In 2007 Russian reports described the army as consisting of the 81st Guards ( Bikin ) and 121st ( Sibirtsevo ) Motor Rifle Divisions, the 127th ( Segreevka ) and 129th ( Barabash ) MGADs, the 130th Machine-Gun Artillery Division ( Lesozavodsk ), 20th Rocket Brigade ( Spassk-Dalniy ) ( OTR-21 Tochka SSM ), 719th Multiple Rocket Launcher Regiment ( Pokrovka ), 958th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment, and other smaller combat and support formations.

On 4 September the 719th infantry division began to dig in along the Albert Canal and was soon joined by forces under the command of Lieutenant General Kurt Chill.

Initially ordered to take his command to the Rhineland for rest and reinforcements, Chill disregarded the order and moved his forces to the Albert Canal, linking up with the 719th ; he also had ' reception centres ' set up at the bridges crossing the Albert Canal, where small groups of retreating troops were picked up and turned into ' ad hoc ' units.

Now 719th Transportation Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade.

* 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

* 1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured.

The city and its fortified sourroundings were encircled 13 September – 16 October 1944 by the US 1st Infantry Division and 3rd Armored Division in conjunction with the US 2nd Armored Division and 30th Infantry Division during the prolonged Battle of Aachen, later reinforced by US 28th Infantry Division elements.

The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Bonn on 7 March 1945, and the US 1st Infantry Division captured the city during the battle of 8 – 9 March 1945.

Ministry of Defense forces included the 103rd Guards Air Assault Division and the 38th Separate Assault-Landing Brigade ; the 28th Army Corps ( Grodno and Brest regions ), composed of headquarters at Grodno, the 6th Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 11th Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 50th Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the Armament and Equipment base, and corps units ( missile troops, antiaircraft, chemical and engineer troops, signals, and rear services ); the 65th Army Corps ( Minsk and Vitebsk regions ), composed of headquarters at Barysaw, three armament and equipment bases, and corps units ; and the 5th Guards Army Corps ( Minsk and Mahilyow regions ) made up of headquarters at Babruysk, the 30th Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade, two Armament and Equipment bases, and corps units.

He was promoted to major-general in October 1938 and took command of the 8th Infantry Division in Palestine.

There he quashed an Arab revolt before returning in July 1939 to Britain, suffering a serious illness on the way, to command the 3rd ( Iron ) Infantry Division.

There are five separate U. S. installations: Shipton Kaserne, home to 412th Aviation Support Battalion, Katterbach Kaserne, formally the home of the 1st Infantry Division's 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, which has been replaced by the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade as of 2006, as part of the 1st Infantry Division's return to Fort Riley, Kansas ; Bismarck Kaserne, which functions as a satellite post to Katterbach, hosting their Post Exchange, Theater, Barracks, Franconia Inn, Military Police, and other support agencies, Barton Barracks, home to the USAG Ansbach and Bleidorn Barracks, which has a library and housing.

In September 1990, the First Foreign Cavalry Regiment, the Second Foreign Infantry Regiment, and the Second Foreign Engineer Regiment were sent to the Persian Gulf as a part of Opération Daguet.

The intention was for the 4th New Zealand Brigade and 5th New Zealand Brigade ( on 4th Brigade's right ) to attack northwest to seize the western part of the ridge and on their right the Indian 5th Infantry Brigade to capture the eastern part of the ridge in a night attack.

In western Macedonia however, the lack of coordination between the Greek and Serbian HQs cost the Greeks a setback in the Battle of Vevi on, when the Greek 5th Infantry Division crossed its way with the VI Ottoman Corps ( a part of the Vardar Army consisting of the 16th, 17th and 18th Nizamiye divisions ), retreating to Albania following the battle of Prilep against the Serbs.

Infantry were recruited and trained in a wide variety of manners in different regions of Europe all through the Middle Ages, and probably always formed the most numerous part of a medieval field army.

Patton's actions at the evacuation hospitals may have been motivated in part by an encounter with Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, the newly appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Division in which Kuhl and Bennett both served.

Fourteen Comanche code talkers took part in the Invasion of Normandy, and continued to serve in the 4th Infantry Division during further European operations.

President Obama mentioned during his visit that he had heard stories as a child from his great uncle, whom was part of the U. S. 89th Infantry Division, the first Americans to reach a concentration camp of Ohrdruf, one of Buchenwald's sub-camps.

The first US Airborne Unit was a test platoon formed from part of the 29th Infantry Regiment, in July 1940.

During the Napoleonic Wars, they served from 1810 to 1814 in the Peninsular War ; fighting at Albuera, Badajoz, Salamanca, the Pyrenees, Nivelle and Toulouse and took part in the Battle of Waterloo where they fought in the 4th Brigade under Lt-Col. Hugh Henry Mitchell, in the 4th British Infantry Division ( see Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign ).

The 1st Grenadiers of Sardinia regiment ( Reggimento Granatieri di Sardegna ) is currently part of the Mechanized Infantry brigade with the same name in the Italian Army.

Carney served with the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant and took part in the July 18, 1863, assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina.

They were part of the 16th Infantry Division, which had its headquarters in the city, as did the cavalry's famous 18th Pomeranian Uhlans Regiment.

Portions of the 15th Regiment of Alabama Infantry, which served with great distinction throughout the U. S. Civil War, were recruited in Dale County, with all of Co. " E " and part of Co. " H " being composed of Dale County residents.

The British Army's Infantry, part of the Structure of the British Army, comprises 51 battalions of Infantry, from 19 Regiments.

In September 1861, they joined the Vermont 6th Vermont Infantry, and helped fill out Companies B, D and E. The regiment ultimately became part of the First Vermont Brigade.

During the American Civil War, the county provided the Lamar Infantry, which was a part of Cobb's Legion.

Also located in Bossier City is the 156TH Army Band which deployed as part of the 256th Infantry Brigade in 2010 to Iraq.

The 256th BSTB is part of the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard that served in Iraq in 2004-5.

West Pittston is the home of Company D, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, part of the 28th Infantry Division.

To defend the Matruh line, Ritchie placed Indian 10th Infantry Division ( in Matruh itself ) and 50th ( Northumbrian ) Infantry Division ( some down the coast at Gerawla ) under X Corps HQ, newly arrived from Syria.

Inland from X Corps would be XIII Corps with Indian 5th Infantry Division ( with only one infantry brigade, Indian 29th Infantry Brigade, and two artillery regiments ) around Sidi Hamza ( about inland, the newly arrived New Zealand 2nd Division ( short one brigade because of lack of transport ) at Minqar Qaim ( on the escarpment inland ) and 1st Armoured Division in the open desert to the south.

On 29 June, he ordered XXX Corps — South African 1st, Indian 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions — to take the coastal sector on the right of the front and XIII Corps — New Zealand and Indian 5th Divisions — to be on the left.

The 90th Light was then to veer north to cut the coastal road and trap the defenders of the Alamein box ( which Rommel thought was occupied by the remains of 50th Infantry Division ) and the Afrika Korps would veer right to attack the rear of XIII Corps.

XXX Corps was reinforced with 1st Armoured Division ( less 22nd Armoured Brigade ), 4th Light Armoured Brigade, and 69th Infantry Brigade.

In 1945, the Corps de la Garde Grand Ducale ( Grand Ducal Guard Corps ), garrisoned in the Saint-Esprit barracks in Luxembourg City and the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions were established, one in Walferdange and the other in Dudelange.

When McPherson pushed blindly through Snake Creek Gap in a potentially decisive movement, the only cavalry in his van was the Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry, totally inadequate for its role.

The basic APC design was substantially expanded to an Infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV ) when properties of an armoured personnel carrier and a light tank were combined in one vehicle.

On completion of his tour of duty in India, Montgomery returned to Britain in June 1937 where he became commanding officer of the 9th Infantry Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier, but that year saw great tragedy when his wife was bitten by an insect while on holiday in Burnham-on-Sea.

By the summer of 1944, Peleliu Island was occupied by about 11, 000 Japanese of the 14th Infantry Division with Korean and Okinawan laborers.

The 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion of the French Army's Troupes de Marine (: fr: 43e bataillon d ' infanterie de marine ) was based in Port Bouet adjacent to the Abidjan Airport from 1979 and had more than 500 troops assigned until 2011, when it appears to have been disbanded.

Also during World War I a mail fringe, designed by Captain Cruise of the British Infantry, was added to helmets to protect the face.

Bombed as a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Erfurt suffered only limited damage and was captured on 12 April 1945, by the US 80th Infantry Division.

The legion was seconded by the Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, formed in 1832, which was a penal military unit made up of men with prison records who still had to do their military service or soldiers with serious disciplinary problems.

Rommel's plan was for the 90th Light Infantry Division and the two Afrika Korps armoured divisions — 15th and 21st Panzer — to penetrate the Eighth Army lines between the Alamein box and Deir el Abyad ( which he believed was defended ).

It was broad daylight by the time they circled round the back of Deir el Abyad where they found the feature to the east of it occupied by 18th Indian Infantry Brigade which, after a hasty journey from Iraq, had occupied the exposed position just west of Ruweisat Ridge and east of Deir el Abyad at Deir el Shein late on 28 June to create one of Norrie's additional defensive boxes.

Robcol — in line with normal British Army practice for ad hoc formations — was named after its commander, Brigadier Robert Waller, the Commander Royal Artillery of the 10th Indian Infantry Division.

The bombardment was the heaviest barrage yet experienced in North Africa, which created panic in the inexperienced soldiers of the Italian 60th Infantry Division Sabratha who had only just occupied sketchy defences in the sector.

Two regiments became embroiled in a minefield but the third was able to join Indian 5th Infantry 5th Brigade as it renewed its attack.

Indian 5th Infantry Brigade pushed them back but it was clear from intercepted radio traffic that a further attempt would be made.

Auchinleck ’ s plan was for Indian Infantry 161st Brigade to attack along Ruweisat ridge to take Deir el Shein, while the New Zealand 6th Brigade attacked from south of the ridge to the El Mreir depression.

By 01: 00 on 27 July, 24th Australian Infantry Brigade was to have captured the eastern end of the Miteirya ridge and would exploit toward the north-west.