British 4th Division (World War I)

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	Order of Battle - American Forces - World War I 80th - 89th
		On Oct. 7th the division was relieved in the Pannes-Flirey-Limey sector by the 37th Division and was moved by bus to the Recicourt area and became part of the 1st Army Reserve.
		The division arrived in the Sommedieue sector early in November and was attached to the 2d Colonial Corps (French, as reserve).
		The division remained in the Reynel area until Aug. 5th when it was moved by bus to the Toul front where it occupied the line between northeast corner of Bois de Bauchot to the middle of the Etang de Vorgevaux and was supported by the 55th Fld.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/ww1/80div.htm

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		At the beginning of May 1942, the British war cabinet was pressing for an early offensive in the Western Desert, and General Auchinleck made the necessary plans.
		The first clash between British and Italian forces took place in the Western Desert in the early hours of June 11, before the Italian troops concerned had been told of the declaration of war.
		In Libya the Italian garrison was sandwiched between strong French forces in French North Africa and considerable British forces in Egypt; and Italy's other colonies were surrounded by potential enemies on all sides, although the forces arrayed against her were not very formidable in the early stages of the war.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_8.html

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Sir Douglas Haig's 4th Despatch (1917 Campaigns), 25 December 1917
		On the left of the British attack the English brigades detailed for the assault (29th and 20th Divisions, Major-General W. Smith commanding the 20th Division) captured the hamlet of Wijdendrift and reached the southern outskirts of Langemarck.
		The British attack, under the revised scheme, was, in the first instance, to be preparatory to a more decisive operation to be undertaken a little later by the French Armies, in the subsequent stages of which the British Forces were to co-operate to the fullest extent possible.
		Further north, the Canadian divisions, with an English brigade (13th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division) in the centre of their attack, completed the capture of the Vimy Ridge from Commandant's House to Hill 145, in spite of considerable opposition, especially in the neighbourhood of Thelus and the high ground north of this village.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/haigcampaign1917despatch.htm

	CNN.com Specials
		He is the first Coast Guardsman killed in action since the Vietnam War.
		Died on September 19, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained when a grenade exploded as he was clearing a house in Falluja, Iraq, on February 16, 2004.
		Died of injuries sustained in a fire during a small-arms fire exercise.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties

	4th Armored Division Spearhead at Bastogne
		It took the 4th Armored Division five days of bitter, costly fighting to break the ring of German units encircling the 101st, but only six days before the linkup, elements of that same division had actually been in Bastogne on the day it was being encircled.
		A veteran of the Battle of the Bulge tells the story of the 4th Armored Division's Combat Command B and the relief of the encircled city.
		At the time, I was serving with Combat Command B (CCB) of the 4th Armored Division, commanded by Brig.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blbastogne

	World War I, The Great War
		When World War I began, she volunteered to serve as an army nurse.
		Amongst these units, the 1st U.S. Division which, on the 5th April had been positioned in the region North of Paris, received on the 27th April, the responsibility for a sector to the West of Montdidier, in the 6th Corps of the French 1st Army.
		This position formed a salient in the British line, and in order to preserve the integrity of that line (in other words to make it stronger), it was necessary to take the village of Neuve Chapelle.
	www.rockingham.k12.va.us /EMS/WWI/WWI.html

	Index of Code Names
		ABDA World War II acronym for the 1942 cooperative American-British-Dutch-Australian defense of the Pacific and Indian Ocean theater
		UNDERTONE World War II (March-April 1945) offensive by Third and Seventh Armies to break through the West Wall and clear the Saar-Palatinate triangle (area within the Rhine, Moselle, and Lauter-Saar Rivers), and to secure a bridgehead east of the Rhine River in the vicinity of Worms
		DOVETAIL World War II rehearsal in Fiji of the operation to capture Guadalcanal and a lodgement in the southern Solomon Islands (a sub-task of PESTILENCE)
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/code.htm

	YANKEE DIVISION (26TH INFANTRY) WEB SITE.
		When the division (the 4th Armored Division and not the 26th Infantry Division) started for Luxembourg it was short 713 men and 19 officers in the tank and infantry battalions and the cavalry squadron.
		In order to be fair about the U.S. Army in World War II you have to realize that the military forces of the U.S. were starved for money throughout the 1930's and they got next to no consideration from the Government.
		The so-called official history of the Yankee division is a white wash of the worst kind and some of the comments are ludicrous, the official history claims that everybody wanted to go into combat.
	www.rinfret.com /ww2.html

	Egypt
		Armored Division was successful in convincing the Italian commander Marshal Graziani that British strength in Egypt as far greater than it actually was.
		While trying to impress the Italians in Libya with British preparedness, care had to be taken not to provoke Italy into war.
		The British in Egypt: Army Disposition at the Outbreak of War
	www.rose.edu /faculty/mmorgan/grayswwii/egypt.htm (363 words)

	The 1st (Peshawar) Division 1914-1919
		Unless stated, each unit was in the Division in August 1914 and was with the Division when it mobilised for war in Afghanistan in 1919.
		Headquartered in Peshawar and manning stations at Chitral, Drosh, Malakand, Chakdara, Dargia, Abazan, Jamrus, Shabkadar and Mardan, the Division remained in the area throughout the war.
		Unlike British Divisions it contained a mixture of cavalry and infantry components.
	www.1914-1918.net /Peshawar_div.htm (363 words)

	List Of People Associated With World War I [Definition]
		Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became POWs of the Japanese....
		John French, (1852-1925), commander of the BEF The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British army sent to France and Belgium in World War I and British Forces in Europe from 1939 - 1940 during World War II.
		See: World War I World War I (also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918.
	www.wikimirror.com /List_of_people_associated_with_World_War_I (363 words)

	British Occupation of Greece
		Arrival of the 4th Indian Division at the end of November and of the 4th British Division in mid-December swung the balance of force to the British side, while a conference chaired by Churchill on 26-27 December put forward the patriach, arch-bishop Damaskinos, as regent, with a mission of consiliation.
		The underlying animosities remained, however, and were to burst forth in civil war after the World War was over.
		IN September the Gree left-wing partisan movements EAM and ELAS, met the commander of the earmarked British force, General Scobie, and Papandreou, the exiled premier, and agreed to accept the presence of British troops in Athens.
	www.expage.com /wwiimed08 (288 words)

	Regular Divisions Pt1
		It was here, on October 14th at Vielle Chapelle, that the division's first commander, Major General H.I.W.Hamilton was killed - in fact the first British divisional commander to die in the Great War.
		The division then moved north, and fought in the Battle of the Lys in April 1918, and then later during the allied offensives of 1918 fought at the Canal du Nord, Cambrai and the Battle of the Selle, ending the war in reserve near Bavai.
		By the end of November 1914 the division as a whole had suffered 8,355 casualties since mid-October: from this it is possible to gauge the ferocity of the fighting.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /regular_divisions_pt1.htm (2527 words)

	Yahya Khan
		This idea failed miserably in the 1965 war and the need to have intermediate corps headquarters in between the GHQ and the fighting combat divisions was recognised as a foremost operational necessity after the 1965 war.
		14 Division’s infantry strength was increased and a new tank regiment was raised and stationed in East Pakistan.
		Jinnah’s far-sighted and just policy of bringing Bengalis in the fighting arms of the Pakistan Army was discontinued by General Ayub Khan who was the first Pakistani Muslim C in C of the Pakistan Army and became the Army Chief in January 1951.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Y/Yahya-Khan.htm (2350 words)

	List of military divisions by number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British 49th (West Riding) Division (World War I) British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (World War II)
		This is a list of military divisions of all nationalities organised by ordinal number.
		See Also: List of military divisions by name
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_divisions_by_number (2350 words)

	British Occupation of Greece
		Arrival of the 4th Indian Division at the end of November and of the 4th British Division in mid-December swung the balance of force to the British side, while a conference chaired by Churchill on 26-27 December put forward the patriach, arch-bishop Damaskinos, as regent, with a mission of consiliation.
		The underlying animosities remained, however, and were to burst forth in civil war after the World War was over.
		By 5 January the British had gained complete control of Athens and the Piraeus and on 12 February EAM and ELAS agreed to demobilization of all revolutionary forces, release of hostages and formation of a national army.
	www.expage.com /wwiimed08 (288 words)

	USS Clueless - Where is the 1st Infantry Division?
		The 10th infantry division had one battalion in the war, but was otherwise uncommitted.
		Two battalion sized USMC formations, 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) and 26th MEU were also used in the fighting, with the former being attatched to the British 3 Commando brigade in the first days of the war, during the fighting for Umm Qasr and the Al Faw penninsula.
		As for 1st Infantry Division, that has peacekeeping commitments which mean that large parts of it are undeployable at the moment.
	www.denbeste.nu /cd_log_entries/2003/06/Whereisthe1stInfantryDivi.shtml (1952 words)

	26th Infantry Division History World War II
		Elements of the 90th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division followed immediately into the bridgehead and on 24 March the 104th Infantry Regiment crossed the Rhine at Oppenheim and was attached temporarily to the 4th Armored Division in the bridgehead.
		Such was the background of part of the troops that made up the New England National Guards on the eve of the First World War.
		For the role of strategic reserve the Division was awarded its first battle star of this war - Campaign of Northern France.
	ww2-museum.org /26YD/26idhistory.html (1952 words)

	Australian Army - Enpsychlopedia
		The first Australian division to see action on the Western Front was the 5th Division which was thrown unprepared into the futile Battle of Fromelles, a "diversion" to the Battle of the Somme that cost the division 5,500 casualties for no gain.
		As fears of war with Japan mounted, most of the 8th Division was sent to Singapore, to strengthen the British garrison; the remaining battalions were deployed in the islands to Australia's north, at Rabaul, Ambon and Timor.
		Australian units were also responsible for the last phase of amphibious assaults during the Pacific War: the attacks on Japanese-occupied Borneo, including Tarakan, Brunei, British Borneo, Balikpapan and other targets in Sarawak.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Australian_Army (1952 words)

	2nd Grenadiers: The First World War (1914-1918)
		The "Army Group Flanders" was composed of Belgian, French and British divisions under the command of the King Albert I. The 12th division, in which were found the 1st Grenadiers, 2nd Grenadiers and the 4th Carabiniers, formed part of the "Southern Group" and occupied the sector of Brielen.
		Everyone was shocked by the immense effect which was obtained by the use of gas but, in spite of that, the right wing of the German attack (the 4th reserve division) was stopped by the Grenadiers.
		On the eve of the First World War, August 1st 1914, the Belgian army mobilized 15 classes (4 of the individual military service and 11 of the old system of drawing of lots).
	home.tiscali.be /mertense/ww1.htm (1952 words)

	The Guards Division, 1914-1918
		The Division, which was in and around Maubeuge at the Armistice, was rejoined by the 4th (Guards) Brigade from 31st Division on 17th November 1918.
		Joined as complete 4th (Guards) Brigade from 2nd Division and renumbered two days later
		This Division has the distinction of being formed in France in August 1915, and remained on the Western Front throughout the war.
	www.1914-1918.net /gdiv.htm (1952 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Paths of Armor: The 5th Armored Division in World War II.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (1952 words)

	Lone Sentry: Famous Fourth: The Story of the 4th Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet
		It is heir to the history of the 4th Division in World War I. Based on these traditions, we have been building a tradition of our own, one of accomplishment of assigned missions in spite of enemy, weather, fatigue or shortages of personnel or supplies.
		Major General H.W. Blakeley, commanding the 4th Infantry Division, lent his cooperation to the preparation of the pamphlet, and basic material was supplied to the editors by his staff.
		The remainder of the 4th was on the opposite side of Percy, keeping one jump ahead of the enemy, On Aug. 1, the 12th captured Villedieu, which von Kluge repeatedly called the key to the entire operation.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/4thinfantry (5487 words)

	Indian 4th Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 4th Indian Division, of the Indian Army, is an infantry division dating back to before independence.
		The Division, known as Red Eagle due to its badge of a red eagle on a black background, is now a part of the Indian Army.
		During World War II, it took part in campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_4th_Indian_Division (137 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		At the beginning of May 1942, the British war cabinet was pressing for an early offensive in the Western Desert, and General Auchinleck made the necessary plans.
		In Libya the Italian garrison was sandwiched between strong French forces in French North Africa and considerable British forces in Egypt; and Italy's other colonies were surrounded by potential enemies on all sides, although the forces arrayed against her were not very formidable in the early stages of the war.
		The first clash between British and Italian forces took place in the Western Desert in the early hours of June 11, before the Italian troops concerned had been told of the declaration of war.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_8.html (12575 words)

	Case Study: Rommel in North Africa
		British commander Wavell had the 7th Armored and 4th Indian Division at Sollum.
		The British seriously underestimated the Germans’ ability to wage war in the desert in early 1941.
		The British 8th Army, now consisting of six divisions and six brigades with 900 tanks, executed a plan similar to Battleax.
	www.cs.hmc.edu /~dhamm/wargames/rommel.html (1332 words)

	Indian 4th Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indian 4th Infantry Division, of the Indian Army, is an infantry division dating back to before independence.
		During World War II, it took part in campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
		The Division, known as Red Eagle due to its badge of a red eagle on a black background, is now a part of the Indian Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_4th_Indian_Division (138 words)

	The 4th Division in 1914-1918
		The 4th Division remained on the Western Front throughout the war.
		The Division was demobilised in Belgium in early 1919.
		One of the first Divisions to move to France, arriving just in time to join the hard-pressed Divisions of II Corps at Le Cateau.
	www.1914-1918.net /4div.htm (859 words)

	History of the Iowa National Guard: World War II
		In 1946 the 34th Infantry Division was reorganized with headquarters in Iowa under the command of Maj. Gen.
		The 34th Division suffered 3,737 killed in action, 14,165 wounded in action, and 3,460 missing in action, for a total of 21, 362 battle casualties.
		With the 442nd (Nisei) Regimental Combat Team's arrival on the beachhead, the RCT was attached to the 34th Division and the 100th Infantry Battalion was assigned to that unit.
	www.iowanationalguard.com /pages/Pub_Affair/history/WW2.html (14636 words)

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