Resultado da Busca
Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French Revolutionary System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps general.
General de divisão (pré-AO 1990: general-de-divisão) é o posto intermediário entre general de brigada e general de exército. [1] É usado nos exércitos brasileiro, espanhol e francês. Os generais de divisão, também chamados informalmente "generais de 3 estrelas", são aptos a comandar uma Divisão.
- History
- Types
- Nomenclature
- National Organizations
- See Also
Origins
In the West, the first general to think of organizing an army into smaller combined-arms units was Maurice de Saxe (d. 1750), Marshal General of France, in his book Mes Rêveries. He died at the age of 54, without having implemented his idea. Victor-François de Broglie put the ideas into practice. He conducted successful practical experiments of the divisional system in the Seven Years' War.
Early divisions
The first war in which the divisional system was used systematically was the French Revolutionary War. Lazare Carnot of the Committee of Public Safety, who was in charge of military affairs, came to the same conclusion about it as the previous royal government, and the army was organised into divisions. It made the armies more flexible and easy to maneuver, and it also made the large French Revolutionary Army manageable. Under Napoleon, the divisions were grouped together into corps, because...
World War I
The size and composition of infantry divisions in the two world wars differed not only from country to country and from war to war, the structure of a country's infantry divisions frequently changed during the war. Moreover, even divisions with the same structure were not always of the same quality (in 1918, for example, the German army distinguished among first, second, and third-line infantry divisions). Finally, each country also maintained several kinds of divisions during these wars (e.g...
Divisions are often formed to organize units of a particular type together with appropriate support units to allow independent operations. In more recent times, divisions have mainly been organized as combined arms units with subordinateunits representing various combat arms. In this case, the division often retains the name of a more specialized d...
Divisions are commonly designated by combining an ordinal number and a type name (e.g.: "13th Infantry Division"). Nicknames are often assigned or adopted, although these often are not considered an official part of the unit's nomenclature, with divisions of the Italian Armybeing one of the exceptions. In some cases, divisional titles lack an ordin...
Australia
Historically, the Australian Army has fielded a number of divisions. During World War I, a total of six infantry divisions were raised as part of the all-volunteer Australian Imperial Force: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. The 1st Division and part of the 2nd saw service during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 before later taking part in the fighting on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918 along with the 3rd, 4th and 5th. The 6th Division existed only briefly in 1917, but was disbanded with...
Bangladesh
The 9th Infantry Division was raised on 20 November 1975 in Dhaka as the first division of the Bangladesh Army. Currently, Bangladesh Army has ten infantry divisionsunder its command. Each infantry division consists of one artillery brigade, 3 or 4 infantry brigades/regiments. In addition, few divisions have one armored brigade each. The active infantry divisions are: 1. 7th Infantry Division, headquartered at Sheikh Hasina cantonment, Patuakhali 2. 9th Infantry Division, headquartered at Sav...
Brazil
The Brazilian Army currently has five army divisions: the 1st Army Division based in Rio de Janeiro and subordinated to the Eastern Military Command, the 2nd Army Division, based in São Paulo and subordinated to the Southeastern Military Command and 3rd Army Division, based in Santa Maria – RS, the 5th Army Division based in Curitiba – PR, the 6th Army Division based in Porto Alegre – RS, the latter three being linked to the Southern Military Command and the 7th Army Division based in Recife...
O comando de cada divisão é exercido por um oficial general que, conforme o país, pode ter a patente de general de divisão, tenente-general ou major-general.
Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. In English-speaking countries, when appointed to a field command, a major general is typically in command of a division consisting of around 6,000 to 25,000 troops (several regiments or brigades).
Major general or divisional general: Rear admiral or Counter admiral: Air vice-marshal: Brigadier or brigadier general: Commodore or flotilla admiral: Air commodore: Senior commissioned officers; Colonel (Ship-of-the-line) Captain: Group captain: Lieutenant colonel: Frigate captain or Commander: Wing commander: Major or commandant ...
An army corps general or corps general is a rank held by a general officer who commands an army corps. The rank originates from the French Revolutionary System, and is used by a number of countries. Normally, the rank is above the divisional general and below the army general, so it usually corresponds to the lieutenant general.
