|
25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division
In military terms, 25th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 25th Division (German Empire) * 25th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht) * 25th ''Waffen'' Grenadier Division of the SS ''Hunyadi'' (1st Hungarian) * 25th Infantry Division (India) * 25th Infantry Division Bologna, Kingdom of Italy * 25th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 25th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) * 25th Infantry Division (Poland) * 25th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 25th Guards Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 25th Infantry Division (South Korea) * 25th Division (South Vietnam) * 25th Division (Spain) * 25th Division (United Kingdom) * 25th Infantry Division (United States) Airborne divisions * 25th Parachute Division (France) Armoured divisions * 25th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) * 25th Tank Division (Soviet Union), see order of battle for Operation Barbarossa See also * List of military divisions by number {{short description, None This is a list of military divisions of all nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Division (German Empire)
The 25th Division (''25. Division''), officially the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division (''Großherzoglich Hessische (25.) Division''), was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was headquartered in Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The division was subordinated in peacetime to XVIII Army Corps (''XVIII. Armeekorps'') when that corps was formed in 1899. The division was disbanded in 1919, during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. As the formal name indicates, the division was raised and recruited in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Evolution of the Grand Ducal Hessian Division The Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division was officially formed on December 20, 1842, as the Infantry Division Command (''Infanterie-Divisions-Kommando''), but the division-strength Hessian Army had been around before that date. During the Napoleonic Wars, Hesse fielded a division-strength troop corps (''Truppenkorps''). In 1820, as part of the Hessian troop contribution to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Division (South Vietnam)
The 25th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the III Corps that oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capital, Saigon. It was based at Củ Chi Base Camp to the northwest of the city. History The Division was activated in July 1961. In August-October 1964 the Division participated in Operation Hop Tac, a pacification operation around Saigon. In 1965 the Division was under the command of Col Phan Trong Chinh, a friend of both Republic of Vietnam Air Force commander Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and III Corps commander General Nguyễn Chánh Thi. The Division guarded Highway 4, the major rice supply route to the Mekong Delta, and protected the roads and towns of Tây Ninh, Hậu Nghĩa and Long An Provinces (with a total of fourteen districts). Strong Viet Cong (VC) forces operated in both Hậu Nghĩa and Long An, close to the capital, but the Division, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Battle For Operation Barbarossa
This is the order of battle for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was fought between the German-led Axis Forces and the Soviet Forces. The operation started on June 22, 1941, and ended on December 5, 1941, at the conclusion of Operation Typhoon. Axis German Army Group North Commanded by Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb (Chief of Staff - Lt. Gen. Kurt Brennecke) German Sixteenth Army Colonel General Ernst Busch : II Corps - General of Infantry Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt :: 12th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach :: 32nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bohnstedt :: 121st Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Otto Lancelle :X Corps - General of Infantry Christian Hansen :: 30th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Kurt von Tippelskirch :: 126th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Paul Laux : XXVIII Corps - General of Infantry Mauritz von Wiktorin :: 122nd Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Siegfried Macholz :: 123rd Infant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Tank Division (Soviet Union)
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that spreads in school-aged children * Fifth force, a proposed force of nature in addition to the four known fundamental forces * Fifth (Stargate), a robotic character in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Fifth (unit), a unit of volume used for distilled beverages in the U.S. * Fifth-generation programming language * The fifth in a series, or four after the first: see ordinal numbers * 1st Battalion, 5th Marines * The Fraction 1/5 * The royal fifth (Spanish and Portuguese), an old royal tax of 20% Music * A musical interval (music); specifically, a ** perfect fifth ** diminished fifth ** augmented fifth * Quintal harmony, in which chords concatenate fifth intervals (rather than the third intervals of tertian harmony) * Fifth (chord) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 25th Panzer Division, nicknamed 'Mondschein' (Moonshine), was a tank formation of the German Army (1935–1945), German Army during World War II. It was one of the many under strength Panzer divisions formed during the last years of the war. History Organisation and build up The 'Rhineland-Westphalia 25th Panzer' was formed in Norway on 15 May 1941 as the 'Schützenverband Oslo', It was created to spearhead the possible invasion of Sweden and a full Panzer Division was not considered necessary for this task. When the Russian campaign did not end in 1941 as planned, the Verband was re-designated the 25th Panzer Division on 25 February 1942, although there was little increased strength to the original numbers of the Verband. Divisional staff were formed in Eberswalde Germany, (their new home station) and arrived in Oslo, Norway on 5 March. Existing units were renamed, and new ones formed in order to get the new division to actual divisional strength, although it remained w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Parachute Division (France)
The 25th Parachute Division ( French: 25e Division Parachutiste, 25e D.P) was an airborne division of the French Army, part of the French Airborne Units. Consisting mainly of air infantry specialized in airborne combat, air assault and established in 1956; the Parachute Division took principal part only in the Algerian War. Creation and different designations * June 1, 1956 : Creation of the 25th Parachute Division * April 30, 1961: the 25th Parachute was dissolved * In 1961 : following the putsch, the 10th Parachute Division and 25th Parachute Division were dissolved and formed on May 1, 1961, with the 11th Infantry Division (french: 11e Division d'Infanterie), the 11th Light Intervention Division, which would later become the 11th Parachute Brigade. Constitution On June 1, 1956, the 25th Parachute Division was created in the 5th military region from the 25e DIAP and the Colonial Parachute Brigade. The division included five airborne infantry Regiments, two airbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Infantry Division (United States)
The 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") is a United States Army division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The division, which was activated on 1 October 1941 in Hawaii, conducts military operations primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Its present deployment is composed of light infantry and aviation units. Tropic Lightning soldiers regularly train with other U.S. military branches to practice and maintain joint operations capabilities. The climate and terrain of the Pacific region demands Tropic Lightning soldiers be able to operate in physically demanding and harsh environments. In 2014, the division opened the Jungle Operations Training Center—the first such school in the Army since the closing of the old Jungle Warfare School at Fort Sherman, Panama Canal Zone. Joint operations and training with partner states herald a new chapter in the history of Tropic Lightning—America's Pacific Division. The division was originally activated from Hawaii garr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Division (United Kingdom)
The 25th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised as part of Lord Kitchener's Third New Army (K3) in September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the Great War. It served on the Western Front for most of the war. Unit history The component units of the division were assembled around Salisbury and moved to Aldershot in May 1915 to complete their training. The division was formed by Major-General Francis Ventris and crossed to France on 25–30 September 1915 under the command of Major-General Beauchamp Doran. The division originally comprised the 74th, 75th and 76th Infantry Brigades, but the 76th Brigade was posted away on 15 October 1915 and replaced by the 7th Infantry Brigade. In June 1916 Major-General Guy Bainbridge took command and the Division went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme, at the Battle of Messines, at the Battle of Passchendaele, in the German spring offensive of March/April 1918 and at the Battle of Aisne. The 25th Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Division (Spain)
The 25th Division was one of the Division (military unit), divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It participated in the battles of Huesca Offensive, Huesca, Battle of Belchite (1937), Belchite, Battle of Teruel, Teruel and Levante Offensive, Levante. History The division was created in April 1937, within the incipient Eastern Army (Spain), Eastern Army. It was organized from the old Jubert Division, which in turn had been the former Ortiz Column of anarchist militiamen. The new unit was made up of the 116th Mixed Brigade, 116th, 117th Mixed Brigade, 117th, 118th Mixed Brigade, 118th mixed brigades, and a few weeks later was integrated into the also recently created 12th Army Corps (Spain), 12th Army Corps. In June it participated in the Huesca Offensive. On the night of June 9–10, troops from the 25th Division began a diversionary action on the enemy front, occupying various positions; The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Infantry Division (South Korea)
The 25th Infantry Division ( ko, 제25보병사단, Hanja: 第二十五步兵師團) is Republic of Korea Army's military formation and it is one of three infantry divisions founded near the end of the Korean War. One of the regiment's reconnaissance In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, terrain, and other activities. Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops (skirmisher ... companies from the 25th infantry division found the North Korean-made 1st infiltration tunnel on November 15, 1974. Infantry divisions of South Korea Military units and formations established in 1953 Yangju {{SouthKorea-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
The 25th Infantry Division was a military unit of the German Wehrmacht. It was later reclassified to 25th Infantry Division (mot.), and in June 1943 to the 25th Panzer Grenadier Division. The 25th Panzergrenadier Division fought in the central sector of the Eastern front from June 1943 to July 1944. It was destroyed in the encirclement east of Minsk and reformed in October 1944. It then fought in Western Europe between October 1944 and January 1945 and in eastern Germany January to May 1945. Most of the survivors of the division surrendered to the western Allies. History Battle of France and Eastern Front The 25th Panzergrenadier Division was originally formed as an infantry unit, designated 25th Infantry Division and made up of Swabian and Bavarian personnel. It participated in the Polish Campaign and the Battle of France. In late 1940, it was reorganized as the 25th motorized infantry division and took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Guards Rifle Division
The 25th Guards Rifle Division 'Chapayevskaya' was a division of the Soviet Red Army. The division was reorganised and reformed several times until the collapse of the Soviet Union, when it entered service in the Ukrainian Army as the 25th Mechanised Division (). History World War II Formed in the period from 24 April 1942 to 12 July 1942, pursuant to Directive GShKA N org/2/783669 on 16 April 1942, by converting the 2nd Guards Rifle Brigade, ex 71st Naval Rifle Brigade, station Sonkovo, Kalinin region. 11–12 July 1942 the Division left the place of formation for the Voronezh Front, arrived in the front, and from 22 July 1942 until 4 August 1942 it built the defence line on the eastern bank of the river Bityug. Participated in the battles to establish a bridgehead on the river Don north of the city Korotoyak in August 1942, Ostrogozh-Rossoshanskij, Voronezh-Kastornoye, Kharkov offensive and defensive operations. It took part in the operations to take cities of Budapest and Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
