Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the average gear a WW2 soldier carried

D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Market Garden; no matter the campaign and no matter the battle, our nation's bravest men fearlessly surged forward to defeat the German threat in World War II.

Although each infantryman was responsible for various duties throughout the war, they were all issued similar gear.
The basic issue wasn't anything like what troops receive today, but they made it work. Here's what they carried to victory:

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