History
The 94th Division (lang-zh:第94师)was a military formation of the
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
of the
People's Republic of China
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. It was created on February 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 6th New-formed Division, Jiaodong Column, Huadong Military District. Its history can be traced to the Independent Regiments of the Nanhai, Beihai and Xihai Military Sub-district of the Huadong Military District. Under the command of
32nd Corps it took part in 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 January 1949 the division was attached to the
31st Corps and
liberated the Dongshan island with
91st Division.
In October 1950 the 32nd Corps was disbanded, and the division was transferred to the
27th Corps.
In Korea
As a part of
People's Volunteer Army
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA) was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People's Liberation Army under the order ...
(Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)), the division took part in the
Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the
30th Army which had each of its divisions re-allocated as reinforcements to the
20th,
26th and the
27th Armies. The 94th Division was attached to the
27th Army.
Disbandment
The division was disbanded in February 1951, its personnel transferred to the other divisions of the
27th Corps as replacements.
Still, the 281st Regiment from the division converted to Special Troops Regiment, 27th Corps, then Artillery Regiment, 27th Corps.
References
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Infantry divisions of the People's Volunteer Army
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1951