16th Division or 16th Infantry Division may refer to:
Infantry divisions
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16th Division (German Empire)
The 16th Division (''16. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed as the 15th Division on September 5, 1818, in Koblenz from a troop brigade. It became the 16th Division on December 14, 1818, and moved its headquarters to ...
, a unit of the Prussian/German Army
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16th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 16th Reserve Division (''16. Reserve-Division'') was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of VIII Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in ...
, a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I
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16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 16th Infantry Division of the German Army was formed in 1934. On 26 August 1939 the division was mobilized for the invasion of Poland (1939). It participated in the Battle of France in August 1940. The division was then split, resulting i ...
, of the German Army was created in 1934 as ''Kommandant von Münster''
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16th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)
The 16th Mechanized Infantry Division "Didymoteicho" ( el, XVI Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία Πεζικού "ΔΙΔΥΜΟΤΕΙΧΟ" , translit=XVI Mikhanokíniti Merarkhía Pezikoú "Didymótikho") is a mechanized infantry division o ...
, a major mechanized infantry formation of the Hellenic Army
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16th Indian Division,
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
during World War I
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16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the , and its military symbol was 16D. The 16th Division was one of four new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army in the closing stages o ...
, an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army
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16th Infantry Division (Poland) 16th Division or 16th Infantry Division may refer to:
Infantry divisions
* 16th Division (German Empire), a unit of the Prussian/German Army
* 16th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I
* 16th Infant ...
, a military unit of the Polish Army
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16th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), a formation in the Red Army created during the Second World War
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16th Division (Spain), a unit of the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War
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16th (Irish) Division
The 16th (Irish) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised for service during World War I. The division was a voluntary 'Service' formation of Lord Kitchener's New Armies, created in Ireland from the 'National Volunteers', i ...
, a voluntary 'Service' division of Kitchener's New Army raised in Ireland from the 'National Volunteers', initially in September 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War
* 16th Division, National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Ohio and West Virginia; later
37th Infantry Division
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16th Division (United States)
The 16th Division was an infantry division of the United States Army raised during World War I. It was the second formation of that name raised in the United States, the first being renamed to 37th Division in 1917.
History
The division was organ ...
, short-lived World War I division, established in 1918 and disbanded in March 1919
Armoured/cavalry divisions
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16th Motorised Division Pistoia
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and .
In English speech, ...
(Kingdom of Italy)
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16th Guards Cavalry Division
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and .
In English speech, ...
(Soviet Union)
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16th Armored Division (United States)
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Pilsen in western Czechoslovakia (modern Bohemia in the Czech R ...
, an armored division of the United States Army in World War II
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16th Armored Division of Qazvin
The 16th Armored Division of Qazvin is an armored division of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, first formed during the reign of the Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iran ...
See also
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16th Army (disambiguation) 16th Army may refer to:
* 16th Army (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II
* 16th Army (RSFSR), a unit of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War
* 16th Army (Soviet Union). a unit of the Soviet Army during World War II
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16th Wing (disambiguation) 16th Wing may refer to:
* 16th Air Expeditionary Wing, a formation of the United States Air Force
* 16th Bombardment Wing (World War II), a formation of the United States Air Force
* 1st Special Operations Wing (16th Special Operations Wing), al ...
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16th Group (disambiguation) 16th Group may refer to:
* 16th Carrier Air Group, a formation of the United Kingdom Royal Navy
* 16th Military Police Brigade (United States), a unit of the United States Army
* 16th Air Expeditionary Wing (16th Bombardment Group), a unit of the ...
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16th Regiment (disambiguation) 16th Regiment or 16th Infantry Regiment may refer to:
* 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
* 16th Alpini Regiment, a short lived light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat
* 16th Punjab ...
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16th Brigade (disambiguation)
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16th Squadron (disambiguation)
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