20th Division or 20th Infantry Division may refer to
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Infantry divisions
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20th Division (German Empire)
The 20th Division (''20. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on October 11, 1866, and was headquartered in Hannover. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the X Army Corps (''X. Armeekorps''). The division ...
, 1866-1919
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20th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The German 20th Infantry Division was an infantry division of Nazi Germany.
History
The was established in 1934 under the cover name ''Reichswehrdienststelle Hamburg'', and did not assume its bona-fide designation until the creation of the ...
, Germany, 1934–1945
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20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian), 1944–1945
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20th Infantry Division (Greece)
The 20th Infantry Division ( el, 20ή Μεραρχία Πεζικού) was a short-lived formation of the Hellenic Army. It was founded on 24 January 1941, when Greece was already embroiled in the Greco-Italian War.
History
The division was formed ...
, 1941
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20th Infantry Division (India)
The 20th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army in the Second World War, formed in India, and took part in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. After the war, the bulk of the division was deployed to Frenc ...
, 1942–1945
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20th Infantry Division Friuli, Kingdom of Italy, 1939–1944
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20th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the .
Formation
The 20th Division and the 19th Division were both raised as a garrison force for Korea. After Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese W ...
, 1915–1945
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20th Infantry Division (Poland), 1920–1939
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20th Division (Spain)
The 20th Division was one of the divisions of the People's Army of the Republic that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. Situated on the Andalusian front, the division played a minor role.
History
Th ...
, 1937-1939
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20th (Light) Division
The 20th (Light) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Kitchener's Army, raised in the First World War. The division was formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division landed in France July 1915 and s ...
, United Kingdom, 1914–1919
Armoured divisions
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20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 20th Panzer Division ( en, 20th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II. It was created from parts of the 19th Infantry Division.
The division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front, taking part in th ...
, Germany, 1940–1945
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20th Armoured Division (Greece)
The 20th Armoured Division "Macedonia" ( el, 20ή Τεθωρακισμένη Μεραρχία «ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ» ''Ikosti Tethorakimeni Merarhia «MAKEDONIA»'', abbrev. XX ΤΘΜ) is the only armoured division of the Hellenic Army. It is hea ...
, formed 1956
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20th Armored Division (United States)
The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
The division had no official name although it did associate itself with t ...
, 1943–1946
Aviation divisions
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20th Air Division
The 20th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida where it was inactivated on 1 March 1983.
During most of the division's history it ...
, United States, 1955–1960; 1966–1967; 1969–1983
See also
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20th Regiment (disambiguation)
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