72nd Division was a short-lived infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It served in the Home Defence forces and never went overseas...
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(Spain) 72nd Division (United Kingdom) 72nd Infantry Division (United States) 72nd Infantry Division (South Korea) Cavalry divisions 72nd Cavalry Division (Philippine...
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Division 72nd Division (United Kingdom) 72nd Infantry Division (United States) 73rd Division 73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 73rd Rifle Division (Soviet...
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Corporal Thomas Edward Chapman VC United Kingdom portal List of British divisions in World War I List of British divisions in World War II British Army Order...
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Essex Regiment The brigade moved to the 6th Division in 11 October 1915, swapping with the 17th Brigade. 72nd Brigade 8th (Service) Battalion, Queen's (Royal...
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converted into divisional support units for other formations. Throughout the 1930s, tensions built between Germany and the United Kingdom and its allies...
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new 72nd Infantry Brigade was formed on 28 April 1944 from the 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade which was renamed and joined the 36th Infantry Division. During...
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The 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade, of both the British and Indian Armies, formed in the United Kingdom in January 1941 during the...
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and 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade confusingly composed of entirely British combat units. 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade was re-designated the new 72nd Infantry...
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Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 72nd Sanitary Section (left 17 April 1917) Army Service Corps 32nd Divisional Train Army Service Corps (A.S.C.) 221st...
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List of British deception formations in World War II (redirect from 4th Airborne Division (United Kingdom))
by one German general" who asked why the notional 5th Airborne Division (United Kingdom) had not been used in the Allied Spring 1945 offensive in Italy...
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72nd (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) raised just before the outbreak of World...
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71st Field Company 72nd Field Company (left for North Persia Force with 39th Brigade Group) 88th Field Company 13th (Western) Divisional Signals Company...
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main convoys reaching the United Kingdom in August and October. The division spent almost two years training in the United Kingdom before crossing to Normandy...
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stationed in West Germany, with others in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, until the 1990s in anticipation of a possible Soviet attack.: minute...
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Second World War and re-formed in May 1951 in the UK. The division was formed in the United Kingdom under Northern Command on 12 September 1940, commanded...
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remaining infantry units were transferred to the new 71st Division, 72nd Division and 73rd Divisions, all home-service units. The 2/7th Durham Light Infantry...
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Infantry Division (constituted but never activated) 69th Infantry Division 70th Infantry Division 71st Infantry Division 72nd Infantry Division (constituted...
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Seaforth Highlanders (redirect from 72nd Seaforth Highlanders)
Scotland. The regiment was created in 1881 through the amalgamation of the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and the 78th (Highlanders)...
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103 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Field Squadron (redirect from 72nd Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom))
The 72nd (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Engineer Regiment was a territorial regiment of the Royal Engineers, British Army, for three periods between 1967...
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surrender, and the division was disbanded in November 1945. In the 1930s, tensions increased between Germany and the United Kingdom and its allies. During...
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almost continuous existence since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations...
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September 1942) United Kingdom portal List of British divisions in World War II Structure of the British Army in 1939 Cole p. 54 "2 AA Division 1936–38 at...
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of the United States (President of the United States Senate) Party divisions of United States Congresses List of political parties in the United States...
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United Kingdom, though it was in Cyprus during the EOKA insurgency for a period in 1957–8. In 1968 the dispatch of the entire 3rd Infantry Division began...
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Saudi Arabia (redirect from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
the Kingdom for combatting smoking through social awareness, treatment, and application of regulations. The award was presented as part of the 72nd session...
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the command of US XXXVII Corps. The division was disposed of by announcing that it had departed the United Kingdom via Southampton in October 1944 along...
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The division was allocated a third infantry brigade, and became the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division. It remained within the United Kingdom until...
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original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2010. "The Congress: 72nd Made". Time. November 17, 1930. Archived from the original on September 30...
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List of reconnaissance units (section United Kingdom)
Battalion 66th Infantry Division Reconnaissance Battalion 72nd Infantry Division Reconnaissance Battalion 73rd Infantry Division Reconnaissance Battalion...
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