In military terms, 4th Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

4th (Quetta) Division The 4th (Quetta) Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of British Raj, India. During World War I the division rema ...

, British Indian Army * 4th Alpine Division Cuneense, Italy * 4th Blackshirt Division (3 January), Italy *

4th Canadian Division The 4th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army. It is currently responsible for Canadian Army operations in the Canadian province of Ontario and is headquartered at Denison Armoury in Toronto. The division was first created as ...

4th Division (Australia) The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) infantry brigades in February 1916. In addition to the experienced 4th Brigade (previously in the original New Zealand ...

4th Division (Estonia) The Estonian Land Forces (), unofficially referred to as the Estonian Army, is the name of the unified ground forces among the Estonian Defense Forces where it has an offensive military formation role. The Estonian Land Forces is currently the ...

4th Division (German Empire) The 4th Division (''4. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed in Torgau on September 5, 1818. The headquarters moved to Stargard (now Stargard Szczeciński, Poland) in 1820, where it stayed until 1852. In 1852, the head ...

4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was (from the Yodo River). History The 4th Division was formed in Osaka City in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial ...

4th Division (Iraq) The 4th Division is a Motorized infantry, motorized-infantry division of the Iraqi Army. It is currently headquartered in Tikrit city. It was formed before 1941, disbanded in 2003, but reactivated after 2004. History The division was one of th ...

* 4th Division (Japan) *

4th Division (New Zealand) The 4th Division was one of three home defence divisions of the New Zealand Military Forces formed during World War II. The unit was established on 1 November 1941 and was responsible for protecting the southern part of New Zealand's North Island f ...

4th Division (North Korea) The 4th Infantry Division was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the 20th Century. History Activated in late 1948, the 4th Infantry Division in the summer of 1950 consisted of the 5th Infantry Regiment (North Korea), 5th, 16 ...

* 4th Division (Norway), participated in the Norwegian Campaign * 4th Division (Reichswehr) * 4th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) *

4th Guards Rifle Division The 4th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division on September 18, 1941, from the 1st formation of the 161st Rifle Division as one of the original Guards formations of the Red Army, in recognition of that division's partici ...

(Soviet Union) *

4th Infantry Division (Belgium) The 4th Infantry Division ''(4de Infanterie Divisie)'' was an infantry division of the Belgian Army that existed until the Battle of Belgium during the Second World War. History World War I Before mobilization for the First World War in 191 ...

Belgian Army order of battle (1914) This is the order of battle for the Belgian Army at the start of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. Background At the outbreak of World War I, the Belgian Army was in the middle of a reorganisation. From Belgium's independence in 183 ...

4th Infantry Division (Greece) The 4th Infantry Division () is a formation of the Hellenic Army. Founded in 1912 as an infantry division, it continues to exist today as a reserve and training formation, headquartered in Tripoli, Peloponnese. History The division was establ ...

4th Infantry Division (India) The 4th Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is an infantry division (military), division of the Indian Army. This division of the British Indian Army was formed in Egypt in 1939 during the Second World War. During the Secon ...

4th Infantry Division (Philippines) The 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Diamond Division, is one of the Philippine Army's infantry units in Northern Mindanao. History On January 15, 1946, right after the World War II, upon the reestablishment of the ...

4th Infantry Division (Poland) The Polish 4th Infantry Division (''Polish: 4. Dywizja Piechoty'') was created following Polish independence after the end of World War I. The division participated in the Polish–Ukrainian War in 1919. During World War II, the division existed as ...

4th Infantry Division (Romania) The 4th Infantry Division ''Gemina'' is one of the major units of the Romanian Land Forces, with its headquarters in Cluj-Napoca. Until 15 June 2008 it was designated as the 4th Territorial Army Corps " Mareșal Constantin Prezan" (''Corpul 4 A ...

4th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) The 4th Infantry Division (, ''4-ya pekhotnaya diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. When the war broke out in 1914 i ...

4th Infantry Division (Thailand) The 4th Infantry Division () (พล.ร.๔.) is an Infantry Division of the Royal Thai Army, it is currently a part of the Third Army Area. The unit is composed of the 4th Infantry Regiment and 14th Infantry Regiment. Organization 4th Inf ...

4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) The 4th Infantry Division was a Regular army, regular infantry Division (military), division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War and Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo Campaign, the Crimean War, Cr ...

4th Infantry Division (United States) The 4th Infantry Division is a Division (military), division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat avia ...

4th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 4th Infantry Division, designated ''4.Infanterie-Division'' in German was one of the first divisions raised and served during part of World War II. In 1940 it was reorganized as 14th Panzer Division. History The 4th Infantry Division wa ...

4th Infantry Division Littorio The Italian 4th Division "Littorio" (Lictor) a regular Infantry Division which was fully motorized. It was formed as one of four divisions for the Corpo Truppe Volontarie during the Spanish Civil War by the Regio Esercito. On its return to Italy ...

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4th Infantry Division Livorno Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...

* 4th Luftwaffe Field Division (Germany) *

4th Marine Division (United States) The 4th Marine Division is a United States Marine Corps Reserve, reserve division (military), division in the United States Marine Corps. It was raised in 1943 for service during World War II, and subsequently fought in the Pacific against the J ...

4th Motor Rifle Division Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...

(Soviet Union) *

4th Motorized Infantry Division (People's Republic of China) The 4th Division () was created in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队� ...

4th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht) The 4th Mountain Division () was a mountain infantry division of the Heer, the army of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. The division was active between October 1940 and May 1940 and participated in the Balkans campaign as well a ...

4th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr) The 4th Panzergrenadier Division (''4. Panzergrenadierdivision'') was a West Germany, West German mechanized infantry formation (military), formation. It was part of the II Corps (Bundeswehr), II Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in ...

4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 4th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed three times. It was first formed in 1919 from the remnants of the Lithuanian Rifle Division and fought in the Defence of Petrograd during the Russian Civil War ...

4th Royal Bavarian Division The 4th Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as an Infantry Division of the Würzburg General Com ...

4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division The 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division (4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division) or SS Division Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formation The division was formed in October ...

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Finnish 4th Division (Winter War) The 4th Division was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Winter War. It was part of the II Corps (''II AK'') which fought on the Karelian Isthmus. The 4th Division was responsible for the front between the Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ...

Cavalry divisions

4th Light Cavalry Division (France) The 4th Light Cavalry Division () was a French Army division active during World War II. World War 2 Battle Of France During the Battle of France in May 1940 the division contained the following units: * 4th Cavalry Brigade ** 8th Dragoon Regim ...

4th Cavalry Division (German Empire) The 4th Cavalry Division (''4. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the ...

9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II. It came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in January 1940. The division was headquartered in Vienna, in the German military district We ...

, originally the 4th Light Division *

1st Indian Cavalry Division The 1st Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army which was formed at the outbreak of the First World War. It served on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, and was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division on 26 Novem ...

, designated 4th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France in World War I * 4th Cavalry Division (India), British Indian Army * 4th Cavalry Division (Russian Empire) * 4th Mounted Division, United Kingdom

Armoured divisions

4th Armoured Division (Egypt) The 4th Armoured Division is a military formation of the Egyptian Army. Its most notable service was in the Arab wars with the Israelis in the 1956 Suez Crisis, the 1967 Six-Day War, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The 4th Armoured Division w ...

* 4th Armoured Division (France, 1964) *

4th Armored Division (France, 1940) The 4th Armored Division () was a short-lived armoured unit of the French Army. Formed on 10 May 1940 on the battlefield, it comprised mainly tank battalions. It fought without interruption for forty days and was initially commanded by Charles d ...

4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 4th Panzer Division () was an Armored warfare, armored division (military unit), division in the German Army (1935–1945), Army of Nazi Germany. In World War II, it participated in the Polish September Campaign, 1939 invasion of Poland, ...

4th Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The , was one of four armored divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. History The 4th Tank Division was raised on July 6, 1944 in Chiba, near Tokyo. It lacked both infantry and self-propelled gun regiments. Similar to the Nazi G ...

4th Guards Tank Division The 4th Guards Tank Division is a Russian Guards, Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces. The division is named after Yuri Andropov. The division has the Military Unit Number 19612 and is one of the key formations of the Moscow Mil ...

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4th Armoured Division (Syria) The 4th Armoured Division () was an elite formation (military), formation of the Syrian Arab Army whose primary purpose was to defend Ba'athist Syria from internal and external threats. The division was considered one of the most combat-ready for ...

- an armoured division in the 1980s *

4th Armored Division (United States) The 4th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that earned distinction while spearheading General Patton's Third Army in the European theater of World War II. The 4th Armored Division, unlike most other U.S. arm ...

Aviation divisions

* 4th Fighter Aviation Division (People's Liberation Army Air Force), China * 4th Air Division (Germany) *

4th Fighter Division (Germany) __NOTOC__ 4th Fighter Division (''4. Jagd-Division'') was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed in August 1942 in Döberitz from the sub units of the 2nd Air Corps. The Division was redesignated 1st ...

* 4th Air Division, United States

Other divisions

* 4th Parachute Division (Germany) * 4th Guards Airborne Division (Soviet Union) *

4th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union) The 4th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division () was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II and the Soviet Army in the early postwar years. Formed in November 1942, the division was soon sent to the fron ...

* 4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union) *

4th Army Division The Eastern Army Division (, 4. förd), was a division of the Swedish Army that operated in various forms from 1941 to 2000. Its staff was located in Strängnäs Garrison in Strängnäs. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament polic ...

, Sweden * 4th Airborne Division, United Kingdom deception formation *

4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) The 4th Anti-Aircraft Division (4th AA Division) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the outbreak of the Second World War. It defended North West England during the Blitz. Origin In ...

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