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This is an order of battle of the British 4th Armoured Brigade during the Second World War.Many units either served with or were briefly attached to the brigade. [1] The order of battle is given for a number of battles the brigade fought in and reflect the changes to the composition of Armoured Brigades as dictated by the War Office, not all of which were, or could be, applied to units in the ...
Operation Brevity order of battle; Structure of the British Army in 1939; British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943; British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943
On 18 June 1809, Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in Spain and Portugal, ordered the creation of four divisions, including the 3rd Division. [4] During the division's first action of the Peninsular War (the name given to Napoleonic Wars fought in Spain and Portugal), the Battle of Talavera (1809), it was ...
British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. History of the Second World War. Vol. II. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24290-5. Maughan, Barton (1966). Tobruk and El Alamein (PDF). Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1 – Army. Vol. III (1st (online scan) ed.).
This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944. British Order of Battle [ edit ]
An order of battle is not necessarily a set structure and it can change depending on tactical or strategic developments or the evolution of military doctrine. For example, a division could be radically altered from one campaign to another through the adding or removing of sub-units but retain its identity and history.
Ryan, David A. "Operation Brevity Order of battle extracted from "The British Armies in World War Two An Organisational History; Supplement One: Orders of Battle, 1939-1941" posted on this site as part of the book review". (however, not all formations on this order of battle actually took part in the fighting)
This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisian Campaign of World War II. British First Army Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson. V Corps Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey. North Irish Horse; 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (7ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens)