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Military districts are territorial entities used for the purposes of military planning and strategizing.

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China

Current Chinese military regions and Group Armies

The People's Liberation Army uses a system of military regions, of which there used to be eleven, but are now seven. The military regions are divided into military districts, usually continguous with provinces, and military sub-districts. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1300x1407, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Military district Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1300x1407, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Military district Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


Dennis Blasko notes that originally thirteen military regions were established in the 1950s, but the number was reduced to eleven in the late 1960s. The resulting eleven military regions - Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Xinjiang, Jinan, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou (including Hainan Island), Wuhan, Chengdu, and Kunming - were reduced to seven by 1985-88. The active ones now include Lanzhou, incorporating the former Urumqi MR, Chengdu Military Region, incorporating the former Kunming MR, Nanjing, which includes the former Fuzhou MR, Beijing, and Shenyang. Finally Guangzhou and Jinan Military Regions both appears to include parts of the former Wuhan MR. The Chengdu Military Region is a military administrative command located in the southwest of the Peoples Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. ... The Guangzhou Military Region is a military administrative region located in the south of the Peoples Republic of China, covering Guangdong Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Hainan Province, Hong Kong, and Macao (Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan Military Districts and the Hong Kong and Macao...


Germany

Germany used the system of military districts (German: Wehrkreis) with an aim of relieving field commanders of as much purely administrative work as possible, and at providing as regular as possible a flow of trained recruits and of supplies to the Field Army. The method they adopted was to separate the Field Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) from the Home Command (Heimatkriegsgebiet) and to entrust the whole charge of training, conscription, supply, and equipment to that command. A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...


The Commander of the Infantry Corps with the identical number also commanded the Wehrkreis in peacetime, but the command of the Wehrkreis passed to his Second-in Command upon the start of the war.


Before the start of the war, there were also four Panzer Grenadier Corps (in effect, staffs to control the training of Panzer and Panzer Grenadier formations) which had no corresponding military districts, but were served (as regards conscription, and supplies) by the districts in which Corps headquarters or subordinate formations had their Home Garrison Stations. These Corps were:

  • XIV Panzer Genadier Corps
  • XV Panzer Grenadier Corps
  • XVI Panzer Grenadier Corps
  • XIX Panzer Grenadier Corps

These Corps did not survive upon mobilization.


The Districts were organized into a Chain of Command that included Area Headquarters (Wehrersatzbezirk Hauptquartier) and Sub-area headquarters (Wehrbezirk Hauptquartier).


During World War II, Germany was divided into nineteen military districts. At the start of the war, there were only fifteen: Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Wehrkreis XX and XXI were established in Poland to control Danzig and Posen, respectively, which were the lands previously under the control of Germany prior to World War I. Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... BiaÅ‚ystok (pronounced: , Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Yiddish ביאַליסטאָק) is the largest city (pop. ... Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... A railway bridge in Tilsit Sovetsk (Советск) is a town on the Neman River in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, which prior to 1945 was known by its German name, Tilsit, and was in East Prussia. ... 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Motto: none Voivodship West Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Szczecina Mayor Marian Jurczyk Area 301,3 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 413 600 1372/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1243 Latitude Longitude 14°34E 53°26N Area code +48 91 Car plates ZS Twin towns Berlin-Kreuzberg... The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named Mikilenburg (Old German: big castle), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. ... Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the slavic dynasty of Griffits (Polish: Gryfici, German: Greiffen) was a semi-independent state in the 17th century. ... Motto: none Voivodship West Pomerania Municipal government Rada Miasta Koszalin Mayor MirosÅ‚aw MikietyÅ„ski Area 83,2 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 108. ... SÅ‚upsk ( ; former German: , occasionally Stolpe; Kashubian and Pomeranian: Stolpsk; Latin: Stolpe) is a city with approximately 100,000 inhabitants in northwestern Poland. ... 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Two additional Wehrkreis were established after the invasion of Poland to control the remainder of that country. These were Wehrkreis "Böhmen-Mähren", which covered the so-called "Protectorate", and Wehrkreis "General-Government", which controlled the remainder of Poland. For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A Polish map showing the territory known as the Polish Corridor The Polish Corridor was the name given to a strip of territory which was transferred from Germany to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. ... Neustadt an der Dosse is a town in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany with a population of 4013 (2004). ... Stargard SzczeciÅ„ski (-Polish, Kashubian/Pomeranian: Stôrgard, German: ) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 73,000 inhabitants (1995). ... Coat of Arms of Kwidzyn Kwidzyn (German Marienwerder) is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River, with 39,300 inhabitants (1995). ... Motto: Grudziądz- miasto na szczęście Voivodship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship Municipal government Rada Miasta Grudziądz Mayor Andrzej Wiśniewski Area 58,7 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 102 800 none 1751/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53° 29 N 18° 46 E... Bydgoszcz (in Polish pronounce: [:bidgɔʃʧ], Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... Bydgoszcz ( ; German: ; Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... ToruÅ„ (?· i; German: ; Kashubian: , see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. ... ToruÅ„ (?· i; German: ; Kashubian: , see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. ... PoznaÅ„ ( ; full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Polish: StoÅ‚eczne Miasto PoznaÅ„ (Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... PoznaÅ„ ( ; full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Polish: StoÅ‚eczne Miasto PoznaÅ„ (Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... Lissa is: the old Venetian name for the Adriatic island of Vis the old Latin name for the town of Leszno in Poland when it had a Moravian college and a gymnasium This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Motto: brak Voivodship Kuyavian-Pomeranian (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) President Ryszard Brejza Area 34,02 km² Coordinates -Latitude -Longitude 52°40 E 18°16 N Population 1970 - 54 900 1980 - 66 100 1990 - 77 700 2000 - 79 400 2004 - 77 647 InowrocÅ‚aws Website InowrocÅ‚aw is a town in northern... WÅ‚ocÅ‚awek (pronounce: [vÈ—oʦwavek]) is a town in central Poland on the Vistula river, with population of approximately 123 000. ... WÅ‚ocÅ‚awek (pronounce: [vÈ—oʦwavek]) is a town in central Poland on the Vistula river, with population of approximately 123 000. ... Kalisz (pronounce: [kaliʃ]) is a city in central Poland with 109,800 inhabitants (1995). ... Kalisz (pronounce: [kaliʃ]) is a city in central Poland with 109,800 inhabitants (1995). ... Łódź ( ) is Polands second largest city (population 776,297 in 2004). ... Łódź ( ) is Polands second largest city (population 776,297 in 2004). ...


It has been speculated that the missing Wehrkreis number—XIX—was intended for use inside Russia if Germany had been successful in completing the invasion, and additional numbers would have been assigned to the named Wehrkreis at the end of the war.


In peace time, the Wehrkreis was the home to the Infantry Corps of the same number, and all subordinate units of that Corps.


Today four military districts - Wehrbereichskommando - remain in Germany, as part of the Streitkräftebasis or Joint Service Support Command. Logo of the Streitkräftebasis Vehicle of the Feldjäger Streitkräftebasis (SKB) is a German military branch of the Bundeswehr established in October 2000. ...


Poland

Current

  • Pomeranian Military District (Pomorski Okręg Wojskowy) with HQ in Bydgoszcz
  • Silesian Military District (Śląski Okręg Wojskowy) with HQ in Wrocław

Bydgoszcz ( ; German: ; Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... Wrocław ( ; German: ; Czech: ; Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ...

Historical

  • Poznań Military District (Poznański Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Poznań
  • Kraków Military District (Krakowski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Kraków
  • Łódź Military District (Łódzki Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Łódź
  • Warsaw Military District (Warszawski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Warszawa
  • Lublin Military District (Lubelski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Lublin

Poznań ( ; full official name: The Capital City of Poznań, Polish: Stołeczne Miasto Poznań (Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... Wawel Hill, Old Town, Kraków. ... Łódź ( ) is Polands second largest city (population 776,297 in 2004). ... Warszawa can refer to: Warsaw, capital city of Poland Warszawa, a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno off the album Low. ... For other uses, see Lublin (disambiguation). ...

Russia

In Russia, a military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг, voyenny okrug) is a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. This territorial division type was utilized in Imperial Russia, USSR and is currently in use in Russian Federation. A military unit is an organisation within an armed force. ... This article is about the military unit. ... There are three types of military academies: High school level institutions (up to age 19), university level institutions, and those only serving to prepare officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of a state ( such as RMA Sandhurst ). United States usage The term Military School primarily refers to (middle... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...


Such territorial division provides convenient management of army units, their training and other activities regarding the country’s readiness to defend itself.


History

In Imperial Russia, military districts were first formed in 1862-1864. In USSR, the first six military districts (Yaroslavsky, Moskovsky, Orlovsky, Belomorsky, Uralsky, and Privolzhsky) were formed in March of 1918 during the Russian Civil War in 1918-1920 in order to prepare big army reserves for the front. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000,000 Casualties 939,755... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...


The number of military districts varied depending on the circumstances and with the evolution of the Soviet Army. For example, before the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 there were 16 military districts and one front. Right after the war, it changed to 33, however, by October of 1946, it had been reduced to 21. This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A Front (фронт) was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American military terminology. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...


At the end of the 1980s, immediately before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there were sixteen Military Districts, within three to five main groupings:

The Leningrad Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1949--1988), also known as Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945--1949) and Western Group of Forces (1988-1990) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. ... Review of 6 Soviet Guard Vitebsk-Novohrod Mechanised Division, Northern Group of Forces, in Borne Sulinowo, Poland. ... The Baltic Military District was a military district of the Soviet armed forces, formed briefly before the German invasion, and then reformed after World War II and disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. ... The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1945 after the conclusion of the Second World War to 1990-91. ... The Southern Group of Forces was a Soviet Army formation formed twice following the Second World War, most notably around the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. ... The Siberian Military District is a Military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... The Far Eastern Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War. ... Transcaucasian Front or Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт) was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. ... The North Caucasus Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... The Turkestan Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, with its headquarters at Tashkent, created on 9 July 1945 after the division of the Central Asian Military District into the Turkestan and Steppe Military Districts. ... The Moscow Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... The Volga-Ural Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District. ...

Russian Federation

A military district operates under the command of the District Headquarters headed by the District Commander subordinated to the Ground Forces Headquarters. Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. ... The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопутные силы России) are the land forces of Russia, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. ...


In today's Russia, there are 6 military districts:

In this classification, Kaliningrad and the surrounding Kaliningrad Oblast are considered to be a special region. The Moscow Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... The Leningrad Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... The North Caucasus Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... The Volga-Ural Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ... The Ural Mountains, (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры = Ура́л) also known simply as the Urals, are a mountain range that run roughly north and south through western Russia. ... The Siberian Military District is a Military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) arctic northeast Siberia Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. ... The Far Eastern Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War. ... Far Eastern Federal District (highlighted in red) Russian Far East (Russian: Д́альний Вост́ок Росс́ии; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) is an informal term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i. ... Kaliningrad (Russian: ), until 1945 known by its German name Königsberg, then briefly as Kyonigsberg (), is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... Capital Kaliningrad Area - total - % water Ranked 79th - 15,100 km² - Population - Total - Density Ranked 57th - est. ...


See also

Unified Combatant Command A Unified Combatant Command is composed of forces from two or more services, has a broad and continuing mission, and is organized either on a geographical basis (known as Area Of Responsibility, AOR) or on a functional basis. ...


References

China:
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1988/89
  • Chapter 8, PLA Ground Forces, by Dennis J Blasko, in The People's Liberation Army as Organisation, RAND, CF182
  • Thomas C. Roberts, The Chinese People's Militia and Doctrine of People's War, National Security Affairs Monograph Series 83-4, 1983, National Defence University Press, Washington DC.

 

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