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3rd Army (other)
Third Army may refer to: Germany * 3rd Army (German Empire), a World War I field Army * 3rd Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army * 3rd Panzer Army Russia and Soviet Union * 3rd Army (Russian Empire) * 3rd Army (RSFSR) * 3rd Army (Soviet Union) Others * 3rd Army (Austria-Hungary) * Third Army (Bulgaria) * 3rd Army (France) * Third Army (Egypt) * Third Army (Hungary) * Third Army (Italy) * Third Army (Japan) * Third Army (Ottoman Empire) * Third Army (Romania) * Third Army (Serbia) * Third Army (Turkey) * Third Army (United Kingdom) ** Third Army (Home Forces), also in the United Kingdom * Third Army (United States) See also * 3rd Army Corps (other) * 3rd Battalion (other) * 3rd Brigade (other) * 3rd Division (other) 3rd Division may refer to: Air divisions *3d Air Division, United States * 3d Attack Wing, United States Armoured divisions *3rd Armoured Division (Australia) * 3rd Armored Division (France) *3rd Light Mec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Army (German Empire)
The 3rd Army (german: 3. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 3 / A.O.K. 3) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 seemingly from the II Army Inspectorate. The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war. History Upon the mobilization Max von Hausen (Saxon War Minister) was given command of the 3rd Army which mainly consisted of Saxons. The army participated in the Battle of the Frontiers, mainly in the Battle of Dinant and the Battle of Charleroi and the army were responsible for the destruction of Reims in September 1914. When the 2nd Army retreated after the First Battle of the Marne, Hausen saw his flank exposed and ordered a retreat. Upon the stabilization of the front on the river Aisne, Hausen was relieved of his command and replaced by General Karl von Einem. Repulsing the French First Battle of Champagne (the Champagne-Marne offensive) from February–March and Second Battle of Champagne (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Third Army was originally established in Skopje and later defended the northeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Its initial headquarters was at Salonica, where it formed the core of the military forces that supported the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Many of its officers who participated in the Revolution, including Enver Pasha and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, rose to fame and power. By 1911, the Army had been moved to Erzincan in northeastern Anatolia, and with the onset of World War I, it was moved to Erzurum. During the war, it fought against the Russian Caucasus Army, Armenian volunteer units and behind the lines dealt with the Armenian Resistance within its designated area. During this period, the Battle of Sarikamish, Battle of Koprukoy and the Battle of Erzurum were significant engagements. The army's headquarters was moved to Susehir (a town near Sivas) after the disastrous Battle of Erzurum, and by late 1916 the army lacked any offensive capability. After the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Division (other)
3rd Division may refer to: Air divisions *3d Air Division, United States * 3d Attack Wing, United States Armoured divisions *3rd Armoured Division (Australia) * 3rd Armored Division (France) *3rd Light Mechanized Division (France) *3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) *3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) *3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, Nazi Germany *3rd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) *3rd Armored Division (Jordan) *3rd Division (Nigeria) *3rd Tank Division (Soviet Union) *3rd Armored Division (United States) Cavalry divisions *3rd Cavalry Division (German Empire) *3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Weimar Republic *3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) * 3rd Cavalry Division ''Amedeo Duca d'Aosta'', Italian Army during World War II *3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) *3rd Mounted Division, United Kingdom *3rd Cavalry Division (United States) Infantry divisions *3rd (Lahore) Division, of the British Indian Army before and during World War I *3rd Algerian Infantry Division, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Brigade (other)
3rd Brigade may refer to: Australia *3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia) *3rd Brigade (Australia) *3rd Light Horse Brigade Canada * 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Croatia *3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia) France *3rd Mechanised Brigade (France) India *British Indian Army in the First World War ** 3rd (Abbottabad) Brigade ** 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade *British Indian Army in the Second World War ** 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade ** 3rd Indian Infantry Brigade ** 3rd Indian Motor Brigade Japan * IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade New Zealand *New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), 3rd (New Zealand Rifle) Brigade Poland *3rd Brigade of the Polish Legions *3rd Polish Infantry Brigade *Polish 3rd Mountain Brigade Serbia *LF 3rd Brigade South Africa * 3rd Infantry Brigade (South Africa) Spain * 3rd Mixed Brigade Ukraine * 3rd Tank Brigade (Ukraine) * 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (Ukraine) United Kingdom *3rd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) *3 Commando Brigade *3rd Guards Brigade ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Battalion (other)
3rd Battalion may refer to: * 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, a field artillery battalion of the United States Army * 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, a field artillery battalion of the United States Army * 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, a unit of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team * 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, a United States Army combined arms battalion * 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, an aviation battalion of the United States Army Massachusetts National Guard * 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, a United States infantry battalion * 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, an aviation battalion of the United States Army * 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, an infantry battalion of the United States Army * 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, a field artillery battalion of the United States Army * 3rd Battalion, CEF, a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force * 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, the Territorial Army unit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Army Corps (other)
3rd Corps, Third Corps, III Corps, or 3rd Army Corps may refer to: France * 3rd Army Corps (France) * III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * III Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany * III Cavalry Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * III Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * III Reserve Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * III Royal Bavarian Corps, a unit of the Bavarian Army and the Imperial German Army * III Army Corps (Wehrmacht), a unit in World War II * III Corps (Bundeswehr) * III Panzer Corps (Germany) * III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps Russia and Soviet Union * 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I * 3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) * 3rd Rifle Corps, Soviet Union * 3rd Army Corps (Russia), Russian Federation United States * III Corps (United States) * III Corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Central
The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT, is a military formation of the United States Army which saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the coalition occupation of Iraq. It is best known for its campaigns in World War II under the command of General George S. Patton. Third Army is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina with a forward element at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. It serves as the echelon above corps for the Army component of CENTCOM, US Central Command, whose area of responsibility (AOR) includes Southwest Asia, some 20 countries of the world, in Africa, Asia, and the Persian Gulf. Activation and World War I The Third United States Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War on 7 November 1918, at Chaumont, France, when the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) issued General Order 198 organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (Home Forces)
Third Army was a home service formation of the British Army during the First World War. Third Army, based at Luton, was formed on 6 September 1914 under the command of Central Force. Sir Alfred Codrington was appointed Army Commander on 30 October after the death of Sir William Franklyn. Units attached to the Army were the East Anglian Division, the North Midland Division, the South Midland Division, the 2nd London Division, the North Midland Mounted Brigade and the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade. Third Army kept its name even after the establishment of a Third Army in the British Expeditionary Force in July 1915. It was disbanded on 11 December 1915 following the appointment of Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces was a senior officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars. The role of the appointment was firstly to oversee the training and equipment of formations in preparation for their deployment ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (United Kingdom)
The Third Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that saw active service on the Western Front throughout the war. First World War The Third Army was part of the British Army during World War I and was formed in France on 13 July 1915, under the command of Lieutenant-General Charles Monro. During August 1915 the Third Army took over trench line south of the French Tenth Army, which had to keep in position for the forthcoming autumn offensive. This made the Third Army geographically separate from the other British Armies for the time being. This remained the case until March 1916, when the French Tenth Army was redeployed because of French losses at Verdun and the British Fourth Army was formed in preparation for the Battle of the Somme. The battles it took part in on the Western Front included: * Battle of the Somme * Battle of Cambrai * Second Battle of Arras (April 1917) * Battle of Passchendaele * Battle of Amiens (August 1918) * Hundred Days Offensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (Turkey)
The Turkish Third Army is a field army of the Turkish Army and is the country's largest army. History It traces its origins to 1923, but further back, the Ninth Army Troops Inspectorate was redesignated the Third Army Troops Inspectorate on 15 June 1919. General Ragıp Gümüşpala commanded the army between 1958 and 1960. In the days of the Soviet Union the Third Army was stationed on the Caucasus border to counter any Soviet attack by the Transcaucasus Military District. In 1973 the Army, with headquarters at Erzincan, had the 8th Corps at Elazığ (including the 12th Infantry Division (Turkey), today 12th Mechanised Infantry Brigade at Ağrı), the 9th Corps at Erzurum (including 9th Infantry Division at Sarıkamış (which was active to at least 1996), and the 11th Corps at Trabzon. After 1974–75 and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus 11th Corps headquarters was moved to North Cyprus. Following the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, the General Staff de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (Serbia)
The Third Army ( sr, Трећа армија/Treća armija) was a field army of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia that fought during the Balkan Wars and World War I. History First Balkan War During the First Balkan War, the Third Army participated in the Battle of Kumanovo (23 - October 24, 1912) along with the First Army (Serbia), Serbian First Army and the Second Army (Serbia), Serbian Second Army. It was composed of four infantry divisions and one infantry brigade (76,000 men), deployed in two groups, the first one at Toplica District, Toplica and the second one at Medveđa. It was assigned to the westernmost attack, with the task of taking Kosovo and then moving south to attack the left flank of the Ottoman Army. World War I In World War I, the Third Army fought in the successful Battle of Cer, Battles of Cer, Battle of Drina, Drina and Battle of Kolubara, Kolubra in 1914. But in Autumn 1915 they were defeated by the Bulgarians and Germans during the Kosovo Offensive (1915 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Army (Romania)
The 3rd Army (Armata a 3-a Română) was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s. It fought as part of the Germany, German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Caucasus. General Petre Dumitrescu commanded the 3rd Army for a period. World War I After Kingdom of Romania, Romania entered World War I in August 1916 on the side of the Allies of World War I, Allies, the Third Army defended the border with Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, while the rest of the Romanian Army engaged in the Battle of Transylvania. When a Bulgarian-German army under August von Mackensen invaded Romania in September 1916, the Third Army made attempts to withstand the enemy offensive at Silistra, Battle of Bazargic, Bazargic, First Battle of Cobadin, Amzacea and Topraisar, but had to withdraw under the pressure of superior enemy forces after the Second Battle of Cobadin. After the Flămânda Offensive, the Third Army was disbanded. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
