24th Division
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In military terms, 24th Division may refer to:
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Infantry divisions:
- 24th Division (German Empire)24th Division (German Empire)The 24th Division , also known as the 2nd Division No. 24 was a unit of the Saxon and then Imperial German Army. The division was headquartered in Leipzig. Until 1899, the division was subordinated in peacetime to the XII Army Corps The 24th Division (24. Division), also known as the 2nd...
- 24th Reserve Division (German Empire)24th Reserve Division (German Empire)The Royal Saxon 24th Reserve Division was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I...
- 24th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)24th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its callsign was the .-History:The 24th Division was formed in Harbin, Manchukuo on 6 October 1939,as part of the Manchukuo territorial defense force under overall command of the 5th Army group of the Kwangtung Army.In July 1944, it was...
- 24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)style="float: right; clear: right; background-color: transparent"| The 24th Samaro-Ulyanovsk Division was a rifle, then a motor-rifle division of the Red Army of the USSR...
- now a Ukrainian Ground Forces brigade - 24th Division (United Kingdom)
- 24th Infantry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
- 24th Infantry Division (United States)
- 24th Infantry Division (Poland)24th Infantry Division (Poland)Polish 24th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. The Division was created in 1921, and its first commandants were: General Jan Hempel , General Waclaw Scewola-Wieczorkiewicz, Colonel Boleslaw Maria Krzyzanowski...
Cavalry divisions:
- 24th Cavalry Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
- 24th Cavalry Division (United States)24th Cavalry Division (United States)The United States Army National Guard's 24th Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession of the Regular Army Divisions, which were not all active at its creation...
Armoured divisions:
- 24th Panzer Division (Germany)24th Panzer Division (Germany)The 24th Panzer Division was formed in 1942 from the 1st Cavalry Division based at Königsberg.-Service:It served under the Fourth Panzer Army in Army Group South of the Eastern Front. In late December 1942 it was encircled in the Battle of Stalingrad and destroyed...
- 24th Armored Division (Philippine Commonwealth Army)
Aviation divisions:
- PLA-AF 24th Fighter DivisionPLA-AF 24th Fighter DivisionThe 24th Fighter Division is a unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. It is headquartered at Yangcun Air Base in the Beijing Military Region. The unit is equipped with J-8 fighters...
(China) - 24th Air Division (United States)