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11th Infantry Division
11th Division or 11th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 11th Division (Australia) * 11th Infantry Division (Bangladesh), see Md. Rashed Amin * 11th Division (German Empire) * 11th Reserve Division (German Empire) * 11th Bavarian Infantry Division, a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, in World War I * 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division ''Nordland'' * 11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 11th Infantry Division (Greece) * 11th Indian Division, a unit of the British Indian Army during World War I * 11th Infantry Division (India) * 11th Infantry Division Brennero, Kingdom of Italy * 11th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 11th Infantry Division (Pakistan) * 11th Infantry Division (Poland) * 11th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 11th Division (Spain) * 11th Division (Sri Lanka) * 11th Infantry Division (Thailand), se Apirat Kongsompong * 11th (East Africa) Division, a colonial unit of the British Empire during Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Division (Australia)
The 11th Division was an Australian Army unit formed during World War II by the renaming of Milne Force in December 1942. Predominately a Militia formation, the division's main role during the war was as a base command headquarters, although elements saw action in New Guinea against Japanese forces during the Finisterre Range campaign and in New Britain. It was disbanded in July 1946. History In July 1942, a headquarters was raised to command the units that had been sent to Milne Bay, to establish a series of airfields there after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The majority of the staff for this headquarters came from the 1st Division, and at the time of its establishment it was called "C Force" and became Milne Force in August 1942. Only a limited number of troops were assigned, with the first elements being two companies of Militia troops from the 55th Battalion, bolstered later by the arrival of the 7th Infantry Brigade and then the 18th Infantry Brigade, a veteran Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Infantry Division (Thailand)
11th Division or 11th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 11th Division (Australia) * 11th Infantry Division (Bangladesh), see Md. Rashed Amin * 11th Division (German Empire) * 11th Reserve Division (German Empire) * 11th Bavarian Infantry Division, a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, in World War I * 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division ''Nordland'' * 11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 11th Infantry Division (Greece) * 11th Indian Division, a unit of the British Indian Army during World War I * 11th Infantry Division (India) * 11th Infantry Division Brennero, Kingdom of Italy * 11th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 11th Infantry Division (Pakistan) * 11th Infantry Division (Poland) * 11th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 11th Division (Spain) * 11th Division (Sri Lanka) * 11th Infantry Division (Thailand), se Apirat Kongsompong * 11th (East Africa) Division, a colonial unit of the British Empire during World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XI Corps (other)
11 Corps, 11th Corps, Eleventh Corps, or XI Corps may refer to: * 11th Army Corps (France) * XI Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XI Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht), a unit of the Nazi German Army * XI Corps (India) * XI Army Corps (Italy) * XI Corps (Ottoman Empire) * 11th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 11th Army Corps (Russian Federation) * XI Corps (Pakistan), a unit of the Pakistani Army * XI Army Corps (Spain) * XI Corps (United Kingdom), a unit of the British Army * XI Corps (United States), a unit of the United States Army * XI Corps (Union Army) The XI Corps (Eleventh Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, best remembered for its involvement in the battles of Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville and Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg in 1863. For ..., a unit in the American Civil War See also * List of military corps by n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Army (other)
Eleventh Army or 11th Army may refer to: Germany * 11th Army (German Empire), a World War I field Army * 11th Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army * 11th SS Panzer Army Russia * 11th Army (Russian Empire) * 11th Army (RSFSR) * 11th Army (Soviet Union) * 11th Air Army (Russia) Others * Eleventh Army (Japan) The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. History The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938 under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provi ... * Eleventh Army (Italy) * Eleventh Army (Austria-Hungary) * 11th Army Group (United Kingdom) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Air Defense Division
The 11th Air Defense Division (''Serbo-Croatian: 11. divizija protivvazdušne odbrane/ 11. дивизија противваздушне одбране'') was an air defense division established in 1964 1st Air Defense Zone (''Serbo-Croatian: 1. zona protivvazdušne odbrane / 1. зона противваздушне одбране''). History The 1st Air Defense Zone was formed in 1964, and it was reorganized into 11th Air Defense Division on July 25, 1966. The divisions command was at Belgrade - Banjica. Its task was aerial defense of eastern part of the airspace of Yugoslavia. It has consisted from five regiments, two fighter aviation regiments, two rocket air defense regiments and one air reconnaissance regiment, and other smaller units. It was disbanded on February 28, 1986, when its command was reorganized into command of 1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense.Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 353. Assignments *Command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Air Division
The 11th Air Division was an air division of the United States Air Force. It provided for the air defense of northern Alaska and supervised base operations at major and minor installations in that area. It furnished detachments at Ice Station Alpha, Drift Station Charlie (November 1957–August 1960), and Drift Station Bravo (T-3) (Fletcher's Ice Island) (July 1959–August 1960), in the Arctic Ocean." Lineage * Established as the 11th Air Division (Defense) on 24 October 1950 : Organized on 1 November 1950 : Discontinued on 27 April 1951 (as a Table of Distribution (T/D) unit) : Activated on 27 April 1951 (as a Table of Organization unit) : Inactivated on 20 July 1951 : Activated on 8 April 1953 : Discontinued and inactivated on 25 August 1960 The discontinuation and activation in April 1951 represents a change by the division's headquarters from a Table of Distribution unit to a Table of Organization unit. ''See'' List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force Emblem A sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Armored Division (United States)
The 11th Armored Division (11 AD) was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on 24 June 1943 for the Louisiana Maneuvers. Transferred then to Camp Barkeley, Texas on 5 September 1943, the division participated, beginning 29 October 1943, in the California Maneuvers and arrived at Camp Cooke California on 11 February 1944. The division staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey from 16 to 29 September 1944 until departing New York Port of Embarkation on 29 September 1944, arriving in England on 11 October 1944. The 11 AD landed in France on 16 December 1944, crossed into Belgium on 29 December, and entered Germany on 5 March 1945. The 11th Armored Division was disbanded in August 1945. Commanders Commanders of the 11th Armored Division were: Major General Edward H. Brooks, August 1942 – March 1944 Brigadier General Charles S. Kilburn, March 1944 – March 1945 Brigadier General (later Major Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the World War II, Second World War. The division was formed in response to the unanticipated success of the German panzer divisions. The 11th Armoured was responsible for several major victories in the Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy from in the summer of 1944, shortly after the Normandy landings, and it participated in the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, the Operation Plunder, Rhine crossing in March 1945. It was disbanded in January 1946 and reformed towards the end of 1950. In 1956, it was converted into the 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 4th Infantry Division. Background and formation The 11th Armoured Division was organized in March 1941, in Yorkshire under Northern Command (United Kingdom), Northern Command, under Major-General Percy Hobart. A veteran of the Royal Tank Regiment, he had already strongly influenced the shape of the 7th Armo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 11th Panzer Division ( en, 11th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II, established in 1940. The division saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during the Second World War. The 11th Panzer Division did not participate in the war until the invasion of Yugoslavia. It fought in the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944 and, in the last year of the war, in southern France and Germany. The formation's emblem was a ghost. History The 11th Panzer Division was formed on 1 August 1940 from the 11th ''Schützen-Brigade'' and the ''Panzer Regiment 15'' removed from the 5th Panzer Division and elements of the 231st Infantry Division, 311th Infantry Division and 209th Infantry Division. Most of its members were from Silesia ( Wehrkreis VIII).Mitcham (2000), p. 104. The 11th Panzer Division saw action for the first time in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Passing through Bulgaria, it arrived in Belgrade and assisted in the capture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Airborne Division (United States)
The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army Airborne forces, airborne formation, first activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II. Consisting of one parachute and two glider infantry regiments, with supporting troops, the division underwent rigorous training throughout 1943. It played a vital role in the successful Knollwood Maneuver, which was organized to determine the viability of large-scale American airborne formations after their utility had been called into question following a disappointing performance during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Held in reserve in the United States for the first half of 1944, in June the division was transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Pacific Theater of Operations. Upon arrival it entered a period of intense training and acclimatization, and by November was judged combat-ready. The 11th Airborne saw its first action on the island of Leyte in the Philippines, but in a traditional infantry role. In Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Rifle Division (other)
11th Rifle Division can refer to: * 11th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 11th Guards Rifle Division *11th Siberian Rifle Division *11th Motor Rifle Division "Sultan Sanjar" The 11th Motor Rifle Division "Sultan Sanjar" is a unit of the Turkmen Ground Forces. It descends from the 88th Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Army, first formed in May 1957. It is currently based out of Serhetabat (formerly Kushka). History ... See also * 11th Division (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Infantry Division (United States)
The 11th Division, an infantry division of the United States Army, was activated twice during the First World War. During the Second World War the division was notionally reactivated as part of Fortitude South II. History World War I The 11th Division was first formed as a National Guard division in early 1917 consisting of units of the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guards. By the end of that same year, the 11th Division became the 32nd Division (later 32nd Infantry Division). The 11th Division was reformed as a National Army division in August 1918, and was commanded briefly by Joseph Alfred Gaston before Jesse McI. Carter took over. The division was nicknamed the Lafayette Division, and its shoulder sleeve insignia included a silhouette of Lafayette.The American RiflemanDivisional Insignia Explained 1 March 1919, page 451 The 17th Infantry Regiment, and the 63rd Infantry Regiment were the two units chosen as the cadre around which the division would be formed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
