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108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

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The 108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (The Lancashire Fusiliers) (108 RAC) was an armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during World War II. [1]

39 relations: Armoured warfare, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Barnard Castle, British Army, Churchill tank, Covenanter tank, Cruiser Mk I, Cruiser Mk II, Cruiser Mk III, Cruiser Mk IV, Cruiser tank, Crusader tank, Gallipoli Campaign, Infantry tank, Lancashire Fusiliers, Lend-Lease Sherman tanks, Member of parliament, Minden Day, Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Corps of Signals, Rufford Abbey, The Dukeries, The National Archives (United Kingdom), Trooping the Colour, Valentine tank, Wensley, North Yorkshire, Wensleydale, World War II, 109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 10th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom), 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade, 143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Armoured Division (Poland), 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, 42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom), 48th (South Midland) Division.

Armoured warfare

Armoured warfare, mechanised warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force and integrated element of the British Army.

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Churchill tank

The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British heavy infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, its ability to climb steep slopes, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles.

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Covenanter tank

The Cruiser tank Mk V or A13 Mk III Covenanter was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War.

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Cruiser Mk I

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk I (A9) was a British cruiser tank of the interwar period.

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Cruiser Mk II

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was a cruiser tank developed alongside the A9 cruiser tank, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type.

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Cruiser Mk III

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk III, also known by its General Staff specification number A13 Mark I, was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War.

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Cruiser Mk IV

The Cruiser tank Mk IV (A13 Mk II) was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War.

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Cruiser tank

The cruiser tank (also called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank concept of the interwar period for tanks designed to function as modernised armoured and mechanised cavalry.

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Crusader tank

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI or A15 Crusader was one of the primary British cruiser tanks during the early part of the Second World War.

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Gallipoli Campaign

The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (Çanakkale Savaşı), was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.

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Infantry tank

The infantry tank was a concept developed by the United Kingdom and France in the years leading up to World War II.

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Lancashire Fusiliers

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many centuries and wars, including the Second Boer War both World War I and World War II, and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence.

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Lend-Lease Sherman tanks

The United States provided tens of thousands of its Medium Tank M4, also named the Sherman, to many of its Allies during the Second World War, under the terms of Lend-Lease.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Minden Day

Minden Day is a regimental anniversary celebrated on 1 August by certain units of the British Army.

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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Royal Armoured Corps

The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.

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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals - abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.

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Rufford Abbey

Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, some 2 miles (4 km) south of Ollerton.

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The Dukeries

The Dukeries is an area of the county of Nottinghamshire so called because it contained four ducal seats.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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Trooping the Colour

Trooping the Colour is a ceremony performed by regiments of the British and Commonwealth armies.

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Valentine tank

The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

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Wensley, North Yorkshire

Wensley is a small village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Wensleydale

Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (The Lancashire Fusiliers) (109 RAC) was an armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during World War II.

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10th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 10th Armoured Brigade was a short-lived armoured brigade of the British Army in World War II.

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125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade

The 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army that saw active service during both the First and Second World Wars.

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143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

The 143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (9th Lancashire Fusiliers) (143 RAC) was a short-lived armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during World War II.

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1st Armoured Division (Poland)

The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna) was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.

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42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division

The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

The 42nd Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army raised during the Second World War.

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48th (South Midland) Division

The 48th (South Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps

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