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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 ...
During World War II, the 8th Infantry Division was sent to Europe to fight against the Axis. After training in Northern Ireland, the division’s engineer unit, the 12th Engineer Combat Battalion (see division organization in WWII), landed on the morning of 6 June 1944 on Omaha Beach in support of U.S. forces landing in the area.
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.
The 188th Glider Infantry Regiment was a regiment in the United States Army that was active during World War II. It was a part of the 11th Airborne Division during its entire existence. [1] The 188th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 12 November 1942 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. [1]
The 508th Infantry Regiment (508th PIR, 508th AIR, or 508th IR) ("Red Devils" or "Fury from the Sky") is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. The 508th is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and two battalions from the regiment are currently active: the ...
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 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment is known as the “Automatic Battalion” or the “Automatic Eighth.” “Of the eight battalions that were part of the regiment when I first joined 2-8 FA in August 1993, we are the lone battalion left (in the Department of the Army),” said 2-8th Commander, Lt. Col. Matthew Anderson.