8th Air Corps (VIII. Fliegerkorps) was formed 19 July 1939 in Oppeln as Fliegerführer z.b.V. ("for special purposes"). It was renamed to the 8th Air Corps...
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Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army during World War I 8th Air Corps (Germany) VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht), Germany VIII Corps (Ottoman...
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Radebeul) 8th Guards Mechanised Corps 11th Guards Tank Corps 2nd Guards Tank Army (HQ Fürstenberg) Soviet 1st Mechanized Corps 9th Tank Corps 12th Guards...
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8th Division, 8th Infantry Division or 8th Armored Division may refer to: 8th Division (Australia) 8th Canadian Infantry Division 8th Air Division (People's...
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The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I,...
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A Flak Corps (German: Flakkorps, also spelt Flak-Korps) was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation employed by the Luftwaffe for anti-aircraft...
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the 8th Infantry Division was reactivated on 1 July 1940 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, less Reserve personnel, and assigned to the I Corps . Activated:...
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Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed...
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20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (redirect from 8th Guards Mechanized Corps)
October 1943, it was awarded 'Guards' status and re-designated the 8th Guards Mechanised Corps. In 1944, it took part in the Zhitomir-Berdichev, Korsun-Shevchenkovsky...
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CENTAG wartime structure in 1989 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
8th ID 1st AD 3rd ID 1st ID 4th ID 11th Cavalry 2nd Cavalry The Central Army Group (CENTAG) was a NATO military formation comprising four Army Corps from...
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The 8th Air Support Operations Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Its first predecessor...
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Cold War, 8th Guards Army stood opposed to NATO forces (specifically the US V Corps) along the strategically vital Fulda Gap in West Germany. In June 1964...
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bombardment units of the Air Corps supported the German and Romanian units on the Kuban bridgehead, Mius line, and in Crimea. The 8th Assault Squadron also...
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Battle of Brody (1941) (category Battles of World War II involving Germany)
units of the 6th and 17th German Armies on the northern flank of Army Group South. To achieve this, the 8th Mechanized Corps was transferred from the command...
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John Millikin) VIII Corps (Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton) XII Corps (Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy) Allied air forces US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (General...
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corps (I Dutch, I German, I British, I Belgian) and one reserve corps (III US). Air support was provided by Second Allied Tactical Air Force. In 1966, France...
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Independent Air Defence Army (Leningrad Military District) 27th Air Defence Corps, Riga, 54th Air Defence Corps 14th Air Defence Division, Tallinn 8th Air Defence...
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point (*34°54′03″N 76°52′51″W / 34.9009°N 76.8807°W / 34.9009; -76.8807) (ICAO: KNKT, FAA LID:...
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VIII Brigade RAF (redirect from 8th Brigade RAF)
or 8th Brigade of the Royal Flying Corps and from 1 April 1918, Royal Air Force, was a bomber formation which carried out air raids against Germany in...
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The 8th Mechanized Corps, was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The formation...
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Fallschirmjäger (redirect from Fallschirmjäger (Nazi Germany))
War I by Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps in France. However, the Entente High Command was forced to abandon the...
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in France, the I Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and advanced into Germany. The corps was deactivated...
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V Corps (/ˈfɪfθ kɔːr/), formerly known as the Fifth Corps, is a regular corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Camp...
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The VI Corps Observation Group was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I as part of the Air Service...
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in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deactivated...
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The IV Corps Observation Group was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. It was demobilized on 12...
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Erich Brandenberger (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Corps (16 September 1939 - 15 February 1941) on the Westwall. He commanded 8th Panzer Division (20 February 1941 - 16 January 1943), LIX Army Corps (January —...
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The 8th Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 8) was a Flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. In May 1940, the "Air Defense...
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West Germany, from 1951 until it was redeployed to the US after significant success in the Gulf War in 1991, then inactivated in 1992. VII Corps was organized...
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Battle of Kursk order of battle (section 1st Air Army)
(4th Air Fleet) (Otto Deßloch as both commander-in-chief and chief of staff) - Air support for Army Group South VIII Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps) Luftflotte...
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