14th Guards Rifle Division
After being briefly assigned to 53rd Army in December it was moved to 5th Guards Army in February, 1944 where it remained for the duration, mostly in the 33rd Guards Rifle Corps. It saw action in the Uman–Botoșani Offensive and won its first decoration, the Order of the Red Banner, as it advanced, before being involved in the frustrating battles along the Dniestr River on the Romanian border. In late spring, 1944 the division was redeployed north becoming part of 1st Ukrainian Front and taking part in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive into Poland.


14th Guards Rifle Division
The 14th Guards made a spectacular advance across Poland during the Vistula-Oder Offensive and was awarded the Order of Lenin for its part in the liberation of Sandomierz. On January 22, 1945 its commander suffered mortal wounds in the fighting for a bridgehead over the Oder River. In the drive on Berlin in April the division and its regiments won further honors and decorations but despite these distinctions it was disbanded in August, 1946.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
The division was officially raised to Guards status on January 24, 1942 in recognition of its role in the first liberation of Rostov-on-Don on December 2, 1941. Its sub-units would not receive their Guards redesignations until February. The 96th had been originally formed as the 24th Rifle "Vinnitsa" Division in November, 1923 in recognition of where it was formed before being renumbered in May, 1924. In September, 1929 it added the honorific "in the name of Jan Fabricius". When it became the 14th Guards it continued to carry these titles as parts of its official designation.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
In April, 1940 it had been converted to a mountain rifle division and although it is sometimes referred to as a regular rifle division from about October 1 onward in Soviet records it never officially had its designation changed prior to becoming a Guards unit. Its order of battle, based on the first wartime shtat (table of organization and equipment) for rifle divisions, while maintaining some of its mountain equipment (for example, 107mm mortars in place of 120mm mortars), was eventually as follows:


14th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
Maj. Gen. Ivan Shepetov, who had led the 96th (Mountain) Rifle Division since 1940, remained in command. At the time it was redesignated the division was in 37th Army of Southern Front. During February it was transferred to 57th Army in the same Front which was well inside the salient created during the Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive which had recently ended.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
At the beginning of May 57th Army was still located in the southwest sector of the salient with its positions centered on Star Bliznetsy to the east of Lozovaya. 14th Guards constituted the Army reserve and had its main forces in the former town and one regiment in the latter. Southwestern Front launched an offensive to liberate Kharkov on May 12; Southern Front had no direct role in this even though the southern pincer of the offensive was being launched from the northwest sector of the salient.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
In the early going the attacking Soviet forces, Army Group Bobkin and 6th Army, made good progress in the direction of Krasnograd, reaching its outskirts by May 15. However the German Army Group South was planning its own operation to end the threat by cutting off the salient entirely; to this end it began regrouping mobile forces to its south, aiming at the 9th Army to the east of 57th Army. On the morning of May 17 the regrouping was complete and the German forces, led by the 14th and 16th Panzer Divisions, went over to the attack.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
By 1700 hours the 14th Panzer had captured Barvenkovo. While 14th Guards covered the 57th Army's alternate command post at Star Bliznetsy, the main post was soon overrun. Due to the breakdown in communications the division received no orders to go into battle and remained in place all day, between 20 and 30km from the front line. Overall the German advance had torn 9th Army's defenses apart and left 57th Army in a grave position.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
It wasn't until the next morning that a directive was received for the division to move east and attack the left flank of the German penetration along with the 2nd Cavalry Corps. Late that day the commander of the Army, Lt. Gen. K. P. Podlas, was killed while leading some of his encircled troops, further worsening the command situation. At the same time the 14th Guards and 2nd Cavalry were fighting to contain the German attack along a line from Novo-Prigozhaia to Prigozhaia to Margaritovka. By midday on May 19 Marshal S. K. Timoshenko, commander of Southwestern Front, acknowledged that his offensive had failed and began moving the mobile forces of 6th Army against the breakthrough sector.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
On May 20 the 14th Panzer continued its advance to the north against desperate resistance while the 16th Panzer and 60th Motorized Division struck east towards Lozovaya in an effort to encircle 57th Army. This forced 14th Guards back several kilometres but proved temporary as the German command decided to complete the encirclement of the entire salient instead. On the afternoon of May 22 14th Panzer linked up with the 44th Infantry Division of German 6th Army and this was achieved.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
The division began moving north in an effort to find an escape route, reaching the south end of the German corridor west of Marevka the next day. The Soviet front along the Donets was 40km away. The encircled forces formed a shock group from the 317th, 393rd and 150th Rifle Divisions, backed by cavalry and tanks, to make a breakthrough while the 14th Guards and remnants of several other divisions were to defend firmly to protect the shock group from the south and southwest.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Second Battle of Kharkov
This disorganized effort began at 1000 hours on May 25 and while it made initial progress it soon ran into the 1st Mountain Division within the corridor and was badly shot up. Over the following days the main forces of the division were forced to the west and it's unknown how many of its men managed to break free. General Shepetov was severely wounded and captured near Izium after someone betrayed his location. He survived in the German Flossenbürg concentration camp until May 21, 1943 when he was executed for anti-fascist agitation.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
As of June 1 the remnants of 14th Guards were still in 57th Army, but required considerable rebuilding. Maj. Gen. Afanasy Gryaznov was appointed to command on the same day. By the beginning of July the division was in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in 5th Reserve Army, being brought back to strength as the German summer offensive unfolded. On July 12 the STAVKA ordered Southwestern Front to be renamed as Stalingrad Front and to have four armies incorporated into its forces, including the former 5th Reserve as 63rd Army.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
The orders continued: "Defend the eastern bank of the Don River with the 63rd Army in the sector it occupies and prevent the enemy from forcing the Don River under any circumstances." The Army was to link its left flank to the 21st Army in the area of Serafimovich. It remained in this general situation at the start of August.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
As the German 6th Army prepared to drive from the Don to Stalingrad the commander of Stalingrad Front, Col. Gen. A. I. Yeryomenko, issued orders on August 18/19 for a series of coordinated counterattacks by his armies to tie down German forces. 63rd Army was directed to advance from a 15km-wide sector west of the Khopyor River southwards across the Don towards Chebotarevskii, Klinovoi and Perelazovskii with 14th Guards and 197th Rifle Divisions with an immediate objective 15-20km south of the river. The attack began at dawn on August 20 and faced the Italian 2nd Infantry Division of 8th Army's XXXV Corps, which had only moved into the sector four days earlier. It gained immediate success and soon held a bridgehead 2-3km deep:


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
14th Gds. RD was fighting along the line Tiukovnovskii-Zatonskii-Zimovskii with its forward units at 1100 hours on 20 August and crossing the Don River with its main forces. Captured: 63 enemy prisoners, 6 guns, 15 mortars, 23 machine guns, 125,000 rounds of ammunition, and one radio...


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
Continuing their advance over the next two days the two attacking divisions were soon reinforced by 203rd Rifle Division and 21st Army's 304th Rifle Division. By then they had expanded their bridgehead to a depth of 2-10km, with 14th Guards at the deepest point, the village of Kotovsky. By the time the attack wound down on August 28 the combined Soviet assault force had carved a bridgehead 50km wide and up to 25km deep on the south bank of the Don.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
In September Stalingrad Front was reorganized and 63rd Army was reassigned to the new Don Front. Between October 1 and 10 the German Army Group B moved all of Romanian 3rd Army into the defenses facing the Serafimovich bridgehead and the western end of the Kletskaya bridgehead. The commander of 3rd Army, Gen. P. Dumitrescu, sensed the threat posed by these bridgeheads and on September 24 had requested German backing to mount an offensive against them while his Army was still not completely committed.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
This request was turned down by the German high command, which did not want any resources diverted from the fighting in Stalingrad. In October the 14th Guards was transferred to 21st Army, now in Southwestern Front. Beginning on the night of October 13/14 the division, along with the 124th Rifle Division, began an intense probing attack against the Romanian forces which continued until the 16th, followed by another on its own overnight on October 19/20.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue
The intention was to draw German forces away from Stalingrad but not incidentally these attacks, along with a third by 76th Rifle Division on October 24 - 27, inflicted 13,154 casualties on 3rd Army, roughly the equivalent of what the British 8th Army would suffer in the concurrent Second Battle of El Alamein.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
In the buildup to the Soviet counteroffensive against the German forces at Stalingrad the 14th Guards was again reassigned, now to the 5th Tank Army, which would be the main shock group of Southwestern Front. Before the main offensive began on November 19 all four of the Army's first-echelon rifle divisions conducted a reconnaissance-in-force with reinforced rifle battalions on the night of November 17/18.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
Overcoming Romanian forward security outposts and eliminating obstacles as they were encountered the division advanced nearly 2km into the positions of Romanian 9th Infantry Division to the southern slope of Hill 220 and the northern outskirts of State Farm (Sovkhoz) No . 3 . This reconnaissance was effective in uncovering and removing minefields and other engineering works and identified many strongpoints in the main defensive line as well as weak spots.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
When the true offensive began the 14th Guards manned security positions in a 15km-wide sector, concealing the forward deployment of the 47th Guards and 119th Rifle Divisions into their jumping-off positions for the assault. The division had four tank destroyer regiments attached to support and protect its advance and there was a total of 138 tanks in the bridgehead in the infantry support role. It was on the Army's right (west) flank in much the same positions it had won in August.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
The attack began between 0848 and 0850 hours Moscow time and during the first hour the rifle divisions overcame the Romanian first defensive positions with relative ease. Following this the 14th Guards found the going much more difficult. With no armor support the division's multiple assaults were broken up by intense flanking artillery, mortar and machine gun fire from a Romanian strongpoint on Hill 228, 4km northwest of Sovkhoz No. 3 .


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
The commander of 1st Guards Army to the west attempted to assist with an attack by his 203rd Rifle Division but this failed in the face of determined resistance by the Romanian 11th Infantry Division. By now Romanian resistance was stiffening throughout 5th Tank's sector, evidence that the artillery preparation had not been as effective as planned.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
By noon the commander of 5th Tank, Lt. Gen. P. L. Romanenko, decided that if the offensive was to succeed he would have to commit his 1st and 26th Tank Corps. These corps stepped off at 1400 hours, east of the 14th Guards' sector, and effectively obliterated two regiments of the Romanian 14th Infantry Division. While two regiments of the division remained stalled in front of the Romanian defenses, its left-wing regiment managed to exploit the tank-assisted success of 47th Guards with an advance of up to 2km.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
Over the course of the next day the division continued to slowly move ahead as 9th Romanian refused its right flank to the west and 47th Guards and 8th Cavalry Corps exploited into the gap in the Romanian defenses. The Romanian resistance was so stout that Romanenko was forced to commit his reserve 159th Rifle Division to the fight.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
In addition a desperate counterattack by the 9th and elements of the 11th Romanian Divisions compelled Romanenko to further reinforce his flank with the 21st Cavalry Division of 8th Cavalry Corps; this reinforced Soviet grouping, supported by a handful of tanks from 1st Tank Corps, forced the two Romanian divisions to withdraw.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
On November 21, as most of Romanian 3rd Army was being encircled between 5th Tank and 21st Armies the 14th Guards, along with its reinforcements, continued to push the 9th Romanian west and southwest toward the Krivaia River. In the course of this the 21st Cavalry, many mounted on tanks, overran the headquarters of the Romanian division. Farther to the right the 14th Guards got into its stride, crushing the Romanians' right wing 12-14km east of Verkhnyi Gorbatovsky.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
The division encircled and captured most of a Romanian infantry regiment during the day, pursuing its remnants and liberating the village before nightfall. The next day General Romanenko was ordered to transfer the division and its supporting artillery to the 1st Guards Army effective on November 23. During the day it conducted local attacks and raids east of the Krivaia in cooperation with the 203rd and 278th Rifle Divisions, penetrating the defenses of the Romanian 9th and 11th Divisions and liberating the towns of Dubovskoi, Rubashkin, Bakhmutkin and Yagodnyi on the Krivaia, 50-55km west-southwest of Serafimovich. Late on the same day forces of the Southwestern and Stalingrad Fronts met and sealed the encirclement of the German forces at Stalingrad.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
1st Guards Army set out to encircle and destroy the Romanian 7th and 11th Divisions on November 24, which were defending a wedge of territory between the Don and Krivaia Rivers. The 14th Guards and 203rd Divisions were tasked with attacking westward across the Krivaia on a 6km-wide sector from Gorbatovskaia to Ushakov against the 11th Romanian. At about midday the 266th Rifle Division was ordered into the boundary between the two divisions to fend off any German counterattacks that might materialize.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
Although most of the attack failed to develop as planned, the division, reinforced by the 266th during the day, penetrated the Romanian defenses and during the day advanced westward up to 16km. By nightfall General Gryaznov reported that his division "attacked the enemy along the 2nd Section State Farm - Ilin - Dulensky line and advanced from 5-16 kilometres, reaching the Konkov, Vislogubov, and Nizhnye Luchki line before being halted."


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Uranus
However, Gen. K. A. Hollidt, commander of the German XVII Army Corps, soon dispatched his 62nd and 294th Infantry Divisions with orders to reinforce the Romanians and drive the Soviet forces back across the Krivaia. The next day the 159th Rifle Division of 5th Tank Army moved to tie in closely to the left flank of 14th Guards. The German counterstroke began on November 27 and was successful; the 14th Guards was forced back across the Krivaia.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Little Saturn
As the Axis defenses along the Krivaia and Chir rivers crystalized the Soviet command was forced to reassess its plans. 1st Guards Army had been earmarked for Operation Saturn, which had been intended to destroy the entire Axis position in the Caucasus region. Now circumstances, including the sheer size of the German force encircled at Stalingrad, required a change in plans. On the morning of December 5 the 1st Guards was split with its eastern half, including 14th Guards, becoming the new 3rd Guards Army. Several days earlier the division had been subordinated to the 14th Rifle Corps along with the 203rd Division. The operation, which would also include the 6th Army of Voronezh Front, targeted the German XVII Corps, the weakened divisions of Romanian I Corps and the bulk of Italian 8th Army.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Little Saturn
The offensive began on December 16 and the 14th Guards, supported by the 114th Separate Tank Regiment and leading the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, crashed through the defenses of the German 294th Infantry at Astskhov. Although Army Group Don recorded that the Soviet force lost 17 tanks destroyed and four damaged, it also admitted that "the heights from east of Kriuscha Tal [gorge] to Hill 156 are in enemy hands." The German division brought up reserves which stalled further advance that day, but on the 17th the 1st Guards Mechanized was committed to complete the breakthrough.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Little Saturn
This was successful, and allowed the division to re-occupy Dulensky by the end of the day. On December 18 the two Soviet units, now joined by 203rd Division, continued to attack and by the end of the day recaptured Konkov, ans well as Bokovskaya and Staryi Zemtsov, which broke the last German fortified line. Over three days the Soviet grouping had advanced 15-20km and began to pursue the German 294th and 62nd Divisions, plus the Romanian 7th and 11th, striving to complete their encirclement and destruction in the Kruzhilin area.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Operation Blue, Operation Little Saturn
During the day of December 19 the 14th Rifle and 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, advancing from the south, met the 197th Rifle Division advancing from the north in the Kruzhilin area, completing 3rd Guards Army's immediate task. However on the previous day and overnight the Axis managed to pull out a significant portion of its forces from the pocket and consolidate along the south bank of the Chir. The 3rd Guards commander, Lt. Gen. D. D. Lelyushenko, was ordered to immediately turn the Army's main forces to the south and organize an unremitting pursuit.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine
On December 21 General Gryasnov took over command of the 14th Rifle Corps while remaining in command of the 14th Guards. On January 24, 1943 he was given command of the 15th Rifle Corps and handed the division over to Col. Vladimir Rusakov. By the beginning of February the 3rd Guards Army held a bridgehead over the Northern Donets River south of Voroshilovgrad from which it broke out in a drive to liberate that city.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine
In the plan for the offensive the 14th Rifle Corps (now consisting of the 14th and 61st Guards Rifle Divisions) was not part of the Army's shock group but was instead to reach a line from Georgievskoe to Orekhova to Semeikino to guard its flank from any attack from the southwest. By February 4 the 14th Corps, supported by the 169th Tank Brigade, was operating in the area of heights 207, 202.8 and 206.9.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine
Two days later German forces counterattacked the 61st Guards but were repelled; on February 7 a more powerful attack was made by elements of the 3rd SS Panzer Division supported by 40 tanks which broke through the Soviet front and captured Orlovka, Belo-Skelevatyi and Nizhnii and Verkhnii Gabun. This attack brought the advance on Voroshilovgrad to a halt.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine
After regrouping his Army General Lelyushenko decided to go over to a decisive offensive on the morning of February 12 to take Voroshilovgrad and subsequently carry out the Army's main task of reaching the Stalino - Ordzhonikidze area. East of the Luganchik River at 0500 hours the 61st Guards' 558th Rifle Regiment, with the 14th Guards' training battalion and two battalions of the 229th Rifle Brigade, defeated the German garrisons in Orlovka and Belo-Skelevatyi.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine
Simultaneously Popovka was seized by the main body of the division, backed by support elements of the 14th Corps, and continued advancing, reaching the Lutugino area by the end of February 14. That morning other units of the 3rd Guards Army, chiefly the 59th Guards and 243rd Rifle Divisions and elements of 2nd Tank Corps, had cleared the city. After this victory the 3rd Guards and 5th Tank Armies pressed on towards Stalino, but on February 20 the German 4th and 1st Panzer Armies began the counteroffensive that would become the Third Battle of Kharkov. While this was primarily aimed at Voronezh Front, Southwestern Front also faced attacks and the overall crisis made any further Soviet advance impossible.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, Battle of the Dniepr
In April the 14th Guards returned to 57th Army, still in Southwestern Front, where it came under the 27th Guards Rifle Corps. In July that Corps was moved to 6th Army in the same Front. In August the division was once again assigned to 57th Army, this time to the 64th Rifle Corps; the Army was now part of Steppe Front. Under these headquarters it took part in the Poltava-Kremenchug Offensive beginning on August 26. Colonel Rusakov was replaced in command by Col. Georgii Pavlovich Slatov on September 9.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, Battle of the Dniepr
On September 25 the division reached the Dniepr River and the 11th Guards Reconnaissance Company (which was now motorized) forced a crossing under German fire near the village of Pushkarevka which is now part of the city of Verkhnodniprovsk. In recognition of their gallantry, five men of the company were made Heroes of the Soviet Union on December 20.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
In October the division left 64th Corps to come under direct command of 57th Army in the 2nd Ukrainian (former Steppe) Front, while a month later it moved to direct Front control. In December it was again reassigned, now to 53rd Army's 48th Rifle Corps in the same Front. At this time the division's personnel were noted as being roughly 50 percent Russian and 50 percent of several Asian nationalities. On January 29, 1944 Colonel Slatov handed the division over to Col. Vikentii Vasilevich Skryganov; this officer would be promoted to the rank of major general on September 13. In February the 48th Corps was transferred to 5th Guards Army of the same Front and in March the 14th Guards was reassigned to 33rd Guards Rifle Corps; the division would remain in this Army for the duration of the war.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
During the Uman–Botoșani Offensive the division took part in the liberation of Novoukrainka on March 17 for which it was decorated on March 29 with the Order of the Red Banner. By mid-April the 5th Guards Army was approaching the Dniestr River in the vicinity of Grigoriopol. 33rd Guards Corps (14th Guards, 9th Guards Airborne and 214th Rifle Divisions) was on the Army's right (north) flank; the Army was on the far left flank of its Front. The Army commander, Lt. Gen. Aleksey Zhadov, had already ordered the Corps to force a crossing of the Dniestr and develop its offensive towards Cimișeni. The Corps faced defenses manned by the German 4th Mountain Division of XXXX Panzer Corps.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
The Army began crossing operations, mostly using improvised means, immediately upon reaching the east bank of April 12. The first across was a regiment of 95th Guards Rifle Division of 32nd Guards Rifle Corps. 33rd Guards Corps was intended to cross further north, closer to Gigoriopol but all three divisions were unsuccessful overnight on April 12/13. On April 13 and 14 the remainder of 32nd Guards Corps crossed into the 95th Guards' bridgehead and expanded it by capturing the village of Puhăceni and the town of Speia.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
General Zhadov ordered 33rd Guards Corps into the bridgehead as well, which was completed by the end of April 16. The bridgehead was now about 12km wide and 8km deep and engineering efforts across the river had allowed Zhadov to move tanks and other heavy weapons into it so offensive operations could be resumed in the direction of Chișinău. 33rd Guards Corps was in the northern half of the bridgehead with the 14th Guards tying in to 32nd Guards Corps to its south.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
Zhadov launched his attack at dawn on April 16 after a two-hour artillery and airstrike preparation; 14th Guards was in the second echelon. After about two hours of fighting the first echelon divisions with armor support overpowered the German 320th Infantry Division's forward security belt and by 0930 hours had torn a hole up to 2km wide and 3km deep in the German defenses. The most significant gains were made in a sector 3-6km south of the village of Delacău where the German second defensive position was breached up to 2km deep.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
However at 1030 hours the German forces replied with their own intense artillery fire and airstrikes and a wave of counterattacks that halted 5th Guards Army in its tracks. Further attacks at 1500 hours by 4th Mountain and 294th Infantry and 13th Panzer Divisions did considerable damage to 95th and 13th Guards Divisions. When the fighting finally died down late on April 17 both sides were thoroughly exhausted and the 5th Guards was back to its starting point. A renewed attack on the 18th, which likely had 14th Guards in the first echelon, made no progress.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
The bridgehead was reinforced over the following days and a new effort was mounted on April 25 and this time expanded the area of the bridgehead by about one-third; 33rd Guards Corps had advanced 8-10km by May 6. By now it was clear that no successful advance on Chișinău would be made on this axis and 5th Guards was replaced in the bridgehead by 8th Guards Army while the former was redeployed to the northwest for a new assault on Iași in mid-May.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Ukraine, First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
The handover did not go smoothly as the German 6th Army launched new attacks on the bridgehead as it was happening and many of 5th Guards' rifle divisions had to withdraw under enemy fire. Ultimately the Army did not begin concentrating northeast of Iași until May 15 and did not complete the process until the first week of June. This delay, among other events, forced the STAVKA to postpone and later cancel the entire operation. Meanwhile the commander of 2nd Ukrainian Front, Marshal I. S. Konev, was transferred to command of 1st Ukrainian Front on May 24. In June the 5th Guards Army was moved to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command and by the beginning of July it was under command of the same Front. The 14th Guards would remain in this Front for the duration.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
About the beginning of August the personnel of the division were noted as being 25 percent Russian, 50 percent Ukrainian, 15 percent Moldovan, and 10 percent several Asian nationalities. Under 1st Ukrainian Front the division took part in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. In early August the 5th Guards Army entered the bridgehead over the Vistula that had been created by the 6th Guards Tank Corps near Baranów Sandomierski. In September the division was moved to the 101st Rifle Corps of 38th Army in the same Front.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
It was under these commands when the bridgehead was hit by heavy German counterattacks from October 14-18. In the Draganovo and Palatsuvka region for a short time the German forces managed to encircle several Soviet divisions including the 14th Guards. During its escape the division destroyed 22 enemy guns, 40 mortars, 125 machine guns, while killing up to 2,000 German soldiers and officers and capturing another 27. During the five-day battle the division lost 770 men killed and 2,590 wounded. Later that month the division returned to its previous corps and army.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
1st Ukrainian Front launched its part of the Vistula-Oder Offensive on January 12, 1945. On the first day the 14th Guards broke through the entire depth of the German defenses west of Sandomierz and continued to advance through Poland for the next 11 days, covering 265km during that time, killing 1,360 German officers and men and destroying or capturing 17 tanks, 60 guns or mortars, 105 machine guns and 178 motor vehicles. On the night of January 21/22 the division crossed the Oder River off the march 16km northwest of Oppeln. During the advance the 41st Guards Rifle Regiment was awarded an honorific:


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
"CHESTOCHOWA"... 41st Guards Rifle Regiment (Lt. Colonel Zhinzhikov, Sergei Vasilevich)... The troops who participated in the liberation of Chestochowa and several other towns, by the order of the Supreme High Command of 17 January 1945, and a commendation in Moscow, are given a salute of 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
The Oder bridgehead came under heavy German counterattacks on January 22 and in the course of these General Skryganov was mortally wounded and died on January 26. On April 6 Skryganov would be posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union. On February 19 the 14th Guards was decorated with the Order of Lenin, a rare distinction for a rifle division, for its part in the fighting in and around Sandomierz.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany
On the same date the 33rd Guards Artillery Regiment received the Order of the Red Banner and the 41st Guards Rifle was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 3rd Degree, both for their successes in the fighting for Silesia. The 33rd Guards Artillery and the 38th Guards Rifle were further granted "Wisła" as a battle honor while the 36th Guards Rifle received "Silesia" as the same.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Lower Silesian Offensive
Following the death of General Skryganov the division would be commanded by a succession of colonels: Aleksey Yakovlevich Goryachev (January 26 - March 14); Sigismund Adolfovich Losik-Savitzkii (March 15 - April 20); and Pavel Ivanovich Sikorsky (April 21 - May 11). Beginning on February 8 the 5th Guards Army took part in the Front's Lower Silesian Offensive with its main objective of encircling the German garrison of Breslau. On its sector the offensive was based on the bridgehead seized by 14th Guards in January.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Lower Silesian Offensive
The German defense was based on the 269th Infantry Division with several battlegroups, five independent battalions, two panzer battalions and an NCO school. The Army's attack was led by 32nd Guards Rifle Corps and developed slowly over the first three days in large part due to the large number of fortified villages to be overcome and the ammunition shortage faced by all Soviet forces after the breakneck advance through Poland. On February 11 Marshal Konev shifted the 31st Tank Corps from 21st Army and committed it on the sector of 33rd Guards Corps the next day with the immediate objective of capturing the Bogenau area.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Lower Silesian Offensive
On February 13 the Army's offensive developed more successfully than in the preceding days. German resistance did not abate and if anything increased as further forces entered the Breslau area but despite this the 4th Guards and 31st Tank Corps linked up with the 7th Guards Mechanized Corps of 6th Army to complete the encirclement. Konev chose to leave 6th Army to maintain the siege while the 32nd and 33rd Guards Corps of 5th Guards Army were ordered to make a decisive attack from the Magnitz area toward Koberwitz and then to the southwest.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Lower Silesian Offensive
The former Corps was reinforced with the 14th Guards, whose former sector was taken over by forces from 21st Army. During the fighting on February 15 the width of the cordon between Breslau and the main German forces was increased to up to 13km. By the end of February 17 the 32nd Guards Corps had arrived in the Liegnitz area, relieving the 3rd Guards Tank Army's 9th Mechanized Corps which then undertook a forced night march which brought it to Bober River in the Lewenberg area. By the beginning of March the division had returned to 33rd Guards Corps.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Berlin Operation
Prior to the start of the Berlin offensive the 14th Guards was again reassigned within 5th Guards Army, now to the 34th Guards Rifle Corps where it joined the 15th and 58th Guards Rifle Divisions. The Army was deployed along the eastern bank of the Neisse River on a 13km front and planned to launch its main attack with its right wing on the 8km sector from Gross Saerchen to Muskau. 34th Guards Corps was in the first echelon with its divisions in a single echelon, but the 14th Guards was not on the attack sector.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Berlin Operation
When the offensive began on April 16 the Army's main forces crossed the Neisse under the cover of massed artillery fire. The first task of 34th Guards Corps was to eliminate a German bridgehead on the eastern bank in the Muskau area. This done, the 15th and 58th Guards Divisions advanced as much as 6km into the German defenses on the west bank. Early the next day the 15th Guards helped clear the passage of the 14th Guards by advancing into the rear of the German forces it was facing.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Berlin Operation
By April 22 the 5th Guards Army was pursuing defeated German forces to the west, destroying rearguards and advancing 30km during the day. 14th Guards was in part responsible for securing the Army's left flank which had grown to almost 100km in length and was holding along a line from Broten to Wittichenau to Buchwalde with its front facing south.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Berlin Operation
Over the next two days a German force based on elements of 17th and 4th Panzer Armies launched a counteroffensive which broke through the 52nd Army's front along its boundary with the 2nd Polish Army and continued north in the general direction of Spremberg. To counter this effort, Konev ordered Zhadov to use the 33rd Guards Corps and the 14th Guards to attack towards Losa and Ugist (north of Bautzen) and reestablish contact with the Poles. This effort brought the German attack to a halt by the end of April 24. On the next day the 58th Guards Division joined hands with the U.S. 69th Infantry Division at Torgau.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Into Poland and Germany, Berlin Operation
On April 26 Zhadov ordered the 14th Guards to capture Kamenz and link up its left flank to the Polish Army. Fighting continued in this area through April 27-30 with no significant changes in the situation until the German grouping was completely worn out and went over to the defense. During this period the division returned to 33rd Guards Corps. From May 6-11 it took part, with the rest of 1st Ukrainian Front, in the final offensive on Prague.


14th Guards Rifle Division, Postwar
At the time of the German surrender the division carried the official title 14th Guards Rifle, Vinnitsa, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, in the name of Jan Fabricius Division. [ Russian: 14-я гвардейская стрелковая Винницкая ордена Ленина Краснознамённая дивизия имени Яна Фабрициуса.] As part of a postwar wave of decorations on May 28 the 36th Guards Regiment received the Order of Kutuzov, 3rd Degree for its part in the fighting around Cottbus. On June 4 the division as a whole was decorated with the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd Degree, for its part in the capture of Dresden. In July the division came under the command of Maj. Gen. V. A. Samsonov, who had led the 58th Rifle Division until being seriously wounded during the Berlin offensive. In the fall of the year the division was moved to Papa, Hungary, where it was disbanded in 1946.


14th Guldbagge Awards
The 14th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1977 and 1978, and took place on 18 September 1978. The Adventures of Picasso directed by Tage Danielsson was presented with the award for Best Film.


14th Helpmann Awards
The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards for Australian live performance were held on 18 August 2014 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.


14th Helpmann Awards, Winners and nominees
In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are listed below the winner and not in boldface.


14th High School in Wrocław
The 14th High School in Wrocław (XIV Liceum Ogólnokształcące we Wrocławiu) is a public high school in Wrocław, Poland, part of the 14th School Complex, that also incorporates the 49th Bilingual Junior High School. The school for many years has been placed in top spots of various Polish rankings assessing pupils achievements.


14th High School in Wrocław, History
The school was established in 1974, as a result of a division in the 3rd High School in Wrocław. It was first situated by the Szczytnicka street, and its first headmaster was Aleksander Dobrzycki. At first, classes were taught just in a math-physics curriculum, but in 1977, a chemical class was introduced. In 1990, a theatrical class came as well, but it ceased to operate in 2000. In the same year, a humanistic class was set. Before that, in 1992, a bilingual class was created. In 1983, the school became part of the Creative Schools Society. In 2000, the 49th Bilingual Junior High School was created, too.


14th High School in Wrocław, History
In 2002, the location of the school changed to the Bruckner street. The 14th School Complex was established that incorporated the said high school and junior high, as well as a technical school and a profiled high school (the two latter ended its existence in 2004). In 2005, after 30 years of command, Aleksander Dobrzycki left the school and Marek Łaźniak took his place.


14th High School in Wrocław, History
Since the school year 2006–07, there are four university classes: mathematics, computer science, chemistry and humanities. Some activities are being conducted in forms of lectures by professors of the University of Wrocław.


14th Hong Kong Film Awards
The 14th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1994 and took place on 23 April 1995 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by John Sham and Meg Lam, during the ceremony awards are presented in 17 categories.


14th Hong Kong Film Awards, Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().


14th Hong Kong Film Awards, Awards
The Chinese Opera Film Century Award was a special award presented at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awardsin celebration of 100 years of Chinese opera. The award was dedicated to Cantonese opera actress Yam Kim-fai.


14th IIFA Awards
The 2013 IIFA Awards, officially the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the Bollywood films of 2012, took place between 4–6 July 2013. The winners were announced on 6 July 2013 at The Venetian Macao, Macau for the second time after 2009. The ceremony was hosted by the actors Shah Rukh Khan and Shahid Kapoor. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus.


14th IIFA Awards
Barfi! won fourteen awards, including Best Movie, Best Director for Anurag Basu, and Best Actor for Ranbir Kapoor. Agneepath won five awards, including Best Performance in a Negative Role for Rishi Kapoor.


14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
The 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Service
The first two battalions of the  14th Illinois Cavalry were mustered into service at Peoria, Illinois, on January 7, 1863. The third battalion was mustered at Peoria on February 6, 1863.


14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 23 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds  and 190 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 215 fatalities.


14th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


14th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Service
The 14th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on May 25, 1861, at Jacksonville, Illinois.


14th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was consolidated with 15th Illinois Infantry on July 1, 1864, as the 14th and 15th Battalion Illinois Volunteer Infantry but reorganized as the 14th Illinois on April 28, 1865.


14th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was mustered out on September 18, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.


14th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 62 enlisted soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 160 enlisted who died of disease, for a total of 223 fatalities.


14th Imam Hossein Division
14th Imam Hossein Division (Persian: لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.


14th Imam Hossein Division
It was first officially organized as the 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade during Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Tariq al-Qods. Its units had participated in various clashes after the 1979 Revolution, and its fighters were mostly from the Isfahan province. It was later expanded into a division. It participated in various key operations of the Iran-Iraq war.


14th Imam Hossein Division
Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaei says:


14th Imam Hossein Division
We had four divisions that, anywhere they went, no [Iraqi] military force was able to resist against them. Haj Hemmat and [his] 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division, Hossein Kharrazi and [his] 14th Imam Hossein Division, Mehdi Bakeri and [his] 31st Ashura Division, Ahmad Kazemi and [his] 8th Najaf Division—which whenever they entered, it resulted in success without exception.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
14th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Service
The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in March 24, 1862 for a three years service.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Service
The battery was attached to 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tennessee, to November 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, Tennessee, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, XVI Corps, to March 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, to June 1863. District of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Post of Corinth, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, to June 1864. Unattached Artillery, District of West Tennessee, to December 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division Detachment, Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865. Artillery, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to March 1865. Artillery Brigade, XVI Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August 1865.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Service
The 14th Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out September 1, 1865 in Indianapolis.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Detailed service
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30, 1862. Moved to Jackson, Tennessee, and duty there until June 1863. Action at Lexington, Tennessee, December 18, 1862. (Detachment captured.) Parker's Cross Roads, near Jackson, December 30. Red Mound (or Parker's Cross Roads) December 31, 1862. Duty at LaGrange, Tennessee, June to October 1863. Moved to Pocahontas October 11, and duty there until November 23. Moved to Corinth, Mississippi, November 23, and duty there until January 25, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, then to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Detailed service
Queen Hill February 4. Return to Memphis, Tennessee, March, and duty there until November 16. Veterans on furlough May and June. Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis to Guntown, Mississippi, June 1–13 (non-veterans). Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, near Guntown, June 10. (Guns captured.) Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Mississippi, July 5–21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14–15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Mississippi, August 1–30. Duty at Memphis, Tennessee, until November 16. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, November 16-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15–16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28. At Eastport, Mississippi, until February 7, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, February 7–22. Campaign against Mobile, Alabama, and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13–25. Duty there until August. Ordered to Indianapolis, August 15.


14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Casualties
The battery lost a total of 28 men during service; 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 23 enlisted men died of disease.


14th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery
The 14th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


14th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery, Service
Battery "M"  was organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and mustered into service on January 5, 1864.


14th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery, Total strength and casualties
Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 239 men on its muster rolls.


14th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery, Total strength and casualties
The battery lost 9 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 9fatalities.


14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment
The 14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment (Armenian: 14-րդ առանձին մոտոհրաձգային գունդը) is a military formation of the Armenian Army, located in the city of Kapan. It is a recipient of the Order of Combat Cross of the First Degree.


14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment, History, 83rd and 97th Motorized Rifle Brigades
The predecessor unit is the 83rd Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 97th Motorized Rifle Brigade, both of which served during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The 97th brigade, which was founded on 12 January 1993, was tasked with the protection of the south-eastern borders of Armenia. Under the leadership of its founding commander, Lieutenant General Mikhail Grigoryan, it was responsible for the seizure of Fizuli. It also inflicted heavy losses on the Azerbaijani Army, taking the territories of historical Syunik, three regions and sixty villages.


14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment, History, 83rd and 97th Motorized Rifle Brigades
In 2016, Sergey Minasyan, an expert at the Caucasus Institute, criticized a publication by a Russian military expert. The erroneous publication had said that the 83rd Motorized Rifle Brigade was stationed in Dashkasan, but Dashkaran is located neither in Armenia nor in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic but rather in Azerbaijan.


14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment, History, Post-war and 21st century
During the reign of its commander Manvel Grigoryan (who was appointed to this position in 1993), structural changes were made, as a result of which the 97th and 83rd brigades were united, becoming the 14th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade. In 2001, the 14th Brigade was reorganized into the 14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment, which, after handing over the combat duty to the Artsakh Defence Army, was moved to a permanent location. The following commanders served as heads of the unit:


14th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment, History, Post-war and 21st century
On Army Day 2007, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the military, the regiment was awarded the Order of Combat Cross of the First Degree.


14th Independent Spirit Awards
This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Espngeek (talk | contribs) at 13:28, 24 July 2020 (→Films that won multiple awards). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.


14th Independent Spirit Awards
The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1998, were announced on March 20, 1999. It was hosted by Queen Latifah.


14th Independent Spirit Awards, Special awards, Producers Award
Susan A. Stover – The Sticky Fingers of Time & High Art


14th Indian Division
The 14th Indian Division was formed during World War I, for service in the Mesopotamian Campaign. It was composed of battalions of the Regular British Army, the British Territorial Force and the British Indian Army.


14th Indian Division, History
The Division now part of the Tigris Corps was involved in a number on minor engagements the Second Battle of Kut and the Fall of Baghdad, the Division's 36th Brigade was left in Baghdad as the Garrison.


14th Indian Division, History
The Division remained in Mesopotamia until the Armistice of Mudros 31 October 1918.


14th Indian Division, Order of battle
The division commanded the following units, although not all of them served at the same time:


14th Indian Division, Order of battle, 36th Indian Brigade
Departed for the North Persia Force in June 1918, replaced by 56th Indian Brigade


14th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 14th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed at Attock in October 1940, and assigned to the 7th Indian Infantry Division. In April 1942, the brigade was renumbered as the 114th Indian Infantry Brigade. The brigade fought in the Burma Campaign with the 7th Indian Division and later the 26th Indian Infantry Division.


14th Indian Infantry Division
The 14th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942–43, and was subsequently converted into a Training Division, providing drafts of replacements for units of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, Formation and early actions
The division was raised on 1 June 1941, at Quetta in Baluchistan. Its badge was a depiction in black and white of the ranges of mountains above Quetta, surrounded by a stylised letter "Q" in white on a black background. The division had temporary commanders while forming. On 15 October 1941, Major General Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd, who had a distinguished record as commander of a brigade in the Western Desert, was appointed commander.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, Formation and early actions
When first formed, the division was intended to operate in Iraq and Persia, then under Allied military occupation, and first trained for mountain and desert warfare. It consisted of the 23rd, 36th and 37th Indian Infantry brigades. In December, war with Imperial Japan broke out. In March, after the Japanese captured Rangoon, the capital of Burma, the division was reassigned to the eastern frontier of India, and its existing brigades were dispersed to other divisions being formed. The 47th and 49th Indian Infantry Brigades were assigned to the division in March 1942, although the 49th Brigade was removed in May. The 23rd Indian Brigade was renumbered the 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade and returned to the division in July.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, Formation and early actions
In the aftermath of the Japanese conquest of Burma, the 14th Division was sent to garrison Chittagong, on the frontier with Burma. As part of the lessons learned by the British Indian Army in the retreat from Burma, the division's equipment was lightened and its establishment was reduced, to allow easier movement off roads and in difficult terrain. The divisional transport consisted of four jeep companies and six mule companies. The division was renamed 14th Indian (Light) Division to reflect these changes.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, Formation and early actions
The light division's establishment included only two infantry brigades (instead of the usual three). However, in July 1942, the division also took over the 55th Indian Infantry Brigade as a third brigade, and also the 88th Indian Infantry Brigade for the static defence of Chittagong. The main body of the division held a line around Cox's Bazar, on the frontier with Burma.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, First Arakan Campaign
In late 1942, the division began an advance in the Burmese coastal province of Arakan, intending ultimately to recapture Akyab Island, vital for its airfields. When well-constructed Japanese defences were encountered on the Mayu peninsula only a few miles from the island, extra brigades were added to the division. Eventually, the division HQ commanded no less than nine brigades and a large rear communications area, making effective administration and coordination impossible. A temporary headquarters, "Mayforce", was created to control operations in the Mayu River valley, separated from the main body of the division by a rugged hill range.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, First Arakan Campaign
Frontal attacks on the Japanese positions failed with heavy losses. On 29 February 1943, Lieutenant General Noel Irwin, the commander of Eastern Army, dismissed Major General Lloyd and took personal command of the division. Japanese reinforcements attacked the division's exposed left flank, overrunning several units and forcing the remainder to make a disorderly withdrawal.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, First Arakan Campaign
On 14 April 1943, the division HQ was withdrawn to Ranchi in Bihar to reform, being replaced by the headquarters of Indian 26th Infantry Division. Soon afterwards, on 8 May 1943, 88 Infantry Brigade was disbanded.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Division, Order of Battle 14 April 1943 (on withdrawal from Arakan)
The British 6th Brigade, 4th Indian Infantry Brigade, 71st Indian Infantry Brigade, British 29th Brigade and British 72nd Brigade were attached from other divisions.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Training division
It was recognised that a major factor in early Allied defeats in Burma was the lack of training of British and Indian soldiers. Regimental training centres were unable to produce soldiers trained for any one theatre, as the battalions of a regiment were dispersed between formations and theatres all over the world. On 14 June 1943, the 14th Division was converted to a Training Division. It was stationed at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, where the terrain and vegetation matched the conditions likely to be encountered in Burma, but the comparatively mild climate allowed training throughout the year. The division was commanded by Major General Alfred Curtis. Although its purpose was to supply jungle-trained reinforcements to Fourteenth Army which controlled operations on India's eastern frontier and in Burma, it reported directly to GHQ India under General Claude Auchinleck.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Training division
Recruits who had already received basic training in regimental depots were posted to units in 14th Division, to undertake jungle training and live-firing exercises. On completion of this advanced training, they were then assigned to divisional replacement camps, ready to report to their units when required. The division also ran longer courses for officers and NCOs.


14th Indian Infantry Division, History as 14th Indian Training division, Dissolution
The division was disbanded on 31 August 1945, shortly after the end of the war.


14th Indian Infantry Division, Assigned brigades
All these brigades were assigned or attached to the division at some time during World War II


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, later referred to as the Gallant Fourteenth, was an infantry regiment and part of the Union Army's celebrated "Gibraltar Brigade" of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Organized in May 1861 at Camp Vigo, near Terre Haute, Indiana, it was the state's first regiment organized for three years of service. The 14th Indiana served in major campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater, mostly in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. During its three years of service, the regiment had a total of 222 casualties (11 officers and 211 enlisted men).


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 14th Indiana fought at the Battle of Antietam, the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and at the Battle of Gettysburg. At Gettysburg, the 14th Indiana helped secure Cemetery Hill. From August 16 to September 6, 1863, the regiment was detached for duty in New York City to help prevent further violence following the New York City draft riots of  July 1863.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment
After its return to active duty, the regiment fought in the Bristoe Campaign and the Mine Run Campaign, as well as several major battles, including the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The Battle of Cold Harbor was the regiment's final last engagement before it left the front on June 6, 1864. Regimental members who had completed their military served mustered out on June 20, 1864, at Indianapolis; its veterans who had re-enlisted and its remaining recruits were transferred to the 20th Regiment Indiana Infantry.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, May–June 1861
The 14th Indiana was organized at Camp Vigo, near Terre Haute, Indiana, on May 5, 1861, as one of six Indiana regiments formed for one year of service. However, in response to Lincoln's call on May 3 for more than 42,000 troops to serve for three-year terms, the regiment reorganized for three years of service and mustered into the  Union army on June 7, 1861. It was the state's first regiment organized for three years of service. The 14th Indiana, which consisted of 1,134 men and officers, was initially under the command of Colonel Nathan Kimball.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, July 1861–September 1862
The 14th Indiana left Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 5, 1861, and arrived at Clarksburg, West Virginia, later that month. Assigned to the 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, the regiment was sent to Rich Mountain, where it served as reserve troops in the Battle of Rich Mountain (July 11, 1861), but it did not engage in the fight. Afterwards, the regiment was posted to Cheat Mountain, where it remained until September 1861. The 14th Indiana saw action at Greenbrier River (October 3–4, 1861) and spent the winter in quarters at Romney and Paw Paw in present-day West Virginia.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, July 1861–September 1862
From January to March 1862, the 14th Indiana was attached to the 1st Brigade, Lander's Division, Department of Western Virginia. During this period the regiment took part in the First Battle of Kernstown, a Union victory near Winchester, Virginia, on March 23, 1862.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, July 1861–September 1862
The regiment continued to serve in Virginia and Maryland from March to May 1862 in the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, and the Department of the Shenandoah. In May and June the 14th Indiana was attached to the 1st Brigade, Shields's 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, and from June to September 1862 it served in Nathan Kimball’s Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. When General Shields was wounded on March 22, 1862, Colonel Kimball took command of the division and Lieutenant Colonel William Harrow succeeded Kimball as the 14th Indiana's regimental leader. The 14th Indiana remained in the Army of the Potomac until June 1864.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864
The 14th Indiana served in the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, from September 1862 to March 1864. In September 1862, the 14th Indiana took part in the Maryland Campaign, including service as reserve troops in the Battle of South Mountain (September 14, 1862), and fought in the Battle of Antietam (September 12–15, 1862). After Antietam, Kimball's Independent Brigade, which included the 14th Indiana, was given the nickname of the "Gibraltar Brigade" for maintaining its position along the Sunken Road and for its assault on Confederate forces, driving them from the battlefield.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Antietam
Colonel William Harrow's official report of September 19, 1862, described the 14th Indiana's actions on the morning of September 17. During the early hours of battle, the regiment passed through an orchard and into an open, plowed field. The 14th Indiana engaged for about four hours under heavy fire within 60 yards (55 m) of Confederate forces occupying the Sunken Road. Although they suffered heavy casualties, the 14th Indiana and the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiments held their positions. The Confederate force retired from battle in the early afternoon, but the Indiana regiment continued at arms until nightfall, under fire from Confederate batteries, before it was finally relieved. Of the 14th Indiana’s 320 men who went into battle, 31 were killed and an estimated 150 were wounded.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Antietam
After the battle, the regiment marched to Harper's Ferry, then moved to Warrenton, Virginia, and Falmouth, Virginia. The regiment remained inactive at Falmouth until December 1862.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Fredericksburg
The 14th Indiana took part in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg (December 12–15, 1862). On December 12, the 14th Indiana was part of column of Union troops that attempted to storm the Confederates' fortified the breastworks under heavy artillery fire. Unable to take the Confederate position, the 14th Indiana was forced to withdraw. After the Union defeat at Fredericksburg, the 14th Indiana returned Falmouth, Virginia, where it spent the winter.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Fredericksburg
Colonel John Coons replaced Nathan Kimball, who was severely injured in the battle, as commander of the 14th Indiana. Kimball recovered from his wounds and was promoted to brigadier general. He resumed active duty in the Western Theater for the remainder of the war.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Chancellorsville
The 14th Indiana was involved in the Union defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1–5, 1863). After being held in reserve during the first two days of the battle, the regiment moved to the front on the morning of May 3. It attacked Confederate troops about 8 a.m., driving them from their positions. The 14th Indiana held its ground during an engagement that lasted about three hours. Unable to advance, the 14th Indiana reoccupied positions that General Sykes's division had once held and fortified them by constructing rifle pits and placing skirmishers in front of the breastworks. Although the regiment was eventually driven back, its efforts delayed the Confederate advance, which allowed the Union's 11th and 12th Corps to restore its line.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Chancellorsville
On May 4, the 14th Indiana remained behind temporary fortifications, and on May 5, other than skirmishes with its pickets, the regiment did not engage with the Confederates. On the evening of May 5, the regiment received orders to leave its  position and return to the Rappahannock River, which the men had forded a few days earlier. Lieutenant Colonel Elijah H. C. Cavins of the 14th Indiana reported on May 10, 1863, that the regiment’s casualties were 7 killed and 50 wounded.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Gettysburg
The regiment took part in the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2–4, 1863), when Union General George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a small town intersected by numerous roads and surrounded by hills. The 14th Indiana arrived late in the day on July 1, too late to join in the battle, when the Confederate troops forced the Union's 1st Corps and 11th Corps to retreat to Cemetery Hill, about a half-mile south of town.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Gettysburg
On the morning of July 2, the 14th Indiana was deployed into position for an afternoon charge, and was sent to the front as relief troops to General Howard's 11th Corps late in the day. The 14th Indiana was among those ordered to protect the exposed batteries at Cemetery Hill as part of the First Brigade, Hay's Division. Colonel John Coons, commander of the regiment at Gettysburg, reported that the 14th Indiana initially supported Woodruff's battery near the center of the battle line in the morning. By 4:30 in the afternoon it was under continuous artillery fire from the Confederates.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Gettysburg
Around 6 p.m. Colonel Samuel S. Carroll ordered Colonel Coons's men to shift its support to the Union batteries on the right of the cemetery. These batteries had already lost their support from the 11th Corps. In addition, the Confederates had crested Cemetery Hill, capturing one of the Union guns. With the 7th West Virginia and 4th Ohio Infantry, the 14th Indiana advanced with fixed bayonets, forming a line along a stone fence to defend Cemetery Hill. These Union forces kept the Confederates from capturing Rickett's battery and forced them to retreat down the hill.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Gettysburg
On July 3, the 14th Indiana remained with General Winfield Scott Hancock's 2nd Corps; however, the regiment was not involved in what became known as Pickett's Charge, when the Confederates assaulted the Union line and were repulsed several times before they finally retreated, ending the three-day battle. Colonel Coons reported that the 14th Indiana engaged with the Confederates to the right of the cemetery all day on July 3, under heavy crossfire from artillery, but suffered few losses. When Lee's army retreated south, the 14th Indiana pursued the Confederate troops to Manassas Gap, Virginia.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, Gettysburg
During the fighting at Gettysburg, the 14th Indiana sustained heavy losses. A total of 123 of its enlisted men and officers were killed or wounded. Corporal Isaac Norris, the flag bearer of Company H, was among those who were killed. Norris was buried on the field where he died, which became the future site of a 14-foot (4.3 m) regimental monument that was erected in 1885.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, New York City draft riots
On August 16, 1863, the 14th Indiana was detached for duty in New York, following violent New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863). The riots were the result of the passage of the Enrollment Act in March 1863 that required men between the ages of 20 and 45 to register for the draft. The U.S. Congress hoped that the laws would encourage enlistments in the Union army, but a legal loophole allowed draftees to pay a commutation fee of $300 or arrange for substitutes to serve in their place.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, September 1862–March 1864, New York City draft riots
For many in the North, payment of the commutation fee to avoid conscription was highly unpopular. Civil unrest occurred at several sites around in the United States, but the draft riots in New York City caused more than a hundred deaths and the destruction of numerous buildings. Local militias and federal troops, including the 14th Indiana, were called to New York City to help prevent further rioting. The regiment remained stationed on Governors Island from August 16 to September 6, 1863.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, Other campaigns in the East
In October 1863 the 14th Indiana rejoined the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac, and returned to active duty. Later that year the regiment participated in several battles in the eastern United States, including service in the Bristoe Campaign (October 9–22, 1863) and the Mine Run Campaign (November 26–December 2, 1863), before spending the winter at Stevensburg, Virginia. Fighting resumed in February 1864 along the Rapidan River.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, Other campaigns in the East
From March to June 1864, the regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac's 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps. During that time the regiment saw action in several major battles, including the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864).


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, Other campaigns in the East, Spotsylvania Court House
At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 12–21, 1864), the 14th Indiana charged the Confederate breastworks and engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Colonel John Coons was among those from the 14th Indiana who died in the battle. After several days of fighting, the Confederate troops surrendered.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, Other campaigns in the East, Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor (June 1–6, 1864) was the regiment's last engagement. George E. Mull of Company H, 14th Indiana, was killed only hours before the end of his military service.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, End of service
The 14th Indiana left the front on June 6, 1864. Those in the regiment who had completed their military service mustered out on June 20, 1864, in Indianapolis.


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service, End of service
The regiment's veterans who had re-enlisted and its remaining recruits who had not yet completed their military service were transferred to the 20th Regiment Indiana Infantry. (The 20th Indiana mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 12, 1865.)


14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The 14th Indiana suffered a total of 222 fatalities during its three years of service. The regiment lost 11 officers and 139 enlisted men who were killed in battle or died from wounds; 72 enlisted men died from disease.


14th Infantry Brigade (Hungary)
The 14th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.


14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 14th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation during both the First World War and the Second World War.


14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, First World War
In 1914 this brigade was part of the 5th Division and moved over to France. On 30 December 1915 the brigade was transferred to the 32nd Division.


14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War
At the start of the war this formation was made up of regular army battalions based in the Middle East garrisons, nominally part of the 8th Infantry Division. It was present at the Battle of Crete, holding Heraklion airfield and causing many casualties among the German Parachute troops. Evacuated to North Africa where it became part of the 70th Infantry Division in the break out from Tobruk. The 70th Infantry Division was transferred to India and then Burma. Here the division, including the 14th Infantry Brigade, was split up and reformed as Chindits,  fighting in the Second Chindit Expedition of 1944 (codenamed Operation Thursday). The brigade suffered 489 casualties during the Chindit operation. On 1 November 1944 the brigade was redesignated as the 14th British Airlanding Brigade.


14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War, Order of battle
The following infantry battalions were assigned to the 14th Infantry Brigade for various periods in the Second World War.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo"
The 14th Infantry Division "Isonzo" (Italian: 14ª Divisione fanteria "Isonzo") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Isonzo was formed on 24 May 1939 and named for the river of Isonzo, along which Italy and Austria-Hungary had fought twelve battles during World War I. After the Armistice of Cassibile the division was forced to surrender to German forces in Yugoslavia.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", Actions
10 June 1940, the Isonzo division was deployed at Postojna, performing security duties from Kalce, Logatec to Javornik Hills. It held the same position until April, 1941. At the beginning of Invasion of Yugoslavia, the Isonzo division has crossed the border in Gorizia and advanced toward Municipality of Brezovica. 11 April 1940, the Isonzo division was deployed in Golovec District. Later, the division was tasked with mopping-up of the area and road patrols. In January, 1942, the division has participated in large battle against Yugoslav partisans in Bosnia.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", Actions
In 1943, the Isonzo division has fought a series of battles against increasing number of Yugoslav partisans in Slovenia, abandoning gradually much of the countryside and concentrating only on the defence of the main roads. In particular, 22 September 1942, Yugoslav partisans has ambushed one of the division companies, resulting in 60 killed and 24 missing. 8 September 1943, the division Isonzo was ordered to move from Novo Mesto to Rijeka, but was dissolved en route near Kočevje 11 September 1943.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
The names of 51 men attached to the Isonzo Division can be found in the CROWCASS List established by the Anglo-American Allies of the individuals wanted by Yugoslavia for war crimes:


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
(Name) BANCALARI - (C.R. File Number) 149624 - (Rank, Occupation, Unit, Place and Date of Crime) Army, 23. Regt. Fant "Como" "Isonzo"-Div., Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - (Reason wanted) Murder - (Wanted by) Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
BERARDI  Manlio - 149617 - Lt. Col., Isonzo-Div., 24 Inf. Regt. Como (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
BIGLIO Felice -307261 - Seniore, cmdt., 117 Bn. at Mouronog, 98 Fascist Legion attached to Isonzo-Div., 42-43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
BOLOGNE Vittorio - 144940 - Capt., 24. Inf. Regt. Como, Isonzo-Div. (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
BONOMO Giovanni - 149630 - Tenente Medico, Army, 24 Inf. Regt. Como, Isonzo-Div., (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
BURGIO Francesco -  145741 -  Commander, Army, 98. Fascist Legion, "Isonzo" Div., Trebnje (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CALZA Carlo -  149626 -Lt., 24. Inf. Regt. Como, II. Bn., Isonzo-Div. (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CARLI Giovanni - 145734 -Lt. Col., Isonzo-Div., Novo Mesto (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CASSETTO Pietro - 145729 -Major, 24.Inf. Regt. Como, Isonzo-Div., (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CIRILO Antonio - 145712 -Lt., Doctor, Isonzo-Div., 24 Inf. Regt. Como (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
COCCOMARELLA Vincenzo - 145703 - Col., 24 Inf. Regt. Como, Isonzo-Div., Novo Mesto (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CONSTANTINI Dr. Constantino - 145695 - Dr., Tenente Medico, 25 Inf. Regt. Como, Isonzo-Div., Cernomelj (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
CORONATI Emilio - 145690 - General, Inf. Div., Isonzo - part of XI Corpo d'Armata, Novo Mesto (Yugo.) 1942 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
DELMANTO Osvaldo -  150895 - Sottotenente, Italian Army, Isonzo-Div. (Yugo.) 42-43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
FARINA Guido - 148312 - Col., Army, Inf. Rgt. 23, "Como", "Isonzo"-Div., Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
FERRARI Arturo - 148311 - Lt., Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 24 Inf. Rgt. "Como" (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
FRACASSO Arsenio -  148305 - Dr., "Isonzo"-Div., 24 Inf. Rgt. "Como" (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GALLI Giuseppe -  147286 - Sottotenente, 23 Rgt., Como, Italian Army, Isonzo Div., 1 Bn., - Murder - Yugo. Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GALLO Rufino - 147283 - Sottotenente, 24 Inf. Rgt., Italian Army, Como, Isonzo Div. (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GIOVARELLI Fernando - 147275 - Sottotenente, Italian Army, 23 Inf. Rgt. "Como", "Isonzo" Div., - Murder  - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GIURA Luigi - 147273 - Centurione,  Italian Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 98 Fasc. Leg., 3 Coy, Trebnie (Yugo.) 43  - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GOBBO Dr. - 147271 - Dr., Tenente Medico, Italian Army, 23 Inf. Rgt. "Como", "Isonzo"-Div., Cernomeli (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
Guazzo Angelo - 147267 - Col., Italian Army, 6 Artl. Regt., Isonzo-Div., Novo Mesto (Yugo.) - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GUERRINI Remo - 147265 - Centurione,  Italian Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 98 Fascist Legion, Velaloka (Yugo.) 1943 -  Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
GUTIERREZ A. - 147264 - Italian Army, Isonzo-Div., 23 Regt. Como, Cernomeli (Yugo.) 43  - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
LA SPADA Michelangelo - 146308 - Lt., Italian Army, Isonzo-Div, 23 Inf. Regt., Cernomels (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
LIPARI Ignazio - 145427 - Lt. Medico, Isonzo Div., 23 Inf. Rgt. Como, Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
LODI Giorgio -¨145426 -  Lt. Col., Isonzo Div., 23 Inf. Rgt. Como (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
LOUSIER (LOUVIER?) Edoardo - 145424 - Capt., "Isonzo" Div., 98 Fascist Legion, Trebnje (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
LO VULLO Luigi - 145423 - Major, Isonzo Div., 24 Inf. Rgt. Como (Yugo.) - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
MACCHI Antonio  - 145480 - Capt., 24 Inf. Rgt. Como, III Bn. Isonzo Div. (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
MARAZZA A. - 145471 - Maggiore Aiutante, Isonzo Div., 23 Inf. Rgt. Como, Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - Murder -  Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
MARCHETTI Vincenzo - 145472 - Lt., Isonzo Div., 24 Inf. Rgt. Como (Yugo.) 43 - Murder -  Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
MEZZI Adraste - 145484 - Lt. Col., "Isonzo"-Div., 24 Inf. Regt. "Como" (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder -  Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
MOCCIA Alfonso - 145468 - Major, "Isonzo"-Div., 98 Fascist Legion, 117 Bn., 1943  - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
NONNI Dr. Carlo - 145636 - Lt., Doctor, Isonzo-Div., 24 Inf.Regt. "Como" (Yugo.) - Murder -  Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ORIFICI Domenico - 148666 - Col., "Isonzo"-div., 24 Inf. Regt. "Como" , (Yugo.) 43 - Murder -  Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ORIOLI Antonio - 148665 - Capt., "Isonzo"-Div., 98 Fascist Legion, 1 Coy., Rakovnik (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ORSONI Jose - 148663 - Lt. (Med. ), "Isonzo"-Div., 23 Inf. Regt. "Como", Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
PELAZZI Antonio - 149078 - Col., Italian Army, "Isonzo" Div., Trebnje (Yugo.) - Murder - Yugo., UNWCC


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
PINELLI Corrado - 149986 - Capt., Isonzo-Div., 23 Regt. Fant. Como, Ital. Army, Cernomelj (Yugo.) - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
POZZUOLI Angelo - 149088 - Lt., Ital. Army, "Isonzo"-Div.,  24 Inf. Regt. "Como" (Yugo.) - Murder - Yugo., UNWCC


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
RENZO Eduardo - 148642 - Capt., Army, Isonzo-Div., 24 inf. Regt. "Como" (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ROCCAFORTE Filadelfo - 191079 - Capt., It. Army, 6 Art. Regt.,  "Isonzo"-Div., Commander, Straza (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ROCCO G. - 148640 - Dr., Capt., "Isonzo"-Div., 23 Regt. "Como", Cernomelj (Yugo.) - 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ROSANO Raffaello - 148636 - Capt., "Isonzo" Div., 98, Fascist Legion, 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
SAVARINO F. - 191094 - Major, Commander II Bn. 23  Inf. Rgt. Como, Isonzo Div., District of Cernomelj (Yugo.) 11.8.42 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
SCARPERIA G. - 146316 - Lt.-Col., Ital.Army, "Isonzo" Div., 23 Rgt., Cernomelj (Yugo.) 43 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
SOFIA Mario - 146311 - Lt., Ital. Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 24 Inf. Regt., 1 Bn., (Yugo.) 45 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
SPERANDIO Rinaldo - 146307 - Cpl., Ital. Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 98 Legion, 3 Coy., 117 Bn., 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", C.R.O.W.C.A.S.S.
ZANNI Enzo - 144989 - Lt., Ital. Army, "Isonzo"-Div., 24 Inf. Regt. "Como", (Yugo.) 1943 - Murder - Yugo.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium)
The 14th Infantry Division (Dutch: 14de Infanterie Divisie) was an infantry division of the Belgian Army that fought against the German armed forces in the Battle of Belgium.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
As a part of Second reserve, the 14th Infantry Division, like its counterparts, were armed with the outdated antiquated weaponry from World War I. As a result of an lack of antitank/aircraft equipment, the 14th Infantry Division had to count on 1st infantry Division for antitank support. Although the combat capabilities of the 14th Infantry Division were never in doubt, they could count on their reconnaissance cyclists unit, which wasn't withdrawn when the fighting begun, unlike most of the other infantry divisions.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
Stationed on the Albert Canal, the 14th Infantry Division oversaw the destruction of the bridges over the canal, and later, were continuously being attacked by the Germans. A breakthrough in the sector of the Albert Canal manned by 7th Infantry Division caused the entire front to fall back to the K-W line.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
In contrast to many infantry divisions, who organized a planned retreat to the K-W line, the 14th Infantry Division caught itself in a unorganized and slow retreat.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The morale of the 14th Infantry Division was deterred, and discipline collapsed in the lines. With the Germans advance not showing a sign of stopping, 14th Infantry Division was eventually encountered by the Germans and was reduced to remnants. Two regiments of the line were wiped out in the impending German onslaught, and the remainder were not in a condition to engage the Germans.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
Confirmed as no longer deployable, the 14th Infantry Division was transferred to the coastal areas near Zeeland and undertook no further fighting against the Germans.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), World War II
The 14th Infantry Division only fought the Germans for six days before being forwarded to the coast, where they will be stationed until on May 28, when the division were disbanded following the surrender of Belgium.


14th Infantry Division (Belgium), Structure 1940
Structure of the division at the eve of the Battle of Belgium.


14th Infantry Division (Greece)
The 14th Infantry Division (Greek: XIV Μεραρχία Πεζικού, XIV ΜΠ; XIV Merarchia Pezikou, XIV MP) was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army.


14th Infantry Division (Greece)
The 14th Infantry Division was established in December 1913, during the reorganization of the Hellenic Army that followed the Balkan Wars. Its headquarters was at Kalamata in the Peloponnese, comprising the 9th and 36th infantry regiments, as well as the 1/14 Cretan Regiment at Chania. The division formed part of the Patras-based II Army Corps. As a result of the National Schism, the division was disbanded in 1916.


14th Infantry Division (Greece)
The division was reformed in 1918 as part of the reconstituted II Corps, but only served during the final weeks of the war, in the pursuit of the Bulgarian forces around Strumitsa, under the disposal of XVI British Corps. During the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, the division, reduced in strength to c. 5,000 men, formed part of the Army of Thrace and did not see any combat, being responsible for covering the Greek–Yugoslav, and later the Greek–Bulgarian, borders.


14th Infantry Division (Greece)
In the interwar period, due to the reduction in the size of the army, the division was disbanded, until the December 1939 changes to the mobilization plan, which re-established the 14th Division at Xanthi, in northern Greece, under IV Army Corps. During the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41, the 14th Division remained uninvolved, forming part of the Eastern Macedonia Army Section (TSAM) covering the Metaxas Line on the border with Bulgaria. In the Battle of the Metaxas Line, TSAM was outflanked and forced to capitulate during the German invasion of Greece in April 1941.


14th Infantry Division (Poland)
14 Greater Poland Infantry Division (Polish: 14 Wielkopolska Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign.


14th Infantry Division (Poland)
It was created in January 1919 in Poznań, as part of Polish forces fighting in the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919). Its organizer and first commandant was General Filip Dubiski. In the following months, several regiments created in the Greater Poland towns joined the unit, and in the summer of 1919, the Division was sent to the east, to fight the Red Army south of Polotsk. On December 19, 1919, its name was changed from 1st Division of Greater Poland rifles into 14 Greater Poland Infantry Division.


14th Infantry Division (Poland)
The unit fought in the Polish-Soviet war, and in December 1920, after the truce, it returned to its homeland, to Poznań. According to the Plan Wschod, the Division was supposed to serve as a rear unit, but as in late 1930s German threat became real, on March 23, 1939, the Division became part of newly created Poznań Army, under General Tadeusz Kutrzeba (see: Plan Zachod). Mobilization took place between August 24 and 27.


14th Infantry Division (Poland)
As the Wehrmacht did not cary out attacks on Greater Poland in the first days of the Polish September Campaign, the Division did not engage in combat until Sept. 8. Then, it took part in the Battle of Bzura, fighting near the town of Piatek and breaking German lines. During the skirmishes, commandant of German 30 I.D, General Kurt von Briesen was injured and the Wehrmacht ordered a retreat. However, the Poles, without air and artillery support, did not take advantage of this breakthrough. Soon afterwards, the Germans counterattacked.


14th Infantry Division (Poland)
In mid-September the Division tried to cross the Bzura and reach the Kampinos Forest but without success. Only few soldiers managed to do so and hide in the forest. On September 19, the remaining forces broke into besieged Warsaw. There, they fought until capitulation, on Sept. 28.


14th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
The 14th Infantry Division (Russian: 14-я пехотная дивизия, 14-ya Pekhotnaya Diviziya) was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from the early 19th century until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. The division was based in Kishinev in the years leading up to 1914. It fought in World War I and was demobilized in 1918.


14th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), Organization
The 14th Infantry Division was part of the 8th Army Corps. Its order of battle in 1914 was as follows:


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 14th Infantry Division (German: 14. Infanterie-Division; nickname: the Sächsische Division or Saxonian Division) was a formation of the Germany Army (Wehrmacht) which fought during World War II.


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
The division was formed in 1934  in Leipzig, by expanding the 11th (Saxonian) Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, its existence was initially concealed; it was formally designated as the 14th Infantry Division in October 1935. This history, particularly of Infantry Regiment 11, made it one of the prestige infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht.


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
Mobilised in the 1st wave in 1939, the division was involved in the German invasion of Poland, where it attacked towards Częstochowa and Lublin, and the following year's invasion of France. In October 1940 it was 'motorised', i.e. provided with motor transport as opposed to the usual horse and foot mobility of Wehrmacht infantry divisions, as the 14. Infanteriedivision (mot. ), with the following organisation:


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
During Operation Barbarossa, the division was involved in the encirclement of Minsk. In the winter of 1942/3 it was intended to reform the division as the 14th Panzergrenadier Division, but this process was stopped; in 1943 the formation was changed, having the following organisation:


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
During this period the 14th Infantry Division was mostly assigned to Ninth Army, with Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front; it suffered heavy losses during the Battles of Rzhev, and then in the defence against Operation Suvorov.


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
1944 saw the division transferred to 3rd Panzer Army. In the summer of 1944 it was one of Army Group Centre's few reserve formations, and in this capacity was rushed into the line near Orekhovsk on 25 June in a desperate attempt to hold back the breakthrough of several Soviet divisions at Orsha during the Soviet summer offensive, Operation Bagration. Some elements made a last stand around Bogushevsk before being overwhelmed; Infantry Regiment 11 was left as a rearguard on the road to Minsk. Only a handful of troops were able to retreat to the German lines.


14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History and Organisation
By the end of the year the remainders of the formation had been transferred to Second Army and was in the area of Ostrolenka, Poland; during the Soviet East Prussian Offensive of January 1945, the rebuilt 14th was one of the divisions pushed north and trapped in the Heiligenbeil pocket, where it attempted a breakout near Wormditt, before falling back on Braunsberg. The division was eventually destroyed in fighting in the kessel, most of its surviving troops entering Soviet captivity, while a few were evacuated via the Frisches Haff.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 14th Infantry Regiment ("Golden Dragons" ) is a United States Army light infantry regiment. It has served in the American Civil War, Boxer Rebellion, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Restore Hope,  Operation Uphold Democracy, Operation Joint Guard, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Gothic Serpent, Operation New Dawn, Operation Resolute Support, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 14th Infantry Regiment did not take part in combat during World War I. It has also conducted peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in the Sinai Peninsula, Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Bosnia, and Kosovo.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Only the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment is currently active, assigned to 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Civil War, 1861–66
In May 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for the creation of nine additional Regular Army infantry regiments in preparation for the looming civil war. These regiments were designated the 11th through the 19th Infantry and organized as "three-battalion" regiments, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Civil War, 1861–66
The 14th Infantry Regiment was organized on 3 May 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, in two battalions with the third added in April 1862. Part of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment saw its first combat action in the Peninsula Campaign 17 May 1862. The regiment was assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac and fought at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Petersburg.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Civil War, 1861–66
In recognition of the regiment's heroic performance of duty during twelve of the bloodiest campaigns of the American Civil War, General George Meade, awarded the 14th Infantry Regiment the place of honor at the "Right of the Line" in the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, DC at the end of the war. This is where the regiment takes its motto "The Right of the Line".


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Civil War, 1861–66
Following the Civil War, the Army was reorganized by Congress in July 1866, and the 14th was divided into three regiments, each battalion receiving two additional companies and being organized along traditional lines. The 1st Battalion retained the designation of the 14th Infantry, while the 2nd Battalion became the 23rd Infantry and the 3rd Battalion the 32nd Infantry.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Indian Wars, 1866–78
The regiment was sent to the Presidio of San Francisco following the Civil War and from there, line companies were posted to locations in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. The regiment took part in two Indian campaigns and detachments were in two other campaigns (including the 1866-1868 Snake War) but not in sufficient strength to entitle the regiment as a whole to participation credit.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Indian Wars, 1866–78
Campaign participation credit during this time includes Arizona 1866; Wyoming 1874; Little Big Horn 1876; Bannocks 1878.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Indian Wars, 1866–78
Several companies fought the Apaches in 1866 in Arizona. After three years of service in deserts of the Southwest, the regiment was sent to the South for Reconstruction duty beginning in July 1869.


14th Infantry Regiment (United States), History, Indian Wars, 1866–78
The threat of an Indian war in the Dakotas caused the regiment to be moved back to the frontier in April 1870, first to Fort Randall, then to Fort Sedgwick, and finally to Fort Laramie in March 1871. In 1874, elements of the regiment operated against Indian tribes raiding ranches and mines in the Wyoming territory. On February 9, 1874, a soldier from the regiment, 1st Lt . Levi H. Robinson, was killed during a skirmish with Indians north of Fort Laramie. He is the namesake of Fort Robinson in Nebraska.