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In military terms, 61st Division, 61st Infantry Division, or 61st Cavalry Division may refer to:


Infantry divisions

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61st (2nd South Midland) Division The 61st (2nd South Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised in 1915 during the Great War as a second-line reserve for the first-line battalions of the 48th (South Midland) Division. The division was sent to the W ...
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61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) The 61st Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army, raised in 1939 as part of the expansion of the Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army in response to the Nazi Germany, German German occupat ...
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61st Infantry Division (France) The 61st Infantry Division () was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II World War I During World War I, the division was composed of: *219th Infantry Regiment *262nd Infantry Regiment (to March 1917) *264th Infantry Regiment ...
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61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 61st Infantry Division () was a combat division of the German Army during the Second World War. Towards the end of the war, it became the 61st Volksgrenadier Division. Combat history Poland The 61st Infantry division was created just b ...
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61st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed on 13 March 1943 at Tokyo as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the 61st independent infantry brigade. Because the 61st Divi ...
* 61st Infantry Division Sirte, Kingdom of Italy


Cavalry divisions

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61st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) The 61st Cavalry Division was a cavalry division of the Red Army that served in the first years of the Great Patriotic War. It was formed in September – October, 1941, and saw its first actions to the south of Stalingrad during the German siege o ...
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61st Cavalry Division (United States) The United States Army's 61st Cavalry Division was an United States Army Reserve, Organized Reserve cavalry division created in 1921 from the perceived need for additional cavalry units after World War I, It was composed of Reserve personnel fro ...


See also

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List of military divisions by number {{short description, None This is a list of military divisions of all nationalities organised by ordinal number, number. Division (military), Divisions may be infantry, Airborne forces, airborne, cavalry, mechanized infantry, mechanized, armoured w ...
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