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208th (2nd Norfolk And Suffolk) Brigade
208th may refer to: * 208th Battalion (Canadian Irish), CEF, a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War * 208th Infantry Division (Germany), a large military unit that served during World War II * 208th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), a Soviet infantry division in the Red Army during World War II See also * 208 (number) *208 Year 208 ( CCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta (or, less frequently, year 961 ''Ab urbe condita' ..., the year 208 (CCVIII) of the Julian calendar * 208 BC {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
208th Battalion (Canadian Irish), CEF
{{Use Canadian English, date=January 2023 The 208th (Canadian Irish) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city and the surrounding district. After sailing to England in May 1917, the battalion was absorbed into the 2nd and 8th 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ... Reserve Battalions on January 3, 1918. The 208th (Canadian Irish) Battalion, CEF had two Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. T. H. Lennox (April 3, 1917—June 20, 1917) and Lieut-Col. W. P. Malone (June 20, 1917—January 11, 1918). References * Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. Battalions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
208th Infantry Division (Germany)
The 208th Infantry Division, or 208.''Infanterie-Division'' in German, was a large military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry divisions, the bulk of its troops were foot-mobile infantry supported by horse-drawn artillery. The 208th Infantry Division was formed on 26 August 1939. it served in the invasion of Poland of 1939 as a reserve division of Army Group North and was commanded by General Moritz Andreas. During ''Fall Gelb'' it was a reserve division allocated to 18th Army and was mainly active in the occupation of northern Belgium. From January 1942 it fought continuously on the Eastern Front. Commanding officers *Generalleutnant Moritz Andreas, (1 September 1939 – 13 December 1941) *General der Infanterie Hans-Karl von Scheele, (13 December 1941 – 1 February 1943) *Generalleutnant Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, (1 February 1943 – ? April 1943) *Generalmajor Georg Zwade, (? April 1943 – 22 June 1943) *Generalleutnant Heinz Piekenbrock, ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
208th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 208th Rifle Division was a Soviet infantry division in the Red Army during World War II. It began Operation Barbarossa as the 208th Mechanized Division under Colonel V.I. Nichiporovich, with the 128th Tank Regiment and 752nd and 760th Motorized Rifle Regiments. The Division was part of the 13th Mechanized Corps, 10th Army, Soviet Western Front. Unusually, Colonel Nichiporovich managed to keep a large group of men together after the destruction of his division during the border battles, and kept on the fight as 'Detachment No.208,' one of the first units of the Soviet partisans in Belorussia. In 1942 the Division, under Col. K. M. Vysokoboinikov, was part of the 64th Army which fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. On 6 April 1945, now under the title 'Siberian,' it was part of the divisions of the encirclement of Königsberg, located at the northwest sector as part of 124th Rifle Corps, 43rd Army. The division to the right is unknown, and to the left was the 216th Rifle Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
208 (number)
208 (two hundred ndeight) is the natural number following 207 and preceding 209. 208 is a practical number, a tetranacci number, a rhombic matchstick number, a happy number, and a member of Aronson's sequence. There are exactly 208 five-bead necklaces A necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck. Necklaces may have been one of the earliest types of adornment worn by humans. They often serve ceremonial, religious, magical, or funerary purposes and are also used as symbol ... drawn from a set of beads with four colors, and 208 generalized weak orders on three labeled points.. References Integers {{Number-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |