{{Short description|Division of the Peruvian Army}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 2nd Army Division | native_name = II División de Ejército | image = II División del Ejército del Perú.png | image_size = | country = Peru | allegiance = | branch = Peruvian Army | size = Division | command_structure = | garrison = Rímac | garrison_label = Garrison | nickname = II DE | patron = | motto = ''Hoy como ayer, ¡vencer siempre vencer!''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv/index.php/himno-y-lema |title=Himno y Lema de la II División de Ejército |website=Mil.pe |access-date=30 June 2022 |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028191145/http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv/index.php/himno-y-lema |archive-date=28 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | colors = <!-- or | colours = --> | colors_label = <!-- or | colours_label = --> | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = Limazo<br>Internal conflict in Peru | decorations = | website = [https://www.facebook.com/segundadivisiondeejercito Facebook] <!-- Commanders --> | current_commander = Cesar Briceño Valdivia<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ceremonia de Reconocimiento del Comandante General de la Segunda División de Ejército |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/ejercito/noticias/576328-ceremonia-de-reconocimiento-del-comandante-general-de-la-segunda-division-de-ejercito |date=12 January 2022 |work=Gob.pe |access-date=1 July 2022 |language=Spanish}}</ref> | commander1 = | commander1_label = | commander2 = | commander2_label = | notable_commanders = }} The '''2nd Army Division''' ({{langx|es|II División de Ejército}}) is a combined infantry division unit of the Peruvian Army (EP) that specializes in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, irregular warfare, jungle and mountain warfare, and maneuver warfare.
==History== The 2nd Army Division was created on 15 December 1961 in Lima as '''2nd Military Region'''.<ref name=reseña>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv/ |title=Reseña Histórica de la II División de Ejército |website=Mil.pe |access-date=30 June 2022 |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816210747/http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv |archive-date=16 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> For several years it shared its headquarters with the premises of the Ministry of War.<ref name=reseña/>
In 1975, what started as a police strike soon turned into a riot across Lima, later known as the ''Limazo''. After members of the Civil Guard barricaded themselves in their ''Radio Patrulla'' barracks, the 2nd Division was ordered to remove them by force, which was done on the same day.<ref>{{Cite book |title=La crisis y las multitudes: Lima, 5 de febrero de 1975 |last=Panfichi |first=Aldo |publisher=Fondo Editorial PUCP |year=1983 |location=Lima |language=Spanish |url=https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/debatesensociologia/article/view/6888/7030 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=El 'Limazo' |last=Zileri Gibson |first=Enrique |publisher=Caretas |year=2000 |language=Spanish |url=http://www.chs-peru.com/Reporte/Boletinpasados/010807/Documentos/hp75zileri.pdf |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
In 1987, it was installed in the Rafael Hoyos Rubio Military Fort, located at Rímac District, province of Lima.<ref name=reseña/> In 2003, it was renamed as the '''Central Military Region''' ({{langx|es|Región Militar del Centro}}),<ref>{{Cite book |title=Convenio marco entre el Programa de Desarrollo Productivo Agrario Rural y la Región Militar del Centro |publisher=Ministry of Agriculture |year=2011 |language=Spanish |url=https://www.agrorural.gob.pe/wp-content/uploads/transparencia/documentos/convenios/CNV-M-006-2011-MINAGRI-DVDIAR-AGRORURAL-DE.PDF |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> name it would bear until 2012.<ref name=reseña/>
Its coat of arms features the division's motto in quechua, as well as a condor and an emblem featuring Incan weapons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv/index.php/heraldica |title=Heráldica de la II División de Ejército |website=Mil.pe |access-date=30 June 2022 |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028191155/http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/segundadiv/index.php/heraldica |archive-date=28 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Organization== The 2nd Army Division is formed by the following units:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/index.php/organizacion/organo-de-linea/ii-division-de-ejercito |title=II División de Ejército |website=Mil.pe |access-date=30 June 2022 |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714100441/http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/index.php/organizacion/organo-de-linea/ii-division-de-ejercito |archive-date=2018-07-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1st Special Forces Brigade * 3rd Special Forces Brigade * 18th Armored Brigade * Rural Settlement Command * Peruvian Guard Legion ** Hussars of Junín * "Mariscal Domingo Nieto" Cavalry Regiment Escort * 1st Combat Support Brigade
==See also== *1st Army Division *3rd Army Division *4th Army Division *5th Army Division
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Military units and formations of Peru Category:Rímac District