42nd Division or 42nd Infantry Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

42. Home Guard Infantry Division The 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division ( hr, 42. domobranska pješačka divizija, also ), nicknamed the Devil's Division (Croatian: ''Vražja divizija'') was an infantry division of the Royal Croatian Home Guard within the Austro-Hungarian Army whi ...

, a unit of the Croatian Army *

42nd Division (German Empire) The 42nd Division (''42. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on October 1, 1912, and was the last regular division created in the Imperial German Army. It was headquartered in Saarburg in Lothringen (now Sarrebourg, ...

, a unit of the Imperial German Army *

42nd (East Lancashire) Division The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force (TF), originally as the East Lancashire Division, and was redesignated as the 42nd (East ...

, a unit of the British Army *

42nd Infantry Division (United States) The 42nd Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow") is a division of the United States Army National Guard. The 42nd Infantry Division has served in World War I, World War II and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The division is currently headquarte ...

, a unit of the United States Army's

New York Army National Guard The New York Army National Guard is a component of the New York National Guard and the Army National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the United States Army's available combat forces and approximat ...

42nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 42nd Rifle Division was a unit of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. The division, first formed in 1940, was nearly destroyed in the opening days of the Operation Barbarossa defending the Brest Fortress. Disbanded in late December ...

42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 27777, until 1987 MUN 29410; until 2009 MUN 28320)Michael Holm42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division accessed February 2015. is a Russian military unit. The ...

, currently a formation of the Russian Ground Forces *

42nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) ''42nd Division'' was raised as a triangular division (type B, standard) on 1 June 1943 in Sendai, simultaneously with 43rd, 4 ...

, a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2 *

42nd Division (Spain) The 42nd Division ( es, 42.ª División) was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. This unit was involved in the Battle of Alfambra —part of the Battle of Teruel, as well as in the Battle of the Ebro, sufferi ...

Armoured divisions

42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) The 42nd Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army raised during the Second World War. History War Service The division was formed in late 1941 by converting the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division.Joslen, p. 42 The 42n ...

, a unit of the British Army

Aviation divisions

42d Air Division The 42nd Air Division was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was established as the 42 Bombardment Wing (Dive) on 8 February 1943. The wing first saw combat in September 1943. It was inactivated in 1991. History Activated in 1943 as the 4 ...

, a unit of the United States Air Force

Infantry divisions

Armoured divisions

Aviation divisions

See also