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91st Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
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In military terms, 91st Division or 91st Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 91st Infantry Division (German Empire) * 91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 91st Division (Israel) * 91st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 91st Division (Philippines) * 91st Division (United States) * 91st Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 91st Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union Aviation divisions: * 91st Air Division, United States See also * 91st Regiment (other) 91st Regiment or 91st Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 91st Regiment of Foot (other), several units of the British Army * 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry), a unit of the British Indian Army * 91st Cavalry Regiment, United States * 91st Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 91st Infantry Division (91. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the Imperial German Army in World War I. References 91. Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1915/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg * Franz Bettag, ''Die Eroberung von Nowo Georgiewsk''. Schlachten des Weltkrieges, Bd. 8 (Oldenburg, 1926) * Hermann Cron et al., ''Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee'' (Berlin, 1935) * Hermann Cron, ''Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918'' (Berlin, 1937) * Erich von Falkenhayn, ''Der Feldzug der 9. Armee gegen die Rumänen und Russen, 1916/17'' (Berlin, 1921) * Oberstleutnant a. D. Dr. Curt Treitschke, ''Der Rückmarsch aus Rumänien. Mit der Mackensen-Armee vom Sereth durch Siebenbürgen nach Sachsen'' (Dresden 1938) * Günter Wegner, ''Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1825-1939.'' (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1 * ''Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 91st Air Landing Division (German ''91. Luftlande-Infanterie-Division'') was a German Army infantry division in World War II. History The division was originally formed as an air landing division (''Luftlandedivision'') trained and equipped to be transported by aircraft (i.e. having only light artillery and few heavy support weapons) to take part in Operation Tanne Ost, an aborted airborne operation in Scandinavia. Despite its name, the 91st in practice was a regular ''Heer'' unit and spent its entire existence as a conventional infantry division. Formed in the Baumholder area from replacement center personnel in January 1944 under the command of ''Generalleutnant'' Bruno Ortner, its command was transferred to ''Generalleutnant'' Wilhelm Falley and moved to the Cotentin peninsula with von der Heydte's 6th Parachute Regiment and 100th Panzer Replacement and Training Battalion, armed with captured French light tanks, attached as part of the German 7th Army. Located with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Division (Israel)
The Israel Defense Forces 91st Division, known also as the Galilee Formation (, ''Utzbat HaGalil''), is a territorial division in the IDF Northern Command, responsible for the front with Lebanon, from Rosh HaNikra to Mount Hermon. Its headquarters are located at Biranit, Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ..., along with a military police investigations base. Units * 91st "Galilee" Division ** 300th "Bar'am" (Territorial) Infantry Brigade ** 769th "Hiram" (Territorial) Infantry Brigade ** 3rd "Alexandroni" (Reserve) Infantry Brigade ** 8th (Reserve) Armor Brigade ** 7338th (Reserve) Artillery Regiment ** 671st "Nofim" Signals Battalion ** 869th "Shahaf/Seagull" Field Intelligence Battalion Divisions of Israel Northern Command (Israel) {{Israel-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was created on 12 April 1944 in Paramushiro. The nucleus for the formation was the 1st Kuril Islands Garrison Group. It was an oversized type C(hei) security division, with its constituent brigades consisting of six infantry battalions each from July 1944. The division had two artillery regiments, which was highly unusual. Basing The 91st Division was assigned to the 27th Army upon formation. The division's garrison zone was Shumshu and Shiashkotan in the Kuril Islands, garrisoning Kita Chishima Fortress, with its headquarters on Shumshu, By mid-August 1945, the 91st Division had about 8,500 troops on Shumshu and another 15,000 on neighboring Paramushiro, and also fielded 77 tanks;Russell, p. 30. the division's forces on the two islands could reinforce one another as necessary. Action On 18 August 1945, the Battle of Shumshu began as part of the Soviet invasion of the Kuril IslandsRussell, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Division (Philippines)
The 91st Infantry Division was a division of the Philippine Army under the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). Organization History It was active from 1941 to April 9, 1942, whereupon it surrendered when Bataan fell. Col. (later BGen.) Luther R. Stevens (PA) was the division's commander, and Col. Edgar H. Keltner, Inf., was Chief of Staff. Combat Narrative At the outset of hostilities, 8 December 1941, the 91st Division (PA) was part of the USAFFE Reserve Force, alongside the U.S. Army's Philippine Division Philippine Division, or from 1946–1947 the 12th Infantry Division, was the core U.S. infantry division of the United States Army's Philippine Department during World War II. On 31 July 1941, the division consisted of 10,473 troops, mostly enl ..., the 1st Tank Group (Provisional), and three smaller Philippine Scouts units ( 43rd Infantry (PS), 86th FA Bn. (PS), & 88th FA Regt. (PS).) Order of battle * 91st Infantry Regiment (PA) * 92nd Infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
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In military terms, 91st Division or 91st Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 91st Infantry Division (German Empire) * 91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 91st Division (Israel) * 91st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 91st Division (Philippines) * 91st Division (United States) * 91st Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 91st Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union Aviation divisions: * 91st Air Division, United States See also * 91st Regiment (other) 91st Regiment or 91st Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 91st Regiment of Foot (other), several units of the British Army * 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry), a unit of the British Indian Army * 91st Cavalry Regiment, United States * 91st Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Division (United States)
The 91st Infantry Division (famously nicknamed as the "Wild West Division" with a "Fir Tree" as its Division insignia to symbolize its traditional home of the Far West) is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve. It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations). History World War I Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division, commanded by Major General Henry Alexander Greene, soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the division, now commanded by Major General William Johnston Jr., fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Rifle Division
The 91st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and Soviet Army, formed twice. The division was first formed in 1939, fought in the Winter War, and was destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket during the Battle of Moscow. It was reformed in December 1941 and fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Crimean Offensive, earning the honorific "Melitopol" and the Order of the Red Banner. The division was downsized into a brigade postwar but became a division again in 1953. It became a motor rifle division in 1957. First Formation The 91st Rifle Division was formed in Achinsk by 1 December 1939 in the Siberian Military District from elements of the 94th Rifle Division as part of the 52nd Rifle Corps, under the command of Colonel Nikita Lebedenko. The division became a motor rifle division on 5 January 1940. The division fought in the closing stages of the Winter War and returned to Achinsk in April 1940, when it became a rifle division again. On 26 June 1941, after the Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Motor Rifle Division
The 91st Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Army, formed twice. The division was first formed from a rifle division in 1957 and disbanded two years later. The division was reformed in 1970 without inheriting the lineage of the first formation, and was stationed in Mongolia between 1979 and 1987. After being pulled back to the Soviet Union it was downsized into a territorial training center, which later became a storage base. First formation In June 1957 the 91st Melitopolskaya Order of Suvorov MRD (Military Unit Number (v/ch) 34562) was formed at Perm in the Ural Military District from the 91st Rifle Division. It comprised four regiments, all at Perm: the 2nd Motorised Rifle Regiment; the 26th Motorised Rifle Regiment; the 434th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment; and the 345th Tank Regiment. It was disbanded on 1 March 1959.Michael Holm91st Motor Rifle Division/ref> Second formation In July 1970 the 91st Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number (v/ch) 58421) was ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Air Division
The 91st Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Forces, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Newark Municipal Airport, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 24 June 1949. History During World War II, the 91st Photographic Wing was the primary source of aerial photography and visual intelligence and mapping for Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific theater. Its assigned units flying unarmed over enemy territory, "photographing Japanese airfields, harbors, beach defenses, and personnel areas in New Guinea, the Bismarcks, Borneo, and the southern Philippines. They also reconnoitered target areas and enemy troop positions to provide intelligence for Air Force and Army units." "Liaison aircraft assigned to the wing rescued Allied fliers forced down in Pacific jungles, and evacuated wounded personnel from forward areas. Frequently fighters, assigned to subordinate units, attacked gun emplacements, brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
