List of infantry divisions
An infantry division (InfDiv), also known as a rifle division , is a major military unit at division level , whose combat troop units belong to the infantry category. In order to be able to lead the combat of the combined arms , combat support troops such as artillery , engineers , etc. belong to it . Depending on the range of operations, there are various variations of this type of division such as light infantry, mountain, airborne or paratrooper and motorized infantry divisions.
The infantry of the Bundeswehr today consists of the armed forces of hunters , paratroopers and mountain fighters , which together form a group. In the existing structure of the Bundeswehr, only the Infantry Rapid Forces division now consists of the Air Mobile Operations division .
The Panzergrenadiers are no longer part of the infantry in Germany today, while the US Army infantry division for large mechanized units still exists.
The marine infantry is a specialized unit for infantry tasks in cooperation with naval forces .
Infantry divisions
Germany
Empire
The list only contains the divisions existing in peacetime.
The army consisted of the armies of the federal states of Prussia , Bavaria , Saxony and Württemberg . The divisions not specifically designated belonged to the Prussian Army.
Guard divisions
General divisions
- 1st division
- 2nd division
- 3rd division
- 4th division
- 5th division
- 6th division
- 7th division
- 8th division
- 9th division
- 10th division
- 11th division
- 12th division
- 13th division
- 14th division
- 15th division
- 16th division
- 17th division
- 18th division
- 19th division
- 20th division
- 21st Division
- 22nd division
- 23rd Royal Saxon Division
- 24th Royal Saxon Division
- Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division
- 26th Division (1st Royal Württemberg)
- 27th Division (2nd Royal Württemberg)
- 28th division
- 29th division
- 30th division
- 31st division
- 32nd division
- 33rd Division
- 34th division
- 35th division
- 36th division
- 37th division
- 38th Division
- 39th division
- 40th division
- 41st Division
- 42nd division
- 212th Division (9th Royal Saxon)
Bavarian divisions
- 1st Royal Bavarian Division
- 2nd Royal Bavarian Division
- 3rd Royal Bavarian Division
- 4th Royal Bavarian Division
- 5th Royal Bavarian Division
- 6th Royal Bavarian Division
Reichswehr
Wehrmacht
- 1st Infantry Division
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division
- 5th Infantry Division
- 6th Infantry Division
- 7th Infantry Division
- 8th Hunter Division
- 9th Infantry Division
- 10th Infantry Division
- 11th Infantry Division
- 12th Infantry Division
- 13th Infantry Division
- 14th Infantry Division
- 15th Infantry Division
- 16th Infantry Division
- 17th Infantry Division
- 18th Infantry Division
- 19th Infantry Division
- 20th Infantry Division
- 21st Infantry Division
- 22nd Infantry Division
- 23rd Infantry Division
- 24th Infantry Division
- 25th Infantry Division
- 26th Infantry Division
- 27th Infantry Division
- 28th Infantry Division
- 29th Infantry Division
- 30th Infantry Division
- 31st Infantry Division
- 32nd Infantry Division
- 33rd Infantry Division
- 34th Infantry Division
- 35th Infantry Division
- 36th Infantry Division
- 41st Infantry Division
- 44th Infantry Division
- 45th Infantry Division
- 46th Infantry Division
- 47th Infantry Division
- 48th Infantry Division
- 50th Infantry Division
- 52nd Infantry Division
- 56th Infantry Division
- 57th Infantry Division
- 58th Infantry Division
- 60th Infantry Division
- 61st Infantry Division
- 62nd Infantry Division
- 68th Infantry Division
- 69th Infantry Division
- 71st Infantry Division
- 72nd Infantry Division
- 73rd Infantry Division
- 75th Infantry Division
- 76th Infantry Division
- 78th Infantry Division
- 79th Infantry Division
- 81st Infantry Division
- 82nd Infantry Division
- 83rd Infantry Division
- 86th Infantry Division
- 87th Infantry Division
- 88th Infantry Division
- 91st Infantry Division
- 93rd Infantry Division
- 94th Infantry Division
- 95th Infantry Division
- 96th Infantry Division
- 98th Infantry Division
- 100th Hunter Division
- 101st Hunter Division
- 102nd Infantry Division
- 106th Infantry Division
- 110th Infantry Division
- 111th Infantry Division
- 112th Infantry Division
- 113th Infantry Division
- 121st Infantry Division
- 122nd Infantry Division
- 123rd Infantry Division
- 125th Infantry Division
- 126th Infantry Division
- 129th Infantry Division
- 131st Infantry Division
- 132nd Infantry Division
- 134th Infantry Division
- 137th Infantry Division
- 161st Infantry Division
- 162nd Infantry Division
- 163 Infantry Division
- 164th Infantry Division
- 167th Infantry Division
- 168th Infantry Division
- 169th Infantry Division
- 170th Infantry Division
- 176th Infantry Division
- 181 Infantry Division
- 183rd Infantry Division
- 190th Infantry Division
- 196th Infantry Division
- 197th Infantry Division
- 198th Infantry Division
- 199th Infantry Division
- 205th Infantry Division
- 206th Infantry Division
- 207th Infantry Division
- 208 Infantry Division
- 209th Infantry Division
- 210th Infantry Division
- 211th Infantry Division
- 212th Infantry Division
- 213 Infantry Division
- 214th Infantry Division
- 215th Infantry Division
- 216 Infantry Division
- 217th Infantry Division
- 218th Infantry Division
- 219th Infantry Division
- 221st Infantry Division
- 223rd Infantry Division
- 225th Infantry Division
- 227th Infantry Division
- 228th Infantry Division
- 231st Infantry Division
- 239th Infantry Division
- 242nd Infantry Division
- 243rd Infantry Division
- 244th Infantry Division
- 245th Infantry Division
- 246th Infantry Division
- 250th Infantry Division ("Blue Division") (Spanish)
- 251st Infantry Division
- 252nd Infantry Division
- 253rd Infantry Division
- 254th Infantry Division
- 255th Infantry Division
- 256th Infantry Division
- 257th Infantry Division
- 258th Infantry Division
- 260th Infantry Division
- 264th Infantry Division
- 266th Infantry Division
- 269th Infantry Division
- 274th Infantry Division
- 275th Infantry Division
- 290th Infantry Division
- 293rd Infantry Division
- 295th Infantry Division
- 297th Infantry Division
- 303rd Infantry Division
- 304th Infantry Division
- 305th Infantry Division
- 306th Infantry Division
- 311 Infantry Division
- 319th Infantry Division
- 320th Infantry Division
- 323rd Infantry Division
- 326th Infantry Division
- 329th Infantry Division
- 333rd Infantry Division
- 334th Infantry Division
- 337th Infantry Division
- 338th Infantry Division
- 339th Infantry Division
- 340th Infantry Division
- 342nd Infantry Division
- 343rd Infantry Division
- 345th Infantry Division
- 346th Infantry Division
- 348th Infantry Division
- 349th Infantry Division
- 352nd Infantry Division
- 353rd Infantry Division
- 355th Infantry Division
- 356th Infantry Division
- 357th Infantry Division
- 359th Infantry Division
- 361st Infantry Division
- 362nd Infantry Division
- 367th Infantry Division
- 370th Infantry Division
- 371st Infantry Division
- 383rd Infantry Division
- 384th Infantry Division
- 385th Infantry Division
- 387th Infantry Division
- 389th Infantry Division
- 416th Infantry Division
- 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division
- 704th Infantry Division (104th Jäger Division)
- 719th Infantry Division
- Greater Germany division
- Brandenburg division
- 999th Africa Light Division
- 1st Marine Infantry Division
- 2nd Marine Infantry Division
- 3rd Marine Infantry Division
- 11th Marine Infantry Division
- 16th Marine Infantry Division
armed forces
There were and are no infantry divisions in the Bundeswehr. This division type corresponded / correspond most closely
- 1st Mountain Division (1956-2001)
- 2nd Jägerdivision (in Army Structure 3 1970–1981)
- 4th Jägerdivision (in Army Structure 3 1970–1981)
- 1st Airborne Division (1976-1994)
- Disposable Troop Command 41 (1981–1993)
- Air Force Command / 4. Division (1994-2001)
- Airmobile Operations Division (2002-2014)
- Special Operations Division (2001-2013)
- Fast forces division (from 2014)
Great Britain
First World War
Regular Army
- Guards Division
- 1st division
- 2nd division
- 3rd division
- 4th division
- 5th division
- 6th Division
- 7th Division
- 8th Division
- 27th Division
- 28th Division
- 29th Division
New Army
- First New Army:
- Second New Army:
- Third New Army:
- Fourth New Army:
- Fifth New Army:
Territorial Army
- First line:
- Second Line:
- 45th (2nd Wessex) Division
- 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
- 58th (2 / 1st London) Division
- 59th (2nd North Midland) Division
- 60th (2 / 2nd London) Division
- 61st (2nd South Midland) Division
- 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
- 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division
- 64th (2nd Highland) Division
- 65th (2nd Lowland) Division
- 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
- 67th (2nd Home Counties) Division
- 68th (2nd Welsh) Division
- 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division
Others
- Royal Naval Division (63rd (Royal Naval) Division)
- 71st, 72nd, 73rd Division (without military service)
- 74th (Yeomanry) Division
- 75th Division
Second World War
General divisions
- Guards Division
- 1st Infantry Division
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division
- 5th Infantry Division
- 6th Infantry Division
- 7th Infantry Division
- 8th Infantry Division
- 9th (Highland) Infantry Division
- 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
- 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
- 18th Infantry Division
- 23rd (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- 36th Infantry Division
- 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
- 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
- 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
- 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
- 45th Infantry Division
- 46th Infantry Division
- 47th (London) Infantry Division
- 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
- 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
- 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
- 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
- 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
- 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
- 56th (London) Infantry Division
- 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
- 61st Infantry Division
- 66th Infantry Division
- 70th Infantry Division
- 76th Infantry Division
- 77th Infantry Division
- 78th Infantry Division
- 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division
County divisions
- Devon and Cornwall County Division
- Dorset County Division
- Durham and North Riding County Division
- Essex County Division
- Hampshire County Division
- Lincolnshire County Division
- Norfolk County Division
- Northumberland County Division
- West Sussex County Division
- Yorkshire County Division
Italy
- The following divisions were set up again from 1945 and from 1962 to 1986 either reduced to brigades or completely disbanded. (For former Italian divisions, see list of major Italian associations )
- Aosta Infantry Division
- Avellino Infantry Division
- Cremona Infantry Division
- Folgore Infantry Division
- Friuli Infantry Division
- Granatieri di Sardegna infantry division
- Legnano Infantry Division
- Mantova Infantry Division
- Pinerolo Infantry Division
- Trieste Infantry Division
Japan
Singapore
- 3rd Division (Singapore)
- 6th Division (Singapore)
- 9th Division (Singapore)
- 21st Division (Singapore)
- 25th Division (Singapore)
Soviet Union
- For the designation of the Soviet rifle divisions and the motorized rifle divisions equipped with tanks, as well as cavalry and mountain divisions, see under: Schematic war organization of the Red Army on June 22, 1941
- Riga-Berlin rifle division
Spain
- Blue Division ( División Azul or División Española de Voluntarios )
Republican Army Associations (1931–1939)
- 1st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 2nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 3rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 4th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 5th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 6th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 7th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 8th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 9th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 10th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 11th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 12th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 13th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 14th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 15th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 16th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 17th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 18th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 19th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 20th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 21st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 22nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 23rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 24th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 25th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 26th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 27th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 28th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 30th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 31st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 32nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 33rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 34th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 35th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 36th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 37th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 38th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 39th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 40th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 41st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 42nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 43rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 44th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 45th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 46th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 47th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 48th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 49th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 50th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 51st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 52nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 53rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 54th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 55th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 56th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 57th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 58th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 59th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 60th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 61st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 62nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 63rd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 64th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 65th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 66th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 67th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 68th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 69th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 70th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 71st Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 72nd Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- 77th Division (Second Spanish Republic)
- C Division (Second Spanish Republic)
Associations of National Spain
- 1a División de Navarre
- 13a División del Ejército Nacional
- 40a División del Ejército Nacional
- 50a División del Ejército Nacional
- 74a División del Ejército Nacional
- 84a División del Ejército Nacional
- 105a División del Ejército Nacional
United States
- 1st Infantry Division "Big Red One"
- 2nd Infantry Division "Indian head"
- 3rd Infantry Division "Rock of the Marne"
- 4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division"
- 5th Infantry Division "Red Diamond Division", "Red Devils"
- 6th Infantry Division "Red Star"
- 7th Infantry Division "Hourglass", "Bayonet"
- 8th Infantry Division "Golden Arrow Division", "Pathfinder Division"
- 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables"
- 23rd Infantry Division "Americal Division"
- 24th Infantry Division "Victory Division"
- 25th Infantry Division "Tropic Lightning"
- 26th Infantry Division "Yankee Division"
- 27th Infantry Division "New York"
- 28th Infantry Division "Keystone Division"
- 29th Infantry Division "Blue and gray"
- 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory"
- 31st Infantry Division "Dixie Division"
- 32nd Infantry Division "Red Arrow Division"
- 33rd Infantry Division "Illinois Division"
- 34th Infantry Division "Red Bull Division"
- 35th Infantry Division "Santa Fe"
- 36th Infantry Division "Texas Division"
- 37th Infantry Division "Buckeye Division"
- 38th Infantry Division "Cyclone Division"
- 40th Infantry Division "Sunshine Division"
- 41st Infantry Division "Jungleers", "Sunset Division"
- 42nd Infantry Division "Rainbow Division"
- 43rd Infantry Division "Winged Victory Division"
- 44th Infantry Division
- 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird Division"
- 63rd Infantry Division "Blood and Fire"
- 65th Infantry Division "Battle-ax"
- 66th Infantry Division "Black Panther Division"
- 69th Infantry Division
- 70th Infantry Division "Trailblazers"
- 71st Infantry Division "The Red Circle"
- 75th Infantry Division
- 76th Infantry Division "Onaway Division", "Liberty Bell Division"
- 77th Infantry Division "Statue of Liberty Division"
- 78th Infantry Division "Lightning Division"
- 79th Infantry Division "Cross of Lorraine Division"
- 80th Infantry Division "Blue Ridge"
- 81st Infantry Division "Wildcat Division"
- 83rd Infantry Division "Thunderbolt Division", "Ohio"
- 84th Infantry Division "Railsplitters"
- 85th Infantry Division "Custer Division"
- 86th Infantry Division "Blackhawk Division"
- 87th Infantry Division "Golden Acorn Division"
- 88th Infantry Division "Blue Devil Division", "Clover Leaf Division"
- 89th Infantry Division "Rolling W", "Middle West Division"
- 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", "Texas-Oklahoma Division"
- 91st Infantry Division "Powder River Division"
- 92nd Infantry Division "Buffalo Division"
- 93rd Infantry Division
- 94th Infantry Division "Neuf-cats"
- 95th Infantry Division "Victory Division", "OK Division"
- 96th Infantry Division "Deadeye Division"
- 97th Infantry Division "Trident"
- 98th Infantry Division "Iroquois"
- 99th Infantry Division "Battle Babies", "Checkerboard Division"
- 100th Infantry Division "Century Division"
- 102nd Infantry Division "Ozark Division"
- 103rd Infantry Division "Cactus Division"
- 104th Infantry Division "Timberwolf Division"
- 106th Infantry Division "Golden Lion Division"
Airborne and paratrooper divisions
Germany
Wehrmacht
- 1st Paratrooper Division
- 2nd Paratrooper Division
- 3rd Paratrooper Division
- 4th Paratrooper Division
- 5th Paratrooper Division
- 6th Paratrooper Division
- 7th Paratrooper Division
- 8th Paratrooper Division
- 9th Paratrooper Division
- 10th Paratrooper Division
- 11th Paratrooper Division
- 20 Paratrooper Division
- 21st Paratrooper Division
- Erdmann Paratrooper Division
armed forces
Great Britain
United States
- 11th Airborne Division "The Angels"
- 13th Airborne Division "Black Cat Division"
- 17th Airborne Division "Thunder from Heaven"
- 82nd Airborne Division "All American", "America's Guard of Honor"
- 101st Airborne Division "The Screaming Eagles"
Mountaineering Divisions
Germany
Wehrmacht
- 1st Mountain Division
- 2nd Mountain Division
- 3rd Mountain Division
- 4th Mountain Division
- 5th Mountain Division
- 6th Mountain Division
- 7th Mountain Division
- 8th Mountain Division
- 9th Mountain Division
- 188th Mountain Division
Armed SS
- 6th SS Mountain Division "North"
- 7th SS volunteer mountain division "Prinz Eugen"
- 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (with Croats)
- 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (with Albanians)
- 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (with Croats)
- 24th Waffen Mountain (Karst Jäger) Division of the SS (with Italians)
armed forces
Italy
- 1st Alpini Division Taurinense
- 2nd Tridentina Alpini Division
- 3rd Alpini Division Julia
- 4th Alpini Division Cuneense
- 5th Alpini Division Pusteria
- 6th Alpini Division Alpi Graje