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  2. 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 6th Brigade, was converted from the 30th Independent (Guards) Infantry Brigade [2] In 1942, all British armoured divisions were reorganised to have one armoured brigade and one motorised infantry brigade. The 6th Guards Armoured Brigade thus became an independent tank brigade, being renamed as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. [3]

  3. 6th Guards Tank Army - Wikipedia

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    The 6th Guards Tank Army consisted of the 5th Guards Tank Corps, and 7th and 9th Guards Mechanised Corps, and many smaller formations, [4] in all, a total of 1,019 tanks and self-propelled guns. [3] For this operation, the tank army was restructured such that the infantry, artillery, and armored components were much more balanced than they had ...

  4. List of British mobile brigades during the Second World War

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    On 15 January 1943, the brigade was redesignated as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. The armoured brigade was reformed on 2 February 1945, from the redesignation of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. The brigade became an infantry formation, the 6th Guards Brigade, on 17 June 1945 while based in Germany. [42] 7th Armoured Brigade: Existing N/A

  5. List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign - Wikipedia

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    See also Hastings Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. Independent and GHQ brigades included 30th Armoured; 1st Tank Brigade; 4th Armoured; 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers; 31st Tank; 34th Tank; 6th Guards Tank Brigade; 27th Armoured (to 9.1944); 33rd Armoured; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; the headquarters of 74th, 76th, 80th, 100th, 101st, 105th, 106th and 107th Anti-Aircraft ...

  6. 6th Guards Tank Brigade - Wikipedia

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    the 6th Guards Tank Brigade of the Red Army, which served with the 13th Tank Corps and the 19th Tank Corps Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title.

  7. Gvardeyskaya Square (Rostov-on-Don) - Wikipedia

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    The square was named in honor of Red Army guards who liberated Rostov-on-Don from Nazi occupation in 1943. At the center of the square there is a T-34 tank monument erected in honor of soldiers of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps, the 2nd Guards and 5th Guards Zimovnikovsky Mechanized Corps, the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, and the 34th Guards Rifle Division that liberated the city Rostov-on-Don from the ...

  8. List of tank brigades of the Red Army - Wikipedia

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    5th Tank Brigade – Formed from 12th Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division by 28 September 1941, converted to 6th Guards Tank Brigade 5 March 1942 [3] 6th Tank Brigade – Formed by 16 July 1942, Broken up to form 19th Guards Tank Regiment and 73rd Tank Regiment 12 October 1942 [ 3 ]

  9. 6th Guards Army - Wikipedia

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    The 6th Guards Army was formed on 1 May 1943 in accordance with the Stavka directive of 16 April 1943 from the 21st Army. [4]By May 1943 the forces of 6th Guards Army, subordinated to Voronezh Front, were in well-entrenched positions in the southern sector of the Kursk Salient south of Oboyan.