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| rdfs:label | - 18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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| rdfs:comment | - The German 18th Infantry Division was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infanterieführer III in Liegnitz and renamed 18. Infanterie-Division on 15 October 1935. Mobilized in August 1939 it participated in the Invasion of Poland and in 1940 in the Battle of France. After the French campaign the division was motorized and redesignated 18th Motorized Infantry Division on 1 November 1940 serving on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war. In June 1943 the division was redesignated 18th Panzergrenadier Division.
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| Name | - 18
- ''18. Infanterie-Division
- ''18. Panzergrenadier Division
- German 18th Infantry Division
- German 18th Motorized Infantry Division
- German 18th Panzergrenadier Division
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| Unit Name | - 18
- German 18th Infantry Division
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| subordinate | - Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 118
- Divisional units 18
- Grenadier Regiment 30
- Grenadier Regiment 51
- Infantry Regiment 30
- Infantry Regiment 51
- Infantry Regiment 54
- Motorcycle Battalion 38
- Motorized Infantry Regiment 30
- Motorized Infantry Regiment 51
- Panzer Battalion 118
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| abstract | - The German 18th Infantry Division was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infanterieführer III in Liegnitz and renamed 18. Infanterie-Division on 15 October 1935. Mobilized in August 1939 it participated in the Invasion of Poland and in 1940 in the Battle of France. After the French campaign the division was motorized and redesignated 18th Motorized Infantry Division on 1 November 1940 serving on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war. In June 1943 the division was redesignated 18th Panzergrenadier Division.
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