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56th Infantry Division
56th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 56th Infantry Division (France), a unit of the French Army in both World Wars * 56th Infantry Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army * 56th (London) Infantry Division, a unit of the British Army * 56th Infantry Division Casale, a unit of the Kingdom of Italy in World War II * 56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 56th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Division (Spain), a Spanish Republican unit See also * 56th Brigade (other) * 56th Group (other) * 56th Regiment (other) * 56th Squadron (other) * 56 (Olpherts) Battery Royal Artillery {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (France)
56th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 56th Infantry Division (France), a unit of the French Army in both World Wars * 56th Infantry Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army * 56th (London) Infantry Division, a unit of the British Army * 56th Infantry Division Casale, a unit of the Kingdom of Italy in World War II * 56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 56th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Division (Spain), a Spanish Republican unit See also * 56th Brigade (other) * 56th Group (other) * 56th Regiment (other) * 56th Squadron (other) * 56 (Olpherts) Battery Royal Artillery {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 56th Infantry Division (''56. Infanterie-Division'') was a division of the Imperial German Army. It was formed during World War I and dissolved with the demobilization of the German Army in 1919. Formation and organization The 56th Infantry Division was formed on March 5, 1915, and began organizing itself over the next two months. It received the 35th Fusilier Regiment (''Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Heinrich von Preußen (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 35'') from the 6th Infantry Division, the 88th Infantry Regiment (''2. Nassauisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 88'') from the 21st Infantry Division, and the 118th Infantry Regiment (''Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Carl (4. Großherzogl. Hessisches) Nr. 118'') from the 25th Infantry Division. The 35th Fusiliers was a Prussian regiment from Brandenburg, the 88th Infantry was a Prussian regiment from the former Duchy of Nassau, and the 118th Infantry was from the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The 56th Infantry Division's order of battle on March 7, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 56th Infantry Division (german: 56. Infanterie-Division; nicknamed ''Gekreuzte Säbel'', 'crossed sabres', after the divisional symbol) was a German infantry division which fought during World War II. Formed in late August 1939, it participated in occupation duty in Poland before fighting in the Battle of France. The 56th spent mid-1940 in Belgium, then returned to Poland in the early northern hemisphere fall, fighting in Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The division spent the rest of its existence on the Eastern Front, participating in the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Kursk, suffering heavy losses in the latter. In late 1943 the division was dissolved and its headquarters used to form Corps Detachment D, which was destroyed during Operation Bagration. The headquarters of the latter was again used to reform the division in East Prussia in September 1944, but it was again destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Pocket in early 1945. History The div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .It was formed on 10 July 1940 at Kurume, simultaneously with 51st, 52nd, 54th, 55th, and 57th Divisions. The formation nucleus was the headquarters of the 12th Division. Its manpower came primarily from Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. The ''56th Division'' was initially assigned to the Kurume Mobilization District, under the command of the Western District Army. History In October 1941, the 146th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 56th Field Artillery Regiment were re-organized as the "56th Independent Mixed Regiment" (subordinated to Sakaguchi detachment). It departed from Palau on 16 December 1941 and landed in Davao City on 17 December 1941 and sailed again on 7 January 1942 to Tarakan. Afterwards, it was slated for the Borneo invasion. On 21 January 1942 it sailed from Tarakan to Balikpapan and on 19 February 1942, the Sakaguchi detachment was sent to eastern Java, arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th (London) Infantry Division
The 56th (London) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations. The division served in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. Demobilised after the war, the division was reformed in 1920 and saw active service again in the Second World War in Tunisia and Italy. The division was again disbanded in 1946 and reformed first as an armoured formation and then as an infantry division before final disbandment in 1961. 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 1st London Division. It was a wholly new formation, although its three infantry bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 56th Infantry Division (russian: 56-я пехотная дивизия, ''56-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar .... Organization *1st Brigade **221st Roslav Infantry Regiment **222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment *2nd Brigade **223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment **224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment *56th Artillery Brigade References {{Russian Empire Divisions Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 56th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army of the Soviet Union, formed three times. First formation On 21 November 1919 the 56th Rifle Division ( :ru:56-я стрелковая дивизия (1-го формирования)) was established from a previous rifle division that had been part of the Seventh Red Army. In June 1941 it was part of the 4th Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army, and included the 37th, 184th, and 213th Rifle Regiments, supported by the 113th Artillery Regiment and the 247th Howitzer Artillery Regiment. Commanded by Major General Semyon Sakhnov, its first formation was destroyed while serving with 4th Rifle Corps by July 1941. It was officially disbanded on 19 September. Second formation The division was reestablished on 26 September 1941 from the 7th Leningrad People's Militia Division, serving with the 42nd Army in the siege of Leningrad. It included the 37th, 184th, and the 213th Rifle Regiments, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Guards Rifle Division
The 56th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in June 1943, based on the 2nd formations of the 74th and 91st Rifle Brigades, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. Along with its "sister", the 65th Guards Rifle Division, the 56th was formed "out of sequence", that is, many Guards rifle divisions were higher numbered and formed earlier than the 56th. The division was immediately assigned to the 19th Guards Rifle Corps of the 10th Guards Army and remained under those headquarters for the duration of the war. It first saw action in Western Front's summer offensive, Operation Suvorov. On September 8 the 254th Guards Rifle Regiment was given the honorific title "in the name of Aleksandr Matrosov" and on September 25 the division as a whole was awarded the honorific "Smolensk" for its role in the liberation of that city. During the winter of 1943-44 it took part in the stubborn fighting north and east of Vitebsk, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Division (Spain)
56th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 56th Infantry Division (France), a unit of the French Army in both World Wars * 56th Infantry Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army * 56th (London) Infantry Division, a unit of the British Army * 56th Infantry Division Casale, a unit of the Kingdom of Italy in World War II * 56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 56th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Guards Rifle Division The 56th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in June 1943, based on the 2nd formations of the 74th and 91st Rifle Brigades, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. Along wit ... (Soviet Union) * 56th Division (Spain), a Spanish Republican unit See also * 56th Brigade (other) * 56th Group (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Brigade (other)
56th Brigade or 56th Infantry Brigade may refer to: * 56th Indian Brigade of the British Indian Army in the First World War * 56th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 56th Field Artillery Command, a unit of the United States Army * 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a Texas National guard unit * 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 28th Infantry Division, also known as the ''Independence Brigade'', is a brigade combat team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and has its headquarters located at Horsham Air Guard Station in ..., a Pennsylvania National guard unit See also * 56th Division (other) * 56th Group (other) * 56th Regiment (other) * 56th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Group (other)
56th Group may refer to: * 56th Fighter Group, a unit of the United States Army Air Force * 56th Operations Group, a unit of the United States Air Force See also * 56th Division (other) * 56th Brigade (other) 56th Brigade or 56th Infantry Brigade may refer to: * 56th Indian Brigade of the British Indian Army in the First World War * 56th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 56th Field Artillery Command, a unit of the United States Army * 56th Infantry ... * 56th Regiment (other) * 56th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
