Table of Contents
214 relations: Adolf Hitler, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Allies of World War II, Annexation, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Artillery, Åndalsnes, Ballymena, Barbed wire, Battle of France, Belfast, Berkshire Yeomanry, Bernard Paget, Birmingham, Boydell & Brewer, Brighton, Bristol Engineer Volunteers, British Armed Forces, British Army, British Expeditionary Force (World War II), British Indian Army, British Isles, Burma campaign, Burma campaign (1942–1943), Cadre (military), Causes of World War II, Chancellor of Germany, Charles Fullbrook-Leggatt, Charles Wainwright (British Army officer), Cheltenham, Cheshire Regiment, Conscription, County Antrim, County Londonderry, County Tyrone, Defensive fighting position, Devonshire Regiment, Division (military), Divisional insignia of the British Army, Double agent, Dover, Dover Strait coastal guns, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Dunkirk evacuation, Dutch people, East Surrey Regiment, Edmond Schreiber, Empire of Japan, England, Essex, ... Expand index (164 more) »
- Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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Adrian Carton de Wiart
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was an officer in the British Army.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Annexation
Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.
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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.
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Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.
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Åndalsnes
is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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Ballymena
Ballymena (from an Baile Meánach, meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Barbed wire
Roll of modern agricultural barbed wire Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands.
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Battle of France
The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.
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Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
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Berkshire Yeomanry
The Berkshire Yeomanry was a part time regiment of the British Army formed in 1794 to counter the threat of invasion during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Bernard Paget
General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, (15 September 1887 – 16 February 1961) was a British Army officer who served with distinction in the First World War, and then later during the Second World War, when he commanded the 21st Army Group from June to December 1943 and was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Middle East Command from January 1944 to October 1946.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
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Boydell & Brewer
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Martlesham, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works.
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Brighton
Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.
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Bristol Engineer Volunteers
The Bristol Engineer Volunteer Corps was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Engineers, first raised in 1861.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and British Expeditionary Force (World War II) are military units and formations established in 1939.
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British Indian Army
The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of the British Indian Empire until 1947.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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Burma campaign
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma.
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Burma campaign (1942–1943)
The Burma campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945.
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Cadre (military)
A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.
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Causes of World War II
The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians.
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Chancellor of Germany
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.
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Charles Fullbrook-Leggatt
Major-General Charles St.
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Charles Wainwright (British Army officer)
Major-General Charles Brian Wainwright, (17 August 1893 − 23 October 1968) was a British Army officer.
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.
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Cheshire Regiment
The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.
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County Londonderry
County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
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County Tyrone
County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland.
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Defensive fighting position
A defensive fighting position (DFP) is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit).
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Devonshire Regiment
The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.
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Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.
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Divisional insignia of the British Army
Formation signs at the division level were first introduced in the British Army in the First World War. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and Divisional insignia of the British Army are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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Double agent
In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country, whose primary purpose is to spy on a target organization of another country, but who is now spying on their own country's organization for the target organization.
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Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.
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Dover Strait coastal guns
The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War.
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Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959.
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
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Dutch people
The Dutch (Dutch) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands.
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East Surrey Regiment
The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959.
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Edmond Schreiber
Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber, (30 April 1890 – 8 October 1972) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First World War and the Second World War.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Essex
Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.
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Eunan O'Halpin
Eunan O'Halpin is Bank of Ireland Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin.
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European theatre of World War II
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II.
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Exercise Spartan
Exercise Spartan was a Second World War exercise that took place from 4 to 12 March 1943 in England.
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Fallschirmjäger
The were the paratrooper branch of the German Luftwaffe before and during World War II.
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Far East
The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East, North, and Southeast Asia.
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Field gun
A field gun is a field artillery piece.
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Fifth column
A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation.
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First United States Army Group
First United States Army Group (often abbreviated FUSAG) was a fictitious (paper command) Allied Army Group in World War II prior to D-Day, part of Operation Quicksilver, created to deceive the Germans about where the Allies would land in France.
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Folkestone
Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.
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Fourth Army (United Kingdom)
The Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
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Gale & Polden
Gale and Polden was a British printer and publisher.
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General officer commanding
General officer commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland) to a general officer who holds a command appointment.
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German Army (1935–1945)
The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.
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German military administration in occupied France during World War II
The Military Administration in France (Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; Administration militaire en France) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France.
German occupation of the Channel Islands
The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945.
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Government of the United Kingdom
The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.
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Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast.
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Headquarters Northern Ireland
HQ Northern Ireland was the formation responsible for the British Army in and around Northern Ireland.
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Henry Pownall
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several command and staff positions during the Second World War.
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History of the Second World War
The History of the Second World War is the official history of the British contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
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I Corps (United Kingdom)
I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps.
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II Canadian Corps
II Canadian Corps was a corps-level formation that, along with I (British) Corps (August 1, 1944, to April 1, 1945) and I Canadian Corps (April 6, 1943, to November 1943, and April 1, 1945, until the end of hostilities), comprised the First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe during World War II.
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II Corps (United Kingdom)
The II Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.
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Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museums (IWM), is a British national museum.
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Infantry
Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.
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International crisis
The term international crisis is a widespread term without a single common definition.
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Ipswich
Ipswich is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England.
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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army, characterised by its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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John Carpenter (British Army officer)
Major-General John Owen Carpenter (20 June 1894 − 28 February 1967) was a senior British Army officer.
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Juan Pujol García
Juan Pujol García (14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García, was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.
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Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
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King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire.
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Kitchener's Army
The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War in late July 1914.
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Landing craft tank
The landing craft, tank (LCT) (or tank landing craft, TLC) was an amphibious assault craft for landing tanks on beachheads.
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Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (Isaac Leslie Belisha; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister.
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Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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Light infantry
Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history.
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List of British divisions in World War II
During the Second World War, the basic tactical formation used by the majority of combatants was the division.
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Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
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Major general (United Kingdom)
Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.
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MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.
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Michael Chappell
Michael John William Chappell BEM (14 September 1934 – 10 August 2020), better known as Mike Chappell, was an English military historian and illustrator of military books.
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Middlesex Regiment
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966.
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Military camouflage
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces.
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Military deception
Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action or inaction that creates favorable conditions for the deceiving force.
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Military exercise
A military exercise, training exercise, maneuver (manoeuvre), or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations.
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Mountain gun
Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for mountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible.
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Mule
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse.
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Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was an agreement reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and Fascist Italy.
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Namsos campaign
The Namsos campaign, in Namsos, Norway, and vicinity took place between Anglo-French and Norwegian naval and military forces against German military, naval and air forces in April and early May 1940.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
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Newhaven
Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.
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Nicholas Mansergh
Philip Nicholas Seton Mansergh (27 June 1910 – 16 January 1991) was a historian.
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North Staffordshire Regiment
The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959.
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Northamptonshire Regiment
The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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Norwegian campaign
The Norwegian campaign (8 April 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
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Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.
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Operation Fortitude
Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup to the 1944 Normandy landings.
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Operation Green (Ireland)
Operation Green (Unternehmen Grün) often also referred to as Case Green (Fall Grün) or Plan Green (Plan Grün), was a full-scale operations plan for a Nazi German invasion of Ireland planned by an unknown German officer known by the alias "Hadel" in support of Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), the invasion of the United Kingdom, during World War II.
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Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
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Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom.
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Orion Publishing Group
Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
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Osprey Publishing
Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.
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Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.
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Pack animal
A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them.
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Pan Books
Pan Books is a British publishing imprint that first became active in the 1940s and is now part of the British-based Macmillan Publishers, owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany.
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Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais ("strait of Calais"; Pas-Calés; also Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders.
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Pearson plc
Pearson plc is a multinational corporation, headquartered in the UK, focused on educational publishing and services.
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Pen and Sword Books
Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.
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Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands.
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Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army founded in 1794 as the Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry in response to the growing threat of invasion during the Napoleonic wars.
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Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army based in the county of Kent in existence from 1881 to 1961.
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Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England.
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Reconnaissance Corps
The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a service branch of the British Army, formed during the Second World War, whose units provided reconnaissance for infantry divisions.
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River Deben
The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising to the west of Debenham, though a second, higher source runs south from the parish of Bedingfield.
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River Orwell
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Robert Collins (British Army officer)
Major-General Robert John Collins CMG DSO (22 August 1880 – 6 March 1950) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is the armoured arm of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 and the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and Royal Armoured Corps are military units and formations established in 1939.
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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 one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.
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Royal Berkshire Regiment
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959.
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Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
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Royal Devon Yeomanry
The Royal Devon Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1920.
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Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.
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Royal Marines
The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
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Royal Warwickshire Regiment
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Secretary of State for War
The secretary of state for war, commonly called the war secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964.
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Sherwood Foresters
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for just under 90 years, from 1881 to 1970.
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Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Ski warfare
Ski warfare is the use of ski-equipped troops in war.
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Somerset Light Infantry
The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959.
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South Wales Borderers
The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years.
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Southern Command (United Kingdom)
Southern Command was a Command of the British Army.
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Stackpole Books
Stackpole Books is a trade publishing company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Structure of the British Army in 1939
In September 1939, the British Army was in process of expanding their anti-aircraft and mobile (including armoured) assets.
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Sudetenland
The Sudetenland (Czech and Sudety) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.
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Surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
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Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Territorial Force
The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and Territorial Force are army Reserve (United Kingdom).
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The Overlook Press
The Overlook Press is an American publishing house based in New York, New York which considers itself "a home for distinguished books that had been 'overlooked' by larger houses".
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Theater (warfare)
In warfare, a theater or theatre is an area in which important military events occur or are in progress.
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Trondheim
Trondheim (Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Center of Military History
The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
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V Corps (United States)
V Corps, formerly known as the Fifth Corps, is a regular corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Camp Kościuszko, Poland.
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V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile.
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VII Corps (United Kingdom)
VII Corps was an army corps of the British Army active in the First and Second World Wars.
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War Office
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.
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Willys MB
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army Truck, ton, 4×4, Command Reconnaissance, commonly known as the Willys Jeep, Jeep, or jeep, and sometimes referred to by its Standard Army vehicle supply nr. G-503,According to its United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog designation, 'G-number', or SNL nr.
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Worcestershire Regiment
The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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XI Corps (United Kingdom)
XI Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Expeditionary Force, active during the First World War that served on the Western Front and in Italy.
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Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.
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Yorkshire Hussars
The Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) was an auxiliary unit of the British Army formed in 1794.
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103rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 103rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (103rd LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II.
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115th Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 115th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raised during both the First and Second World War.
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146th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 146th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force (Territorial Army from 1920) with the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division.
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15th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 15th Army (German: 15. Armee) was a field army of the German army in World War II.
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17th Infantry Division (India)
The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army.
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182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade
The 182nd (2/1st Warwickshire) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade are military units and formations established in 1939.
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183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade
The 183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army in both World Wars. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade are military units and formations established in 1939.
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184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade
The 184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raise for service in both the First and the Second World Wars. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade are military units and formations established in 1939.
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1st Armored Division (United States)
The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", is a combined arms division of the United States Army.
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1st Armoured Division (Poland)
The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna, Pierwsza Dywizja Pancerna) was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.
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1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery
The 1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery, or 'Balsall Heath Artillery', was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery recruited from Birmingham.
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1st Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers
The 1st Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery dating back to 1865.
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21st Army Group
The 21st Army Group was a British headquarters formation formed during the Second World War.
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2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
The 2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers was a Volunteer unit of the British Army recruited in Gloucestershire from 1859.
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31st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 31st Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army, created during the Second World War.
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34th Infantry Division (United States)
The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts.
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38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
The 38th (Welsh) Division (initially the 43rd Division, later the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then the 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division) of the British Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II and military units and formations established in 1939.
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 45th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed just prior to the start of the Second World War. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II and military units and formations established in 1939.
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47th (London) Infantry Division
The 47th (London) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed during the Second World War and remained in the United Kingdom until the end of the war. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 47th (London) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II and military units and formations established in 1939.
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48th (South Midland) Division
The 48th (South Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 48th (South Midland) Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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48th (South Midland) Signal Regiment
48 (South Midland) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals from 1920.
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49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
The 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
The 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought in both the First and Second World Wars. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
The 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army's Territorial Army (TA) that was formed in 1920 and existed through the Second World War, although it did not see combat. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed during the Second World War and fought in the Battle of Normandy. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II and military units and formations established in 1939.
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59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the Territorial Army (TA), part of the British Army, and was raised in Birmingham in 1938 just before the Second World War.
5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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71st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 71st Infantry 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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72nd Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 72nd Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army in the First World War and the Second World War.
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80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)
The 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division was an infantry division of the British Army formed at the beginning of 1943, during the Second World War. 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) and 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom) are infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II.
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See also
Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II
- 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
- 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
- 18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 23rd (Northumbrian) Division
- 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
- 3rd (United Kingdom) Division
- 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
- 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
- 44th (Home Counties) Division
- 45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 47th (London) Infantry Division
- 48th (South Midland) Division
- 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- 51st (Highland) Division
- 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
- 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
- 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
- 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
- 56th (London) Infantry Division
- 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
- 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 6th (United Kingdom) Division
- 70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)
- 8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 9th (Highland) Infantry Division
- Divisional insignia of the British Army
- Guards Division (United Kingdom)
- History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909)
- History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars
- List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War
- List of orders of battle for the British 2nd Division
- List of wartime orders of battle for the British 1st Division (1809–1945)
- List of wartime orders of battle for the British 3rd Division (1809–1945)
- List of wartime orders of battle for the British 6th Division (1810–1941)
- Y Division (United Kingdom)
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