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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 ...
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
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 ...
This is the order of battle for the Battle of Villers-Bocage, a World War II battle on 13 June 1944 between British and German forces in Normandy, France as part of Operation Perch. British order of battle
This is the order of battle for the ground forces involved in Operation Crusader, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers of Germany and Italy in North Africa between 18 November – 30 December 1941.
The British Army fought its last pitched land battle of the war when the remaining Japanese attempted to break out eastwards in July, to join other troops retreating from the British. The breakout however ending in early August, resulted with a crushing defeat for the Japanese, with some formations being wiped out.
The RAF in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain: A Reappraisal of Army and Air Policy 1938–1940. Stroud: Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1-78155-525-5. Ellis, Major L. F. (2004) [1953]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series (repr. Naval & Military ...
South African Army order of battle 1940; Structure of the Imperial Japanese forces in the South Seas Mandate; Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945; Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939; Structure of Aldershot Command in 1939; Structure of the Australian Army during World War II; Syria–Lebanon campaign order of battle