The 9th Indian Infantry Division was a Indiandivision which formed part of Indian III Corps in the British forces during the Battle of Malaya. It was commanded by Major-General Barstow. Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... The British Indian III Corps was the primary ground formation that took part in the campaign in Malaya in 1942. ... During the early morning hours of December 7th/8th, 1941, before the first bombs started falling on the United States Pacific base at Pearl Harbor (time zone differences), World War Two widened in the Pacific with the Battle for Malaya - the Japanase invasion of the British Malaya. ...
The Division crossed the Rhine 21 March and advanced to Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn, relieving elements of the 9th Armored Division, 28 March.
Advancing rapidly in the wake of the 9th Armored, the 2d Division crossed the Weser at Veckerhagen, 6–7 April, captured Göttingen 8 April, established a bridgehead across the Saale, 14 April, seizing Merseburg on the 15th.
The 2d InfantryDivision was chosen to spearhead the United Nations Command response to this incident and on 21 August, Task Force Brady, a group of ROK soldiers American infantry and engineers, swept into the area and cut down the infamous "Panmunjom Tree".
The division was further supported by the tankers of the 705th TD battalion, and elements of the 308th Combat Engineers and the 86th Chemical Battalion.
The 121st regiment of the 9thInfantrydivision under the command of Colonel John R. Jeter crossed the Rance river to destroy the garrison at Dinard.
The Following is an except from the 121st’s official history: The 121st Infantry Regiment, under VIII Corps control, was attached, on August 6th, to the 83rd InfantryDivision, and immediately began movement by motor to Dinard.
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