93rd Infantry Division (People's Republic Of China)
93rd Infantry Division may refer to: * 93rd Infantry Division (United States) * 93rd Infantry Division (German Empire) * 93rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 93rd Infantry Division (German ''93. Infanterie-Division'') was a German infantry division that was formed in the fall of 1939. The division fought in the Second World War in both the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front. It was ultimat ...

93rd Infantry Division (United States)
The 93rd Infantry Division was a "colored" segregated unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. However, in World War I only its four infantry regiments, two brigade headquarters, and a provisional division headquarters were organized, and the divisional and brigade headquarters were demobilized in May 1918.Rinaldi, p. 54 Its regiments fought primarily under French command in that war. During tough combat in France, they soon acquired from the French the nickname ''Blue Helmets'' (french: Casques Bleus), as these units were issued horizon blue French Adrian helmets. This referred to the service of several of its units with the French Army during the Second Battle of the Marne. Consequently, its shoulder patch became a blue French helmet, to commemorate its service with the French Army during the German spring offensive. The division was reactivated with the "colored" infantry designation on 15 May 1942 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and shipped overseas in 19 ...
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93rd Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 93rd Infantry Division (93. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the Imperial German Army in World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... References 93. 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 Weg ...
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