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14th Division (United States 1914)
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14th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions : * 14th Infantry Division (France) * 14th Division (German Empire) * 14th Infantry Division (Germany) * 14th Infantry Division (Greece) * 14th Indian Division – British Indian Army during World War I * 14th Indian Infantry Division – British Indian Army during World War II * 14th Infantry Division Isonzo – Kingdom of Italy * 14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 14th Infantry Division (Poland) * 14th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 14th Division (Spain) * 14th (Light) Division – British Army during World War I * 14th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) Armored divisions : * 14th Panzer Division (Germany) * 14th Armored Division (United States) The 14th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army assigned to the Seventh Army of the Sixth Army Group during World War II. It remains on the permanent roll of the Regular Army as an inactive division, and is eligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division (France)
The 14th Infantry Division (14e DI) was an infantry division of the French Army which took part in the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, the Second World War and the Algerian War. History Napoleonic Wars The 14th Infantry Division already fought in the Hundred Days campaign in 1815, as part of General Gérard's 4th Infantry Corps, where it was abandoned by its commander, General of Division Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, who defected to the allied camp. World War I The Division was recreated in 1873 in Belfort. At the beginning of the First World War, it was mobilised in the 7th Military Region and formed part of the 7th Army Corps from August 1914 to November 1918. It received the nickname ''Aces Division'' in 1917 for its splendid performance during the Third Battle of Champagne. World War II (1940) On 10 May 1940 the 14th DI was commanded by General of Division Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, who would later become Marshal of France. The Division was first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Division (German Empire)
The 14th Division (''14. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed in November 1816 in Trier as a troop brigade and became the 14th Division on September 5, 1818, also relocating its headquarters to Düsseldorf. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the VII Army Corps (''VII. Armeekorps''). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited in the Prussian Province of Westphalia and the Rhine Province, primarily in the densely populated Lower Rhine region. Combat chronicle The 14th Division fought in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, seeing action in the Battle of Königgrätz. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the division fought in several battles and engagements, including the Battle of Spicheren, the Battle of Borny-Colombey (also called the Battle of Colombey-Nouilly), and the Battle of Gravelotte (also called the Battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat), as well as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division (Germany)
The 14th Infantry Division (German: ''14. Infanterie-Division''; nickname: the ''Sächsische Division'' or Saxonian Division) was a formation of the Germany Army (Wehrmacht) which fought during World War II. History and Organisation The division was formed in 1934 in Leipzig, by expanding the 11th (Saxonian) Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, its existence was initially concealed; it was formally designated as the 14th Infantry Division in October 1935. This history, particularly of Infantry Regiment 11, made it one of the prestige infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht. Mobilised in the 1st wave in 1939, the division was involved in the German invasion of Poland, where it attacked towards Częstochowa and Lublin, and the following year's invasion of France. In October 1940 it was 'motorised', i.e. provided with motor transport as opposed to the usual horse and foot mobility of Wehr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division (Greece)
The 14th Infantry Division ( el, XIV Μεραρχία Πεζικού, XIV ΜΠ; ''XIV Merarchia Pezikou'', ''XIV MP'') was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army. The 14th Infantry Division was established in December 1913, during the reorganization of the Hellenic Army that followed the Balkan Wars. Its headquarters was at Kalamata in the Peloponnese, comprising the 9th and 36th infantry regiments, as well as the 1/14 Cretan Regiment at Chania. The division formed part of the Patras-based II Army Corps. As a result of the National Schism, the division was disbanded in 1916. The division was reformed in 1918 as part of the reconstituted II Corps, but only served during the final weeks of the war, in the pursuit of the Bulgarian forces around Strumitsa, under the disposal of XVI British Corps. During the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, the division, reduced in strength to men, formed part of the Army of Thrace and did not see any combat, being responsible for covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Indian Division
The 14th Indian Division was formed during World War I, for service in the Mesopotamian Campaign. It was composed of battalions of the Regular British Army, the British Territorial Force and the British Indian Army. History The Division now part of the Tigris Corps was involved in a number on minor engagements the Second Battle of Kut and the Fall of Baghdad, the Division's 36th Brigade was left in Baghdad as the Garrison. The Division remained in Mesopotamia until the Armistice of Mudros 31 October 1918.British Official History of the Great War, Mesopotamia Campaign Vol. 4 Order of battle The division commanded the following units, although not all of them served at the same time: 35th Indian Brigade * 1/5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) * 37th Dogras * 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers * 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles 36th Indian Brigade Departed for the North Persia Force in June 1918, replaced by 56th Indian Brigade * 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which could also have their own armies. As quoted in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, "The British Government has undertaken to protect the dominions of the Native princes from invasion and even from rebellion within: its army is organized for the defence not merely of British India, but of all possessions under the suzerainty of the King-Emperor." The Indian Army was an important part of the British Empire's forces, both in India and abroad, particularly during the First World War and the Second World War. The term ''Indian Army'' appears to have been first used informally, as a collective description of the Presidency armies, which collectively comprised the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army, of the Presidencies of British India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Indian Infantry Division
The 14th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942–43, and was subsequently converted into a Training Division, providing drafts of replacements for units of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign. History as 14th Indian Division Formation and early actions The division was raised on 1 June 1941, at Quetta in Baluchistan. Its badge was a depiction in black and white of the ranges of mountains above Quetta, surrounded by a stylised letter "Q" in white on a black background. The division had temporary commanders while forming. On 15 October 1941, Major General Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd, who had a distinguished record as commander of a brigade in the Western Desert, was appointed commander. When first formed, the division was intended to operate in Iraq and Persia, then under Allied military occupation, and first trained for mountain and desert warfare. It consisted of the 23rd, 36th and 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division Isonzo
14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 and preceding 15. In relation to the word "four" ( 4), 14 is spelled "fourteen". In mathematics * 14 is a composite number. * 14 is a square pyramidal number. * 14 is a stella octangula number. * In hexadecimal, fourteen is represented as E * Fourteen is the lowest even ''n'' for which the equation φ(''x'') = ''n'' has no solution, making it the first even nontotient (see Euler's totient function). * Take a set of real numbers and apply the closure and complement operations to it in any possible sequence. At most 14 distinct sets can be generated in this way. ** This holds even if the reals are replaced by a more general topological space. See Kuratowski's closure-complement problem * 14 is a Catalan number. * Fourteen is a Companion Pell number. * According to the Shapiro inequality 14 is the least number ''n'' such that there exist ''x'', ''x'', ..., ''x'' such that :\sum_^ \frac < \frac where ''x'' = ''x'', ''x'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the , and its military symbol was 14D. The 14th Division was one of four new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in the closing stages of the Russo-Japanese War, after it turned out that the entire IJA was committed to combat in Manchuria, leaving not a single division to guard the Japanese home islands from attack. The 14th Division was initially established in Kokura (present-day Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) under the command of Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu, with men recruited from Osaka, Zentsūji, Kagawa, Hiroshima and Kumamoto. Action Russo-Japanese War It was the only one of the four emergency divisions raised that was considered combat-ready (albeit still severely understrength) prior to the end of the war. It was dispatched to the front in August 1905, where it joined General Nogi Maresuke's IJA Third Army. However, it arrived too late to see any comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division (Poland)
14 Greater Poland Infantry Division (Polish: ''14 Wielkopolska Dywizja Piechoty'') was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. It was created in January 1919 in Poznań, as part of Polish forces fighting in the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919). Its organizer and first commandant was General Filip Dubiski. In the following months, several regiments created in the Greater Poland towns joined the unit, and in the summer of 1919, the Division was sent to the east, to fight the Red Army south of Polotsk. On December 19, 1919, its name was changed from 1st Division of Greater Poland rifles into 14 Greater Poland Infantry Division. The unit fought in the Polish-Soviet war, and in December 1920, after the truce, it returned to its homeland, to Poznań. According to the Plan Wschod, the Division was supposed to serve as a rear unit, but as in late 1930s German threat became real, on March 23, 1939, the Division became pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 14th Infantry Division (russian: 14-я пехотная дивизия, ''14-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Kishinev in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918. Organization The 14th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows: *1st Brigade (HQ Kishinev) ** 53rd Volhynia Infantry Regiment ** 54th Minsk Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade (HQ Bendery): ** 55th Podolia Infantry Regiment ** 56th Zhytomyr Infantry Regiment *14th Artillery Brigade Commanders *1907–1913: Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov Chiefs of Staff *1894–1898: Alexander Iosafovich Ievreinov Commanders of the 1st Brigade *01/28/1829 - 1831 - Major General Braiko, Mikhail Grigorievich *09/17/1837 - 02/14/1841 - Major General M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Division (Spain)
The 14th Division was one of the Division (military), divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. The division participated in the Battle of Guadalajara. History The unit was partly created from the Mera Column, led by Cipriano Mera and elements from other Mixed Brigades. The new division was integrated – together with the 11th Division (Spain), 11th and 12th Division (Spain), 12th divisions – in the new 4th Army Corps (Spain), 4th Army Corps, under the command of Enrique Jurado Barrio. The 12th International Brigade — within which the Garibaldi Battalion was integrated – was also assigned to the 14th Division. Shortly after its creation, the 14th Division, under Vicente Rojo Lluch faced the Battle of Guadalajara. With the support of the other republican divisions, the enemy attack was stopped and a counter-attack began. On 18 March the division, operating on the right flank of the republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
