In military terms, 55th Division or 55th Infantry Division may refer to:
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55th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)
The 55th Infantry Division () is a formation of the Bangladesh Army based in Jessore Cantonment.
History
The 55th Independent Infantry brigade was one of the five brigades formed in 1972 and stationed at Jessore Cantonment after the independe ...
* British 55th Division:
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55th (West Lancashire) Division
The 55th (West Lancashire) Division was an infantry division of the British Army's Territorial Force (TF) that saw extensive combat during the First World War. It was raised initially in 1908 as the West Lancashire Division. Following the ou ...
(1908-1920)
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55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
The 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army's Territorial Army (TA) that was formed in 1920 and existed through the Second World War, although it did not see combat. The division had originally ...
(1921-1945)
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55th Infantry Division (France)
The 55th Infantry Division () was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.
World War I
During World War I, the division comprised:
*204th Infantry Regiment (to September 1918)
*231st Infantry Regiment (to May 1916)
*246th Infa ...
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55th Infantry Division Savona (Kingdom of Italy)
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55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Its call sign was the . It was formed on 10 July 1940 in Zentsūji, simultaneously with the 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, and 57th divisions. The formation nucleus ...
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55th Infantry Division (Poland) The 55th Infantry Division (Polish: ''55. Dywizja Piechoty'') was a reserve unit of the Polish Army during the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. Commanded by Colonel Stanislaw Kalabinski, it was part of Operatio ...
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55th Naval Infantry Division (Russia)
The 55th Naval Infantry Division (, Military Unit Number 30926) was an infantry division of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy's Naval Infantry, established in 1968 and disestablished in 2009.
History Formation
The 55th Naval Infantry Divisi ...
* Soviet 55th Division
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55th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 55th Rifle Division that served as a Red Army rifle division during the Great Patriotic War formed for the first time in September 1925 as a territorial division headquartered at Kursk. When the German invasion began the unit was as Slutsk, but ...
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55th Guards Rifle Division
The 55th Guards Rifle Division was a Red Army military unit, engaged in the Second World War. Its full name was the 55th Guards Rifle Irkutsk-Pinsk Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, three Red Banner, Order of Suvorov 2nd degree divi ...
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55th Infantry Division (United States)
The US 55th Infantry Division was a 'phantom division' created in October 1943 to cover the departure of the 5th Infantry Division (United States), US 5th Infantry Division from Iceland. An entirely notional force, its existence was reported to ...
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