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The 198th Infantry Division participated in the German invasion of Denmark and was present for the occupation of Copenhagen on 9 April 1940. [2] One of its battalions, II./308, was brought into Copenhagen harbor by a German naval group ("Kriegsschiffgruppe 8"), consisting of German minelayer Hansestadt Danzig and German icebreaker Stettin, when Hansestadt Danzig steamed into Copenhagen harbor ...
8th (Irish) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (until 4 July 1943) 6th Battalion, Border Regiment (until 9 September 1943) 7th Battalion, Border Regiment (until 9 December 1942) 198th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 30 July 1940, disbanded 14 July 1941) 2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (from 9 December 1942 until 23 August ...
The 8th Infantry Regiment assaulted Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. It was the first of the 4th Infantry Division's infantry regiments to land on Utah Beach. In World War II, the 8th Infantry Regiment was cited twice in the order of the day by the Belgian Army - the first for action in the Belgian Campaign, and later for action in the Ardennes.
After the 52nd Infantry Regiment's activation in 1917, the regiment was assigned to the Sixth Infantry Division.The Sixth Division was organized in November 1917 as a square division consisting of the 51st, 52nd, 53rd, and the 54th Infantry Regiments, the 16th, 17th and 18th Machine-Gun Battalions and the 3rd, 11th and 78th Field Artillery Regiments.
As part of the Army's reorganization in "triangular" infantry divisions in 1941, the regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Field Artillery Battalion, and reassigned to the 25th Infantry Division. The 8th Field Artillery Battalion fought in World War II and Korea with the 25th, earning 14 campaign streamers and seven unit awards.
He had previously commanded the 8th Rifle Brigade at Hanko. On June 22 the 198th was at Strelna and Oranienbaum in the reserves of 23rd Army, which would join Northern Front when it was created from the Leningrad District two days later. As was the case with most of the motorized divisions it was still in the process of forming and was ...
The 8th briefly returned to federal service in 1898 during the Spanish–American War as the 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, mustering in by May 19 and mustering out on November 3. It did not deploy outside the United States. [3] In 1906 the 8th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Infantry Battalion.
198th Division may refer to: 198th Division (1949-1961), an infantry division in the People's Liberation Army; 198th Division (1969–1985), ...