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Group Armies
Group armies () or army groups or combined corps, which are corps-level military formations of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force of China. Some may use or translate 'Group Army' loosely to mean the same as Army Group through various time periods of history, depending on whether the military formation is under Nationalist China (ROC) or Communist China (PRC). Chinese Army Group or Group Army could be equivalent to field army or army group in other militaries but not necessarily so. This is because while“ ” in Chinese means "corps" when classifying by size or number of troops, it also means (and more frequently so) in common and less precise military usage - any significant grouping of combat troops / i.e. army (usually corps size or larger; including Army or Army Group as per defined by most international military forces). National Revolutionary Army By the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the National Revolutionary Army had organized 40 army groups. These w ...
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Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but from two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an military organization, operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more division (military), divisions, such as the I Corps (Grande Armée), , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or Muster (military), mustering) – that is a #Administrative corps, specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, a medical corps, or a force of military police) or; *in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the United States Marine Corps). These usages often ov ...
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11th Public Security Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 151st Division () was created in November 1948 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》/ref> basing on the 10th Independent Division of Northeastern Field Army, formed in January 1948. The division was a part of 38th Corps, under which command it took part in many major battles during the Chinese civil war. In March 1953 it stationed at Longzhou, Guangxi. In February 1951 the division was attached to the newly-formed 48th Corps and renamed as 142nd Division (), and all its regiments were renamed as follows: *424th Infantry Regiment (former 451st); *425th Infantry Regiment (former 452nd); *426th Infantry Regiment (former 453rd). On April 1, 1952, the division was re-organized and renamed as 11th Public Security Division()(2nd Formation), and all its regiments were renamed as follows: *31st Public Secur ...
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Landing Operation On Hainan Island
The Battle of Hainan Island occurred in 1950 during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War. The People's Republic of China (PRC) conducted an amphibious assault on the island in mid-April, assisted by the independent Hainan Communist movement, which controlled much of the island's interior, while the Republic of China (ROC) controlled the coast; their forces were concentrated in the north near Haikou and were forced to retreat south after the landings. The Communists secured the southern cities by the end of the month and declared victory on May 1. Background Hainan Communist movement The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established a branch on Hainan in 1926. Lines of communication between the branch and the CCP leadership were tenuous from the beginning, resulting in the Hainan Communist movement developing as an independent entity and operating with minimal outside support. The Hainan Communists were hard hit by ROC repression that followed the end of the First United Front. Th ...
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12th Public Security Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 147th Division() was a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. The division was designated in November 1948 according to ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948. from 36th Division, 12th Column of People's Liberation Army of Northeastern China. Its history could be traced to 5th Independent Division of Northeastern Democratic Coalition formed in July 1947. The division was a part of 49th Corps. Under the flag of 147th division it took part in several major battles during the Chinese Civil War, including the siege of Changchun, Liaoshen campaign, Pingjin campaign and Guangxi campaign. The division was then composed of 439th, 440th and 441st Regiments. In April 1952, the division was reorganized as 12th Public Security Division(). The division was then composed of 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th Public Security Regiments, station ...
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132nd Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 132nd Division may refer to: ; Infantry Divisions: * 132nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) *132nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 132nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) ; Armoured Divisions *Italian 132nd Armored Division Ariete Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
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131st Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
The 131st Division () was created in November 1948 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html basing on the 20th Division, 7th Column of the PLA Northeastern Field Army. Its history can be traced to 2nd Security Brigade of Liaoji Military District formed in December 1946. The division is part of 44th Corps. Under the flag of 132nd division it took part in several major battles during the Chinese Civil War. The division was composed of 391st, 392nd and 393rd Regiments. In October 1952 the division was transferred to the Navy after 44th Corps' disbandment. In February 1953 the division was inactivated. Its division HQ was converted to HQ, 3rd Naval Aviation Division; its 391st Infantry was transferred to newly-formed 54th Corps as 391st Regiment, 134th ...
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25th Corps (People's Republic Of China)
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19th Corps (People's Republic Of China)
19 Corps, 19th Corps, XIX Corps, or XIX Army Corps may refer to: * 19th Army Corps (France) * 19th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * XIX Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XIX Corps (United Kingdom) * XIX Corps (United States) * XIX Corps (Union Army) * XIX Army Corps of the Wehrmacht See also * 19th Division (other) * 19th Brigade (other) * 19th Regiment (other) * 19th Group (other) * 19th Battalion (other) 19th Battalion may refer to: * 19th Battalion (Australia), a World War I ANZAC battalion *2/19th Battalion (Australia), a World War II Australian infantry battalion *19th Battalion (New Zealand), a World War II infantry battalion * 19th (Central On ... * 19th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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18th Corps (People's Republic Of China)
The 18th Corps () was a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army which existed from 1949 to 1950. The 18th Corps was activated in February 1949, and initially comprised the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Divisions. It was established at Henan Luyi County Wutai Temple on 18 February 1949. On January 6, 1950, the 18th CPC Central Committee and the Southwest Military Region ordered the 18th Army to enter Tibet, under the cooperation of the 14th Army and the Northwest Military Region. In December 1951, the CPC Central Committee and Central Military Commission decided to establish the Tibet Military Region. The district was established in Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhas ... on February 10, 1952, and on 17 March 1952 the 18th Corps was disbanded. Refere ...
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17th Corps (People's Republic Of China)
The 17th Corps (), later the 17th Army Corps, was a military formation of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army from 1949–50 and 1968–73. 1st Formation The 17th Corps was activated in February 1949 from 11th Column, Zhongyuan Field Army. The Corps was composed of the 49th Division, 50th Division and 51st Division. It became part of Yang Yong's 5th Army of the Second Field Army. The Corps took part in the Chinese Civil War, especially the Huaihai Campaign. In March 1950 the corps was inactivated and converted as Guizhou Military District (later Guizhou Provincial Military District). 2nd Formation On August 26, 1968, 17th Army Corps() was activated in Huayuanzhen, Xiaochang, Hubei province. Army corps commander: Zhang Zhiyin(), commissar - Zhang Zhaojian(), who was the divisional commissar of 29th Army Division during the Wuhan Incident of the Cultural Revolution. As of its activation, the army corps was composed of: * 29th Army Division; * 1st ...
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10th Corps (People's Republic Of China)
10th Corps, Tenth Corps, or X Corps may refer to: France * 10th Army Corps (France) * X Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany * X Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * X Reserve Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * X Army Corps (Wehrmacht), a unit in World War II * X SS Corps, a unit in World War II Russia-USSR * 10th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 10th Rifle Corps (USSR) * 10th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) Others * X Corps (Ottoman Empire) * X Corps (Pakistan) * X Army Corps (Spain) * X Corps (United Kingdom) * X Corps (United States) * X Corps (Union Army) See also *List of military corps by number * 10th Army (other) * 10th Battalion (other) * 10th Brigade (other) * 10th Division (other) 10th Division or 10th Infantry Division may refer to: In infantry divisions * 10th Division (Australia) * 10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) * 10 ...
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