101st Division (disambiguation)
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101st Division or 101st Infantry Division may refer to:
In infantry divisions:
In airborne divisions:
In infantry divisions:
- 101st Infantry Division (France)
- 101st Infantry Division (German Empire)101st Infantry Division (German Empire)The 101st Infantry Division was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on May 3, 1915 and organized over the next few weeks. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915...
- 101st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)101st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)The 101st Rifle Division was a formation of the Soviet Red Army initially formed as a mountain rifle division on 28 August 1938 within the 2nd Separate Red Banner Army in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city....
- 101st Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
- 101st Jäger Division101st Jäger DivisionThe 101st Jäger Division was a German Infantry Division of World War II. It was formed in July 1942 by the redesignation of the 101st Light Infantry Division, which was itself formed in December 1940. It took part in the Battle of Kharkov, then the Caucasus campaign and the retreat into the Kuban,...
In airborne divisions:
- 101st Airborne Division (United States)101st Airborne Division (United States)The 101st Airborne Division—the "Screaming Eagles"—is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France, Operation Market Garden, the...
See also
- 101st Brigade (disambiguation)
- 101st Regiment (disambiguation)
- 101st Battalion (disambiguation)
- 101 Squadron (disambiguation)