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23rd Infantry Division (France)
23rd Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War), part of Finnish II Corps * 23rd Division (German Empire) * 23rd Reserve Division (German Empire) * 23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 23rd ''Waffen'' Mountain Division of the SS ''Kama'' (2nd Croatian), Germany * 23rd Infantry Division (India) * 23rd Infantry Division Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy * 23rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 23rd Infantry Division (Poland) * 23rd Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) * 23rd Division (South Vietnam) * 23rd Division (United Kingdom) * 23rd (Northumbrian) Division, United Kingdom * 23rd Infantry Division (United States) * 23rd Takavar Division (Iranian Army) Armoured divisions * 23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) * 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division ''Nederland'' Cavalry divisions * 23rd Cavalry Division (United States) Aviation divisions * 23rd Air Division (United States) See also * 23rd Brigade (other) 23rd Brigade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War)
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Division (South Vietnam)
The 23rd Division () of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the II Corps that oversaw the Central Highlands. History In 1960 the 23rd Infantry Division was formed from the 15th Light Division and elements of the 16th Light Division. 1964 From 3 to 20 March Division commander Colonel Hoàng Xuân Lãm launched Operation ''Vi Dan 103'' in southern Phú Yên province. After minimal consultation with his senior US military advisor, Lãm used three infantry and two ranger battalions, four artillery batteries, three Civil Guard companies, and two mechanized troops to first surround and then to penetrate the targeted area. Once inside, the penetration units broke down into companies and combed the area with patrols and ambushes. In addition to hunting the Vietcong (VC), the soldiers destroyed supplies and evacuated the Montagnard population. On two occasions, ARVN troops al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Cavalry Division (United States)
The 23rd Cavalry Division was a cavalry formation of the United States Army National Guard during the interwar period. It was created in the early 1920s due to the perceived need for additional cavalry units along with three other National Guard cavalry divisions, but its headquarters was not activated until 1939 as a result of funding shortages. History The 23rd Cavalry Division was constituted in 1921, originally allotted to the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, New Mexico, and Massachusetts, and assigned to the Third Army. By 1927, it had been reallotted to the Fourth and Eighth Corps Areas only. Although formal activation of the division did not occur until 1939, many of the units that made up the division began organizing or were already in existence when it was constituted. The first of the units to be assigned to the division was the 56th Cavalry Brigade, which was originally raised by the Texas National Guard for service along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland
The Volunteer Legion Netherlands () was a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborationist military formation recruited in the German occupation of the Netherlands, German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was formed in the aftermath of the Operation Barbarossa, German invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front in the Waffen SS alongside similar formations from other parts of German-occupied Europe, German-occupied Western Europe. It was the largest Dutch SS unit. The Volunteer Legion was renamed the 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Brigade Netherlands in October 1943. It was officially re-designated as a division (military), division in February 1945 but never grew to larger than a brigade. Background When the Battle of the Netherlands, Germans invaded in May 1940, several political parties in the Netherlands sympathized with the authoritarianism, authoritarian and anti-democratic ideals of Nazi Germany. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 23rd Panzer Division () was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II. Formed in France in late 1941, the division spent its entire combat history on the Eastern Front. History The 23rd Panzer Division was established on the 21st of September 1941 in France. It was built around the 101st Panzer Brigade and two infantry regiments and initially equipped with "booty tanks" which were soon after exchanged for German tanks. In March 1942, the division went to the Eastern Front near Kharkov as a subdivision of the German Sixth Army. It was to remain within the Army Group South for the major part of its service. The division took part in the German advance to the Caucasus, but was subsequently sent north to Stalingrad. It escaped encirclement when the 6th Army was trapped there, and took part in the subsequent failed relief attempt. At the end of its first year on the Eastern Front the 23rd Panzer Division had lost 90 percent of its tanks.Mitcham, p. 169 On 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Takavar Division
23rd Ranger Division () is a Takavar division of the Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Parandak, Tehran province. During the Iran–Iraq War, the division was mainly engaged in fighting on the Northern front including around Sardasht, West Azerbaijan in order to prevent Iraqi Army The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraq ... forces from concentrating on the Southern front. References Special forces of Iran Takavar Divisions of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Robat Karim County {{iran-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Infantry Division (United States)
The Americal Division was an infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, briefly in the mid 1950s and the Vietnam War. The division was activated 27 May 1942 on the island of New Caledonia. In the immediate emergency following Attack on Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, the United States had hurriedly sent a task force to defend New Caledonia against a feared Japanese attack. This division was the only division formed outside of United States territory during World War II (a distinction it would repeat when reformed during the Vietnam War). At the suggestion of a subordinate, the division's commander, Major General Alexander Patch, requested that the new unit be known as the ''Americal Division''—the name being a contraction of "American, New Caledonian Division". This was unusual, as with the exception of the Philippine Division (United States), Philippine Division, all other U.S. divisions were known by a number. After World War II the Americal Division was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd (Northumbrian) Division
The 23rd (Northumbrian) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, which fought briefly in the Battle of France during the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a European power and its occupation of Czechoslovakia, the British Army increased the number of divisions within the Territorial Army by duplicating existing units. The 23rd (Northumbrian) Division was formed in October 1939, as a second-line duplicate of the 50th (Northumbrian) Motor Division. It was made up of two brigades, unlike regular infantry divisions that were composed of three, with battalions hailing from the north of England. It was intended that the division would remain in the United Kingdom to complete training and preparation, before being deployed to France within twelve months of the war breaking out. The division spent little time training and its soldiers were dispersed and used to guard strategically important and vulnerable locations across North East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Division (United Kingdom)
The 23rd Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army raised in 1914 in the World War I, Great War as part of Kitchener's Army. The division was sent to France in August 1915 under the command of Major-general (United Kingdom), Major-General Knight, Sir James Melville Babington Companion of the Bath, C.B. Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, C.M.G. During the war the division fought on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front until October 1917 when it moved to the Italian Front (World War I), Italian Front. It remained in Italy and was disbanded by March 1919. History 1914–1915 Formation and training The division formed part of Kitchener's third Kitchener's Army, New Army, with concentration of units beginning on 16 September, the 68th Brigade (United Kingdom), 68th Brigade at Bullswater and the 69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 69th and 70th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 70th brigades, together with Royal Enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
The 23rd Division was a formation of the VIII Corps of the Ottoman Army based in Homs. It had been intended that its manpower would be raised from locally recruited Syrians and Arabs Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of yea .... The division was composed of two infantry regiments the 68th and 69th. References Infantry divisions of the Ottoman Empire Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I {{Ottoman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish II Corps (Winter War)
The II Corps () was a unit of the Finnish Army (1939), Finnish Army during the Winter War. The II Corps with the Finnish III Corps (Winter War), III Corps formed the Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen armeija). The corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist. The corps fought in the fierce battles around Summa and in the defence of Viipuri. Order of battle II Corps *Finnish 1st Division (Winter War), 1st Division *Finnish 4th Division (Winter War), 4th Division *Finnish 5th Division (Winter War), 5th Division *Finnish 6th Division (Winter War), 6th Division - attached on 19 December *Finnish 11th Division (Winter War), 11th Division *Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War), 23rd Division - arrived in February 1940 Delaying groups Delaying groups operational only in the opening phase of the war: *Group Uusikirkko **Finnish Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Brigade **Finnish Jaeger Battalion 1, Jaeger Battalion 1 *Group Muolaa **Finnish Jaeger Battalion 3, Jaeger Battalion 3 *Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Infantry Division (Poland)
The 23rd Upper Silesian Infantry Division (Polish: 23. Gornoslaska Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the interwar period (1921-1939). Created in 1921, its headquarters were stationed in Upper Silesian town of Tarnowskie Góry. Also, some other units were located in garrisons across the Polish part of Upper Silesia: * in Katowice - 73rd Infantry Regiment, * in Tarnowskie Gory - 11th Infantry Regiment, * in Chorzów, Rybnik and Wielkie Hajduki - 75th Infantry Regiment, * in Żory and Będzin - 23rd Light Artillery Regiment. In October 1938 the Division, under General Jan Jagmin-Sadowski, participated in the annexation of Trans-Olza. A year later, in September 1939, it took part in the Polish September Campaign. Commanded by Colonel Wladyslaw Powierza, it was part of Operational Group "Silesia"/"Jagmin" of the Army Kraków, under General Antoni Szylling. On September 1 and 2, the unit defended the so-called Fortified Area of Silesia, then it was ordered to sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
