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The Blue Regiment or the Blue Brigade was an infantry regiment in the service of Gustav II Adolph during his campaigns in Germany in the Thirty Years' War. A large portion of the regiment was made up of German mercenaries, who were a common phenomenon on both sides. The regiment's name is derived from the blue colored uniforms worn by the ...
The 250th Infantry Division (German: 250. Infanterie-Division), better known as the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army (Heer) on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Blue Brigade, a Swedish brigade in the service of Gustav II Adolph during his campaigns in Germany in the Thirty Years' War; Blue Brigade, a Swedish Army armored brigade active from 1949 to 1979; 66th Brigade (People's Republic of China), a fighter aircraft BLUEFOR unit also known as the Blue Brigade; Finnish 3rd Brigade (Continuation War ...
In 2011, a mass grave containing the remains of 47 soldiers was found in an area where a Swedish unit known as the Blue Brigade was reportedly overrun by Pappenheim's cavalry. Examination of the remains showed the average age was 28, while evidence of healed injuries indicate they were veterans; more than half had been hit by gunfire, an ...
Blue Brigade (Swedish: Blåa brigaden, PB 6) was an armored brigade within the Swedish Army that operated in various forms from 1949 to 1979. The unit was based in Enköping Garrison in Enköping . History
The Blue Brigade (PB 6) was raised in 1949 and was organized following the Pansarbrigad 49 ("Armoured Brigade 49") unit type. According to the Defence Act of 1972, the brigade was disbanded on 30 June 1980. In connection with the Defence Act of 1942, infantry regiments came to be raised as "field regiments" and "duplication regiments".
Its nickname is "Blue Spaders", taken from German soldiers in World War I who saw the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia and called the soldiers “Blauerspadern”. The 26th Infantry Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System ; currently only the 1st Battalion is active and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat ...
Hand's Brigade - Colonel Erik Hand Östergötland Infantry Regiment (8 companies) - Colonel Erik Hand (Swedish) Dalsland Infantry Squadron (4 companies) - Colonel Wilhelm von Salzburg (Swedish) Västergötland Infantry Regiment (8 companies) - Colonel Karl Hård af Segerstad (Swedish) "Blue" Brigade - Gen. Hans Georg aus dem Winckel (German)