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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 ...
Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. "The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. "British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944" (PDF). 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2010.
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bologna; Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; Battle of Belgium order of battle; Bernhardt Line; Battle of Bir Hakeim; Black Friday (1945) Operation Boomerang; Battle for Brest; Battle of Bréville; Battle of Bukit Timah
The German plan for a land invasion of Britain in 1940 during World War II was code-named Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German).This is the order of battle for Operation Sea Lion per the modified German plan produced on August 30, 1940.
German order of battle in the Balkans campaign (1941) Battle in Berlin order of battle; Battle of Alam el Halfa order of battle; Battle of Buna–Gona: Allied forces and order of battle; Battle of Buna–Gona: Japanese forces and order of battle; Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle; Battle of Hong Kong order of battle; Battle of Iwo Jima ...
The Mediterranean and Middle East: British Fortunes Reach their Lowest Ebb (September 1941 to September 1942). History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. III. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-067-2. Verney, G.L. (2002) [1954]. The Desert Rats: the 7th Armoured Division in World War II. Havertown ...
(see Anzio order of battle for British forces involved). Landing almost unopposed, with the road to the Italian capital of Rome open, the U.S. VI Corps commander, Major General John P. Lucas, felt that he needed to consolidate the beachhead before breaking out. This gave the Germans time to concentrate their forces against him.
British military history is the source of some of the earliest orders of battle in the English language, and due to the British Empire's involvement in global conflicts over several centuries the records of historical orders of battle provide a valuable source of study for understanding not only of the composition, but also of tactics and doctrines of the forces through their depiction in the ...