73rd Division (other)
In military terms, 73rd Division or 73rd Infantry Division may refer to: * 73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 73rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 73rd Guards Rifle Division * 73rd Division (United Kingdom) 73rd Division was a short-lived infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It served in Home Forces and never went overseas. Home Service On the outbreak of World War I the Territorial Force (TF) immediately mobilised for home def ...

73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The German 73rd Infantry Division or in German ''73. Infanterie-Division'' was a German military unit which served during World War II. The division consisted of more than 10,000 soldiers, primarily of the infantry branch, with supporting artillery. The division was only semi-motorized and relied on marching for the infantry units and horse-drawn transport for most of the support equipment, especially the artillery. The 73rd Infantry Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2nd wave ( aufstellungswelle). Shortly after its formation it then participated in the invasion of Poland as a reserve division of Army Group North. In 1941, it fought briefly in the Greek Campaign. It fought on the southern sector of the Eastern Front, from July 1941 through May 1944. As part of the 11th Army, it participated in the Crimean campaign in late 1941, including the initial assaults near Perekop and the "Tartar Ditch" as well as Sevastopol. In the spring of 1944 it was cut off by the ...
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73rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 73rd Rifle Division was a formation of the Great Patriotic War Soviet Army. The division began assigned to the 20th Army at the beginning of the war and was destroyed and rebuilt twice before the war ended. According to research in the Soviet archives published by Michael Avanzini and Craig Crofoot, the division was formed five times from 1930 to the late 1940s. Its first formation was established at Omsk in the Siberian Military District in 1930, and reformed a second time in September 1939 after serving as the cadre for the 109th Rifle Division and the 194th Rifle Division. Disbanded for unknown reasons in October 1939. Third Formation Established Omsk in Jul 1940. Assigned to the newly formed 20th Army formed in June 1941 in the Orel Military District, under the command of Colonel Alexander Akimov. Wiped out in October 1941 near Vyazma during the opening stages of the Battle of Moscow. Fourth Formation Rebuilt in February 1942 at Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine. Destroyed s ...
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73rd Guards Rifle Division
The 73rd Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in March 1943, based on the 2nd formation of the 38th Rifle Division, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. As the 38th it had fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and distinguished itself during Operation Ring in the 64th Army. It remained assigned to that Army when it was redesignated as the 7th Guards Army. Unusually, the division, as well as its four regiments, were all granted honorific titles following the battle. It moved north to the Kursk area joining Voronezh Front and played an important role in the defense of the Northern Donets River south of the salient as part of the 25th Guards Rifle Corps during Operation ''Zitadelle''. Following this victory it fought in the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive in August and continued advancing toward the Dniepr River into the early autumn. Over the winter it took part in the complex battles in the great bend of the Dn ...
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