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46th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)
46th Division or 46th Infantry Division may refer to: * 46th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army * 46th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 46th Landwehr Division (German Empire), a unit of the Royal Saxon Army * 46th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 46th (North Midland) Division, a unit of the United Kingdom Army * 46th Infantry Division (United States) The 46th Infantry Division was a formation of the Michigan Army National Guard active between 1947 and 1968. It was initially headquartered at Lansing. Many of its units had previously been part of the 32nd Infantry Division. It was converted to ..., a unit of the United States Army * 46th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army See also * 46th Brigade (other) * 46th Regiment (other) * 46th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 46th Infantry Division (german: 46. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during World War II that fought on the Eastern Front. History The 46th Infantry Division was formed in 1938 under the command of General Paul von Hase. It fought in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and the following year participated in the Battle of France. It remained there into 1941 and then participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April. During the invasion of the Soviet Union, it was attached to Army Group South and marched through Ukraine and into the Crimea.Mitcham, 2007, pp. 91–93 In December 1941 it was engaged in heavy fighting in the Kerch Peninsula in December. Despite being instructed to hold its ground, the XXXXII Army Corps commander, General von Sponeck, gave the order to pull back. This order was countermanded by the 11th Army commander, Erich von Manstein, but since von Sponeck had already disassembled his wireless set, the order to hold ground was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 46th Reserve Division (''46. Reserve-Division'') was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed in August 1914 and organized over the next two months. It was part of the first wave of new divisions formed at the outset of World War I, which were numbered the 43rd through 54th Reserve Divisions. The division was originally part of XXIII Reserve Corps. It was disbanded in August 1918. Recruitment The 213th Reserve Infantry Regiment was raised in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein. The 214th Reserve Infantry Regiment was raised in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, but included some troops from Lübeck and Schleswig-Holstein. The 215th Reserve Infantry Regiment was raised in the Prussian Province of Hanover. The 216th Reserve Infantry Regiment was raised primarily in Hamburg. The 18th Reserve Jäger Battalion was raised in Schleswig-Holstein and included many students from Kiel. Combat chronicle The 46th Reserve Division f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Saxon Army
The Royal Saxon Army (german: Königlich Sächsische Armee) was the military force of the Electorate (1682–1807) and later the Kingdom of Saxony (1807–1918). A regular Saxon army was first established in 1682 and it continued to exist until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. With the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine by Napoleon the Royal Saxon Army joined the French "Grande Armée" along with 37 other German states. History The army at the time of the Electorate of Saxony (1682–1807) The founder of the standing army in Saxony was Elector Johann Georg III. He convinced the Saxon Estates in 1681 that the established practice of in case of war hiring mercenaries and dismissing them in peace, was as costly as the formation of a standing army. In 1682 the hitherto existing home troops and Guard and other small units were consolidated in line regiments. The army consisted of six infantry regiments of eight companies and five cavalry regiments. The fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 46th Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army. History The division was formed in 1923 as a territorial unit, assigned to the 14th Rifle Corps of the Ukrainian Military District. Based in Kiev, it included the 136th, 137th, and 138th Rifle Regiments. Its regiments received the honorifics Pre-Dnieper, Kiev, and Pereyaslavl, respectively, by 1930. Reorganized as a cadre unit in 1931, it became part of the Kiev Military District when the Ukrainian Military District was split on 17 May 1935. The division transferred to the Zhitomir Army Group of the Kiev Special Military District on 26 July 1938 during another reorganization. The 46th was soon transferred to Irkutsk, assigned to the Transbaikal Military District. It was reorganized under peacetime tables of organization and equipment with an authorized strength of 6,000 personnel in April 1940. When Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June 1941, the division was assigned to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th (North Midland) Division
The 46th (North Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, that saw service in the First World War. At the outbreak of the war, the 46th Division was commanded by Major-General Hon. E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915.Becke, pp. 61–7. Formation The Territorial Force (TF) was formed on 1 April 1908 following the enactment of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw.7, c.9) which combined and re-organised the old Volunteer Force, the Honourable Artillery Company and the Yeomanry. On formation, the TF contained 14 infantry divisions and 14 mounted yeomanry brigades. One of the divisions was the North Midland Division. The North Midland Division was created by combining two existing Volunteer Infantry brigades, the Staffordshire Brigade and the North Midland Brigade. The Staffordshire Brigade was composed of battalions of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Infantry Division (United States)
The 46th Infantry Division was a formation of the Michigan Army National Guard active between 1947 and 1968. It was initially headquartered at Lansing. Many of its units had previously been part of the 32nd Infantry Division. It was converted to the Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD) structure in March 1963. The Division's 2nd Brigade was assigned to the Selected Reserve Force, a higher-readiness component of the ARNG, in 1965. Virtually the entire division was involved in responding to the 12th Street riot in Detroit in July–August 1967. The 1968 reductions of the Army National Guard, initiated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara who felt that fifteen divisions were too many, reduced the division to the 46th Brigade (formed from the 2nd Brigade at Wyoming, Michigan), which was allocated to the 38th Infantry Division on 1 February 1968. The brigade was eliminated during Army restructuring in 2004. History By 1957 the division included the following units: Armor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Origins The ''46th Division'' was formed in Kumamoto, simultaneously with 42nd, 43rd and 47th divisions. The formation nucleus was the 66th Independent Infantry Brigade and headquarters of the 6th division. Troops were drawn from the Kumamoto Divisional District (''Shikanku'') which consisted of Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. Deployment The ''46th division'' was initially assigned to Western District Army to strengthen the mainland defenses. The ''46th division'' was temporarily assigned to 16th Army and ordered to move south in October 1943. The 46th artillery regiment was detached and left behind that time. The Division's 123rd Regiment landed in Sumba of the Lesser Sunda Islands in late November 1943. Soon the ''46th division'' was reassigned to 19th army. In February 1944, the 147th Regiment landed in nearby Sumbawa island. The divisional headquarters were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Brigade (other)
46th Brigade may refer to: * 46th Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine) * 46th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Bangladesh Army * 46th Indian Infantry Brigade *46th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) The 46th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars with the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division. First World War The brigade was raised, as 46th Brigade, in 191 ... * 46th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division of the Michigan Army National Guard (keeping the traditions of the 46th Infantry Division) See also * 46th Division (other) * 46th Regiment (other) * 46th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Regiment (other)
46th Regiment or 46th Infantry Regiment may refer to: United Kingdom * 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army * 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment, a unit of the British Army * 46th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), a unit of the British Army United States * 46th Infantry Regiment (United States), a unit of the United States Army American Civil War regiments Union (Northern) Army regiments * 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 46th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 46th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 46th Indiana Infantry Regiment * 46th New York Volunteer Infantry * 46th Ohio Infantry * 46th United States Colored Infantry Confederate (Southern) Army regiments * 46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment * 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Pendleton County, West Virginia), a Virginia State Unit * 46th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted) * 46th Virginia Infantry See also * 46th Division (other) * 46th Brigade (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
