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112th Division (other)
In military terms, 112th Division or 112th Infantry Division may refer to: * 112th Division (People's Republic of China) * 112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 112th 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 Hunchun as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the remnants of the 28th Division been transferred to Miyako-j ... * 112th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union, post World War II) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
112th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 112th Mechanized Infantry Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. The 112th Division () was created in November 1948 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 1st Division, 1st Column of the Northeastern Field Army. Its history can be traced to 5th Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army taking part in the Pingjiang uprising in 1928. Under the command of 38th Corps it took part in the Chinese civil war. 1950s Since 1950 it became a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (People's Volunteer Army (PVA) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the 38th Corps, consisting of the 334th, 335th, and 336th Regiments. The 334th Regiment was the first Chinese unit across the Yalu, on Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 112th Infantry Division (German: ''112. Infanteriedivision'') was a German Army infantry division active in World War II. History The division was formed in December 1940 from elements of 34th Infantry division and 33rd infantry division, as part of the 12th wave of German mobilization.George F. Nafziger, German Order of Battle: Infantry in World War II,pp. 152–153 The 112th Infantry Division remained in OKH reserve during the opening phase of operation Barbarossa, and was committed to the southern wing in the second half of July during the battle of Smolensk. Here elements of the Soviet 21st Army had pushed back forward German elements and advanced up to 80 kilometers in to the German rear. At the beginning of August, the 112th division was manning defensive positions on the Army group's southern flank, as part of 2nd Armies XII Corps. As Guderian's 2nd Panzer group started its wheel from Smolensk to the south on 8 August, 2nd Army, on its right flank, was slow to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
112th 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 Hunchun as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the remnants of the 28th Division been transferred to Miyako-jima. The division was initially assigned to the Third army. Action The garrison of the division was the Jiandao area. As the Soviet invasion of Manchuria has started 9 August 1945, it fought a desperate defensive battle meeting Red Army forces south and west of Hunchun while fighting the against Soviet "113th fortified sector" and 88th Rifle Corps. The division's resistance was described as "heavy", despite the estimate by the 1st Area Army that the 112th was only 35% combat effective. 11 August 1945, a frontal attack by the Soviet armour near Michiang was repulsed. The Hunchun itself was lost to Soviet forces 14 August 1945, after Red Army was forced to send in reinforcements in the form of 386th Rifle Division. Another Soviet attack s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
