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Infantry


1951 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated

1950 U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea

1945 U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld

1945 U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar

1945 U.S. infantry regiment captures Monchengladbach

1945 Battle of U.S. 94 Infantry

1945 U.S. 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer

1945 U.S. 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath

1944 U.S. 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall

1944 U.S. 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar

1944 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen

1944 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen

1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald

1944 Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland

1944 U.S. 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid

1944 30th Infantry division of U.S. 1st Army frees Margraten

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall

1944 U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun

1944 U.S. 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein

1944 U.S. 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur

1943 U.S. 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily

1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies San Stefano

1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini

1943 U.S. 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert, Tunisia

1943 U.S. infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal

1942 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry

1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar

1939 "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division

1917 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I

1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I

1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms

1659 Ferdinand W, prince of Wurttemberg-Neustadt/General Dutch infantry

1644 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders


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