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58th Division (People's Republic Of China)
58th Division or 58th Infantry Division may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 58th Division (People's Republic of China) * 58th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) *58th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 58th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 58th Division (Sri Lanka) * 58th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) * 58th Infantry Division Legnano (Kingdom of Italy) * 58th Takavar Division of Shahroud ; Aviation divisions : * 58th Air Division (United States) See also * 58th Regiment (other) * 58th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 58th Infantry Division (''58. Infanterie-Division'') was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on March 6, 1915, and organized over the next two months. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915 and was originally formed from troops from the Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Württemberg, but became a fully Saxon division by 1916. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. Combat chronicle The 58th Infantry Division initially fought on the Western Front, seeing action in the Second Battle of Artois. In July 1915, it was transferred to the Eastern Front, and participated in the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive. In October 1915, it returned to the Western Front and went into the trenchlines in Lorraine. In 1916, it fought in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme (; ), also known as the Somme offensive, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 58th Infantry Division () was a unit of the German Army (Wehrmacht) during World War II. It was formed in 1939, took part in the Battle of France in 1940, and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The 58th was then constantly engaged on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front until the end of the war in 1945. Formation The 58th Infantry formed in Wehrkreis X, as part of the general expansion of the Wehrmacht upon the declaration of war. Composed of reservists, including initially many World War I veterans and a small active cadre supplied by regular Divisions, it was speedily dispatched to the French border on a defensive mission. Meanwhile, it was training younger troops, who had been called up at the outbreak of war, in its home area around Lüneburg in Northern Germany. Organisation Combat History The Division first saw combat in the West. From 10 May 1940 to 25 June 1940 it participated in the Battle of France, after which it served as part as of the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed on 2 February 1942 in Hankou as a security (class C) division, simultaneously with the 59th and 60th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 18th Independent Mixed Brigade. Also, many of the soldiers of the 136th Infantry Brigade of the 106th Division, demobilized in 1940, were re-employed in the 58th Division. As a security division, the 58th Division's backbone consisted of independent infantry battalions, and it did not include an artillery regiment. Action Immediately after being formed in Hankou, the 58th Division was transferred to Yingcheng and continued at first to perform the security duties of the 18th Independent Mixed Brigade. In May 1943, the ''58th Division'' participated in the inconclusive Battle of West Hubei, helping to temporarily secure the Yichang - Wuhan riverway. The 58th Division participated in Operation Ichi-Go from May 1944, operating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 58th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army formed during the interwar period. Its second formation during World War II gained the Oder honorific. History The 58th Rifle Division was formed in 1931 at Cherkasy. Its first recorded commander and commissar was Vasily Polyakov, who took the position in April 1932. Polyakov transferred to command the 96th Rifle Division in December 1933, and was replaced by assistant division commander Grigory Kaptsevich (who received the rank of kombrig in 1935 when the Red Army introduced personal ranks). During the 1935 Kiev Military District maneuvers, the division took on the role of an airborne division as a demonstration as the Red Army did not yet include airborne divisions. Kaptsevich was arrested during the Great Purge on 13 August 1937 and ultimately executed. The division was headquartered at Cherkasy as part of the Kiev Military District. It participated in 1940 in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Division (Sri Lanka)
58th Division or 58th Infantry Division may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 58th Division (People's Republic of China) * 58th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) *58th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 58th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 58th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army formed during the interwar period. Its second formation during World War II gained the Oder honorific. History The 58th Rifle Division was formed in 1931 at Cherkasy. Its first ... * 58th Division (Sri Lanka) * 58th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) * 58th Infantry Division Legnano (Kingdom of Italy) * 58th Takavar Division of Shahroud ; Aviation divisions : * 58th Air Division (United States) See also * 58th Regiment (other) * 58th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 58th (2/1st London) Division was an infantry Division (military), division created in 1915 as part of the massive expansion of the British Army during the World War I, First World War. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Force formation raised as a duplicate of the 56th (London) Division, 56th (1/1st London) Division. After training in Britain, the division joined the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in 1917. It saw action at the battles of Battle of Arras (1917), Arras and Battle of Passchendaele, Passchedaele in 1917 and the German spring offensive in 1918. It then took part in the Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of Amiens and the final Allied Hundred Days Offensive of the war. The division was recreated during the World War II, Second World War, as an imaginary deception formation. Origin The formation of reserve or 2nd Line TF units was authorised by the War Office on 31 August 1914. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Takavar Division Of Shahroud
58 Zolfaghar Commando Division, Shahroud () is a Takavar (commando) division of the Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (, ''Niruye Zaminiye Arteše Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân''), acronymed NEZAJA (, NEZAJA) are the ground forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. In Iran, it is also called ''Artesh,'' () which i ... based in Shahroud, Semnan province. The founder and the first commander of the brigade was Yaghoub Aliyari. References Special forces of Iran Takavar Divisions of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Shahrud, Iran {{iran-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Air Division
The 58th Air Division (58th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, based at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 February 1959. History World War II B-29 development The 58th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Heavy) was constituted on 22 April and activated on 1 May 1943 at Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas. The wing's mission was to train the first Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircrews and help prepare the new aircraft for operational combat duty. On 1 June 1943 the wing was reassigned to the Boeing manufacturing plant at Marietta Army Air Field, Georgia in advance of delivery of the first YB-29 prototypes. By July, seven YB-29s had been delivered to the USAAF and were used to equip new training squadrons of the 472d Bombardment Group, the first operational group of the 58th Bomb Wing. In August 1943, it was decided that 58th Bombardment Wing would be stationed in the China Burma India Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Regiment (other)
58th Regiment or 58th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 58th Regiment of Foot (other), three British Army units have carried this name * 58th (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, a British Army unit, 1938–1955 * 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force), a unit of the British Indian Army * 58th Infantry Regiment (United States), most recent 58th Infantry in the United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ... ;American Civil War ;;Union (Northern) Army * 58th Pennsylvania Infantry * 58th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 58th Indiana Infantry Regiment ;;Confederate (Southern) Army * 58th Regiment Alabama Infantry * 58th Virginia Infantry {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
