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85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
85th Division or 85th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 85th Division (People's Republic of China), 1949–1952; later the 2nd Garrison Division of Nanjing Military Region * 85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 85th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 85th Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 85th Infantry Division (United States) The 85th Infantry Division also known as the "Custer Division," was an infantry Division (military), division of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It currently exists as the 85th Support Command in the United States Army Re ... Aviation divisions: * 85th Air Division, United States {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Division (People's Republic Of China)
85th Division or 85th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 85th Division (People's Republic of China), 1949–1952; later the 2nd Garrison Division of Nanjing Military Region * 85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 85th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 85th Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 85th Infantry Division (United States) Aviation divisions: * 85th Air Division, United States {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
85th Division or 85th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 85th Division (People's Republic of China), 1949–1952; later the 2nd Garrison Division of Nanjing Military Region * 85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 85th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 85th Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 85th Infantry Division (United States) The 85th Infantry Division also known as the "Custer Division," was an infantry Division (military), division of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It currently exists as the 85th Support Command in the United States Army Re ... Aviation divisions: * 85th Air Division, United States {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
The 85th Landwehr Division (''85. Landwehr-Division'') was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed in November 1914 as the Breugel Division (''Division Breugel''), named after its commander, Generalleutnant Willem Hendrick Clifford Kocq von Breugel, and became the 85th Landwehr Division on 13 September 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The Landwehr was the third category of the German Army, after the regular Army and the reserves. Thus Landwehr divisions were generally made up of older soldiers who had passed from the reserves, and were intended primarily for occupation and security duties rather than heavy combat. Combat chronicle The 85th Landwehr Division served on the Eastern Front. It occupied the line by Mława from November 1914 to July 1915 and then participated in the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, breaking through at Przasnysz and fighting on the Narew, and then part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 85th Infantry Division (German: ''85. Infantrie-division'') was a Wehrmacht division used in the Second World War. It participated in the German defence in the Battle of Normandy, and took part in the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes. Operational history The 85th Infantry Division was raised in February 1944 and placed under the command of Lieutenant General Kurt Chill, previously the commanding officer of the 122nd Infantry. Participating as an occupational division in German-occupied France, the 85th was part of the 15th Army's rear-guard in Northern France during the D-Day landings. It was moved to Normandy in early August as part of a relief force in the forming Falaise pocket, where it was to replace the ''12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"'' by August 11. On August 14, the division received help from second company of the 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion as it travelled from Assy to Maizieres; its commander was killed when the escort convoy encountered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
85th Division or 85th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 85th Division (People's Republic of China), 1949–1952; later the 2nd Garrison Division of Nanjing Military Region * 85th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1985 * 85th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 85th Motor Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 85th Infantry Division (United States) The 85th Infantry Division also known as the "Custer Division," was an infantry Division (military), division of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It currently exists as the 85th Support Command in the United States Army Re ... Aviation divisions: * 85th Air Division, United States {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Motor Rifle Division
The 85th Leningrad-Pavlovsk Red Banner Motor Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Soviet Red Army converted to a motorised formation in 1957. It was originally formed in 1941 as the 85th Rifle Division from the 2nd Guards People's Militia Division of the Leningrad People's Militia. The 85th Division was part of the Russian Ground Forces until it was reorganised as the 32nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade in 2009. In 2016, the 32nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade was reorganised as the 228th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division. World War II 1st formation The division was originally formed in 1931 in the Ural MD, seemingly at Chelyabinsk. It seems to have been sent to Belorussian Special Military District, soon to be the Western Special Military District, 1940. Assigned to 4th Rifle Corps, 3rd Army, Soviet Western Front on outbreak of war, under the command of Major General Aleksandr Bondovsky. 85th Rifle Division 2nd formation After the division's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th Infantry Division (United States)
The 85th Infantry Division also known as the "Custer Division," was an infantry Division (military), division of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It currently exists as the 85th Support Command in the United States Army Reserve. World War I The 85th Division was constituted by the United States Department of War, War Department in August 1917 and directed to be formed at Camp Custer, Michigan, with Major General Joseph T. Dickman assuming command on 25 August. The officer cadre was provided from the Regular Army (United States), Regular Army, Officers' Reserve Corps, and National Army officer graduates of the First Officers Training Camps. The enlisted personnel were initially Selective Service Act of 1917, draftees, mostly from Michigan but also some from Wisconsin. The division was nicknamed the "Custer Division" after its training camp, which itself was named for General George Armstrong Custer, who had commanded the "Michigan Brigade" of cavalry during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
