Many of its units had been part of the 32nd Infantry Division, it was converted to the Reorganization Objective Army Division structure in March 1963. On 29 May, the division was assigned to defensive positions along the Canal de Bergues and Nieuwpoort-Dunkirk Canal, on the Dunkirk perimeter. During the month, the division was inspected by George VI, who the divisional history recorded "wished us all "Good Luck, a victorious campaign and a safe return home". 110 relations. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915. The war establishment of an infantry division during 1939–1941 was 13,863 men; following 1941, it increased to 17,298 men; for the final two years of the war, it was 18,347 men. The 46th Infantry Division (Russian: 46-я пехотная дивизия, 46-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. [3][5], The North Midland Division was sent to France in February 1915 and served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War. These tasks lasted until December 1939, when the division was assigned to anti-invasion duties. [8][14] It had been envisioned by the War Office that the duplicating process and recruiting the required number of men would take no more than six months. In response, the 2/5LR, along with anti-tank guns and artillery pieces from the 139th Brigade, were moved 150 miles (240 km) south to Thala to bolster Allied positions. [52][h] Notably, the division conducted an exercise on Lewes Downs that was watched by Lieutenant General Dwight D. [52][57] On 14 December, Major-General Charles Edward Hudson replaced Anderson as GOC; Hudson was a distinguished First World War veteran and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), and who had previously commanded the 2nd Infantry Brigade during the fighting in France. The Italian-German forces struck at Allied positions in western Tunisia in order to gain more favourable defensive positions from which to contend with the expected Allied offensive. [32][33] To address this issue, it was decided to deploy untrained territorial units as an unskilled workforce; thereby alleviating the strain on the existing pioneer units and freeing up regular units to complete training. During the following two weeks, the brigade launched local counterattacks and engaged in further back and forth fighting in isolated company and battalion actions. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915. The following day, the Germans attacked towards Hunt's Gap where the reinforced 128th Brigade (including the Churchill tank equipped North Irish Horse) was concentrated. The 46th Infantry Division was a formation of the Michigan Army National Guard active between 1947 and 1968. On 12 May 1915 the division was numbered 46th (North Midland) Division and the brigades were also numbered. It fought in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and the following year was engaged in fighting in France. [74][75], On 2 April, the 128th Brigade moved 100 miles (160 km) south to assist in an attack towards Pichon, near Kairouan. [5] Chamberlain had intended the agreement to lead to a further peaceful resolution of differences but relations between the countries soon deteriorated. It was headquartered at Lansing. These battalions continued their retreat towards Cherbourg and Saint-Nazaire, eventually being evacuated as part Operation Aerial. [18][g] In June, Major-General Miles Dempsey replaced Wimberley. My close association with the Division began when I flew out to take over command of 10th Corps in August 1943, after [57] This brigade was composed of the 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (1/4HR), the 2/4HR, and the 5HR. Throughout the 1930s, tensions built between Germany and the United Kingdom and its allies. He recorded in his dairy that he found the division "in a lamentably backward state of training, barely fit to do platoon training and deficient of officers. The fighting cost these units over 400 casualties. The river did not prove to be much of a defensive position, being less than 3 ft (0.91 m) deep. If that was not possible, the division was to cordon off and immobilise any German invasion effort, until relieved by forces capable of launching a major counter-attack to defeat the Germans. 46th Infantry Lineage. In December 1941 it was engaged in heavy fighting in the Kerch Peninsula in December when t… The 46th Infantry was constituted in May 1917 as a part of the General Mobilization for World War 1. Notably, on 2 March, the 16th Durham Light Infantry (16DLI) launched a counterattack that failed with heavy casualties. [8][b] The plan was for existing TA divisions, referred to as the first-line, to recruit over their establishments. In total, the elements of the three divisions that were transported to France amounted to 18,347 men. During the Vietnam War, the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry a… Most notably, they record the 137th Brigade suffering "grievous casualties" when German forces broke through their positions on the La Bassée Canal. Additional proposals for an assault on France included Operation Sledgehammer. [6], It was later involved in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, where in the opening phase as part of VII Corps, the southernmost corps of the British Third Army, the Division took part in the diversionary attack at Gommecourt on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, which was a catastrophic failure resulting in heavy losses. [20] The 138th Brigade was raised as the duplicate of the 146th Infantry Brigade, and consisted of the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment; the 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (2/4KOYLI); and the 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. [52][53] In late July, the division relocated to Scotland, and was placed under the authority of Scottish Command. However, the 46th Division was disbanded in 1936, the headquarters was converted into 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division and several of its infantry battalions into AA units. [58][59] In January 1941, the division left Scotland and travelled to Cambridgeshire, and was assigned to II Corps on 6 January. [81] On 2 May, Axis forces in Italy surrendered. The convoy arrived in Algiers, French Algeria, on 3 January 1943, and was followed by a 500 miles (800 km) road and rail journey to the frontline near Sedjenane, French Tunisia. On 21 April, Axis forces launched a minor spoiling attack that was repelled, before the division attacked. 46th Infantry Division Patch. The TA would join regular army divisions in waves as its divisions completed their training, with the final divisions deployed a year after the war began. The 137th Brigade was sent to aid in the unloading of supplies at Saint-Nazaire and Nantes, as well as aiding in the construction of railway sidings in that area. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. During the fighting in Italy the 46th Division suffered over 9,200 casualties, including 1,447 officers and men killed in action, with a further 6,476 wounded and 1,957 missing. On 7 April 1945, the division started its move back to Italy. [6] On 15 March 1939, Germany breached the terms of the agreement by invading and occupying the remnants of Czechoslovakia. [52][54][55] The divisional history recorded "within little more than a month of Dunkirk", the division "was better equipped than it had ever been in the dark days in France. They arrived the next day and were assigned to Macforce, and ordered to take up defensive positions on the River Scarpe. With insufficient forces to cover the entire area, they had to defend and prepare to destroy 44 bridges. [7], The event dogged the division afterwards with a poor reputation until 29 September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive, when it re-established its name at the Battle of St. Quentin Canal where, utilising life-belts and collapsible boats, it crossed the formidable obstacle of the canal and used scaling ladders to surmount the steep gradient of the opposite bank and captured multiple fortified machine-gun posts. [71], On 26 February, the 5HR became embroiled in opening moves of Operation Ochsenkopf, another major German attack. During this move, an Axis air attack resulted in one ship being sunk and the loss of materiel. The 46th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, that saw service in the First World War. [17] Major-General Algernon Ransome, who was called out of retirement and had previously commanded a brigade in the British Indian Army during the mid-1930s, was made General Officer Commanding. Fighting lasted until 27 April, and ended the division's role in the campaign. Over the next two days, in heavy fighting, the division took its objectives. Company D 5th Infantry Battalion, 46th Infantry "The Professionals" 198th Infantry Brigade Americal Division (23d Inf Div) Vietnam 1968 - 1971 Known as "Red Star", and formerly called the "Sight Seein' Sixth". [45] As the German threat developed, Gort created an ad hoc force known as Macforce to protect the BEF's right rear flank and lines of communication, and deny the River Scarpe to the Germans. [57][65] The division remained in the United Kingdom until the end of 1942, assembling at Aldershot in December. The division had the following GOCs during the Second World War: 137th Infantry Brigade (until 19 July 1942)[20], 128th Infantry Brigade (from 15 August 1942)[63]. [1] Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Key locations in Tunisia, in reference to division's actions. [25], On 10 May 1940, the Phoney War—the period of inactivity on the Western Front since the start of the conflict—came to an end as the German military invaded Belgium and the Netherlands. To avoid war, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in September 1938 and signed the Munich Agreement, which accepted that Germany would annexe the Sudetenland. It remained there into 1941 and then participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April. 128 relations. [50] The remnants of the three brigades retreated north towards the port. The 46th Infantry Division was a formation of the Michigan Army National Guard active between 1947 and 1968. [40] Historian Tim Lynch commented that the deployment also had a political dimension, allowing "British politicians to tell their French counterparts that Britain had supplied three more infantry divisions towards the promised nineteen by the end of the year". The men expected to be assigned to rear-area duties, such as clearing supply lines of refugees. [citation needed] Six days later, the war in Europe ended. By 4 March, the brigade had been forced to withdraw. Further back and forth fighting followed as the division was called upon to clear additional Axis positions. "[52] On 27 July, Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke, the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, visited the division. [68][70] To the north, patrols from the 5HR (128th Infantry Brigade) clashed with their German counterparts near Sidi Nsir. For comparison, the 1939 war-establishment (the on-paper strength) of a three-brigade infantry division was 13,863 men. [47][48] This duty was impeded by the stream of refugees moving through the area. They, alongside the 138th Brigade, retook all territory that had been lost by 1 April, as well around 1,000 prisoners. [76][77] The division was next tasked with capturing hills northeast of Bou Arada, yo open the way for an armoured advance towards Tunis. [51] During the day, the division withdraw into Dunkirk were they were subsequently evacuated via the mole or from the beaches. It was converted to the Reorganization Objective Army Division (ROAD) structure in … It was formed as a result of the reforms of the army carried out in 1908 under the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane and was one of 14 Divisions of the peacetime TF. This also involved the formation of the British First Army. 1 History 2 Commanding officers 3 References 4 External links The division fought in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and then was held in reserve until May 1940, when it was transferred to France. 5/46th Infantry relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to 23d Infantry Division. [52] On 22 May, Major-General Douglas Wimberley briefly took command of the division. It was replaced on 15 August, by the 128th Infantry Brigade. Later in the year, the division moved to Dumfries where the remainder of 1940 was spent training. It fought in the invasion of Poland in 1939, and the following year participated in the Battle of France. In November, the division became part of XII Corps and moved to Kent. [86] The TA was reformed that year, on a much smaller scale of eight divisions, which did not include the 46th Infantry Division.[87][j]. [78], From there on the 46th Division, from August under the command of Major-General John Hawkesworth, fought throughout the Italian Campaign in late 1943 with both the U.S. Fifth Army and the Eighth Army, fighting in tough battles such as that at the initial Salerno landings in September 1943, followed by fighting at the Volturno Line, the Winter Line, the Bernhardt Line, First Battle of Monte Cassino and later the Gothic Line. This offensive started with the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, aimed at largely American positions. Many of its units had previously been part of the 32nd Infantry Division. It was formed in the latter part of 1938, and was constituted of recruits from the Sudetenland. Landing at Normandyin 1944, the 46th Infantry led the 5th Armored Division in five campaigns earning the nickname “Victory’s Spearpoint”. On formation, the TF contained 14 infantry divisions and 14 mounted yeomanry brigades. This is the war establishment, the on-paper strength. There, the division took command of the 25th Infantry Brigade and other assets assigned by Gort and were dubbed Polforce (after the town of St Pol where the units were waiting). [46][f], On 15 May, the 138th and 139th Brigades boarded trains and moved from the Rennes area. Item# 9331. [13] Despite the intention for the army to grow, the programme was complicated by a lack of central guidance on the expansion and duplication process, and issues regarding the lack of facilities, equipment and instructors. Once at Thala, they covered the withdrawal of American and British forces, repulsed a German tank attack late on 20 February after heavy fighting that saw German units penetrate their position, and aided in the subsequent defence of the town. This force was commanded by Major-General, Hudson was demoted, on the grounds of being unfit for the role. The 46th Infantry Division was to be created as a second-line formation, a duplicate of the first-line 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. [18][19] The 137th Brigade had been created as the second-line duplicate of the 147th Infantry Brigade, and comprised the 2/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment; the 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (2/6DWR); and the 2/7DWR. During the invasion of the Soviet Union, it was attached to Army Group South and marched through the Ukraine and into the Crimea. The division also conducted field exercises across East Anglia. After a 24-hour battle, which included three German tanks being disabled, the battalion was reduced to 120 men and forced back. The resulting fighting was a success for the brigade, who took 150 prisoners, but the overall attack failed to trap Axis forces. Both brigades moved up to the front during February. As part of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Australian Division, the 46th Battalion arrived in France on 8 June 1916, destined for the Western Front. [4] In peacetime, the divisional headquarters was in Lichfield. [81], During 1946, the division took part in Operation Keelhaul, which included the forced repatriation of Cossacks to the Soviet Union. This would be accomplished by an increase in pay for territorials, the removal of restrictions on promotion that had hindered recruiting, the construction of better-quality barracks, and an increase in supper rations. [8][12] This process was dubbed "duplicating". [14][15], On 2 October 1939, the 46th Infantry Division became active. [85], In 1947, the division was disbanded as part of the demobilisation of the British army. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company E, 46th Infantry. It was initially headquartered at Lansing. [49], With assets being moved between Polforce and Macforce, the division was unable to fight as a cohesive entity. [35], General Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was opposed to such a use of these divisions. 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