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The 18th Infantry Division (German: 18. Infanterie-Division ) was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infantry Command III ( Infanterieführer III ) in Liegnitz and renamed the 18th Infantry Division on 15 October 1935.
On mobilisation, the German Army raised 113 Reserve Infantry Regiments (of 332 battalions) and 96 Landwehr Infantry Regiments (of 294 battalions). Meanwhile a number of existing units of various sizes were expanded. The Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to form the Lehr Infantry Regiment. [7]
During wartime, the 18th Division, like other regular German divisions, was redesignated an infantry division. The organization of the 18th Infantry Division in 1870 at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War was as follows: [7] 35. Infanterie-Brigade Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 25; Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 84; 36. Infanterie-Brigade Grenadier ...
The 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment was stationed in Baumholder, Germany as part of the 170th infantry Brigade Combat Team (Separate) and was inactivated with the brigade in 2012. The 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry was stationed in Lawrence, Massachusetts , as part of the 187th Infantry Brigade , 94th Army Reserve Command (1963–1994).
one artillery regiment three battalions three batteries; one pioneer battalion; one communications unit; one field replacement battalion; Supply, medical, veterinary, mail, and police; Infantry divisions were raised in waves (Aufstellungswelle), sets of divisions with a standardized table of organization and equipment. In general the later ...
The 6th Infantry Regiment, [1] active in West Germany since 1950, ... 18th Infantry (reflagged on 13 ... 502nd Infantry Regiment. In early 1991, elements of the ...
A patrol of Company F, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, searches the woods between Eupen and Butgenbach, Belgium, for German parachutists who were dropped in that area The Germans' Operation Stößer was a plan to drop paratroopers in the American rear in the High Fens area, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Malmédy ...
The XVIII Army Corps / XVIII AK (German: XVIII. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.. As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th century, the XVIII Army Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Frankfurt am Main as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for the district of Wiesbaden and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. [1]