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206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
206th Division or 206th Infantry Division may refer to: * 206th Coastal Division * 206th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 * 206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 206th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The German 206th Infantry Division (German designation ''206. Infanterie-Division'', nickname ''Pique As'', 'Ace of spades', after the divisional emblem), was a military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry units it had ... * 206th Rifle Division {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Coastal Division
The 206th Coastal Division () was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. Recruited locally, they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.Jowett p 6 History The division was activated on 15 November 1941 in Catania by reorganizing the VI Coastal Sector Command. The division was assigned to XVI Army Corps (Italy), XVI Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of the eastern half of the island of Sicily. The division had its headquarter in Modica and was responsible for the Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defense of the coast between Punta Braccetto in Santa Croce Camerina and Arenella to the South of Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse. The division defended the beaches where the British Eighth Army (United Kingdom), Eighth Army landed during the Allied invasion of Sicily on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
206th Division or 206th Infantry Division may refer to: * 206th Coastal Division * 206th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 * 206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 206th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The German 206th Infantry Division (German designation ''206. Infanterie-Division'', nickname ''Pique As'', 'Ace of spades', after the divisional emblem), was a military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry units it had ... * 206th Rifle Division {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
206th Division or 206th Infantry Division may refer to: * 206th Coastal Division * 206th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 * 206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 206th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The German 206th Infantry Division (German designation ''206. Infanterie-Division'', nickname ''Pique As'', 'Ace of spades', after the divisional emblem), was a military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry units it had ... * 206th Rifle Division {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the , after Mount Aso. It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Kumamoto as a triangular division. It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st, 202nd, 205th, 206th, 209th, 212th, 214th and 216th Divisions created as part of the reaction to the Battle of Okinawa. History On 11 June 1945, the ''206th Division'' was deployed in western Kagoshima Prefecture. The 510th Infantry Regiment was in Hioki, the 511th in Fukiage-cho Tajiri , and the 512th Infantry Regiment was sent to Higashiichiki-Chō Yuda . Some of its other units were deployed at Fukiage. It did not see any combat by the time of the surrender of Japan The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was Hirohito surrender broadcast, announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signed on 2 September 1945, End of World War II in Asia, ending ... on 15 August 1945. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Infantry Division (German Empire)
206th Division or 206th Infantry Division may refer to: * 206th Coastal Division * 206th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 * 206th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 206th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The German 206th Infantry Division (German designation ''206. Infanterie-Division'', nickname ''Pique As'', 'Ace of spades', after the divisional emblem), was a military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry units it had ... * 206th Rifle Division {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The German 206th Infantry Division (German designation ''206. Infanterie-Division'', nickname ''Pique As'', 'Ace of spades', after the divisional emblem), was a military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry units it had no motorization, and relied on leg and horse mobility. History The 206th Infantry Division was raised on 17 August 1939 in Insterburg, East Prussia. It served during the invasion of Poland in 1939 as a reserve division for Army Group North. The 206th Infantry Division participated in Operation Typhoon as part of the XXIII Corps under the Ninth Army. At this time, the division was under the command of Lieutenant General Hugo Höfl. At the time of the Soviet Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation (8 January – 20 April 1942), Operation Mars, the division now led by Lieutenant General Alfons Hitter was again serving in XXIII Corps under the Ninth Army in the Molodoi Tud sector of the Rzhev salient. Here it came under attack by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
