The 33rd Division was created in March 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, basing on the 9th Division, 3rd Column of the Zhongyuan Field Army. Its history can be traced to the 8th Brigade, 3rd Column of Zhongyuan Field Army, formed in October 1945.
The division was then a part of
11th Corps. Under the flag of 33rd, it took part in several major battles during the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
.
In November 1952, the division detached from the Corps and was transferred under the direct control of
3rd Army Group, entered Korea as a part of
People's Volunteer Army. During its deployment in Korea the division was attached to
12th Corps, then
60th Corps, taking part in the 1953 Summer Offensive.
In September 1954 the division pulled out from Korea, renamed as 33rd Infantry Division() and attached to
26th Corps. By then the division was composed of:
*97th Infantry Regiment;
*98th Infantry Regiment;
*99th Infantry Regiment;
*238th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment;
*358th Artillery Regiment.
In April 1960 the division was renamed as the 33rd Army Division().
In August 1968, 238th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment was detached and transferred to the newly formed
8th Tank Division
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In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
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as the 30th Tank Regiment.
In December 1969, the division was renamed as the 76th Army Division(), after the former
76th Army Division's renaming and detaching, and all its regiments were re-designated as follow:
*226th Infantry Regiment (formed 97th);
*227th Infantry Regiment (formed 98th);
*228th Infantry Regiment (formed 99th);
*Artillery Regiment (former 358th).
In September 1985, the division was renamed as the 76th Infantry Division(). From 1985 to 1998 the division was maintained as a ''northern infantry division, category B''.
In 1998 the division combined with the
Reserve Infantry Division of Yantai and became the 76th Reserve Infantry Division(). The remaining personnel of the division was re-organized into Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade, 26th Army.
The Division is now stationing in
Yantai
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,
Shandong
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Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
as a mobilization formation, which composes of:
*226th Infantry Regiment -
Yantai
Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...
;
*228th Infantry Regiment -
Qixia;
*Artillery Regiment -
Penglai;
*Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment -
Laiyang
Laiyang city () is a county-level city within Yantai bordering Qingdao, located in the middle of the Shandong Peninsula, in Shandong province, China. The majority (70%) of its population are farmers and it is famous for producing the Laiyang pear ...
;
*Engineer Regiment.
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References
Infantry divisions of the People's Volunteer Army
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Military units and formations established in 1949
{{People's Liberation Army Divisions
Reserve divisions of the People's Liberation Army