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The 255th Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Indian Army during World War II.It was part of the Fourteenth Army and saw action in the Burma Campaign.The 255th Tank Brigade's tactical sign was a black bull, with yellow horns and red eyes, on a royal blue triangle.
The revised plan pertaining to 7th Indian Infantry Division was IV Corps less 19th Division (7th Indian Division, 17th Indian Infantry Division, 28th East African Brigade, Lushai Brigade, and 255th Indian Tank Brigade) to move due south, down the Gangaw valley for nearly 300 miles, seize a bridgehead on Irrawaddy at Pakokku and then strike ...
252nd Indian Armoured Brigade previously called 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade; 254th Indian Tank Brigade previously called 4th Indian Armoured and 254th Indian Armoured Brigade; 255th Indian Tank Brigade previously called 5th Indian Armoured and 255th Indian Armoured Brigade; 267th Indian Armoured Brigade; 268th Indian Armoured Brigade converted ...
Starting on 17 February, 255th Indian Tank Brigade and the motorised infantry brigades of 17th Division began crossing into 7th Division's bridgehead. To further distract Japanese attention from this area, the British 2nd Division began crossing the Irrawaddy only 10 miles (16 km) west of Mandalay on 23 February.
255th Indian Tank Brigade; 267th Indian Armoured Brigade; 268th Indian Armoured Brigade This page was last edited on 16 August 2021, at 21:03 (UTC). Text ...
252nd Indian Armoured Brigade; 254th Indian Tank Brigade; 255th Indian Tank Brigade; 268th Indian Infantry Brigade; C. 88th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
[fn 1] At the time, it had its divisional headquarters at Secunderabad and the 43rd Lorried Infantry Brigade away with the Punjab Boundary Force. In June 1946, the wartime 255th Indian Tank Brigade was redesignated as 1st Armoured Brigade and assigned to 1st Armoured Division. [4]
There was heavy fighting, which attracted Japanese reserves and fixed their attention. Late in February, the 7th Indian Division leading IV Corps, seized crossings at Nyaungu near Pakokku. 17th Indian Division and 255th Indian Tank Brigade followed them across and struck for Meiktila. In the open terrain of Central Burma, this force ...