Ah, in Africa, we had brave soldiers from various infantry divisions fighting with courage and determination. Divisions like the British 7th Armoured Division, also known as the "Desert Rats," and the US 1st Infantry Division, known as the "Big Red One," played vital roles in the North African campaign during World War II. Their resilience and teamwork in challenging conditions helped to secure important victories in the desert sands.
For WW2: Armored Infantry Divisions were equiped with half-tracks. Regular Infantry Divisions walked (or trucked). During the Vietnam War those Armored Infantry Divisions gave way to the new MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISIONS, equipped with M-113 APC/ACAV (Armored Personnel Carriers/Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles). Only one US Army Mechanized Infantry Division was in Vietnam (and only it's 1st Brigade); the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division (Red Diamond Patch). Regular Infantry Divisions in Vietnam were called "Straight Legs", "Straight" meaning...straight foot soldiering.
Infantry's
The Germans, by a very wide margin. 85% of the US war effort was directed against Germany, until Germany was defeated. The Pacific War was fought on a shoestring, mainly by the US Navy, the Navy's Marine Corps, which grew to six infantry divisions, and about fifteen army infantry divisions. Everything else was against the Germans. The Italians also killed a very small percentage of those lost, and the French an even smaller number. The Vichy French were a German ally and fought the US for three or four days after the landings in North Africa in November 1942. Nobody really had their heart in it though, and soon the French came over to our side.
Six Infantry and three airborne divisions took part in D-Day.
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, a total of 5 U.S. divisions took part in the invasion of Normandy. These divisions included the 1st Infantry Division, the 29th Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 101st Airborne Division. They played crucial roles in the landings at various beaches, contributing significantly to the success of the operation.
The following German division fought in Italy. Herman Goering Panzer Division 26 Panzer 3 Panzer Gr 15 Panzer Gr 16 SS Panzer Gr 29 Panzer Gr 90 Panzer Gr 1 Parachute 4 Parachute 19 Luftwaffe Field Division 20 Luftwaffe Field Division 42 Jaeger 114 Jaeger 5 Mountain 44 Infantry 65 Infantry 71 Infantry 92 Infantry 94 Infantry 162 Infantry 278 Infantry 305 Infantry 334 Infantry 356 Infantry 362 Infantry 710 Infantry 715 Infantry 188 Mountain
The 4th Texas Infantry Regiment was not a unit in WW2. The divisions and regiments were not associated with a State in the name of the unit. Instead, the 4th Texas Infantry Regiment fought in the American Civil War (1861-1865) on the side of the Confederates States. It was made up of men from Texas. I think it served in General Hood's Texas Brigade that fought with distinction in Virginia.
For WW2: Armored Infantry Divisions were equiped with half-tracks. Regular Infantry Divisions walked (or trucked). During the Vietnam War those Armored Infantry Divisions gave way to the new MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISIONS, equipped with M-113 APC/ACAV (Armored Personnel Carriers/Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles). Only one US Army Mechanized Infantry Division was in Vietnam (and only it's 1st Brigade); the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division (Red Diamond Patch). Regular Infantry Divisions in Vietnam were called "Straight Legs", "Straight" meaning...straight foot soldiering.
Infantry's
The armoured infantry were hoplites. The light infantry were peltasts.
The armoured infantry were hoplites. The light infantry were peltasts.
Infantry are foot-soldiers who carry a weapon by hand, opposed to cavalry, who rode on horses, or armor, which is divisions of tanks and artillery.
Well it was the 1st Infantry and 29th Infantry Divisions. I am out sure of the individual regiments at the time.
The Germans, by a very wide margin. 85% of the US war effort was directed against Germany, until Germany was defeated. The Pacific War was fought on a shoestring, mainly by the US Navy, the Navy's Marine Corps, which grew to six infantry divisions, and about fifteen army infantry divisions. Everything else was against the Germans. The Italians also killed a very small percentage of those lost, and the French an even smaller number. The Vichy French were a German ally and fought the US for three or four days after the landings in North Africa in November 1942. Nobody really had their heart in it though, and soon the French came over to our side.
Currently the US Army has ten divisions. 1st Armored, 1st Cavalry, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Infantry, 10th Mountain, 25th Infantry and the 82nd and 101st Airborne. And there are five independent brigades.
The 92nd and the 93rd Infantry Divisions were units made up of black troops with white officers. The 92nd ID fought in Italy in WWII. Near the end of the war black troops were sometimes assigned to other infantry divisions. Volunteers from black non-combat units, and from black non-infantry combat units, were called for. Some men took a demotion to volunteer to serve as privates in the infantry. The army was desperately short of infantry replacements. These new infantrymen were sometimes formed into platoons and attached as a "fourth platoon" to all-white infantry companies, and sometimes used as individual replacements. Before that time though, all black foot soldiers were in either the 92nd or 93rd IDs. Both also served in WWI.
450,000 10 Infantry Divisions,1 Airborne Division and 3 Marine Divisions