2nd Division may refer to the following military units:

Infantry divisions

2nd Division (Australia) The 2nd Division of the Australian Army, also known as the 2nd (Australian) Division, commands all the Australian Army Reserve, Reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th Brigade (Australia), 4th in Victoria and Tasmania, the 5th Brigade ...

2nd Canadian Division The 2nd Canadian Division (2 Cdn Div; ) is a formation of the Canadian Army in the province of Quebec, Canada. The present command was created 2013 when Land Force Quebec Area was re-designated. The main unit housed in this division is the Roy ...

* 2nd Division (Colombia) *

2nd Infantry Division (France) The French Infantry Division () was one of the oldest divisions of the French army. Heads of the Infantry Division * 22 March 1815: Division General Donzelot * . * 1870: General Martineau des Chenez * . * 18 October 1873: General Bellec ...

* 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (France) * 2nd Division (Estonia) (1918–40) * 2nd Division (German Empire) (1818–1919) *

2nd Division (Reichswehr) The 2nd Division was a unit of the ''Reichswehr''. Creation In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size of the military contained in the Treaty of Versailles), it was determined that in ...

(Germany, 1920–34) *

2nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 2nd Infantry Division of Nazi Germany's Army was created from components of the ''Reichswehr's'' old 2nd Division in 1934, at first under the cover name ''Wehrgauleitung Stettin'' and later ''Artillerieführer II''; it did not take its real ...

, Germany *

2nd Naval Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 2nd Marine Division () was a military formation of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) under control of the German Army (Heer) during the later part of the Second World War. History In March 1945, the 2nd Marine Division was formed in Schlesw ...

, Germany *

2nd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht) The 2nd Mountain Division () was a ''Gebirgsjäger'' division of the German Army which served in World War II, mainly in the northernmost sector of the Eastern Front, near the Arctic. Formed in 1938, the division was disbanded at the end of the w ...

, Germany * 2nd Guards Infantry Division (German Empire) * 2nd Flak Division, Germany * 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece) *

2nd (Rawalpindi) Division The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the British Indian Army#Kitchener reforms, Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in British Raj, In ...

, British Indian Army before and during World War I * 2nd Infantry Division (India) * 2nd Division (Iraq) (1930s–2003; 2005–2014) *

2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" The 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" () was a Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. The Alpini that formed the divisions are a highly decorated and elite mountain corp ...

, Kingdom of Italy * 2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre", Kingdom of Italy * 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca", Kingdom of Italy *

2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its ''tsūshōgō'' was . History The 2nd Division was formed in Sendai, Miyagi, in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. ...

* 2nd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 2nd Division (Japan) (1962–) *

2nd New Zealand Division The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-G ...

* 2nd Division (Nigeria) * 2nd Division (North Korea) * 2nd Division (Norway) * 2nd Infantry Division (Philippines) * 2nd Legions Infantry Division (Poland) * 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (Poland) * 2nd Division (Portugal) (1917–18) * 2nd Infantry Division (South Africa) * 2nd Infantry Division (South Korea) * 2nd Division (South Vietnam) (1955–75) * 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 2nd Division (Spain) *

2nd Infantry Division (Thailand) The 2nd Infantry Division, Queen Sirikit's Guard () (พล.๒ รอ.) also known as Mechanized Infantry Division () is the only Queen's Guard Mechanized Infantry Division of the Royal Thai Army (RTA). It is currently part of the First Army Are ...

, Queen's Guard * 2nd (African) Division (United Kingdom) *

2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012. It was raised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley for service in the Peninsular War (part of ...

* 2nd (London) Infantry Division *

2nd Infantry Division (United States) The 2nd Infantry Division (2ID, 2nd ID) ("Indianhead") is a formation of the United States Army. Since the 1960s, its primary mission has been the pre-emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea. Approximately 17 ...

2nd Marine Division (United States) The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division (military), division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeu ...

2nd Division (Vietnam) The 2nd Infantry Division also known as Quảng Đà Division or Steel Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN units in October 1965. The first commander and the first commissar ...

Airborne divisions

* 2nd Airborne Division (United Kingdom) * 2nd Parachute Division (Germany)

Cavalry divisions

* 2nd Light Cavalry Division (France) * 2nd Cavalry Division (German Empire) * 2nd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Weimar Republic * 2nd Light Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, British Indian Army during World War I * 2nd Cavalry Division Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro, Italian Army during World War II * 2nd Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) *

2nd Mounted Division The 2nd Mounted Division was a yeomanry ( Territorial Army cavalry) division that served in the First World War. At the outbreak of war it was assigned to defence of the Norfolk coast. In March 1915 it formed a 2nd Line duplicate of itself, th ...

, United Kingdom * 2/2nd Mounted Division, United Kingdom, later 3rd Mounted Division *

2nd Cavalry Division (United States) The 2nd Cavalry Division was a cavalry division of the United States Army that was constituted from 1921 to 1944, with the headquarters active for two brief periods before and during U.S. involvement in World War II. The division was disbanded ...

Armoured divisions

2nd Armoured Division (Australia) The 2nd Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Australian Army during World War II. Originally raised in 1921 as the 2nd Cavalry Division, based in Victoria and South Australia, the formation had been converted into a motor division ...

2nd Armored Division (France) The French 2nd Armored Division (), commanded by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippe Leclerc, fought during the final phases of World War II in the Western Front (World War II), Western Front for the liberation of France. The divi ...

* 2nd Armored Division (Syria) * 2nd Light Mechanized Division (France) *

2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 2nd Panzer Division (English: 2nd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army (1935–1945), German Army, the Heer, during World War II. Created as one of the original three German tank divisions in 1935, it was stationed in ...

, Germany * 2nd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) *

2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich The 2nd SS Panzer Division ''Das Reich'' () or SS Division ''Das Reich'' was an armored division of the of Nazi Germany during World War II. Initially formed from regiments of the ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT), ''Das Reich'' initially served ...

* 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) *

2nd Armored Division (United States) The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels") was an Armoured warfare, armored Division (military), division of the United States Army. The division played important roles during World War II in the invasions of Germany, North Africa, and Sicily ...

* 2nd Guards Tank Division (Soviet Union)

Infantry divisions

Airborne divisions

Cavalry divisions

Armoured divisions

See also