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199th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 199th Medium Combined Arms Brigade, formerly the 199th Motorized Infantry Brigade, is one of the six combined arms brigades of the 80th Group Army in the Northern Theater Command Ground Force. Creation The 199th Division () was created in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html basing on the 5th Brigade, 3rd Column of Huabei Military Region Field Force. Its history can be traced to the 7th Brigade of Jicha Column formed in October 1945. Under the command of 67th Corps, it took part in many major battles during the Chinese civil war. The division was composed of 595th, 596th, and 597th Regiments. Korean War In October 1950, Artillery Regiment, 199th Division was activated in Tanggu, Tianjin, which was later redesignated as 579th A ...
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Combined Arms
Combined arms is an approach to warfare that seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects—for example, using infantry and armoured warfare, armour in an Urban warfare, urban environment in which each supports the other. According to the strategist William S. Lind, combined arms can be distinguished from the concept of "supporting arms" as follows: Combined arms hits the enemy with two or more arms simultaneously in such a manner that the actions he must take to defend himself from one make him more vulnerable to another. In contrast, supporting arms is hitting the enemy with two or more arms in sequence, or if simultaneously, then in such combination that the actions the enemy must take to defend himself from one also defends himself from the other(s). Though the lower-military rank, echelon units of a combined arms team may be of similar types, a balanced mixture of such units are combined into an effective higher-echelon ...
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Tanggu
Tanggu District () was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about upriver. The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area is within the city limits and oversees the construction of a bridge. The Tanggu Truce was signed in Tanggu. Administrative divisions * Subdistricts **Xincun s , p ''Xīncūn''. **Jiefanglu s , p ''Jiěfànglù''. **Sanhuailu s , p ''Sānhuáilù''. **Xingang s , p ''Xīngǎng''. **Hangzhoudao s , p ''Hángzhōudào''. **Xinhe s , p ''Xīnhé''. **Xiangyang s , p ''Xiàngyáng''. **Dagu s , p ''Dàgū''. ** Beitang **Hujiayuan s , p ''Hújiāyuán''. *Town: ** Xincheng Climate See also *Port of Tianjin The Port of Tianjin (''Tianjin Gang'', zh, s=天津港, p=tiānjīn gǎng}), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin ...
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Infantry Brigades Of The People's Liberation Army
Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadly encompasses a wide variety of subspecialties, including light infantry, irregular infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, Airborne forces, airborne infantry, Air assault, air assault infantry, and Marines, naval infantry. Other subtypes of infantry, such as line infantry and mounted infantry, were once commonplace but fell out of favor in the 1800s with the invention of more accurate and powerful weapons. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French , from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' ...
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26th Group Army
The 80th Group Army (), Unit 31673, formerly the 26th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 80th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command. History Korean War It was composed of the 76th, 77th, and 78th Divisions, and was augmented by the 88th Division from its parent unit, the 30th Army. During the Korean War, the 26th Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Zhang Renchu. The PLA's 9th Army Group began moving into Korea on 5 November. After the 20th Army had moved in, followed by the 27th Army, the 26th Army followed, moving east to Linjiang and Huchang as army group reserve, and defending against any advance down the Yalu River by the US Army 7th Infantry Division. On 2 December, General Song Shilun ordered the 26th Army south from the Huchang River ...
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Jinan Military Region
The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commander of the Jinan MR, from 1958. It was considered a strategic reserve. It included some of the area previously within the Wuhan Military Region, which was disbanded in 1985–88. The 5th Air Corps was established in Weifeng, Shandong Province, in 1952, possibly from the disbanding 11th Corps, but was moved to Hangzhou in the Nanjing Military Region by 1954. After 1975 the 46th Army was transferred from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province to Linyi, Shandong. It was disestablished in 1985. There were previously three Group Armies within the Region, the 20th Group Army at Kaifeng, the 26th Group Army at Weifang, and the 54th in Xinxiang. It previously included the now disbanded 67th Group Army. The Jinan Military Region was disbanded in the ...
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13th Tank Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 13th Tank Division () was formed in Taian, Shandong province, on December 3, 1969, from the Independent Tank Regiment of Fuzhou Military Region, 3rd Independent Tank Regiment of Jinan Military Region. By then, the division was composed of: *49th Tank Regiment (former Independent Tank Regiment of Fuzhou Military Region); *50th Tank Regiment (former 2nd Independent Tank Regiment of Jinan Military Region); *51st Tank Regiment (former 3rd Independent Tank Regiment of Jinan Military Region). The division moved to Pingdingshan, Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ... province, in March 1970 after its formation to reinforce 43rd Army Corps. In the 1970s the division was maintained as a ''reduced tank division.'' However, it consisted of 3 fully-equipped tank regim ...
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Laiwu
Laiwu () was a prefecture-level city in central Shandong Province (China), Province, China. Bordered the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east and Tai'an to the southwest, it was the smallest prefecture-level city in the province. It had a population of 1,298,529 as of the 2010 census, all living in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban Districts and became part of Jinan in 2019 and 907,839 living in urban area. Administration The prefecture-level city of Laiwu administered two Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level, county-level divisions, both of which were District of China, districts. *Laiwu District, Laicheng District (; ) *Gangcheng District (; ) They were further divided into 19 Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, township-level divisions, including 14 Town (China), towns, one Township (People's Republic of China), townships and four Subdistricts of China, subdistricts ...
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Kumsong (North Korea)
Kumsong County was a historical county of Korea. It was established in 1018, and merged into Kimhwa County in 1914. In July 1953, after Korean War, most of Kumsong County merged into Kimhwa County of North Korea. See also * Cheorwon County (Korea) * Battle of Kumsong The Battle of Kumsong, also known as the Jincheng Campaign (), was one of the last battles of the Korean War. During the ceasefire negotiations seeking to end the Korean War, the United Nations Command (UNC) and Chinese and North Korean forces w ... References {{Korea-stub Counties of Korea Kangwon Province (pre-1910) ...
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Tianjin
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the 2020 Chinese census. Its metropolitan area, which is made up of 12 central districts (other than Baodi District, Baodi, Jizhou District, Tianjin, Jizhou, Jinghai District, Jinghai and Ninghe District, Ninghe), was home to 11,165,706 inhabitants and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration (between Chengdu and Rio de Janeiro) and 11th-List of cities proper by population, most populous city proper. Tianjin is governed as one of the four municipalities (alongside Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing) under the direct-administered municipalities of China, direct administration of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council of Government of China, China. The city borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded ...
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Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their total control over mainland China on 7 December 1949. The war is generally divided into two phases with an interlude: from August 1927 to 1937, the First United Front alliance of the KMT and CCP collapsed during the Northern Expedition, and the Nationalists controlled most of China. From 1937 to 1945, hostilities were mostly put on hold as the Second United Front fought the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese invasion of China with eventual help from the Allies of World War II. However, armed clashes between the groups remained common. Exacerbating the divisions within China further was the formation of the Wang Jingwei regime, a Japan-sponsored puppet government led by Wang ...
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80th Group Army
The 80th Group Army (), Unit 31673, formerly the 26th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 80th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command. History Korean War It was composed of the 76th, 77th, and 78th Divisions, and was augmented by the 88th Division from its parent unit, the 30th Army. During the Korean War, the 26th Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Zhang Renchu. The PLA's 9th Army Group began moving into Korea on 5 November. After the 20th Army had moved in, followed by the 27th Army, the 26th Army followed, moving east to Linjiang and Huchang as army group reserve, and defending against any advance down the Yalu River by the US Army 7th Infantry Division. On 2 December, General Song Shilun ordered the 26th Army south from the Huchang River ...
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67th Group Army
The 67th Group Army was a military formation of the People's Liberation Army that existed from the civil war era until the disarmament of 1999. In its last years it was part of the Jinan Military Region with its headquarters at Zibo.Dennis J. Blasko, "PLA Ground Forces: Moving towards a Smaller, More Rapidly Deployable, Modern Combined Arms Force," The PLA as Organization, ed. James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002), 331. History The predecessor of the 67th group army was the troops of the Jin-Cha-Ji military district. After the victory against Japan, it was reorganized into the Second Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji region. Guo Tianmin (later Yang Dezhi) served as commander, Li Zhimin was the political commissar. During the civil war, it participated in the main fighting in North China. In June 1951, it entered Korea under the command of Li Xiang, with Commissar Kuang Fuzhao, and the 199th, 200th, and 201st Divisions.Chinese Military Science Academy 2000b, ...
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