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15th Infantry Division
In military terms, 15th Division or 15th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 15th Infantry Division (Belgium) * 15th Infantry Division (France) * 15th Motorized Infantry Division (France) * 15th Division (German Empire), a unit of the Prussian/German Army, later 15th Infantry Division * 15th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 15th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I * 15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), formed on 1 October 1934 in Würzburg under the cover name ''Artillerieführer V'' * 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht) *15th Infantry Division (South Korea) * 15th Infantry Division (Greece), (Greek: XV Μεραρχία Πεζικού (XV ΜΠ); ''XV Merarchía Pezikoú''), an infantry division of the Hellenic Army * 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), an Infantry Division of the Waffen SS during World War II * 15th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), an infantry division in the Imperial Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Infantry Division (Belgium)
The 15th Infantry Division ''(15de Infanterie Divisie)'' was an infantry Division (military), division of the Belgian Army that fought in the Battle of Belgium against the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. World War II Source: After the Phoney War, Phony wars, the Germans have had enough time to gather a sufficient amount of their forces near the Rhineland and smashed into Battle of Belgium, Belgium and the Battle of the Netherlands, Netherlands. The 15th Division was one of the weaker formations in the Belgian army. It was made up entirely of older reserve regiments which was armed with antiquated weapons of world war one vintage. Moreover, its regiments lacked the fourth heavy weapons battalion that was customary in the regiments of the active army and those of newer reserves. The division was stationed behind the Albert Canal line between Herentals and Massenhoven. To compensate for its weaker units, its lines were somewhat shorter than those of its neighbouring div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Division (North Korea)
The 15th Infantry Division was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the 20th Century. The division fought in the 1950 Korean War; it took part in the North Korean advance from Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ... to Taejon, and fought in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. The 15th Division fought along the eastern coast, above Pusan, eventually being annihilated. References InfDiv0015 InfDiv0015NK {{NorthKorea-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 15th Panzer Division () was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II, established in 1940. The division, formed from the 33rd Infantry Division, fought exclusively in North Africa from 1941 to 1943, eventually ceasing to exist after surrendering in Tunisia in May 1943. History The 33rd Infantry Division, forerunner of the 15th Panzer Division, was formed in April 1936 and part of the German defences in the Saarland during the early month of the war. It participated in the invasion of France and remained there after the French surrender as an occupation force. It returned to Germany in September 1940 to be converted to a tank division. The division was transported to Libya in April 1941, joining General Erwin Rommel's '' Deutsches Afrikakorps'' (DAK) as one of two German tank divisions in North Africa at the time, the other having been the 21st Panzer Division. However, the Royal Navy intercepted and sank the ships carrying the division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Cavalry Division (United States)
The 15th Cavalry Division was a cavalry division of the United States Army during World War I, the only United States cavalry division formed during the war. It was created with three cavalry brigades between November 1917 and February 1918 in Texas and Arizona, and included the Regular Army (United States), Regular Army cavalry regiments that had guarded the Mexico–United States border. The division was originally trained for deployment to Europe, but only two of its regiments were sent there. The division was inactivated on 12 May 1918 and its remaining units sent back to the border as replacement National Army (USA), National Army regiments were considered insufficiently trained. Elements of the division were reconstituted as the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), 1st Cavalry Division in 1921. History The organization of the division was ordered by the United States War Department on 27 November 1917 from the nine Regular Army (United States), Regular Army cavalry regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 15th Cavalry Division (, ''15-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and .... Organization *1st Cavalry Brigade **15th Regiment of Dragoons **15th Uhlan Regiment *2nd Cavalry Brigade **15th Regiment of Hussars **15th Regiment of Cossacks *15th Horse Artillery Division Commanders *1891–1897: Alexander Kaulbars *1897–1899: Georgii Stackelberg References {{Russian Empire Divisions Cavalry divisions of the Russian Empire Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Special Forces Division
The 15th Special Forces Division () was a division of the Syrian Armed Forces specializing in light infantry operations, based in the As-Suwayda Governorate. The Division was part of the Syrian Army's 1st Corps. Role Syrians used the term "Special Forces" to describe the 14th, 15th divisions, as well as the independent "special forces" regiments, but they more closely resemble conventional light infantry units, than Western Special Forces in both mission and composition. The term Special Forces was applied ostensibly because of their specialized training in airborne and air assault operations, but they were regarded as light infantry forces and elite only in relation to the conventional armored and mechanized brigades of the Syrian Army. Command structure ;15th Special Forces Division (2022) * 35th Special Forces Regiment * 44th Special Forces Regiment * 127th Special Forces Regiment * 404th Armored Regiment * 405th Armored Regiment * 176th Artillery Battalion Combat history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 15th Rifle Division () was a military formation of the Red Army formed by renaming the Red Army's Inza Revolutionary Division on 30 April 1919. The division was active during the Russian Civil War and World War II. The 15th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov, and the Red Banner of Labour of the Ukrainian SSR, ultimately receiving the honorific designation 15th Sivash-Stettin Order of Lenin, Twice Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, Order of the Red Banner of Labour Division (15-я стрелковая Сивашско-Штеттинская, ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия). Establishment and World War II The 15th Rifle Division was formed by renaming the Red Army's Inza Revolutionary Division on 30 April 1919. In November 1920, the division crossed the Sivash into C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Infantry Division (United States)
This list of United States Army divisions is divided into three eras: 1911–1917, 1917–1941, and 1941–present. These eras represent the major evolutions of United States Army, army division structure (there have been several minor changes during these times). The 1911–1917 era lists divisions raised during the Army's first attempts at modernizing the division, prior to the authorization of permanent divisions, and the 1917–1941 era lists the first permanent divisions, prior to advent of specialized (armored, airborne, etc.) divisions. The 1941–present era lists all of the divisions organized, raised, or authorized since then. As much as possible, divisions are only listed in the eras in which they were first created. Some divisions, such as the 1st Cavalry Division, are listed in multiple eras, as their organizations were drastically changed from one era to the next. Many divisions overlap the years listed in the era categories, mainly due to the slow pace in which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army that served during the World War II, Second World War. It was raised on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army (TA) and served in the United Kingdom and later Western Front (World War II), North-West Europe from June 1944 to May 1945. Background During the 1930s, Causes of World War II, tensions increased between Nazi Germany, Germany and the United Kingdom and its Allies of World War II, allies. In late 1937 and throughout 1938, German demands for the annexation of the Sudetenland in First Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia led to an international crisis. To avoid war, the British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with German Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor Adolf Hitler in September and brokered the Munich Agreement. The agreement averted a war and allowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th (Scottish) Division
The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served in the First World War. The 15th (Scottish) Division was formed from men volunteering for Kitchener's Army, and served from 1915 to 1918 on the Western Front. The division was later disbanded, after the war, in 1919. First World War The division was a New Army unit formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front. The division fought in the Battle of Loos in which it seizing the village of Loos and Hill 70, the deepest penetration of the German positions by the six British divisions involved in the initial day. It later fought in the Battle of the Somme (1916) which included the battles of Pozières and Flers–Courcelette, the Battle of Arras 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres later in the year. The North Uist-born war poet Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Infantry Division (Thailand)
The 15th Infantry Division () (พล.ร.๑๕.) is an infantry division of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) that specialized in border security, combined arms, and counterinsurgency. It is currently a part of the Fourth Army Area. The unit is composed of the 151st Infantry Regiment, 152nd Infantry Regiment and 153rd Infantry Regiment and Service Support Regiment. The division engaged in the South Thailand insurgency. History Southern insurgency (2001–ongoing) The ongoing southern insurgency had begun in response to Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram's 1944 National Cultural Act, which replaced the use of Malaya in the region's schools with the Thai language and also abolished the local Islamic courts in the three ethnic Malay and Muslim majority border provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat. However, it had always been on a comparatively small scale. The insurgency intensified in 2001, during the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Terrorist attacks were now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Infantry Division (Poland)
15th "Greater Poland" Infantry Division (Polish: ''15 Wielkopolska Dywizja Piechoty'') was a unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic, interbellum period. Founded on February 17, 1920, and based on the ''2nd Greater Poland Rifles Division'', it actively participated in the Polish-Soviet War, including the Kiev offensive (1920), and the Battle of Warsaw (1920), Battle of Warsaw. After Polish victory, the Division pushed the Red Army out of northern Mazovia. It then fought in the Battle of the Niemen River. During the Polish-Soviet War, the division consisted of three brigades: * XXIX Infantry Brigade (colonel Stanisław Wrzaliński) * XXX Infantry Brigade (colonel Tadeusz Gałecki) * XV Artillery Brigade (general Anatol Kędzierski) After the conflict, the Division was stationed in Bydgoszcz, with one regiment in nearby Inowrocław. It was commanded by General Wladyslaw Jung (1920), General Wiktor Thommee (1924 - 1926 and 1928 - 1934), and General Zdzislaw Wincenty Przy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
