212th Infantry Division (German Empire)
212th Division or 212th Infantry Division may refer to: * 212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 212th Coastal Division (Italy) * 212th Division (People's Republic of China) * 212th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the , after Kikuchi, Kumamoto. It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Kurume as a triangular division. It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st, 202n ...

212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 212th Infantry Division was a German infantry division that fought in World War II. It was destroyed in Lithuania, and reconstituted as the 578th Volksgrenadier Division before being renamed the 212th Volksgrenadier Division. Divisional history The 212th Infantry Division was raised on 26 August 1939 and remained on garrison duty in Germany until March 1941, when it spent three months as a coastal defense unit along the English Channel. In November 1941 it was transferred to the Eastern Front where it joined Army Group North near Leningrad and along the Volkhov Front. It continued with Army Group North until the summer of 1944, when it had been pushed back to Lithuania and was transferred to the control of Army Group Center. The division was destroyed there in August or September, and the survivors were immediately reconstituted as the 578th Volksgrenadier Division, which was renamed as 212th Volksgrenadier Division almost as soon as it had been formed. The division retained ...
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212th Coastal Division (Italy)
The 212th Coastal Division ( it, 212ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. They were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.Jowett p 6 History The division was activated on 15 November 1941 in Catanzaro by reorganizing the XII Coastal Sector Command. The division was assigned to XXXI Army Corps (Italy), XXXI Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of southern Calabria. The division was responsible for the Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence of the coast of central Calabria: on the Tyrrhenian Sea side from Capo Vaticano to the outskirts of Serra d'Aiello, on the Ionian Sea side from Badolato to Cropani. In early September 1943 the division prepared to fight the British XIII Corps (United Kingdom), XIII Corps, which had landed on 3 September ...
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212th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 212th Division () was created in July 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html basing on the 313th and 314th Division, 128th Corps, 19th Army Group (National Revolutionary Army) of Republic of China Army defected in May 1949. The division was part of 51st Corps. Under the flag of 212th division it took part in the Chinese Civil War. The division except its 634th Regiment was disbanded in December 1951. In December 1952 the 634th Regiment was absorbed into the People's Volunteer Army The People's Volunteer Army (PVA) was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People's Liberation Army under the order .... Reference ...
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