23rd Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War) Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

, part of Finnish II Corps *

23rd Division (German Empire) The 23rd Division (''23. Division''), also known as the 1st Division No. 23 (''1. Division Nr. 23'') was a unit of the Saxon and then Imperial German Army. The division was headquartered in Dresden. The division was subordinated in peacetime to ...

23rd Reserve Division (German Empire) The Royal Saxon 23rd Reserve Division (''Kgl. Sächsische 23. 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 the XII (Royal Saxon) R ...

23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 23rd Infantry Division The German 23rd Infantry Division (''23. Infanterie-Division''), later the 26th Panzer Division, was a military unit operational during World War II. It was organized along standard lines for a German infantry division. ...

* 23rd ''Waffen'' Mountain Division of the SS ''Kama'' (2nd Croatian), Germany *

23rd Infantry Division (India) The 23rd Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign. It was then reformed as a division of the independent Indian Army in 1959. History The division was raised on 1 ...

* 23rd Infantry Division Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy *

23rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the . The 23rd Division was formed in Kumamoto on 4 April 1938, on the same day as 15th, 17th, 21st and 22nd divisions, as part of the military build-up following ...

23rd Infantry Division (Poland) The 23rd Upper Silesian Infantry Division (Polish: 23. Gornoslaska Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the interwar period (1921-1939). Created in 1921, its headquarters were stationed in Upper Silesian town of Tarnowskie Góry. Also ...

23rd Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) The 23rd Division was a formation of the VIII Corps of the Ottoman Army based in Homs. It had been intended that its manpower would be raised from locally recruited Syrians and Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ ...

23rd Division (South Vietnam) The 23rd Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the II Corps that oversaw the Central Highlands. History In 1960 the 23rd Infa ...

23rd Division (United Kingdom) The 23rd Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised in 1914 in the Great War as part of Kitchener's Army. The division was sent to France in August 1915 under the command of Major-General Sir James Melville Babington C.B. C.M ...

23rd (Northumbrian) Division The 23rd (Northumbrian) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, which fought briefly in the Battle of France during the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a European power and its occupation o ...

, United Kingdom *

23rd Infantry Division (United States) The Americal Division was an infantry division of the United States Army during World War II and the Vietnam War. The division was activated 27 May 1942 on the island of New Caledonia. In the immediate emergency following Pearl Harbor, the Un ...

23rd Takavar Division 23th Ranger Division ( fa, لشکر ۲۳ تکاور) is a Takavar Division (military), division of the Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Parandak, Tehran, Parandak, Tehran Province. During the Iran–Iraq War, the division ...

(Iranian Army)

Armoured divisions

23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 23rd Panzer Division ( en, 23rd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II. Formed in France in late 1941, the division spent its entire combat history on the Eastern Front. History The 23rd Panzer Divis ...

* 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division ''Nederland''

Cavalry divisions

23rd Cavalry Division (United States) The 23rd Cavalry Division was a cavalry formation of the United States Army National Guard during the interwar period. It was created in the early 1920s due to the perceived need for additional cavalry units along with three other National Gua ...

Aviation divisions

23rd Air Division (United States) The 23rd Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization. It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC). It was inactivated on 1 July 1987 at Tyndall Air Force ...