• The 17th Indian Division was formed in 1917 from units of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign during World War I. After the...
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  • Infantry Division (Greece) 17th Indian Division – British Indian Army during World War I 17th Infantry Division (India) 17th Infantry Division Pavia (Kingdom...
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    The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army. During the Second World War, it had the distinction of being continually in combat during...
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    The 15th Indian Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army that saw active service in the First World War. It served in the Mesopotamian...
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    Battle of Imphal (category Indian National Army)
    detail: The 33rd Infantry Division under Lieutenant-General Motoso Yanagida would surround and destroy the 17th Indian Division at Tiddim, then attack Imphal...
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  • 17th Division Imperial German 17th Landwehr Division Imperial German 17th Reserve Division German 17th Luftwaffe Field Division 17th Indian Division of...
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    Army with its headquarters in Rangoon, had only the 17th Indian Infantry Division and 1st Burma Division to defend the country, although help was expected...
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    Burma campaign (1944–1945) (category Indian National Army)
    IV Corps, of the 5th, 17th and 19th Indian divisions, made the main attack down the Sittang River valley. The 17th Indian Division and 255th Armoured Brigade...
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    4th Indian Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is an infantry division of the Indian Army. This division of the British Indian Army...
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    infantry divisions that were formed: the 14th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 34th and the two armoured formations 32nd Indian Armoured Division and 50th Indian Tank Brigade...
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  • for Iraq post-war. The 51st Indian Brigade started forming in Mesopotamia from August 1917 as part of the 17th Indian Division. It was formed from battalions...
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  • traditions of the former 17th Indian Infantry Division which had used a Black Cat as its emblem. Headquarters 17th Gurkha Division was the operational headquarters...
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  • Division 3rd (Lahore) Division 6th (Poona) Division 7th (Meerut) Division 12th Indian Division 14th Indian Division 15th Indian Division 17th Indian Division...
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  • 15th Indian Division was the action of As Sahilan on 11 September 1916. 17th Indian Division The brigade joined the newly formed 17th Indian Division, swapping...
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    Burma campaign (category Indian National Army)
    outflanking successive British defensive positions. Troops of the 17th Indian Infantry Division tried to retreat over the Sittaung River, but Japanese parties...
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    Operation U-Go (category Indian National Army)
    given their forward divisions orders to withdraw too late. The 20th Indian Division withdrew safely, but the 17th Indian Division was cut off and forced...
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    Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet (category Indian Army personnel of World War I)
    reassigned to command 17th Indian Infantry Division in December. Controversy surrounds his handling of the 17th Indian Division in February 1942, during...
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    eyes, on a royal blue triangle. The brigade fought with the 17th Indian Infantry Division in Burma and was involved in the Battle of Meiktila, the Battle...
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  • fighting components of this force were two infantry divisions, 17th Indian Division and 1st Burma Division, but 7th Armoured Brigade Group had recently arrived...
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  • Division 14th Indian Division 15th Indian Division 17th Indian Division 18th Indian Division Canadian divisions used simple colour oblongs as division signs....
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    The 23rd Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign. It was then reformed...
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    The 5th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II that fought in several theatres of war and was nicknamed...
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    the British Army and British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars. He led the 17th Indian Infantry Division during almost the entire Burma...
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    7th Indian Infantry Division won bridgeheads over the Irrawaddy. The motorised 17th Indian Division, with the M4 Sherman tanks of the 255th Indian Tank...
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    original brigades of the division were the 15th, 20th, and 21st Indian Infantry Brigades. The 3/17th Dogra Regiment from the 9th Division was the first British...
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    Jackie Smyth VC, who left in December to take command of the 17th Indian Infantry Division, then fighting in Burma. Between January and April 1942 all...
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  • Indian Infantry Brigade. Throughout the Japanese conquest of Burma, the division interchanged many units with its fellow Burma Corps component, 17th Indian...
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    The 17th Infantry Division "Pavia" (Italian: 17ª Divisione di fanteria "Pavia") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II...
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  • besieged 17th Indian Division through the two roads that ran through the region. Towards the end of March, the leading motorised brigade of Indian 5th Division...
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    the green rodent of the "Desert Rats". They supported 17th Indian Division and 1st Burma Division on the retreat until they managed to escape to India...
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