45th Airborne Division (People's Republic of China)

45th Division (1949–54) 45th Infantry Division (1954–60) 45th Army Division (1960–61) 45th Airborne Division (1961–85) 45th Airborne Brigade (1985–1992) 45th Airborne Division (1992-)
Active	1949.2 - Present
Country	People's Republic of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Air Force, People's Volunteer Army
Type	Division
Role	Airborne Mechanized Infantry
Part of	15th Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ	Huangpi, Wuhan, Hubei province
Engagements	Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Sino-Vietnamese War

The 45th Division (45 div) (Chinese: 第45师), latterly known as 45th Airborne Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is now one of two mobile divisions of PLA 15th Airborne Corps, and a Rapid Reaction, First Level unit.

The 45 Div was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on 1 November 1948, as part of the 27th Brigade, 9th Column of PLA Zhongyuan Field Army, formed in August 1947.

The division was a part of 15th Airborne Corps (15 corps). Under the flag of 45 Div it took part in the Chinese civil war.

In March 1951 the division entered Korea as a part of People's Volunteer Army. The division took part in the Fifth Phase Offensive in 1951 and the Battle of Triangle Hill.

On 19 October 1952, a soldier from 45 Div, Huang Jiguang, hurled himself against a machine gun slit on the blockhouse after running out of ammunition, blocking enemy fire while sacrificing his life. He was posthumously honoured as a "First-Class Hero of the Chinese People's Volunteers Army".

In May 1954 45 Div returned from Korea with 15 Corps HQ and renamed as 45th Infantry Division'(Chinese: 步兵第45师) of the National Defense Force, stationed at Huangpi, Hubei province.

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