The 206th Division () was created in January 1949 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 Brigade, 7th Column of Huabei Military Region, formed in November 1947.
The division was a part of
69th Corps. Under the flag of 206th it took part in battles during the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
.
The division was then composed of:
*616th Infantry Regiment;
*617th Infantry Regiment;
*618th Infantry Regiment.
In March 1949, along with the disbandment of 69th Corps, the division exchanged all its personnel with
205th Division, and absorbed personnel from the disbanding
207th Division. Since then the division was put under direct control of
Huabei Military Region.
In December 1950 the division was inactivated. Its divisional HQ was converted to HQ,
6th Aviation Division of the
PLAAF
The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the P ...
, and its personnel were absorbed by
66th,
67th and
68th Corps as replacements.
References
*中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
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Infantry divisions of the People's Liberation Army
Military units and formations established in 1949
Military units and formations disestablished in 1950