, 1941)
US Navy Atlantic
Aircrafts
Ships
Fighter planes
Bomber planes
Battleships
(BB,BC) 		Heavy Cruisers
(CA) 		Light Cruisers
(LCA)		 Aircraft carriers
(CV)		 Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE) Destroyers (DD) Torpedo boats Escorts (corvettes, frigates) Motor torpedo boats
(MTB) 		Subs Merchant Fleet
Fighters Fighter-bombers Light and medium bombers Heavy bombers
Eastern USA
approx. 651
-
approx. 463
approx. 86
7
3
9
1
7
76
-
46
-
approx. 40
approx. 3,000 WORLDWIDE
(approx. 11.763 million t)

Conversion to units for strategy game WW2Total:

Anglo-American Armed Forces by theaters of war
> deployment by province for strategy game WW2Total
Ground Forces
Infantry
Motor vehicles
Artillery
rifles automatic rifles sub-machine guns machine guns mortars

light anti-tank weapons

 Tanks Assault guns, AFV's APC's Trucks Field guns AT guns AA guns
Fighting power

80%
80%
80%
about 1 unit for WW2Total for each: 11.000 men regimental strength          
250 armoured vehicles
         
most important type

British Eight Army, Western Desert

Western Egypt
4
2
Marmarica
1
-

British Troops in Egypt and in transfer to Eight Army

Upper Egypt
2
1
British Ninth Army, Palestine Palestine
1
-
British Tenth Army, Iraq Iraq
2
1
British Troops in the Mediterranean Cyprus
1 (0.24)
-
Malta
1
-
Gibraltar
1 (?)
-
UK Southern England
13
2
Northern England

5
(8; reduced for Cyprus, Gibraltar and one more for operation Torch)
-
Scotland (for operation Torch)
2 (exactly would be only 1)
1
BRITISH TOTAL

33
(37; 3 of them in transfer to Egypt and 1 for Malta)

7
(10; 3 of them in transfer to Egypt)

US Army New England
7
4

Eastern USA (for operation Torch)

4
4
Iceland
1
-
US TOTAL
12
8

Reinforcements and replacements with convoys

Kap Verde Sea (via Iran for USSR)

1
4
North Polar Sea (Convoy PQ-17)
-

3
(2.4; rounded up for other vehicles loaded)

Western Mediterranean (convoys Harpoon & Vigorous)

1
-

Golf of Aden (replacements for British Eight Army)

5
4

Canary Sea (reinforcements for British Eight Army for Alamein)
6
6

 

Anglo-American Armed Forces by theaters of war
deployment by province for strategy game WW2Total
Aircrafts
 Ships
Fighter planes Bomber planes
fighters fighter-bombers light bombers medium bombers Battleships
(BB,BC) 		Heavy Cruisers
(CA) r 		Light Cruisers
(LCA)		 Aircraft carriers
(CV)		 Light aircraft carriers, escort carriers (CVL,CVE) Destroyers (DD) Torpedo boats Escorts (corvettes, frigates) Motor torpedo boats
(MTB) 		Subs Merchant Fleet
Fighting power

80%
(should be 100% because of the high quality of the air crews, but reduced because the majority has to fly with Hurricanes, P-40 or P-39 instead of Spitfires)
100%
about 1 unit for WW2Total for each:
250 planes
150 planes
4
16
24
4
10
20
30
40
200
20
800,000 t (because for whole world)
most important type
-
-
Desert Air Force Upper Egypt
1
(1.7; but since nearly all were Hurricanes or P-40, rounded down)
2
1
-
2
-
-
RAF Fighter and Bomber Command Southern England
3
5
-
-
-
-
-
Northern England
1
-
-
-
2
-
-

for operation Torch (without sub)

 Scotland
-
-
1
-
2
1
1
Convoy PQ-17 North Polar Sea
1 (for USSR)
-
-
-
-
-
2
Denmark Strait
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
Convoys Harpoon & Vigorous Western Mediterranean
3 (2 on CV, 1 for Malta)
-
1
1
1
-
1
Malta Lybian Sea
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Canada Canada
-
-
-
-
2
-
4
Convoys Gulf of Aden
2 (replacements)
1 (replacement)
-
-
1
-
5
Canary Sea
2 (1 replacement)
2 (1 replacement)
-
-
1
-
7
Kap Verde Sea
2 (for USSR)
1 (for USSR)
-
1
-
4
BRITISH TOTAL
14 (9 operational)
11 (7.9 operational)
4 (3.8)
1 (1.4)
13 (12.75)

2
24 (23.9)
US forces in Eastern USA New England
1
2
1
-
2
2
12
Eastern USA (for Torch)
2 (on CV)
-
1
1
3
-
3
US TOTAL
3 (2.6)
2 (2.4)
2 (2.3)
1 (.95)
5 (4.95)
2
15 (14.7)

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