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19th Infantry Division (Egypt)
19th Division or 19th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 19th Division (German Empire) * 19th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) * 19th Ersatz Division (German Empire) * 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) * 19th Infantry Division (India) * 19th Infantry Division Venezia (Kingdom of Italy) * 19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 19th Division (North Korea) * 19th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) * 19th Infantry Division (Poland) * 19th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 19th (Western) Division (United Kingdom) * 19th Infantry Division (United States) Motorized infantry divisions * 19th Mechanized Division (Greece) * 19th Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) Armoured divisions * 19th Panzer Division (Germany) * 19th Guards Tank Division (Soviet Army) * 19th Armored Division (United States) The 13th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. History and combat chronicle The division was activated on 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Division (German Empire)
The 19th Division (''19. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on October 11, 1866, and was headquartered in Hannover. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the X Army Corps (''X. Armeekorps''). The division was disbanded in 1919, during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. Recruitment During the Franco-Prussian War, the division was a mixed unit, with Hannoverian, Oldenburg and Westphalian elements. It was subsequently reorganized so that it was recruited primarily from the former Kingdom of Hannover, which had become the Prussian Province of Hanover after 1866, along with Oldenburg, a grand duchy mostly surrounded by the Prussian province. Among the division's units were several that perpetuated the traditions of the King's German Legion, a British Army unit of the Napoleonic Wars. Combat chronicle During the Franco-Prussian War, the 19th Infantry Division fought in the battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Mechanized Division (Greece)
The 19th Mechanized Division ( el, 19η Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία) was a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army, established on 15 January 1941. Its formation was not completed until late March. Its nucleus was the pre-war Mechanized Cavalry Regiment, augmented with captured Italian tankettes and cars, motorcycles and Universal Carriers provided by the British. Although officially a "mechanized" unit, as the division was mostly truck-borne, it is usually called the 19th Motorized Division in English-language literature.cf. , The division confronted the German invasion of Greece on 6 April 1941, covering the left flank of the Eastern Macedonia Army Section defending the forts of the Metaxas Line. In a series of clashes, the division was destroyed piecemeal as a fighting formation by 9 April. Its remnants surrendered along with the rest of the Hellenic Army in eastern Macedonia on 10 April. Establishment The origins of the division lie in the first at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Group (other)
19th Group may refer to: * 19th Air Refueling Group, a unit of the United States Air Force * 19th Special Forces Group The 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) is one of two National Guard groups of the United States Army Special Forces. 19th Group—as it is sometimes called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventio ..., a unit of the United States Army See also * 19th Corps (other) * 19th Division (other) * 19th Brigade (other) * 19th Regiment (other) * 19th Battalion (other) * 19th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Regiment (other)
19th Regiment or 19th Infantry Regiment may refer to: Infantry regiments * Green Howards (19th Regiment of Foot), a unit of the British Army * Kumaon Regiment (19th Hyderabad Regiment), a unit of the British India and Indian Armies * Norrbottens regemente (19th Regiment, Sweden), one of two Swedish regiments to bear this designation * Västerbottens regemente (19th Regiment, Sweden), one of two Swedish regiments to bear this designation * 19th Infantry Regiment (United States), a unit of the United States Army Cavalry regiments * 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse, a unit of the Australian Army * 19th King George's Own Lancers, a unit of the British Indian Army * 19th Alberta Dragoons, a unit of the Canadian Army * 19th Light Dragoons, a unit of the British Army * 19th Royal Hussars, a unit of the British Army * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, a unit of the British Army Artillery regiments * 19th Regiment Royal Artillery, a unit of the British Army Aviation regiments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Brigade (other)
19th Brigade may refer to: Australia * 19th Brigade (Australia) Belarus * 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus) Hungary *19th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) United Kingdom * 19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom), an infantry brigade * 19th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom) * Artillery Brigades ** 19th Brigade Royal Field Artillery ** XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) United States *19th Infantry Brigade (United States) 19th Brigade may refer to: Australia * 19th Brigade (Australia) Belarus * 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus) Hungary * 19th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) United Kingdom * 19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom), an infantry brigade * 19th Mo ... See also * 19th Army * 19th Division * 19th Regiment * 19th Battalion * 19th Group * 19 Squadron {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Corps (other)
19 Corps, 19th Corps, XIX Corps, or XIX Army Corps may refer to: * 19th Army Corps (France) * 19th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * XIX Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XIX Corps (United Kingdom) * XIX Corps (United States) * XIX Corps (Union Army) * XIX Army Corps of the Wehrmacht See also * 19th Division (other) * 19th Brigade (other) * 19th Regiment (other) * 19th Group (other) 19th Group may refer to: * 19th Air Refueling Group, a unit of the United States Air Force * 19th Special Forces Group The 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) is one of two National Guard groups of the United States Army Special ... * 19th Battalion (other) * 19th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Air Division (United States)
The 19th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force formation. Its last assignment was with Eighth Air Force at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1988. During World War II, the unit was designated as IX Bomber Command and was the command and control organization for Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign. Using predominantly B-24 Liberator heavy and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, it supported the British Eighth Army against the German Afrika Korps from airfields ranging from Palestine in 1942 across North Africa to the final defeat of German forces in the Tunisia Campaign in May 1943. Later, during the 1944 Battle of Normandy and the 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany, as the 9th Bombardment Division, the unit directed B-26 Marauder medium bombers in tactical roles supporting Allied ground forces from D-Day to V-E Day. Heraldry Azure, surmounting a lightning flash gules, a globe argent with latitude and longitude li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Armored Division (United States)
The 13th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. History and combat chronicle The division was activated on 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, east of Marysville, California. The 13th Armored, known as the Black Cats, landed at Le Havre, France, 29 January 1945. After performing occupation duties, the Division moved to Homberg near Kassel to prepare for combat under the Third Army, 5 April. At Altenkirchen, it was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps and prepared for the Ruhr Pocket operation. The attack jumped off at Honnef, 10 April. After crossing the river Sieg at Siegburg, the 13th pushed north to Bergisch Gladbach, then toward Duisburg and Mettmann by 18 April. Shifting south to Eschenau, the Division prepared for Bavarian operations. Starting from Parsberg, 26 April, the 13th crossed the Regen river, then the Danube at Matting and secured the area near Dünzling. On the 28th, elements closed in at Plattling and crossed the Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Army
uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date = 25 February 1946 , country = (1946–1991)' (1991–1992) , branch = , type = Army , role = Ground warfare, Land warfare , size = 3,668,075 active (1991) 4,129,506 reserve (1991) , command_structure = , garrison = , garrison_label = , nickname = "Red Army" , patron = , motto = ''За нашу Советскую Родину!(Za nashu Sovetskuyu Rodinu!)''"For our Soviet Motherland!" , colors = Red and yellow , colors_label = , march ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Panzer Division (Germany)
The 19th Panzer Division ( en, 19th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II. It was created from the 19th Infantry Division. The division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front, except for a brief period of refitting in the Netherlands in mid-1944. It took part in the battles of Moscow and Kursk as well as in the crushing of the Polish uprising at Warsaw. It eventually surrendered to Soviet forces in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. History The division was formed in November 1940 from the 19th Infantry Division, gaining the 27th Tank Regiment and in turn giving up the 59th Infantry Regiment to the new 20th Panzer Division. The new division was part of Operation Barbarossa which began in June 1941, suffering such heavy casualties in the first two months that one of its three tank battalions had to be disbanded by August. Among other operations, it fought around Velikiye Luki against the Soviet 29th Territorial Rifle Corps. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 19th Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (), is a division of the Russian Ground Forces. It appears to have been formed originally in July 1922 at Tambov in the Moscow Military District as a territorial formation. In 1923 it was awarded the 'Tambov' placename and renamed the 19th Voronezh Rifle Division. The division was downsized to a brigade in 2009 and reestablished as a division in 2020. History By the beginning of World War II, the unit consisted of the 32nd, 282nd, and 315th Rifle, 90th Artillery, and the 103rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment. The division entered combat against the Germans on July 19, 1941 near Yelnya as part of the 24th Army of the Western Front. It participated in the Elninskaya offensive, the Battle of Moscow, Rzhev-Vyazma offensive operation in 1942, the Rzhev-Sychevka offensive, Kharkiv defensive operation in 1943, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation (3 August 1943 - 23 August 1943 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Infantry Division (United States)
There have been a number of 19th Divisions in the history of the United States Army. * 19th Division: A National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. By the end of that same year, the 19th Division became the 40th Division (later 40th Infantry Division). * 19th Division (World War I): Organized in 1918 as a regular army and national army division for World War I, the 19th Division did not go overseas and demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. * 19th Infantry Division: a "phantom" division in World War II. During the Second World War the division remained inactive. However, it saw service of a kind as a "phantom division" as part of Allied deception measures. It was assigned to SHAEF for use in Operation Fortitude South, but was never actually utilized during that endeavor. The division's order of battle included the following fictional units: * Headquarters, 19th Infantry Division * 572n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
