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The 91st Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve . It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations) .
The following is a list of United States Army and United States Marine Corps divisions of World War II. The United States began the war with only a handful of active divisions: five infantry and one cavalry. By the end of the war, the nation had fielded nearly one hundred.
Pages in category "United States Army divisions during World War II" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In military terms, 91st Division or 91st Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: 91st Infantry Division (German Empire) 91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 91st Division (Israel) 91st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 91st Division (Philippines) 91st Division (United States) 91st Rifle Division, Soviet Union
This is a list of formations of the United States Army during the World War II.Many of these formations still exist today, though many by different designations. Included are formations that were placed on rolls, but never organized, as well as "phantom" formations used in the Allied Operation Quicksilver deception of 1944—these are marked accordingly.
"Golden Cross" – take from the design of the insignia, used as the title of the World War II history. This is today's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. 34th Infantry Division "Red Bull" – The badge is a red bull's skull on a black background. "Sandstorm" – the division was formed at Camp Cody, in a desertlike area of New Mexico
The 91st Rifle Division was active with 52nd Rifle Corps (24th Army) in June 1941, [2] and then transferred to 19th Army, Western Front before being destroyed at Vyazma. The Soviet defense, still under construction, was overrun and spearheads of the 2nd and Third Panzer Groups met at Vyazma on 10 October 1941.
On June 7, 1944, D-Day + 1, the German 1058th Grenadier regiment of the 91st Luftlande Division, which was tasked with seizing the area of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, launched a fierce counterattack from the north towards Sainte-Mere-Eglise, which were defended by the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.