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The 6th Army (German: 6. Armee) was a field army of the German Army during World War II. It is widely known for its defeat by and subsequent surrender to the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. It committed war crimes at Babi Yar while under the command of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau during Operation Barbarossa.
The 2/6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Second World War. Raised in October 1939 as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force , the battalion formed part of the 6th Division and was among the first troops raised by Australia during the war.
The remnants of the 6th Infantry Division destroyed in June were added to the components of the 552nd Grenadier Division. The division contained the Grenadier Regiments 18, 37 and 58, as well as the Artillery Regiment 6 and Division Units 6 (thus reusing the same regimental numbers as had been used in the original 6th Infantry Division).
Map of the Stalingrad pocket, following Operation Uranus, showing all Axis divisions and major Soviet field armies Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus , commanding the 6th Army [ 1 ] Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Arthur Schmidt [ 2 ]
6th Signal Battalion, Fort Richardson [29] 106th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Richardson [30] 6th Military Police Company [citation needed] Chemical Company [citation needed] 6th Division Band; In 1988 the airborne companies (Charlie Airborne) of 1-17 Infantry, 2-17 Infantry and 4-9 Infantry were consolidated in 2-17 Infantry, giving ...
The 6th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps World War II infantry division formed in September 1944. During the invasion of Okinawa it saw combat at Yae-Take and Sugar Loaf Hill and was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. The 6th Division had also prepared for the invasion of Japan before the war ended. After the war it served in ...
The 6th Ranger Battalion was a United States Army Ranger Battalion which saw action in the Pacific during World War II. The battalion is best known for its role in the Raid at Cabanatuan in the Philippines in January 1945.
The 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in 1942 by the conversion of the 10th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers to parachute duties.