Of the 154 divisions deployed against Soviet Union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer, 11 motorised, 9 security, 5 Waffen-SS, 4 "light", 4 mountain, 1 SS police, and 1 cavalry. The 93rd Infantry Division was a "colored" segregated unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II.However, in World War I only its four infantry regiments, two brigade headquarters, and a provisional division headquarters were organized, and the divisional and brigade headquarters were demobilized in May 1918. ORDER OF BATTLE Between 10-15 December 1944, the weather was good, for a change, but the furious fighting continued. The division fought heavily during the drive on Leningrad, and then in the subsequent defensive battles against the Soviet Winter Counter-attacks against the German lines in the North. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. [1, 7, 9, 73] On October 14 the 369th Infantry moved with the French 161st Division to Belfort, where from October 17 to November 11 it participated in the occupation of the Thur Sector, northeast of the city. Inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California. The 93rd Infantry Division was in combat. On April 4, the 2nd Battalion of the 93rd Division which had been detached from the American Division and passed to operational control of the Commanding General of the 37th Infantry Division closed with the enemy and killed approximately 25 Japanese soldiers. One man has a souvenir German helmet hanging from his belt. This category includes articles about the organisation and unit histories of all German divisions during the Second World War that performed in combat in the role of infantry.For Mechanized infantry use the category Panzergrenadier divisions of Germany during World War II.. Subcategories. Other echelons landed 6, 17 February and 5 March, one regiment disembarking at the Russell Islands, 7 February. Within this desert training area were a number of camps. COMMANDERS IN COMBAT. At the beginning of World War II, the War Department envisioned 4 all-black divisions. Constituted 23 February 1942 as the 93rd Infantry Division. In the villages of Gey and Strass, the Germans fought tenaciously, but these two towns were taken by 10 December 1944. The backbone of the Heer (German Army) was the infantry division. (Photo by National Archives and Records Administration) An advance party of the 93d Infantry Division arrived at Guadalcanal, 29 January 1944. rate German troops. This range, covering 18,000 square miles, was used for the final training of divisions prior to being shipped overseas. Facing the 83rd was the German 353rd Infantry Division and elements of the 344th. Sending the 93rd Infantry Division to War. Major General Raymond G. Lehman - Assumed command May 1943 Major General Harry H. Johnson - Assumed command August 1944. The 2nd Cavalry Division was sent to North Africa and was broken up and used for port operations. Note they are wearing their 93rd Division "Blue Helmet" shoulder patches. However only 3 divisions were formed: 2nd Cavalry, 92nd & 93rd Infantry. The 92nd Division returned to the US and was demobilized in March 1919. Upgrades and reorganizations are shown only to identify the variant names for what is notionally a single unit; other upgrades and reorganizations are deferred to the individual articles. The 93rd moved west into the Southern California Mojave Desert Training Center that butted up against western Arizona. The 371st Infantry and the 372d Infantry, French 157th Division, assembled near Beauséjour Ferme. Activated 15 May 1942 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 372nd: Soldiers of the 372nd Infantry preparing to board ship in France for their return home and discharge in March 1919. 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