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34th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
34th Division or 34th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 34th Division (German Empire) * 34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland * 34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 34th Infantry Division (India), British Indian Army * 34th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 34th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 34th Guards Rifle Division, Soviet Union *34th Motor Rifle Division * 34th Division (United Kingdom) * 34th Infantry Division (United States) Armoured divisions * 34th Tank Division (Soviet Union) * 34th Guards Artillery Division, Soviet Union and Russia Aviation divisions * 34th Transport Aviation Division (People's Liberation Army Air Force) * 34th Air Division, United States See also * 34th Battalion (other) 34th Battalion may refer to: Military units * 34th Battalion (Australia), 1st Australian Imperial Force * 34th Battalion (New Zealand) * 34th Battalion, CEF, Canadian Expeditionary Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Division (German Empire)
The 34th Division (''34. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army. It was formed on April 1, 1890, and was headquartered in Metz (now in France). The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XVI Corps (German Empire), XVI Army Corps (''XVI. Armeekorps''). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited heavily in the densely populated Rhine Province and in the Province of Westphalia, as its primary recruiting and garrison area was Moselle, Lorraine, whose German population was insufficient to support the divisions of the XVI Army Corps. Combat chronicle The 34th Infantry Division fought on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in World War I. It participated in the initial German offensive and the Allied Great Retreat. In 1916, it fought in the Battle of Verdun. In 1917, it participated in the Second Battle of the Aisne, also known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Division (United Kingdom)
The 34th Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War. The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the War Office in September 1915. It served in France and Belgium in the trenches of the Western Front for the duration of the war. Unit history The 34th Division was one of the six created for the Fourth New Army on 10 December 1914. The division was originally made up of Pals battalions, and two brigades of the Northumberland Fusiliers; the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish. Major-General Edward Ingouville-Williams, an experienced commander who had led a brigade in action with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), took command of the division in June 1915. The division landed in France in January 1916. The division's first major action was the attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Battalion (other)
34th Battalion may refer to: Military units * 34th Battalion (Australia), 1st Australian Imperial Force * 34th Battalion (New Zealand) * 34th Battalion, CEF, Canadian Expeditionary Force * 34 Battalion (SWATF), South West Africa Territorial Force * HDF 34th Bercsényi László Special Forces Battalion, Hungary * 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Other uses See also * 34th Brigade (other) * 34th Division (other) 34th Division or 34th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 34th Division (German Empire) * 34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland * 34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 34th ... * 34th Regiment (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Air Division
The 34th Air Division (34th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Custer Air Force Station, Michigan. It was inactivated on 31 December 1969. History Assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC) for most of its existence, "from January 1951 until 1960 the 34th administered, trained, operated and supported assigned units, and placed all available combat capable elements in a maximum state of readiness. Initially, its area of responsibility included Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Texas." It was inactivated and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the Albuquerque Air Defense Sector on 1 January 1960. Reactivated on 1 April 1966, to perform Air Defense "including all or part of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia" assuming responsibility for the missions of the Detroit Air Defense Sector, Detroit and par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Transport Aviation Division (People's Liberation Army Air Force)
The 34th Transport Aviation Division is a formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. It was formed on 28 August 1963 initially with the 100th and 101st Regiments. Today it is headquartered at Beijing Nanyuan Airport in the Central Theatre Command. It was equipped with Y-7, Y-8, and Il-18 transport aircraft, with the 100th, 101st, and 102nd Regiments. The formation appears to have been reorganised in 2017, with the 101st, 202nd, and 203rd Regiment transformed into a Transportation and Search and Rescue Brigade, with only the 100th Regiment surviving as part of the division, flying Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma) is a four-bladed, twin-engined, medium-sized, utility helicopter developed and initially produced by French aerospace company Aérospatiale. It has been subsequently manufactur ... and EC225 helicopters. References Aviation Divisions of the People's Liberation Army Military u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Guards Artillery Division
The 34th Guards Artillery Perekop Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division () was an artillery division of the Soviet Ground Forces and the Russian Ground Forces. It was formed after the Second World War in Potsdam as the 34th Artillery Division and served there with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In 1993 it inherited the honors of the disbanded 2nd Guards Artillery Division. The division withdrew to Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, in 1994 and was disbanded in 2009. History The division was formed as the 34th Artillery Division as part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany's 4th Artillery Corps at Potsdam from 25 June to 9 July 1945. It included the 30th and 38th Guards and the 148th Cannon Artillery Brigades. In 1953, the 4th Artillery Corps was disbanded and the division was directly subordinated to the GSFG Staff. In 1958, the 38th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade was renamed the 243rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment. In 1960, the 30th Guards Cannon Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Tank Division (Soviet Union)
The 34th Tank Division was a formation of the Red Army and Soviet Ground Forces that was formed twice. First formation The first formation was with 8th Mechanized Corps in 1941. The formation began to be formed on June 4, 1940; it was under the command of General Lieutenant Dmitry Ryabyshev. On June 22, 1941, the corps comprised 12th Tank Division, 34th Tank Division, 7th Mechanized Division, 2nd Motorcycle Regiment, an artillery Regiment, an engineer battalion, and a signal battalion. The 34th Tank Division itself comprised the 67th and 68th Tank Regiments and the 34th Motor Rifle Regiment. As a part of the Southwestern Front it became engaged at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in the Battle of Brody (1941). On 25 June 1941, 12th and 34th Tank Divisions were clearing the hills south of Brody before the whole corps opened its attack later that day. "...Its 34th Tank Division and elements of the 12th Tank Division advanced northwards, cutting the main road between Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Infantry Division (United States)
The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign. The division was deactivated in 1945, and the 47th "Viking" Infantry Division was later created in the division's former area. In 1991 the 47th Division was redesignated the 34th. Since 2001, division soldiers have served on homeland security duties in the continental United States, in Afghanistan, and in Iraq. The 34th has also been deployed to support peacekeeping efforts in the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere. The division continues to serve today, with most of the division part of the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard. In 2011, it was staffed by roughly 6,500 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard, 2,900 from the Iowa National Guard, about 300 from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Motor Rifle Division
The 34th Simferopol Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division named after S. Ordzhonikidze (Military Unit Number 45463) was a unit of the Soviet Ground Forces and later the Russian Ground Forces. It was converted from the 126th Motor Rifle Division (First Formation) in 1965 and disbanded in 2009. History It was formed by the order of the troops of the 11th Army of the Caucasian Front No. 193 of 11 May 1920 and the People's Navy Commissariat of the Azerbaijan SSR No. 48 of 16 May 1920. It was ordered to form as the "1st Consolidated Azerbaijan Workers' and Peasants Soviet Rifle Division". By a Prikaz of the NKO, No. 072 of 21 May 1936, the division became the 77th Azerbaijani Mountain Rifle Red Banner Division named for Sergei Ordzhonikidze. On 16 July 1940 it lost the Azerbaijani designation when the Red Army abolished national divisions. It was converted to the 77th Rifle Division in June 1942. It fought in Caucasus and Crimea and in the vicinity of Riga and Memel. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 34th Infantry Division, (), was a Nazi Germany, German military unit that fought in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. The division was first formed following the expansion of the army under Adolf Hitler's leadership, but finally disbanded following their surrender to the Americans in Italy. History The 34th Infantry Division was formed between 1935 and 36 during the rapid expansion of the army following the withdrawal from the Treaty of Versailles. The division was setup within Wehrkreis XII and based in Heidelberg. When recruiting originally, the division was mostly made up of men from the area of the Rhineland and Hesse. After mobilisation just before the Invasion of Poland, the division was based in Trier and on both sides of Saarlautern. While being based in the area, the division was assigned to defence group of the Westwall. On September 19 the 105th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 34th Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Guards Rifle Division
The 34th Guards Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army during World War II. History The 34th Guards Rifle Division was originally formed on 29 August 1942 from the 7th Airborne Corps in the Moscow Military District. It was assigned to the 28th Army, part of the Southern Front. In April 1943, it was transferred to the 5th Shock Army, which later became part of the 4th Ukrainian Front. After participation in retaking Yenkiyevo, it was awarded the battle honour. In January 1944, it became part of the 31st Guards Rifle Corps of the 46th Army. In November 1944 it was finally transferred to the 4th Guards Army, which it was part of for the rest of the war. During Operation Konrad I, the 34th Guards were pushed back by battlegroups from the 6th Panzer Division and 8th Panzer Division. The division was disbanded in May 1946 with the 31st Guards Rifle Corps in the Central Group of Forces The Central Group of Forces (Russian: Центральная группа во ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 34th Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army during and before World War II. The division was formed in 1923. It fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945. Postwar, it became the 11th Machine Gun Artillery Division. History Before 1941 The 34th was originally formed as a territorial division of the Volga Military District in accordance with orders of 14 and 23 September 1923, from the cadre of the mobilization unit colocated with the 33rd Samara Rifle Division. Headquartered at Samara, the division included the 100th, 101st, and 102nd Rifle Regiments, stationed at Ufa, Syzran, and Samara, respectively, in addition to light artillery and howitzer battalions and sapper and communications companies. Its anniversary was celebrated on 8 November. The artillery units of the division were merged to form the 34th Artillery Regiment on 20 October 1924. As a territorial unit, the permanent cadre of the division conducted pre-conscription train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
