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1	101st Airborne Division	3,470
2	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton	991
3	506th Infantry Regiment (United States)	739
4	Eighth Air Force	633
5	XVIII Airborne Corps (United States)	595
6	Marine Raiders	538
7	Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)	469
8	RAF Regiment	420
9	Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland	419
10	3 Commando Brigade	376
11	187th Infantry Regiment (United States)	338
12	23rd Infantry Division (United States)	312
13	Korps Commandotroepen	312
14	Women's Army Corps	301
15	3rd Marine Division (United States)	286
16	Chindits	280
17	Ninth Air Force	273
18	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	246
19	Twelfth Air Force	231
20	Fifth Air Force	230
21	First Canadian Army	227
22	Z Special Unit	227
23	501st Infantry Regiment (United States)	221
24	7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen	216
25	502nd Infantry Regiment (United States)	214
26	First Air Force	211
27	Fourteenth Air Force	207
28	Seventh Air Force	206
29	Third Air Force	204
30	504th Infantry Regiment (United States)	202
31	3rd Battalion 3rd Marines	194
32	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer	185
33	Thirteenth Air Force	172
34	505th Infantry Regiment (United States)	165
35	Second Air Force	161
36	509th Infantry Regiment (United States)	152
37	Eleventh Air Force	148
38	761st Tank Battalion (United States)	147
39	40 Commando	147
40	Fourth Air Force	135
41	Tenth Air Force	131
42	No. 1 Demolition Squadron	131
43	5th Panzer Army (Germany)	128
44	Italian Army in Russia	125
45	9th Armored Division (United States)	123
46	Cactus Air Force	123
47	508th Infantry Regiment (United States)	118
48	1st Armoured Division (Poland)	110
49	94th Infantry Division (United States)	109
50	332d Fighter Group	106
51	100th Air Refueling Wing	105
52	42 Commando	103
53	999th Light Afrika Division (Germany)	102
54	United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve	98
55	502nd heavy tank battalion (Germany)	98
56	104th Infantry Division (United States)	91
57	Glider Pilot Regiment	91
58	United States Air Forces Southern Command	90
59	6th Armored Division (United States)	87
60	507th Infantry Regiment (United States)	85
61	99th Air Base Wing	85
62	99th Infantry Division (United States)	84
63	4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	82
64	7th Armored Division (United States)	81
65	95th Infantry Division (United States)	79
66	10th Armored Division (United States)	77
67	8th Armored Division (United States)	74
68	X Corps (United States)	74
69	95th Air Base Wing	73
70	4th Operations Group	71
71	4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division	70
72	23rd Marine Regiment (United States)	69
73	103rd Infantry Division (United States)	66
74	79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)	66
75	102nd Infantry Division (United States)	65
76	1st Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union)	65
77	78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)	65
78	12th Armored Division (United States)	64
79	20th Mountain Army (Germany)	64
80	91st Bombardment Group	64
81	351st Operations Group	64
82	501st heavy tank battalion (Germany)	64
83	24th Panzer Division (Germany)	63
84	376th Air Expeditionary Wing	63
85	20th Guards Army	62
86	357th Fighter Group	61
87	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	60
88	381st Training Group	59
89	97th Operations Group	57
90	No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando	57
91	No. 76 Squadron RAAF	56
92	340th Flying Training Group	56
93	Sacred Band (World War II)	56
94	No. 75 Squadron RAAF	54
95	2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment	54
96	14th Armored Division (United States)	53
97	Jagdgeschwader 5	53
98	3rd Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union)	53
99	11th Armored Division (United States)	52
100	13th Armored Division (United States)	52
101	96th Air Base Wing	52
102	No. 487 Squadron RNZAF	51
103	No. 34 Squadron RAAF	51
104	325th Operations Group	51
105	48th Operations Group	50
106	36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)	48
107	23rd Panzer Division (Germany)	48
108	No. 77 Squadron RAAF	48
109	96th Sustainment Brigade (United States)	47
110	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion	47
111	301st Operations Group	47
112	1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)	45
113	5th Jäger Division	44
114	352d Fighter Group	43
115	98th Operations Group	43
116	Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps	42
117	310th Space Wing	42
118	164th Infantry Division (Germany)	41
119	21st Air Division	41
120	320th Air Expeditionary Wing	41
121	345th Bombardment Wing	41
122	388th Operations Group	41
123	25th Panzer Division (Germany)	40
124	38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)	39
125	323d Air Expeditionary Wing	39
126	41 Commando	39
127	No. 425 Squadron RCAF	38
128	389th Strategic Missile Wing	38
129	27th Panzer Division (Germany)	37
130	79th Fighter Group	37
131	379th Air Expeditionary Operations Group	37
132	81st Fighter-Bomber Group	36
133	57th Operations Group	36
134	4th Air Army	35
135	Wolf pack Hecht	35
136	377th Air Base Wing	35
137	Japanese Fourteenth Area Army	35
138	384th Air Expeditionary Group	35
139	513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)	34
140	No. 36 Squadron RAAF	34
141	Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue	34
142	3rd Division (New Zealand)	33
143	6th Canadian Infantry Division	33
144	2nd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)	33
145	5th Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union)	33
146	414th Bombardment Squadron	32
147	28th Jäger Division (Germany)	32
148	15th Special Operations Squadron	31
149	319th Operations Group	31
150	66th Troop Carrier Squadron	31
151	98th Division (United States)	30
152	RAF Bruntingthorpe	30
153	Military Geology Unit	30
154	Army Group Don	30
155	62nd Medical Brigade (United States)	30
156	No. 424 Squadron RCAF	30
157	Eighteenth Army (Japan)	30
158	326th Infantry Division (Germany)	29
159	62nd Army (Soviet Union)	29
160	82d Operations Group	29
161	308th Armament Systems Group	29
162	No. 32 Squadron RAAF	28
163	332nd Engineer General Service Regiment (United States)	28
164	No. 459 Squadron RAAF	28
165	318th Fighter Group	28
166	324th Fighter Group	28
167	No. 653 Squadron RAF	28
168	91st Operations Group	28
169	No. 33 Squadron RAAF	27
170	No. 464 Squadron RAAF	27
171	No. 169 Squadron RAF	27
172	RAF Holmsley South	27
173	326th Fighter Group	27
174	93d Operations Group	27
175	401st Air Expeditionary Group	27
176	VIII Fighter Command	26
177	2nd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army)	26
178	Wolf pack Blücher	26
179	21st Marine Regiment (United States)	26
180	331st Bombardment Group	26
181	Schlachtgeschwader 1	26
182	97th Jäger Division	26
183	307th Air Refueling Group	26
184	827th Tank Destroyer Battalion	26
185	3rd Guards Army (Soviet Union)	25
186	No. 31 Squadron RAAF	25
187	20th Infantry Division (India)	25
188	5th Air Army	25
189	Royal Naval Commandos	25
190	Thirty-Eighth Army (Japan)	25
191	78th Fighter Group	25
192	No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando	25
193	1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)	24
194	No. 35 Squadron RAAF	24
195	No. 462 Squadron RAAF	24
196	RAF Ridgewell	24
197	Wolf pack Endrass	24
198	26th Indian Infantry Division	24
199	Wolf pack Eisbär	24
200	No. 466 Squadron RAAF	24
201	No. 511 Squadron RAF	24
202	4th Luftwaffe Field Division (Germany)	24
203	339th Fighter Group	24
204	321st Air Expeditionary Group	24
205	Tenth Army (United Kingdom)	23
206	493d Bombardment Group	23
207	316th Operations Group	23
208	315th Operations Group	23
209	RAF Langford Lodge	22
210	No. 467 Squadron RAAF	22
211	No. 428 Squadron RCAF	22
212	No. 429 Squadron RCAF	22
213	614th Tank Destroyer Battalion	22
214	1st Antisubmarine Squadron	22
215	23rd Infantry Division (India)	21
216	No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF	21
217	92d Operations Group	21
218	Wolf pack Pfadfinder	21
219	Wolf pack Vorwärts	21
220	No. 652 Squadron RAF	21
221	892 Naval Air Squadron	21
222	IJN 8th Fleet	21
223	63rd Army (Soviet Union)	21
224	551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States)	21
225	No. 196 Squadron RAF	21
226	52d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)	21
227	101st Jäger Division	21
228	XV Corps (British India)	21
229	Wolf pack Lohs	21
230	3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland)	20
231	334th Infantry Division (Germany)	20
232	No. 6 Squadron RNZAF	20
233	Wolf pack Hai	20
234	Wolf pack Wolf	20
235	No. 540 Squadron RAF	20
236	Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	20
237	Baku Air Defence Army	20
238	Japanese First Area Army	20
239	22d Strategic Aerospace Division	20
240	492d Bombardment Group	20
241	84th Fighter Group	20
242	Burma Corps	20
243	2nd Air Army	20
244	9th Luftwaffe Field Division (Germany)	19
245	8th Canadian Infantry Division	19
246	2nd Armoured Division (Australia)	19
247	No. 510 Squadron RAF	19
248	Wolf pack Steinbrock	19
249	6th Luftwaffe Field Division (Germany)	19
250	No. 426 Squadron RCAF	19
251	No. 531 Squadron RAF	19
252	6th Air Army	19
253	14th Air Army	19
254	2/8th Commando Squadron (Australia)	19
255	IX Fighter Command	19
256	314th Operations Group	19
257	No. 162 Squadron RCAF	19
258	210th Coastal Defense Division (Germany)	18
259	No. 100 Squadron RAAF	18
260	No. 461 Squadron RAAF	18
261	387th Air Expeditionary Operations Group	18
262	No. 165 Squadron RAF	18
263	77th Aeronautical Systems Wing	18
264	No. 533 Squadron RAF	18
265	Palestine Regiment	18
266	76th Reconnaissance Group	18
267	385th Infantry Division (Germany)	18
268	387th Tactical Fighter Squadron	18
269	835 Naval Air Squadron	17
270	Maroubra Force	17
271	Finnish Armoured Division	17
272	No. 543 Squadron RAF	17
273	RAF Stoney Cross	17
274	353d Fighter Group	17
275	7th Canadian Infantry Division	16
276	No. 30 Squadron RAAF	16
277	Wolf pack Lachs	16
278	Wolf pack Tümmler	16
279	No. 160 Squadron RAF	16
280	Japanese Eighth Area Army	16
281	336th Training Group	16
282	XXXVI Fighter Command	16
283	XXXIII Corps (British India)	16
284	22 Squadron SAAF	15
285	No. 441 Squadron RCAF	15
286	No. 530 Squadron RAF	15
287	Second Army (Australia)	15
288	346th Bombardment Group	15
289	No. 537 Squadron RAF	15
290	46th Fighter Wing (World War II)	15
291	851st Strategic Missile Squadron	15
292	85th Fighter Group	15
293	2nd Infantry Division (India)	14
294	No. 353 Squadron RAF	14
295	No. 298 Squadron RAF	14
296	88th Bombardment Group	14
297	333d Bombardment Group	14
298	25th Infantry Division (India)	14
299	4th Reconnaissance Group	14
300	Seventeenth Army (Japan)	14
301	22nd Marine Regiment (United States)	14
302	VII Bomber Command	14
303	8th Jäger Division	14
304	15th Bombardment Squadron	14
305	No. 296 Squadron RAF	14
306	3rd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army)	13
307	No. 41 Squadron RAAF	13
308	No. 281 Squadron RAF	13
309	No. 534 Squadron RAF	13
310	Southeast Area Fleet	13
311	382d Bombardment Group	13
312	No. 1 Medical Receiving Station RAAF	13
313	No. 295 Squadron RAF	13
314	19th Antisubmarine Squadron	13
315	859th Bombardment Squadron	13
316	53d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)	13
317	No. 14 (Arctic) Commando	13
318	2nd Guards Army	12
319	383d Bombardment Group	12
320	No. 195 Squadron RAF	12
321	13th Bombardment Group	12
322	San Diego Fighter Wing	12
323	Nachtjagdgeschwader 5	12
324	344th Bombardment Group	12
325	2d Reconnaissance Group	12
326	825th Tank Destroyer Battalion	12
327	10th Division (Australia)	11
328	3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia)	11
329	RAF Ramat David	11
330	50th Airlift Squadron	11
331	No. 184 Squadron RAF	11
332	LXIV Army Corps (Germany)	11
333	No. 539 Squadron RAF	11
334	Jagdgeschwader 101	11
335	2/5th Commando Squadron (Australia)	11
336	Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan)	11
337	1st Air Army	11
338	820th Bombardment Squadron	11
339	43d Troop Carrier Squadron	11
340	468th Strategic Fighter Squadron	11
341	Legion Imperiale	10
342	Cape Garrison Artillery	10
343	No. 521 Squadron RAF	10
344	260th Quartermaster Battalion (United States)	10
345	1st Search Attack Group	10
346	304th Bombardment Group	10
347	No. 532 Squadron RAF	10
348	Japanese Second Area Army	10
349	423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment	10
350	373d Strategic Missile Squadron	10
351	855th Bombardment Squadron	10
352	835th Bombardment Squadron	10
353	14th/32nd Battalion (Australia)	10
354	315th Bombardment Squadron	10
355	No. 515 Squadron RAF	9
356	11th Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)	9
357	No. 535 Squadron RAF	9
358	No. 538 Squadron RAF	9
359	Southwest Area Fleet	9
360	3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	9
361	808th Tank Destroyer Battalion	9
362	2/7th Commando Squadron (Australia)	9
363	25th Antisubmarine Wing	9
364	Los Angeles Fighter Wing	9
365	No. 654 Squadron RAF	9
366	43rd Armoured Division (India)	9
367	55th/53rd Battalion (Australia)	9
368	335th Bombardment Group	9
369	RAF Blackbushe	8
370	III Corps (Australia)	8
371	3rd Armoured Division (Australia)	8
372	No. 60 Squadron RAAF	8
373	75th Guards Rifle Division	8
374	RAF Condover	8
375	33d Troop Carrier Squadron	8
376	14th Anti-Submarine Squadron	8
377	388th Electronic Combat Squadron	8
378	658th Eastern Battalion	8
379	No. 15 Squadron RNZAF	7
380	4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)	7
381	No. 536 Squadron RAF	7
382	Nineteenth Army (Japan)	7
383	3rd Polish Infantry Brigade	7
384	809th Tank Destroyer Battalion	7
385	2/6th Commando Squadron (Australia)	7
386	338th Bombardment Group	7
387	XXVI Fighter Command	7
388	51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)	7
389	323d Air Division	7
390	Norfolk Fighter Wing	7
391	Seattle Fighter Wing	7
392	No. 655 Squadron RAF	7
393	371st Bombardment Squadron	7
394	Orlando Fighter Wing	7
395	230th Coastal Defense Division (Germany)	6
396	II Corps (Australia)	6
397	Northern Territory Force	6
398	No. 73 Squadron RAAF	6
399	Olonets Group	6
400	No. 9 Operational Group RAAF	6
401	386th Tactical Fighter Squadron	6
402	25th Antisubmarine Squadron	6
403	San Francisco Fighter Wing	6
404	2/1st North Australia Observer Unit	less than 5 views
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420	No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF	less than 5 views
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425	378th Bombardment Group	less than 5 views
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