In military terms, 72nd Division or 72nd Infantry Division may refer to:
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72nd Infantry Division (France)
The 72nd Infantry Division (french: 72e Division d'Infanterie, 72e DI) was a French Army formation during World War I.
The division was a reserve formation of the French Army, based at Verdun. It was mobilised on 2 August 1914. On mobilisation it ...
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72nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 72nd Infantry Division (german: 72. Infanterie-Division) was formed on 19 September 1939 in Trier from Grenz-Division Trier, a border security unit.
It was later refitted in Poland in March 1944 as part of the 24th wave ( Aufstellungswelle). ...
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72nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was created 4 April 1944 in Sendai to replace 43rd division and disbanded in September 1945 in Fukushima. It was a triangular division. The men of the divisio ...
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72nd Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
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72nd Mechanized Brigade (Soviet Union)
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72nd Division (Spain)
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72nd Division (United Kingdom)
72nd Division was a short-lived infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It served in the Home Defence forces and never went overseas.
Home defence
On the outbreak of World War I the Territorial Force (TF) immediately mobilised ...
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72nd Infantry Division (United States)
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72nd Cavalry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
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72nd Armored Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
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