3rd Division may refer to:

Air divisions

3d Air Division The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 April 1992. ...

, United States * 3d Attack Wing, United States

Armoured divisions

* 3rd Armoured Division (Australia) * 3rd Armored Division (France) * 3rd Light Mechanized Division (France) *

3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Panzer Division ( en, 3rd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II. The division was one of the original three tank divisions established by Germany in 1935. The division participat ...

* 3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) *

3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (german: 3. SS-Panzerdivision "Totenkopf") was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV. Its name, ''Totenkopf'', is German for "de ...

, Nazi Germany *

3rd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The , was one of four armored divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. History The 3rd Tank Division was raised in Inner Mongolia in 1942 as part of the Japanese Northern China Area Army under the overall aegis of the Mongolia Ga ...

3rd Armored Division (Jordan) The King Abdullah II 3rd Armored Division (Arabic:3 فرقة الملك عبدالله الثاني المدرعة) is a former armored division in Jordanian Armed Forces, active from 1969 to 2018. History The Division was equipped and trained ...

3rd Division (Nigeria) 3rd Armoured Division is a division of the Nigerian Army. The division is headquartered at Jos, Plateau State. History The 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army dates to August–September 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War. At that time 1 Area Com ...

* 3rd Tank Division (Soviet Union) *

3rd Armored Division (United States) The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd," the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Theat ...

Cavalry divisions

* 3rd Cavalry Division (German Empire) * 3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Weimar Republic *

3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Light Division (sometimes described as ''Light Mechanized'' or ''Light Panzer'' to distinguish it from the later ''Light'' infantry divisions) was raised in November 1938. In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland. On 4 September 1939, so ...

* 3rd Cavalry Division ''Amedeo Duca d'Aosta'', Italian Army during World War II *

3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) The 3rd Cavalry Division was a division of the British Army in the First World War. It was formed at Ludgershall, Wiltshire England in September 1914 under the command of Major-General the Hon. Julian Byng. The division moved to Belgium in the ...

3rd Mounted Division The 3rd Mounted Division was a Yeomanry Division (military), Division of the British Army active during World War I. It was formed on 6 March 1915 as the 2/2nd Mounted Division, a replacement/depot formation for the 2nd Mounted Division which wa ...

, United Kingdom * 3rd Cavalry Division (United States)

Infantry divisions

3rd (Lahore) Division The 3rd (Lahore) Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops ...

, of the British Indian Army before and during World War I *

3rd Algerian Infantry Division The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (french: 3e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne, 3e DIA) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (french: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War II. Following the liberation of French North Afri ...

, France *

3rd Alpine Division Julia Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

, Italy *

3rd Blackshirt Division (21 April) Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

, a Black Shirt militia division of Italy *

3rd Canadian Division The 3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as all units extending westwards from th ...

3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland) The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon supe ...

3rd Colonial Infantry Division (France) The 3rd Colonial Infantry Division (french: 3e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale, 3e DIC) was a division of the French Marine Forces, comprising mostly French citizen troops. The 3rd Colonial Infantry Division fought in the First and Second world ...

3rd Division (Australia) The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. Existing during various periods between 1916 and 1991, it is considered the "longest serving Australian Army division". It was first formed during World War I, as an infantry div ...

3rd Division (Colombia) The 3rd Division ( es, Tercera División del Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is a Colombian National Army division based in the city of Cali consisting of four brigades: the 3rd Brigade based in Cali, the 8th Brigade based in Armenia, the 23rd Bri ...

3rd Division (Estonia) The 3rd Division of the Estonian Army, was one of the three Estonian divisions created during the Estonian War of Independence, which was active till the Soviet occupation of Estonia. Since the restoration of independence in 1991 there are no d ...

3rd Division (German Empire) The 3rd Division (''3. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in May 1816 as a Troop Brigade (''Truppen-Brigade''). It became the 3rd Division on September 5, 1818. From the corps' fo ...

3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . History The 3rd Division was formed in Nagoya in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Nagoya ...

3rd Division (Iraq) The 3rd Division was a formation of the Iraqi Army. It was active by 1941, disbanded along with the rest of the Iraqi Army in 2003, but reactivated by 2005. It was effectively destroyed when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took Mosul in Jun ...

3rd Division (Japan) The is one of nine active divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division is subordinated to the Central Army and is headquartered in Itami, Hyōgo. Its responsibility is the defense of the Hyōgo, Kyōto, Nara, Ōsaka, Shiga ...

, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force *

3rd Division (New Zealand) The 3rd New Zealand Division was a division of the New Zealand Military Forces. Formed in 1942, it saw action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean Areas during the Second World War. The division saw action in the Solomon Islands campaign durin ...

3rd Division (North Korea) The 3rd Infantry Division is a military formation of the Korean People's Army. Formation and composition The exact date of its formation is in dispute, but it occurred sometime between May 1947 and October 1948, at Pyongyang. In its organization, ...

* 3rd Division (Norway) * 3rd Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China) * 3rd Division (Reichswehr), Weimar Republic *

3rd Division (Singapore) The 3rd Singapore Division (3 DIV) is a combined arms division of the Singapore Army. History The 3rd Division was formed on 31 August 1970 with six units under its command, which was then known as Area III Command HQ. On 1 May 1976, Area III ...

* 3rd Division (South Sudan) * 3rd Division (South Vietnam) *

3rd Division (United Kingdom) The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the ...

* 3rd Division (Vietnam) * 3rd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division *

3rd Infantry Division (Greece) The 3rd Infantry Division ( el, III Μεραρχία Πεζικού, III ΜΠ; ''III Merarchia Pezikou'', ''III MP'') was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army. History The 3rd Infantry Division was established by Royal Decree on 8 September ...

3rd Infantry Division (Philippines) The 3rd Infantry Division, also known as Spearhead Division is a unit of the Philippine Army, based at Camp Gen Macario Peralta Jr in Jamindan, Capiz, Philippines. History The 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army was established and they stati ...

3rd Infantry Division (South Africa) The South African 3rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the South African Army during World War II. History This division was formed in South Africa on 23 October 1940 with its headquarters in Pretoria. The 3rd Infantry Division ...

3rd Infantry Division (South Korea) The 3rd Infantry Division ( ko, 제3보병사단, Hanja: 第三步兵師團) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army. History First formed as the 3rd brigade on December 1, 1947. On December 24, 1949, the division conducted the M ...

3rd Infantry Division (United States) The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) (nicknamed Rock of the Marne) is a combined arms division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. It is a direct subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps and U.S. Army Forces Command. Its cur ...

3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) __NOTOC__ The 3rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army that fought in World War II. The division was established under the cover name ''Wehrgauleitung Frankfurt'' in 1934 by expanding the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr. I ...

, subsequently redesignated the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division, then the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division *

3rd Lahore Divisional Area The 3rd Lahore Divisional Area was an infantry division of the British Indian Army that formed part of the Indian Army during the First World War. It was formed in September 1914 to replace the original 3rd (Lahore) Division that had been mobi ...

, of the British Indian Army during World War I *

3rd Legions Infantry Division (Poland) Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (''3. Dywizja Piechoty Legionów'') was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed in 1919, as a third unit composed significantly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I (after P ...

3rd Marine Division (United States) The 3rd Marine Division is a division (military), division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, Japan. It is one of three active duty infantry divisions ...

* 3rd Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 3rd Mountain Infantry Division Ravenna, Italy *

3rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 3rd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Army. It was formed in 1921 in Crimea. The division relocated to Svobodny in the Far East during 1939 and moved to Blagoveshchensk soon after. The division fought in the Soviet inva ...

* 3rd Special Forces Division (Greece) *

Finnish 3rd Division (Continuation War) The 3rd Division () was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War. It initially fought in the northern Finland, participating in the Finno-German Operation Arctic Fox. In 1944, it was transferred to the Karelian Isthmus to defend agai ...

Finnish 3rd Division (Winter War) The 6th Division (6.Divisioona) was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Winter War. History During the mobilization prior to the Winter War, the 6th Division was placed in the reserve of the Commander-in-Chief Gustaf Mannerheim. The division c ...

*3rd Indian Infantry Division, official designation for the

Chindits The Chindits, officially as Long Range Penetration Groups, were special operations units of the British and Indian armies which saw action in 1943–1944 during the Burma Campaign of World War II. The British Army Brigadier Orde Wingate form ...

Air divisions

Armoured divisions

Cavalry divisions

Infantry divisions

See also