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Air divisions

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3d Air Division The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, assigned to Fifteenth Air Force, being stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. It was inactivated on 1 April 1992. Th ...
, United States * 3d Attack Wing, United States


Anti-air divisions

* 3rd Flak Division, Nazi Germany


Armoured divisions

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3rd Armoured Division (Australia) The 3rd Armoured Division was an armoured unit of the Australian Army during World War II. Originally raised in 1921 as the 1st Cavalry Division, the formation had been converted into a motor division in early 1942, before adopting the armoured ...
* 3rd Armored Division (France) *
3rd Light Mechanized Division (France) The 3rd Light Mechanized Division () was a French Army division active during World War II. History Second World War Battle Of France During the Battle of France The Battle of France (; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Camp ...
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3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Panzer Division () was an armoured division in the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II. The division was one of the original three tank divisions established by Germany in 1935. The division partici ...
* 3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) *
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" () was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV. Its name, '' Totenkopf'', is German for "death's head"the skull and crossbones s ...
, Nazi Germany * 3rd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 3rd Armored Division (Jordan) * 3rd Division (Nigeria) * 3rd Tank Division (Soviet Union) * 3rd Armoured Division (Syria) *
3rd Armored Division (United States) The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd", the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Th ...


Cavalry divisions

* 3rd Cavalry Division (German Empire) * 3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr), Weimar Republic *
3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Light Division (sometimes described as ''Light Mechanized'' or ''Light Panzer'' to distinguish it from the later ''Light'' infantry divisions) was raised in November 1938. In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland. On 4 September 1939, so ...
* 3rd Cavalry Division ''Amedeo Duca d'Aosta'', Italian Army during World War II * 3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) * 3rd Mounted Division, United Kingdom * 3rd Cavalry Division (United States)


Infantry divisions

* 3rd (Lahore) Division, of the British Indian Army before and during World War I * 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, France * 3rd Alpine Division Julia, Italy * 3rd Blackshirt Division (21 April), a Black Shirt militia division of Italy *
3rd Canadian Division The 3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as Northwestern Ontario including the ...
* 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland) *
3rd Colonial Infantry Division (France) The 3rd Colonial Infantry Division () was a division of the Troupes de marine, French Marine Forces, comprising mostly French citizen troops. The 3rd Colonial Infantry Division fought in the First and Second world wars. World War I Composition ...
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3rd Division (Australia) The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. Existing during various periods between 1916 and 1991, it is considered the "longest serving Australian Army division". It was first formed during World War I, as an infantry di ...
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3rd Division (Colombia) The 3rd Division () is a Colombian National Army division based in the city of Cali consisting of four brigades: the 3rd Brigade based in Cali, the 8th Brigade based in Armenia, the 23rd Brigade based in Pasto and the 29th Brigade based in Popay ...
* 3rd Division (Estonia) *
3rd Division (German Empire) The 3rd Division (''3. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/ German Army. It was formed in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in May 1816 as a Troop Brigade (''Truppen-Brigade''). It became the 3rd Division on September 5, 1818. From the corps' for ...
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3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . History The 3rd Division was formed in Nagoya in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Nagoya ...
* 3rd Division (Iraq) * 3rd Division (Japan), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force *
3rd Division (New Zealand) The 3rd New Zealand Division was a division of the New Zealand Military Forces. Formed in 1942, it saw action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean Areas during the Second World War. The division saw action in the Solomon Islands campaign dur ...
* 3rd Division (North Korea) * 3rd Division (Norway) * 3rd Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China) *
3rd Division (Reichswehr) The 3rd 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 a ...
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3rd Division (Singapore) The 3rd Singapore Division (3 DIV) is a combined arms division of the Singapore Army. History The 3rd Division was formed on 31 August 1970 with six units under its command, which was then known as Area III Command HQ. On 1 May 1976, Area II ...
* 3rd Division (South Sudan) * 3rd Division (South Vietnam) * 3rd Division (United Kingdom) *
3rd Division (Vietnam) The 3rd Infantry Division also known as the Yellow Star Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN units in September 1965. The first commanding officer and political officer of di ...
* 3rd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division * 3rd Infantry Division (Greece) * 3rd Infantry Division (Philippines) * 3rd Infantry Division (South Africa) *
3rd Infantry Division (South Korea) The 3rd Infantry Division (, Hanja: 第三步兵師團) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army. History First formed as the 3rd brigade on December 1, 1947. On December 24, 1949, the division conducted the Mungyeong massacre. T ...
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3rd Infantry Division (United States) The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) (nicknamed Rock of the Marne) is a combined arms division (military), division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is a subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps ...
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3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army that fought in World War II. The division was established under the cover name ''Wehrgauleitung Frankfurt'' in 1934 by expanding the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr. It was rede ...
, subsequently redesignated the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division, then the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division *
3rd Lahore Divisional Area The 3rd Lahore Divisional Area was an infantry division of the British Indian Army that formed part of the Indian Army during the First World War. It was formed in September 1914 to replace the original 3rd (Lahore) Division that had been ...
, of the British Indian Army during World War I * 3rd Legions Infantry Division (Poland) *
3rd Marine Division (United States) The 3rd Marine Division is a division (military), division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, Japan. It is one of three active duty infantry division ...
* 3rd Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 3rd Mountain Infantry Division Ravenna, Italy *
3rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 3rd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Army. It was formed in 1921 in Crimea. The division relocated to Svobodny in the Far East during 1939 and moved to Blagoveshchensk soon after. The division fought in the Soviet invas ...
* 3rd Special Forces Division (Greece) * Finnish 3rd Division (Continuation War) * Finnish 3rd Division (Winter War) *3rd Indian Infantry Division, official designation for the
Chindits The Chindits, officially known as Long Range Penetration Groups, were special operations units of the British and Indian armies which saw action in 1943–1944 during the Burma Campaign of World War II. Brigadier Orde Wingate formed the ...


See also

* Third Division (disambiguation) {{mil-unit-dis