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16th Army (other)
16th Army may refer to: * 16th Army (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 16th Army (RSFSR), a unit of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War * 16th Army (Soviet Union). a unit of the Soviet Army during World War II * Western Army (Russia) (16th Soviet Army), a unit of the Soviet Army during World War II * 16th Army (People's Republic of China), a currently-existing unit of People's Republic of China * Sixteenth Army (Japan), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army See also * 16th Wing (other) * 16th Group (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 16th Army (german: 16. Armee) was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht. History It took part in the Battle of France. It was then deployed with Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It fought its way into northern Russia where in January 1942 part of it was encircled by the Soviets near Demyansk. Hitler forbade a withdrawal and the Army was re-supplied by air until a land corridor was opened in April 1942. It was subsequently involved in the Siege of Leningrad. The Soviets relieved Leningrad in January 1944. On February 19, 1944, the Soviet 2nd Baltic Front launched a fresh set of attacks against the German 16th Army around Kholm. The Soviet 22nd Army made good progress in the initial assault. These attacks greatly diminished the 16th Army. It, along with the 18th Army was cut off in the Courland Peninsula when the Soviets launched their summer and autumn offensives of 1944. It stayed trapped there in the Courland Pocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Army (RSFSR)
The 16th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War era. It was originally formed as the Western Army (russian: Западная Армия) on November 15, 1918, by the Russian SFSR for the purpose of recovering territories lost by the Russian Empire during the First World War and establishing Soviet republics in those territories. The Western Army engaged various local forces from the Baltic States, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine, and its actions contributed to starting the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1920. The army fought in the Polish –Soviet War under the command of Nikolai Sollogub and advanced westwards into Poland in July 1920 before being thrown back during the Battle of Warsaw in August. The army retreated east into Belarus and was disbanded in May 1921. History Formation After the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the newly established Russo-German border was controlled on the Russian side, by the so-called Western Section of Curtain Troops (Зап ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Army (Soviet Union)
The 16th Army was a Soviet field army active from 1940 to 1945. First Formation, 16th Army The 16th Army Headquarters was formed in July 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District to command Soviet forces deployed in the Dauriya area. On 25 May 1941, four weeks before the commencement of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, the army received orders to deploy (with six Trans-Baikalian divisions) to the Ukraine to be subordinated to the Kiev Special Military District. The first 16th Army units to arrive (109th Motorized Division of the 5th Mechanized Corps) in Berdichev on 18 June 1941. The Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Mikhail Feodorovich Lukin, and on 22 June the Army Headquarters was located in Orel. Soon after the commencement of Operation Barbarossa a crisis situation developed on the Western Front sector of the frontline, and on 26 June 1941 16th Army was ordered to redeploy to the area of Orsha - Smolensk. However, the breakthrough of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Army (Russia)
The 16th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War era. It was originally formed as the Western Army (russian: Западная Армия) on November 15, 1918, by the Russian SFSR for the purpose of recovering territories lost by the Russian Empire during the First World War and establishing Soviet republics in those territories. The Western Army engaged various local forces from the Baltic States, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine, and its actions contributed to starting the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1920. The army fought in the Polish –Soviet War under the command of Nikolai Sollogub and advanced westwards into Poland in July 1920 before being thrown back during the Battle of Warsaw in August. The army retreated east into Belarus and was disbanded in May 1921. History Formation After the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the newly established Russo-German border was controlled on the Russian side, by the so-called Western Section of Curtain Troops (Запа ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Army (People's Republic Of China)
The 78th Group Army (), is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command. History The origins of this army go back to Nanchang Uprising. After People's Republic of China was established, it belonged to the 62nd Group Army for a while. On February 19, 1949, column 1 of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in Henan Shenqiu area became the 16th Army of the People's Liberation Army, was placed under the 5th Corps of the PLA Second Field Army. Yin Xianbing (尹先炳) was appointed army commander. Organization It was composed of the 69th, 46th, 48th, and 4th Armored Divisions, the 68th brigade and an artillery brigade. In 2006 the formation consisted of the: *Headquarters, Changchun, Jilin *46th Motorized Infantry Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixteenth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. History The Japanese 16th Army was formed on November 5, 1941 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group to coordinate the infantry divisions and other Japanese ground forces in the Invasion of Java in the Netherlands East Indies. It remained based on Java throughout the Pacific War as a garrison force. On March 27, 1944, with the threat of possible landings of Allied forces to retake the Dutch East Indies increasing, the organizational structure of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed and the IJA 16th Army was reassigned to the Japanese Seventh Area Army. It remained headquartered in Jakarta as a garrison force as before. The Japanese 16th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Wing (other)
16th Wing may refer to: * 16th Air Expeditionary Wing, a formation of the United States Air Force * 16th Bombardment Wing (World War II), a formation of the United States Air Force * 1st Special Operations Wing (16th Special Operations Wing), also formerly known as "16th Pursuit Group", is a formation of the United States Air Force See also * 16th Army (other) * 16th Group (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Group (other)
16th Group may refer to: * 16th Carrier Air Group, a formation of the United Kingdom Royal Navy * 16th Military Police Brigade (United States), a unit of the United States Army * 16th Air Expeditionary Wing (16th Bombardment Group), a unit of the United States Air Force * Chalocgens, 16th group of the Periodic Table See also * 16th Army (other) * 16th Wing (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Brigade (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab ... * 16th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Division (other)
16th Division or 16th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 16th Division (German Empire), a unit of the Prussian/German Army * 16th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I * 16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), of the German Army was created in 1934 as ''Kommandant von Münster'' * 16th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece), a major mechanized infantry formation of the Hellenic Army * 16th Indian Division, British Indian Army during World War I * 16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army * 16th Infantry Division (Poland), a military unit of the Polish Army * 16th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), a formation in the Red Army created during the Second World War * 16th Division (Spain), a unit of the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War * 16th (Irish) Division, a voluntary 'Service' division of Kitchener's New Army raised in Ireland from the 'National Volunteer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Brigade (other)
16th Brigade may refer to: Australia * 16th Brigade (Australia), an infantry brigade in the Australian Army * 16th Aviation Brigade (Australia) United Kingdom * 16th Air Assault Brigade (United Kingdom) * 16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War * 16th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom) * Artillery Brigades ** XVI Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, formerly I Indian Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery United States * 16th Engineer Brigade (United States), a combat engineer brigade of the United States Army National Guard of Ohio * 16th Military Police Brigade (United States), a Military Police brigade of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina * 16th Sustainment Brigade (United States) See also * 16th Army (other) * 16th Wing (other) * 16th Group (other) * 16th Division (other) * 16th Regiment (other) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Regiment (other)
16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery * 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat * 16th Punjab Regiment (Pakistan) * 16th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) * 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army * 16th The Queen's Lancers, a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1759 * 16th Infantry Regiment (United States), a regiment in the United States Army * Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army regiment formerly designated the 16th Regiment of Foot United States American Revolutionary War regiments * 16th Massachusetts Regiment, a unit of the American Massachusetts Line American Civil War regiments * 16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Twins", an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War * 16th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
