118th Division (other)
In military terms, 118th Division or 118th Infantry Division may refer to: * 118th Division (People's Republic of China) * 118th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) * 118th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 118th Guards Rifle Division The 118th Estonian Guards Rifle Division was an elite infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army. It was formed following the German surrender in June 1945 from the 2nd wartime formation of the 7th Estonian Rifle Division. The div ...

118th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 118th Division or 118th Infantry Division may refer to: * 118th Division (People's Republic of China) * 118th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) * 118th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 10 July 1944 in Datong as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 115th and 117th divisions. The nucleus for the format ... * 118th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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118th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)
The 118th ''Jäger'' Division (german: 118. Jäger-Division) was a light infantry division of the German Army in World War II. It was formed in April 1943, by the redesignation of the 718th Infantry Division which had itself been formed in April 1941. It was transferred to Yugoslavia in May 1941, to conduct anti partisan and Internal security operations. It took part in the Battle of the Sutjeska in June 1943, and fought partisans in Bosnia before being sent to the Dalmatian coast to guard against Allied landings in the summer of 1944. It then fought on the Eastern Front in the Vienna offensive during the final months of the war before surrendering to the British in Carinthia in May 1945. Formation The 118th Jäger Division was formed under the name 718th Infantry Division following an order dated 16 April 1941, under which each of Germany's fifteen military districts (''Wehrkreis'') was required to raise two additional infantry regiments for the war effort. Each of these ...
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118th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 10 July 1944 in Datong as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 115th and 117th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 9th independent infantry brigade. The division was initially assigned to the 13th army. Action In April 1945, the ''118th division'' was ordered to strengthen the garrisons in Central China and then in Shanghai area. Therefore, by the day of surrender of Japan 15 August 1945, the division was spread through Tianjin and Zhangjiakou. After the cessation of hostilities, the ''118th division'' has sailed from Tanggu District 14 April 1946, landed in 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 ... 18 April 1956, and ha ...
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