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1st Cavalry Brigade (other)
1st Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Regiment or 1st Cavalry Battalion may refer to: Armies * 1st Cavalry Army, Soviet Union Corps * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) * I Cavalry Corps (German Empire) * 1st Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) Divisions * 1st Cavalry Division (Australia) * 1st Cavalry Division (Belgium) * 1st Light Cavalry Division (France) * 1st Foot Cavalry Division (France) * 1st Cavalry Division (German Empire) * 1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Germany * 1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 1st Cossack Cavalry Division, a unit of the Wehrmacht, Germany * 1st Indian Cavalry Division * 1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia, a unit of the Royal Italian Army * 1st Cavalry Division (Poland) * 1st Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 1st Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 1st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 1st Mountain Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Cavalry Division (United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Army
__NOTOC__ The 1st Cavalry Army (russian: Первая конная армия, Pervaya konnaya armiya) was a prominent Red Army military formation. It was also known as "Budyonny's Cavalry Army" or simply as ''Konarmia'' (Кона́рмия, "Horsearmy"). History When the Russian Civil War broke out in 1918, a non-commissioned officer named Budyonny organized a small cavalry force in the Don region out of local Cossacks. This force rapidly grew in numbers, sided with the Bolsheviks and eventually became the 1st Cavalry Army. It was transformed from a guerrilla force into a proper military unit under the command of Semyon Budyonny, and the political guidance of Kliment Voroshilov, and at a crucial time too with the red army not doing particularly well in the southern front due to a lack of cavalry. This army played an important role in winning the Civil War for the Bolsheviks, driving the White General Anton Denikin back from his advance towards Moscow. In 1920 Budyonny's Cavalr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
The 1st Zaporozhye Red Cossack Cavalry Division (1st CD) was a Red Army cavalry division. It was based in Proskurov for most of its existence. Formed from the 8th Cavalry Division, it became the 32nd Cavalry Division in 1938. History On 6 May 1922 the 8th Zaporozhye Cossack Cavalry Division of the 1st Red Cossacks Cavalry Corps became the 1st Zaporozhye Cossack Cavalry Division. The division was commanded by Mikhail Demichev, the former commander of the 8th Cavalry Division. The division's 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th and 48th Cavalry Regiments were respectively renamed the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Cossack Cavalry Regiments. In 1924 the 1st Corps headquarters was at Vinnitsa. The division was divided into three brigades. The 1st Cavalry Brigade included the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade included the 3rd and 4th Cavalry Regiments and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade included the 5th and 6th Cavalry Regiments. On 6 September, the division headquarters was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (United States)
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (the "First Iron Horse Brigade, First Cavalry Division")is a cavalry unit of the United States Army based in Fort Hood, Texas. History It was constituted 29 August 1917 in the United States Army as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Brigade. The brigade was organized as part of the 15th Cavalry Division in February 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The brigade's initial wartime service was patrolling the United States–Mexico border, until demobilization on 14 July 1919, at Brownsville, Texas. Operating from horseback, the cavalry was charged with halting the band of smugglers that operated along the desolate Mexican border, performing duties that are today performed by the United States Border Patrol. The brigade was later reconstituted 20 August 1920 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Brigade, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. On 1 September 1921, the unit organized at Camp Harry J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (1st Household Cavalry Brigade), the Anglo-Egyptian War (1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. Prior to World War I the brigade was based at Aldershot in England and originally consisted of three cavalry regiments, and a Royal Engineers signal troop. After the declaration of war in August 1914, the brigade was deployed to the Western Front in France, where an artillery battery joined the brigade the following September and a Machine Gun Squadron in February 1916. One of the brigade's early battles was the action at Néry on 1 September 1914 when, acting alone, the brigade defeated the German 4th Cavalry Division. As a result of this action three men from the artillery battery – Captain Edward Bradbury, Sergeant-Major George Dorrell and Sergeant David Nelson – were awarded the Victoria Cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (Poland)
The Masovian Cavalry Brigade ( pl, Mazowiecka Brygada Kawalerii) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. It was created on April 1, 1937, out of former 1st Cavalry Brigade. Its headquarters were in Warsaw, with other units stationed in towns around the capital: * 1st Józef Piłsudski Chevau-légers Regiment, garrisoned in Warsaw, * 7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment, stationed in Mińsk Mazowiecki, * 11th Legions Uhlan Regiment of Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, stationed in Ciechanów * 4th Łęczyca Mounted Rifles Regiment, stationed in Płock, * 1st General Józef Bem Mounted Artillery Regiment, stationed in Warsaw, * 1st Squadron of Pioneers, stationed in Warsaw, * 1st Squadron of Communication, stationed in Warsaw, Polish September Campaign The Brigade, under Colonel Jan Karcz, was part of the Modlin Army. On September 1, 1939, it defended positions around Mława, on the right wing of Polish lines.Zaloga, S.J., 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was originally formed November 3, 1901. It was assigned to Kwantung Army ''Kantō-gun'' , image = Kwantung Army Headquarters.JPG , image_size = 300px , caption = Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking, Manchukuo , dates = April ... in April 1933 as part of the IJA Cavalry Group. It was then assigned with the Cavalry Group to the Northern China Area Army in June 1938. Again with the Group it was assigned to the Mongolia Garrison Army in February 1939. Organization 1st Cavalry Brigade * 13th Cavalry Regiment * 14th Cavalry Regiment * Brigade Mounted Artillery Regiment Later additions * Brigade Machinegun unit * Brigade Anti tank artillery squadron * Brigade Tank unit * Independent Infantry Battalion (motorized) * Independent Engineer Squadron (motorized) * 1st Mounted Artillery Regiment * 71st Cavalry Regiment Commanders * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade
The 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1906 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It remained in India during the First World War but took an active part in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. It was on the North West Frontier in September 1939, and converted to Risalpur Training Brigade (later 155th Indian Infantry Brigade) in November 1940. History Formation The Kitchener Reforms, carried out during Lord Kitchener's tenure as Commander-in-Chief, India (1902–09), completed the unification of the three former Presidency armies, the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces into one Indian Army. Kitchener identified the Indian Army's main task as the defence of the North-West Frontier against foreign aggression (particularly Russian expansion into Afghanistan) with internal security relegated to a secondary role. The Army was organized into divisions and brigades that would act as fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (Hungary)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II. Organization Structure of the brigade: * Headquarters - under Brigadier General Lajos Veress Lajos Veress de Dálnok (4 October 1889 - 29 March 1976) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as commander of the Hungarian Second Army during the Second World War. Veress was born into a Székely noble family. He finished his studies ... * 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion * 3rd Cavalry Regiment * 4th Cavalry Regiment * 13th Bicycle Battalion * 14th Bicycle Battalion * 3rd Motorized Artillery Battalion * 1st Horse Artillery Battalion * 1st Cavalry Artillery Battalion * 1st Cavalry Anti-Aircraft Battery * 1st Cavalry Engineer Company * 1st Cavalry Bridging Engineer Company * 1st Cavalry Signal Company * 1st Cavalry Traffic Control Signal Company * 1st Cavalry Brigade Service Regiment Notes References * Military units and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (France)
The French 1st Cavalry Brigade was a military unit of the French Army which served during World War II. A partly horse-mounted unit, it fought in the Battle of Belgium and the Battle of France in May 1940. An element of the brigade was noted for its defence of Vendresse against German tanks, delaying their opponents for most of the day. After the Armistice of 22 June 1940 the brigade was reformed as a unit of Vichy France, but it was disbanded in November 1942. Pre-war The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a pre-war unit commanded from 1936 by Colonel Maurice-Arthur-Alphonse Wemaere. In August 1939 it consisted of the 1st Hussar Cavalry Regiment and the and was commanded by General of Brigade . It was part of the . In February 1940, the 1st Cavalry Division became the partly motorized 1st Light Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade became independent. Battles of Belgium and France The unit served directly under the Second Army during the opening stages of the Western Front of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade
The 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade (1st Brigade C Mec), is one of the mechanized brigades of the Brazilian Army. Its headquarters is located in the city of Santiago, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is part of the Brazilian Army 3rd Division, based in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Also known by its historical designation - Brigade José Luiz Menna Barreto. Subordinated Military Organizations . * HQ/1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade - Santiago ** HQ Troops/1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade - Santiago ** 1st Mechanized Cavalry Regiment - Itaqui ** 2nd Mechanized Cavalry Regiment - São Borja ** 4th Armored Cavalry Regiment - São Luiz Gonzaga ** 19th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment - Santa Rosa ** 19th Field Artillery Group - Santiago ** 9th Logistic Battalion - Santiago ** 1st Mechanized Combat Engineering Company - São Borja ** 11th Mechanized Signal Company - Santiago ** 1st Military Police Platoon - Santiago See also * Ministry of Defence (Brazil) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Brigade (Australia)
1st Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Regiment or 1st Cavalry Battalion may refer to: Armies * 1st Cavalry Army, Soviet Union Corps * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) * I Cavalry Corps (German Empire) * 1st Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) Divisions * 1st Cavalry Division (Australia) * 1st Cavalry Division (Belgium) * 1st Light Cavalry Division (France) * 1st Foot Cavalry Division (France) * 1st Cavalry Division (German Empire) * 1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Germany * 1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 1st Cossack Cavalry Division, a unit of the Wehrmacht, Germany * 1st Indian Cavalry Division * 1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia, a unit of the Royal Italian Army * 1st Cavalry Division (Poland) * 1st Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 1st Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 1st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 1st Mountain Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Cavalry Division (United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Division (Kingdom Of Yugoslavia)
The 1st Cavalry Division of the Royal Yugoslav Army was established in 1921, soon after the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. In peacetime it consisted of two cavalry brigade headquarters commanding a total of four regiments. It was part of the 1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia), Yugoslav 1st Army Group during the Nazi Germany, German-led World War II Axis powers, Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, with a wartime organisation specifying one cavalry brigade headquarters commanding two or three regiments, and divisional-level combat and support units. Along with the rest of the Royal Yugoslav Army, the 1st Cavalry division (military), Division began Mobilization, mobilising on following Yugoslav coup d'état, a coup d'état. Three days later, with mobilization, mobilisation not complete, the Germans began an air campaign and a series of preliminary operations against the Yugoslav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
