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111th Division (other)
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In military terms, 111th Division or 111th Infantry Division may refer to: * 111th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 111th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 111th Division (People's Republic of China) *111th Tank Division (Soviet Union) See also * 111th Regiment (other) * 111 Squadron (other) 111 Squadron or 111th Squadron may refer to: *No. 111 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force *111th Reconnaissance Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force * 111th Space Operations Squadron, a unit of the United States Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 111th Infantry Division (''111. Infanterie-Division'') was a formation of the Prussian Army and part of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on March 25, 1915, near Brussels, Belgium, and organized over the next several weeks. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was formed primarily from the excess infantry regiments of regular infantry divisions which were being triangularized. The division's 221st Infantry Brigade was formerly the 38th Infantry Brigade of the 19th Infantry Division, which came to the new division along with the 73rd Füsilier Regiment. The 76th Infantry Regiment came from the 17th Infantry Division. The 164th Infantry Regiment was formerly part of the 20th Infantry Division. The 73rd Füsiliers and the 164th Infantry were Hanoverian regiments, and the 76th was the regiment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 111th Infantry Division was a major unit of the German Wehrmacht. Formed in late 1940 in the further expansion of the German army it was committed to the campaign against Russian, and spent 3 years on the eastern front. The division was finally trapped in the Crimea and destroyed in the spring of 1944. Combat history In May 1941, the division moved to the German-occupied zone of Poland, ready for the launch of operation Barbarossa in June. After crossing the Bug river, the division advanced on Dubno, where it fought off Russian counter attracts by the xx Mechanised corps, 34th Tank division. As part of 6th Army the division continued to push the soviet 5th Army forces back towards Kiev and by the end of August the division had reached the Dnieper river north of the Ukrainian capital, and formed bridgehead with 113th and the 298th Infantry Divisions. On 1 September these forces attacked out of the bridgehead striking into the rear of the Russian xxx Front, as a part of the hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 12 July 1944 in Dongning as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the 9th Independent Garrison Group. The division was initially assigned to the Third Army. Action Initially the ''111th Division'' was tasked with a garrison duty around Dongning. In April 1945, it was reassigned to the Fifty-Eighth Army and in May 1945 moved to the Jejudo island. Small parts were left behind and were incorporated into the 124th Division. On Jejudo, the unit spent time until the surrender of Japan preparing a fortifications without seeing combat. The division was repatriated to Sasebo is a core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is also the second largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, Nagasaki. On 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 247,739 and a population density of 581 persons p ... 10–12 November 1945 and dissolved short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 111th Division () was created in February 1950 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,basing on the 319th Division, 2nd Security Brigade and 5th Security Regiment of Republic of China Army defected on September 19, 1949 during the Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m .... The division was part of 37th Corps. In April 1951 personnel and equipment of the division were absorbed by 106th Division, and the 111th became a cadre division. In February 1952 the division was disbanded. References {{People's Liberation Army Divisions Infantry divisions of the People's Liberation Army Military units and formations established in 1950 Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Tank Division (Soviet Union)
The 111th Tank Division was a Tank division of the Soviet Union's Red Army and after 1946, the Soviet Army. The division was formed in the summer of 1941 in the Soviet Far East from the tank regiment of a motorized division that had been reorganized into a motor rifle division, and had thus lost its tank regiment. The division never fought in combat and was in reserve during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Postwar, the division continued its garrison duty in the Far East. The 111th was renumbered as the 16th Tank Division (Second Formation) in 1955. History Formation The 111th Tank Division (Military Unit Number 8938) began its formation on 26 July 1941 in Borzya from the 82nd Motorized Division's 123rd Tank Regiment. The 82nd Division was being converted into a motor rifle division, and as a result lost its tank regiment. The division included the following units upon its formation: * 222nd Tank Regiment (from the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 123rd) * 223rd Tank Regimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Regiment (other)
111th Regiment or 111th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 111th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers), a unit of the British Army * 111th Regiment of Foot (1761), a unit of the British Army * 111th Infantry Regiment (United States) 111th may refer to: *111th Delaware General Assembly, a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government * 111th Engineer Brigade (United States), a combat engineer brigade of the United States Army *111th Field Artillery Regiment (United ..., a unit of the United States Army *111th Armored Cavalry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army National Guard *111th Cavalry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army National Guard See also * 111th Division (other) * 111 Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |