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The 3rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army that fought in World War II. The division was established under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Frankfurt in 1934 by expanding the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr. It was redesignated Kommandant von Frankfurt shortly afterward, and took on its bona fide name when the formation ...
The 3rd Infantry Division saw combat in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria for 531 consecutive days. [12] During the war, the 3rd Infantry Division consisted of the 7th, 15th and 30th Infantry Regiments, together with supporting units.
Harvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield is a former United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID) facility in Germany, located about 3,5 km east-northeast of Kitzingen (Bavaria), about 390 km southwest of Berlin and 202 km north-northwest of Munich . Formerly part of the United States Army Würzburg military community, it was a 1st ID ...
FlaK Kaserne was renamed Larson Barracks on 19 May, 1962 (HQ USAREUR General Order #11, April, 1962), in honor of CPT Stanley E. Larson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who served with the 10th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, and was killed in action on 23 May 1944, near Anzio in Italy . Stanley Emil Larson was born 9 January ...
Of the 154 divisions deployed against the Soviet Union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer, 11 motorized, 9 security, 5 Waffen-SS, 4 "light", 4 mountain, 1 SS-police, and 1 cavalry. A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units: [4]
Warner Barracks was a United States Army military base in the city of Bamberg, Bavaria, southern Germany. The base had been occupied by U.S. forces since the end of World War II. Elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division and 45th Infantry Division entered the town on 13 and 14 April 1945. But before the war, this military site had a ...
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) organization 1989 (click to enlarge) A M2 Bradley from 7th Infantry during REFORGER '85. 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Würzburg. Headquarters and Headquarters Company; 3rd Infantry Division Band; 1st Brigade, Schweinfurt. Headquarters and Headquarters Company; 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor, (58 M1A1 Abrams)
The 3rd Division ( 3. Division) was a unit of the Prussian / German Army. [1] It was formed in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in May 1816 as a Troop Brigade ( Truppen-Brigade ). [2] It became the 3rd Division on September 5, 1818. [3] From the corps' formation in 1820, the division was subordinated in peacetime to the II Army Corps ( II.