WW2 Reenactment Groups

Historical reenactment groups and living history groups offer an insight into how men and women lived in past times. These groups often focus on reenactment of wars, offering members (and sometimes the public) a glimpse of what life was like during the conflicts that shaped history.

Here you can find a list of groups that portray the WW2 period. This list is by no means complete. To submit a reenactment group for consideration, please contact us here.

Belgium

Group name	Impression	Links
Call of Duty - United Soldiers	Multiple
Smellekens Household	Civilian
3de linie regiment	Belgian infantry
vzw Frontleven '40-'45	Multiple
35th Infantry Division Belgium	Belgian infantry
30th OLD Hickory Belgium Group	Multiple

Germany

Group name	Impression	Links
3rd Squad	US G.I.

Netherlands

Group name	Impression	Links
de Klondikes	American

New Zealand

Group name	Impression	Links
Military Reenactment Society of NZ	All, multiple units

Poland

Group name	Impression	Links
101st Airborne Division	Polish

United Kingdom

Group name	Impression	Links
Green Devils of Carentan (FJR 6)	German Fallschirmjäger
2nd Guards Rifle Division	Soviet Infantry
SSTK Living History Group	German SS (Frontline life)
Guards at War 39–45	British Infantry (Household Brigade)
The Garrison – Royal Artillery Living History	British Artillery (Field & AAA)
Axis–Allied (AX-AL)	Allied & German (Infantry, Civilian)
Northern World War 2 Association	Multiple
Miss Drop 44	101st Airborne 502 PIR
502nd Pathfinders	US 502nd pathfinders of the 101st
Strictly GI	American
Grenadier Regiment.916, WW2 LHA	German
Citizen Soldiers - Living History Group	American
RNBCR - Royal Navy Beachhead Commando Reenactors	British
Bristol WW2 Re-enactors	British
Panzergrenadier 304 Living History Group	German
Oxfordshire Home Guard Living History Group	British
367 Corps Of Military Police	British
209 Field Dressing Station	British
Royal Warwickshire Regiment	British
WWII 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Reenactors	British
Airborne 44 Reenactment Group	British
Redditch Home Guard reenactment	British
WR28 Haworth Home Guard	British
Suffolk Regiment Living History Society	British
Suffolk Regiment Living History Society	British
284th rifle division	Soviet
Glider Riders	American
6th Guards Airborne Division	Soviet
20th Century Revisited	Multiple
British Forces Living History Club	British
1st Infantry Division	British
Axis-Allied	Multiple
Screaming Eagles Living History Group	Allied

United States

Group name	State	Impression
I/501st PIR	Arizona	American
United States Army Air Forces Historical Group	Arizona	American
The Wiltshire Regiment	Arizona	British
United Press Civilian War Correspondents 1938-1940	California	American Reporters
SoCal WACs	California	Women's Army Corps
1st Airborne Division	California	British
120th Infantry Rgt.	California	American
The California Historical Group	California	American
World War II Research and Preservation Society	California	Multiple Units
9th Infantry Division Reenacted	California	American
Second Squadron, Panzer Aufklärungs Abteilung 13	District of Columbia	German
Fighting Fox Company	District of Columbia	American
WWII U.S. Marine Corps	Illinois	American
101st Airborne 502nd PIR (the "Widowmakers")	Illinois	American
360. Kosaken Grenadier Regiment	Illinois	German
201st Latvian Rifle Division Reenactors	Illinois	Soviet
World War 2 Reenacting Corps	Kansas	American
2nd Battalion 137th Infantry Regiment	Kansas	American
704 Tank Destroyer Battalion	Michigan	American
I&R Platoon	Michigan	American
5th Ranger Battalion, E Coy	Michigan	American
The railsplitters	Missouri	American
U.S. 2nd Ranger Infantry Battalion of St. Louis, Inc.	Missouri	American
1./Jägerregiment.38	Missouri	German
6th Airborne Division, 9th Parachute Battalion	Missouri	British
The 29th Panzergrenadier Regiment	Missouri	German
Fox Co, 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne	Minnesota	American
105th Engineer Combat Battalion 30th Infantry Division	Minnesota	American
2nd Platoon, Company H, 507th PIR	Nebraska	American
3rd Guards, Red Army WW2 Reenacting Unit	Nebraska	Russian
45th Infantry Division	New Jersey	American
Dog Company	Ohio	American
709th Static (BODENSTÄNDIGE) Infanterie Division	Ohio	German
83rd Infantry Division	Ohio	American
90th Infantry Division Preservation Group	Ohio	American
2.Panzerdivision, 38.Panzer Pionier Bat.	Ohio	German
Batfish Living History Association	Oklahoma	American
WWII Airborne Demonstration Team	Oklahoma	American
28th infantry Division (HMI)	Pennsylvania	American
The Furious Fourth	Pennsylvania	American
30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division	Pennsylvania	American
Allied Airmen's Preservation Society- Midatlantic District	Pennsylvania	American
The 82nd Airborne, 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment	Pennsylvania	American
79. Infanterie Division	Pennsylvania	German
Co L. 143rd Regiment 36th Infantry Division	Texas	American
A Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment	Texas	American
Liberty Jump Team	Texas	American
East Penn Re-enactors Group	Mid-Atlantic region	American
G Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division	Midwest-based	American
5th SS Wiking	Midwest-based	German
The Hampshire Regiment	Midwest-based	british
2. Kompanie	Midwest and Central Plains	German
SS-Panzer Division	Multiple	German
1st WAC Living History Group	Multiple	American Women's Army Corps
36th Armored Infantry Regiment	Multiple	American
26th Infantry “YANKEE” Division	Multiple	American
29th Infantry Division Living History Group	Multiple	American
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment & 325th Glider Infantry Regiment	Multiple	American
7./Gren.Rgt.G.D.	Multiple	German
Fox Company, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team	Mid-Atlantic	American
British 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron A,C,D Company	Northeastern USA	British Airborne unit

Multiple countries

Group name	Impression	Links
World War Two Historical Re-enactment Society	All, multiple units
2. Panzer Division	German
2nd Armored Division	Allied

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