WW2 Uniforms

World War II engaged the militaries of many countries and used a variety of standard and non-standard dress and battle uniforms, which often changed depending upon the theater of war, climatic environment, and supply exigencies. Here you will find a pictorial collections of many of those uniforms.

Abyssinia

Abyssinia, 1941 - Ethiopia, Private, Abyssinian Patriot Army

Australia

Australia - 1941 Jan., North Africa, Private, 6th Division Australia - 1941 Mar., Syria, Private, 7th Division Australia - 1941 May, Tobruk, Private, 9th Division Australia - 1941 Oct, Tobruk, Private, 9th Division Australia - 1943 May, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Task Force 44, RAN

Belgium

Belgium - 1940 Apr., Belgium, Colonel, 1st Inf. Regiment Belgium - 1940 May, Belgium, Major, 1st Regiment, Belgian AF Belgium - 1940 May, Belgium, Sergeant, Belgian Army

Canada

Canada - 1943 June, London, Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Women's Naval Service Canada - 1944 Jan., England, Private, Le Regiment de Levis

China

China - 1939 Sep., China, 1st Lieutenant, Chinese Nationalist AF China - 1942 June, China, Colonel, Chinese Nationalist Army China - 1945, Northern China, Private, Chinese Communist Army China - 1945, Southern China, 1st Lieutenant, Chinese Communist Forces China - 1945, Southern China, Private, Chinese Nationalist Army

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia - 1940 May, France, Lance-Sergeant, 1st Inf. Regiment, Czech Army Czechoslovakia - 1940 May, France, Staff Captain, Czechoslovak Air Force Czechoslovakia - 1940 Nov., England, General, Czech Minister of Defence

Denmark

Denmark - 1940 Feb., Denmark, Warrant Officer, 7th Inf. Regiment Denmark - 1940 Jan., Denmark, 1st Lieutenant, Reconnaissance Unit, Danish AF Denmark - 1940 Jan., Denmark, Private, Jutland Division

Finland

Finland - 1939 Sep., Helsinki, Marshal Mannerheim, Finnish Army Finland - 1939 Sep., Lake Lagoda, Seaman, Lake Lagoda Flotilla Finland - 1943 Jan., around Leningrad, Captain, 2nd Division Finland - 1944 May, Karelia, Lieutenant, Infantry Division

France

France - 1940 Apr., Amiens, Sergeant, Armoured Division France - 1940 Apr., Flanders, Private First Class, 182nd Art. Regiment France - 1940 Apr., France, Pilot, Paris Air Region France - 1940 May, Brest, Leading Seaman, Atlantic Fleet France - 1940 May, Sedan, Major, 46 Inf. Regiment France - 1940 May, Toulon, Lieutenant, Mediterranean Fleet France - 1940 Sep., England, Private, Free French Army France - 1941 July, Syria, Private, Vichy French Moroccan Spahis France - 1943 June, Ukraine, Private, French Volunteer Legion France - 1944 May, Italy, Goumier, French African troops

Germany

Germany - 1939 May, Madrid, Pilot, Condor Legion Germany - 1939 Sep., Baltic Sea, Seaman, German Navy Germany - 1940 June, France, Major, Luftflotte 2, Bomber unit Germany - 1940 May, Belgium, NCO 1st, Fallschirmjäger Regiment Germany - 1940 May, France, Corporal, 1st Panzer Regiment Germany - 1940 Sep., Pas de Calais, Lieutenant, Jagdgeschwader 26 Germany - 1941 July, North Africa, Corporal, 15th Panzer Division Germany - 1941 July, Western USSR, Lance-Corporal, Panzer Lehr Regiment Germany - 1942 Mar., Ukraine, Captain, Luftwaffe Fighter unit Germany - 1943 Feb., Stalingrad, Private, 389th Inf. Division Germany - 1943 July, Kursk, Sergeant, Grossdeutschland Division Germany - 1943 June, Italy, Sergeant-Major, 1st Fallschirmjäger Division Germany - 1943 June, Kharkov, Corporal, Das Reich Panzer Division Germany - 1943 Mar., Mareth Line, Corporal, Hermann Göring Panzer Division Germany 1944, Apr, Poland, Private Leibstandarte Division Germany 1944, Sep, Leipzig Auxiliary Flak Unit Germany, 1944, Aug, Western USSR Major Stukageschwader Germany 1944, Aug, Keil Petty Officer Kriegsmarine Germany 1944, June, Normandy Private Hitlerjugend Division Germany 1944, June, Normandy, Senior Sergeant 916th Infantry Regiment

Greece

Greece 1940, Feb, Private Evzones Infantry Unit Greece 1940, Oct, Lieutenant Artillery Regiment Greece 1941, March, Wing Commander Fighter Squadron Greece 1941, Apr, Able Seaman Greek Navy

Hungary

Hungary 1941, July, Southern USSR Sergeant, Hungarian Gendarmerie Hungary 1942, Nov, Southern USSR Infantryman Rifle Brigade Hungary 1943, Jan, Southern USSR 2nd Lieutenant 1st Armored Division Hungary 1943, May, Southern USSR Lieutenant Fighter Squadron

India

India 1940, Dec, North Africa, Sergeant 9th Indian Division India 1941, Dec, Malaya, Corporal 9th Gurkha Rifles India 1942, June, Burma, Subedar-Major, 20th Burma Rifles India 1944, Aug, Italy, Lance-Corporal, Royal Gurkha Rifles

Italy

Italy 1940, Aug, Sidi Azeis, Lieutenant, Infantry Division Italy 1940, Jan, Sicily, Corporal Milizia, Volontaria, Per-La Sicurezza Italy 1940, June, Ethiopia, Corporal, VI Eritrea Battalion Italy 1940, June, Southern France, Colonel, 36th Infantry Regiment Italy 1940, June, Libya, Major One Group, Italian AF Italy 1940, May, North Africa, Air Marshal, Italian AF Italy 1941, Jan, North Africa, Tankman, Ariete Division Italy 1942, Dec, Tunisia, Captain, 184th Parachute Division Italy 1942, Feb, Sicily, Sergeant Major, Italian Marine Infantry Italy 1942, Jan, North Africa, Corporal, Gruppi Sahariana Italy 1942, June, Mediterranean Sea, Ranking Lieutenant, Taranto Command Italy 1944, Oct, Northern Italy, Seaman, Italian Social Republic Navy

Japan

Japan 1941, Dec, Luzon, Private, Imperial Japanese Army Japan 1941, Dec, Pacific Ocean, Private, Japanese Navy Parachute Unit Japan 1942, May, Phillippine Sea, Rating Combined Fleet Japan 1942, Sep, Malaysia, Senior NCO, Indian Nationalist Army Japan 1943, Feb, Tokyo, Lieutenant, 5th Fleet

Netherlands

Netherlands 1940, Apr, Holland, Lieutenant-Colonel, Cyclist Regiment Netherlands 1940, May, Holland, 2nd Lieutenant, Fighter Squadron

New Zealand

New Zealand 1940, Dec, North Africa, Gunner, New Zealand Artillery Unit

Norway

Norway 1940, Apr, Lieutenant, Infantry Division Norway 1940, Apr, Seaman, Norwegian Navy Norway 1941, Sep, England, Lieutenant, No. 331 Fighter Squadron

Poland

Poland 1939, Sep, Able Seaman, Marynarka Wojenna Poland 1939, Sep, Captain, Bomber Brigade Poland 1939, Sep, Lieutenant, Fighter Squadron Poland 1939, Sep, Tank Crewman, Armoured Corps Poland 1941, Nov, Southern Russia, Sergeant, Polish Army in Russia Poland 1944, Oct, Italy, Private, II Polish Corps

Romania

Romania 1941, June, Black Sea Rating, Danube Flotilla Romania 1942, July, Odessa, Private, Infantry Division Romania 1942, July, Southern USSR, Lieutenant, 2nd Calarasci Regiment Romania 1945, Mar, Austria, Private, Infantry Division

South Africa

South Africa 1940, Dec, North Africa Private, Kimberley Regiment South Africa 1942, Oct, North Africa Lieutenant, Royal South African AF

Spain

Spain 1942, June, Ukraine, Infantryman, Spanish Blue Division

United Kingdom

UK 1939, Sep, Airman Bomber Command UK 1940, Apr, Narvik, Private 49th Infantry Division UK 1940, Jan, Great Britain, Captain, Home Fleet UK 1940, Jan, Maginot Line, Private, The East Yorkshire Regiment UK 1940, May, France, Lance-Corporal, 4th Infantry Division UK 1940, Sep, Pirbright, Sergeant Welsh Guards UK 1941, Jan, North Africa, Corporal, 6th Royal Tank Regiment UK 1941, March, Off Crete, Rating, HMS Warspite UK 1941, Nov, North Africa, Pilot, No. 112 Sqadron, RAF UK 1941, October, North Africa, Captain, 3rd King's Own Hussars UK 1942, March, St. Nazaire, Sergeant, No. 1 Commando UK 1942, May, England, Wing Commander, No. 617 Squadron RAF UK 1943, Sep, Cairo, Admiral, Mediterranean Fleet UK 1944, June, Kent, Head Officer, Royal Observer Corps UK 1944, June, Normandy, Lieutenant, 1st Glider Pilot Regiment

United States

US 1941, Dec, Pacific Ocean, Lieutenant (Aviator), USS Enterprise US 1941, Dec, Wake Island, Private, 1st Marine Defence Battalion US 1941, Dec, Washington, Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Corps US 1942, Dec, London, Corporal, US Army Military Police US 1942, Jan, Iceland, Captain, US Marine Corps US 1942, Nov, Atlantic Ocean, Petty Officer 1st Class, Task Force 34 US 1942, Nov, Morocco, Corporal Tank Battalion US 1942, Nov, Oran, Staff Sergeant, 1st Infantry Division US 1943, June, Bougainville, Pilot, US Marine Corps US 1943, Nov, Tarawa, Private, 2nd Marine Division US 1943, Nov, The Solomons, Petty Officer 3rd Class (Cook), USS Saratoga US 1944, Jan, Hawaii, Captain, 7th Air Force US 1944, July, East Anglia, Aircrewman, 8th Army Air Force, Bomber Unit US 1944, July, East Anglia, Captain, 8th Army Air Force, Fighter Unit US 1944, June, England, Lieutenant US Army US 1944, June, Normandy, Sergeant Grade 4, 101st Airborne Division US 1944, June, Pearl Harbor, Officer, US Women's Corps US 1944, June, Washington, Ensign, US Atlantic Fleet US 1944, May, England, Major-General, 82nd Airborne Division US 1944, Nov, Belgium, Private, 101st Airborne Division US 1945, Feb, East Anglia, Bomber Crewman, 8th Army Air Force

USSR

USSR 1939, Sep, Archangel, Seaman Northern Fleet USSR 1940, Jan, Kiev, Colonel, Armoured Division USSR 1940, June, Kiev, Major, Red Army Air Force USSR 1940, June, Moscow, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kiev Military District USSR 1941, Dec, Moscow, Officer, Infantry Division USSR 1941, July, Ukraine, Corporal, Infantry Division USSR 1941, June, Kiev, Sergeant, Calvary Division USSR 1941, Oct, Leningrad, Trooper, Calvary Regiment USSR 1943, July, Kursk, Sniper Rifle Battalion USSR 1943, July, Kursk, Tankman, II Guards Tank Corps USSR 1943, June, Black Sea, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Caspian Flotilla USSR 1945, May, Moscow, General, Red Army