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Twelfth Army (other)
Twelfth Army or 12th Army may refer to: Germany * 12th Army (German Empire), a unit in World War I * 12th Army (Wehrmacht), a unit in World War II Russia * 12th Army (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I * 12th Army (RSFSR), a Red Army unit in the Russian Civil War * 12th Army (Soviet Union), a unit of the Soviet Army Other countries * Twelfth Army (Japan), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army * Twelfth Army (United Kingdom), a unit of the British Army * Twelfth Army (Italy), a unit in World War I * 12th Army (Austria-Hungary), a unit in World War I See also * XII Corps (other) * 12th Division (other) * 12th Wing (other) * 12th Brigade (other) * 12th Regiment (other) * 12th Battalion (other) 12th Battalion may refer to: * 12th Battalion (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army * 12th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, a unit of the Canadian Army * 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion, a unit of the Canadian Army * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (German Empire)
The 12th Army (german: 12. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 12 / A.O.K. 12) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I formed in August 1915 by the redesignation of Gallwitz. It served exclusively on the Eastern Front and was dissolved on 9 October 1916 when its commander, General der Infanterie Max von Fabeck, was transferred to 8th Army. History On 9 February 1915 Guards Reserve Corps was redesignated ''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz. Its commander was raised to the status of an Army Commander on 18 March 1915 and his ''Armee-Gruppe'' was redesignated as 12th Army on 7 August 1915. On 22 July, the armies of Central Powers crossed the Vistula river. In August, the Russian Fourth Army left the Ivangorod fortress. With the continuing Russian retreat, Warsaw became isolated, and the 12th Army seized the opportunity and conquered it on 4–5 August. Commanders ''Armee-Gruppe'' Gallwitz was redesignated as 12th Army on 7 August 1915 with von Gallwitz remaining in com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 12th Army (German: ''12. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht. History The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939, with General Wilhelm List in command. First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the army was involved in the invasion and occupation of France. The army was then relocated to Romania as part of the Axis offensive in the Balkans. In February 1941, an agreement between Field Marshal List and the Bulgarian General Staff allowed the passage of German troops. On the night of February 28, German Army units crossed the Danube from Romania and took up strategic positions in Bulgaria. On 6 April, units of the 12th army advanced into Yugoslavia and Greece. The Yugoslavians crumbled first. But, after six months of fighting the Italians, the Greeks could not stand up to the 12th Army's fifteen divisions, four of which were armored. The British subsequently rushed four divisions from Libya to aid the Greeks but they, like the Greeks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (Russian Empire)
The 12th Army was a field army of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I that fought on the Eastern Front. Its field headquarters was established in January 1915. In August 1915, the entire staff of the 12th Army was replaced by that of the 13th Army, which itself ceased to exist. The unit was assigned to the Northwestern Front and later to the Northern Front, being disbanded by the end of 1917. Commanders From 29 December 1917 to April 1918, the 12th Army was nominally commanded by a board of: * D. K. Guntsadze * S. M. Nakhimson * Organisation At the end of the war, the field army included: * Field Staff * 13th Army Corps * 43rd Army Corps * 49th Army Corps * 2nd Siberian Army Corps * 6th Siberian Army Corps * 12th Army mobile air base See also *List of Russian armies in World War I *List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to World War I mobilisation for the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (RSFSR)
The 12th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which was formed twice. First formation The 12th Army was formed on October 3, 1918 in the region of Astrakhan and the Eastern part of the Northern Caucasus. It was part of the Southern Front since November 3, 1918 and then of the Caspian-Caucasian Front, with which it fought the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), between December 8, 1918 and March 13, 1919 when it was disbanded. It was composed of the 45th and 58th divisions. Second formation On June 16, 1919, a new 12th Army was formed from the troops of the 1st and 3rd Ukrainian Soviet Army. It fought in Ukraine against Anton Denikin's Volunteer Army, and then against the troops of Symon Petliura, which it pushed back behind the Zbrucz River. Here it first encountered troops of the Polish Army. It 1919, it was composed of the 44th, 47th, 58th and 60th divisions, as well as of the 9th Cavalry division. The advances of the Ukrainians and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (Soviet Union)
The 12th Army was a field army of the Red Army formed multiple times during the Russian Civil War and World War II. Civil War & Polish-Soviet War The 12th Army (Russian Civil War 1st Formation) of the Soviet Red Army was first formed from Soviet forces in the north-eastern Caucasus in 1918. The 12th Army (Russian Civil War 2nd Formation) was formed from the 1st and 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies in central Ukraine in the summer of 1919. In July 1920 Simon Aralov was chief of intelligence with this unit. it was disbanded in 1920. Second World War The 12th Army (1st Formation) (RKKA) of the Soviet Red Army was formed from the Southern (Cavalry-Mechanised) Army Group of the Kiev Special Military District during 1939-40.http://victory.mil.ru/rkka/units/03/26.html 12th Army (Russian) It was then involved in the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. It entered the Second World War as part of the Soviet Southwestern Front, comprising the * 13th Rifle Corps (including the 44th, 58th, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelfth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. History The Japanese 12th Army was formed on November 7, 1938 under the North China Area Army as a garrison force for the occupation the provinces North China. It served primary as a training and reserve unit, and participated in counter-insurgency operations. The 59th division famous for its wartime atrocities was attached to the Twelfth Army from February 1942 till May 1945. The 12th Army was demobilized at Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the surrender of Japan The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy .... List of Commanders Commanding officers Chief of Staff References * * External links *{{cite web , last = Wendel , first = Marcus , url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)
The Twelfth Army was a British Army formation during the World War II, Second World War. The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice; firstly, in 1943, for a fictional formation and secondly, in 1945, in Burma. The Twelfth Army moniker was originally used by Advanced Headquarters 'A' Force, a Cairo-based deception department created by Dudley Clarke, for a formation used in Operation Barclay and Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), Operation Zeppelin. It was later used for a real formation in Burma, which took over operations from the Fourteenth Army and would later become Burma Command. 1943: Middle East A British Twelfth Army was initially invented by MI9#Middle East, 'A' Force as part as the deception plan for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. The Western Allies attempted to convince the Germans that their main effort during 1943 would be to land the Twelfth Army in Greece and then advance into the eastern Balkans during the early part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelfth Army (Italy)
The Italian Twelfth Army was a French-Italian Army which fought in World War I in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. World War I After the disastrous defeat at Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army was completely reorganized by Armando Diaz and a new 12th Italian Army was formed. It was in fact a French-Italian Army under command of French General Jean César Graziani. It consisted of * 1st Italian Army corps (Donato Etna) * 23rd Division of the 12th French Army Corps (Ernest Bonfait) * 52nd Alpine Division (Pietro Ronchi) It played an important role in the successful Battle of Vittorio Veneto The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 (with an armistice taking effect 24 hours later) near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front during World War I. After having thoroughly defeated Austro-Hungarian troops ... (October–November 1918). References {{Italian Field Armies of World Wars I & II Field armies of Italy in World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Army (Austria-Hungary)
The 12th Army was a field army A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent formation within some air forces, and with ...-level command of the Austro-Hungarian Army that existed only for one month during World War I, led by Archduke Karl Franz Joseph. It had been formed in response to the success of the Russian Empire's Brusilov Offensive, and was dissolved upon the formation of Army Group Archduke Karl. History The Austro-Hungarian 12th Army was formed on the Eastern Front on 4 July 1916, and its commander was Archduke Karl Franz Joseph, the future Emperor of Austria. The 12th Army was again disbanded on 13 August 1916, around the time when the Archduke became commander of the Army Group Archduke Karl, fighting against the Russian Empire and Romania. Commanders Chiefs of staff References {{Austro-Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XII Corps (other)
12th Corps, Twelfth Corps, or XII Corps may refer to: * 12th Army Corps (France) * XII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army * XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army * XII Corps (India) * XII Corps (North Korea) * XII Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XII Corps (Pakistan) * 12th Rifle Corps (Soviet Union) * XII Corps (United Kingdom) * XII Corps (United States) * XII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), a German unit World War II * XII Corps (Union Army), a unit in the American Civil War See also *List of military corps by number * 12th Army Corps * 12th Army (other) * 12th Battalion (other) * 12th Brigade (other) * 12th Division (other) * 12th Group (other) * 12th Regiment (other) The 12th Regiment may refer to many military units. * 12th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) * 12th Regiment Royal Artillery * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Division (other)
12th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 12th Division (Australia) * 12th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I * 12th Infantry Division (Germany), a German military unit that fought during World War II * 12th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece), a Greek unit based at Alexandroupoli, Thrace * 12th Infantry Division Sassari (Kingdom of Italy) * 12th Indian Division – British Indian Army during World War I * 12th Infantry Division (India) * 12th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army * 12th Division (North Korea), was a division of the Korean People's Army * 12th Infantry Division (Pakistan), is a Pakistani Army infantry division currently based in Murree, Punjab * 12th Infantry Division (Poland), was a tactical unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period * 12th Amurskaya Rifle Division, was a military formation of the Red Army during World War II * 12th (Eastern) Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Wing (other)
12th Wing may refer to: * CFB Shearwater (12 Wing Shearwater), a unit of the Canadian Air Force * F 12 Kalmar, a unit of the Swedish Air Force * 12th Flying Training Wing, a unit of the United States Air Force See also * Twelfth Army (other) * XII Corps (other) * 12th Division (other) * 12th Brigade (other) * 12th Regiment (other) * 12th Battalion (other) 12th Battalion may refer to: * 12th Battalion (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army * 12th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, a unit of the Canadian Army * 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion, a unit of the Canadian Army * 12th Philipp ... * 12 Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
