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1st Armoured Division (Romania)
1st Division may refer to: Military Airborne divisions *1st Parachute Division (Germany) *1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) *1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine) *1st Guards Airborne Division Armoured divisions *1st Armoured Division (Australia) *5th Canadian Division, 1st Canadian Armoured Division (subsequently renamed the 5th Canadian Division) *1st Armored Division (People's Republic of China) *1st Armored Division (France) *1st Light Mechanized Division (France) *1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr), (West) Germany *1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Nazi Germany *Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring, Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 ''Hermann Göring'', Nazi Germany *1st Armoured Division (India) *1st Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) *1st Armoured Division (Poland) *1st Mechanised Division (Poland) *1st Mechanized Division (Soviet Union) *1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) *1st Armored Division (United States) *1st Armoured Division (Syria) *1st Guards Mechanized C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Parachute Division (Germany)
The 1st Parachute Division (german: 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was an elite German military parachute-landing division that fought during World War II. A division of paratroopers was termed a ''Fallschirmjäger'' Division. For reasons of secrecy, it was originally raised as the 7th Air Division, or ''Flieger-Division'', before being renamed and reorganized as the 1st Parachute Division in 1943. Operational history The division was formed in October 1938 under the command of Major-General Kurt Student. At the start of World War II, the division contained two parachute regiments; it was brought up to full strength in 1941. In April 1940, the division took part in the invasion of Denmark and Norway during Operation Weserübung, successfully seizing several airfields. The German plan for the invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands in May 1940 called for the use of the 7th Fliegerdivision to aid in the advance through the capture of key bridges and the fortress of Eben Emael. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. The division was formed as the Mobile Division on 24 November 1937, after several years of debate on such a formation. It was then renamed, in April 1939, as the 1st Armoured Division. Following the start of the Second World War, subordinate units and formations were withdrawn from the division to reinforce others. It was eventually deployed for combat, in May 1940, when it was dispatched to France and subsequently fought in the Battle of France before being withdrawn back to the UK in June during Operation Aerial. In late 1941, the division was sent to North Africa where it took part in the Western Desert campaign, notably fighting at the Battle of Gazala, and the First and the Second Battles of El Alamein. During 1942, Major-General Herbert Lumsden was wounded in action twice while leading the division, and Major-General Alexander Gatehouse was wounded once. The division then fought in the Tunisian cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)
The 1st Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th (Prussian) Regiments. Its commanders were: *General of the Cavalry Rudolf von Horn 1 June 1920 - 1 June 1921 *Generalleutnant Otto Freiherr von Tettau 1 June 1920 - 1 April 1923 *General of the Cavalry Walther von Jagow 1 April 1923 - 1 February 1927 *Generalleutnant Ulrich von Henning auf Schönhoff 1 February 1927 - 1 February 1929 *Generalleutnant Georg Brandt 1 February 1929 - 1 December 1929 *Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock 1 December 1929 - 1 October 1931 *Generalleutnant Werner von Fritsch 1 October 1931 - 1 October 1932 *Generalleutnant Ludwig Beck 1 October 1932 - 1 October 1933 *Generalleutnant Hans Feige Hans Feige (10 November 1880 – 17 September 1953) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Career Feige joined the German Army in 1900. During Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
