The 82nd (West African) Division was formed under British control during the Second World War. It took part in the later stages of the Burma Campaign and...
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near the borders with Cameroon. It is numbered in honor of the 82nd (West Africa) Division during the Burma campaign. It was established in 1975. General...
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terms, 82nd Division or 82nd Infantry Division (United States) may refer to: Infantry divisions 82nd Reserve Division (German Empire) 82nd (West Africa) Division...
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The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas...
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and Nigerian regiments formed the majority of the 81st and 82nd West African Divisions of the British Army. Nigerian soldiers fought in most notably...
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The 81st (West African) Division was formed under British control during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign. The inspiration for...
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brigade, the 2nd (West African) was attached to the 82nd (West Africa) Division and sailed for Ceylon, where the complete division was assembled on July...
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82nd (West Africa) Division and renamed the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade. In this same year it sailed for Ceylon, where the complete division was...
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George Giffard (category King's African Rifles officers)
in Senegal and Niger. Later, these two divisions, 81st (West Africa) Division and 82nd (West Africa) Division served with distinction in the Burma Campaign...
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Militia South African Irish Regiment 81st (West Africa) Division 82nd (West Africa) Division Royal Corps of Colonial Troops Dubats Zaptié Armoured car regiment...
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(GOC West Africa), the RWAFF served as a cadre for the formation of 81st (West Africa) Division and 82nd (West Africa) Division. Both divisions saw service...
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Hugh Stockwell (category Royal West African Frontier Force officers)
and still in Burma, was at short notice given command of the 82nd (West Africa) Division. George Bruce, its existing commander, had displayed erratic...
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11th (East Africa) Division, second pattern. 81st (West Africa) Division 82nd (West Africa) Division Commonwealth and Dominion forces were exempt from...
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Japanese Division. Further amphibious landings by the 25th Indian Infantry Division and the overland advance of the 82nd (West Africa) Division made the...
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of Japanese attacks against their lines of communication. The 82nd (West Africa) Division cleared the valley of the Kalapanzin River before crossing a...
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in Africa (the Nigeria Regiment, the Gold Coast Regiment, and the King's African Rifles), which resulted in two divisions being formed in Africa in mid-1940...
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fought in Burma as part of the 26th Indian Infantry Division and the 82nd (West Africa) Division. 4th and 5th Territorial Army Battalions, both serving...
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Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 82nd Division British 82nd (West Africa) Division Imperial German 82nd Reserve Division 82nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)...
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Abyssinia and Burma as part of the 82nd West African Division, the 24th Gold Coast Brigade, and the 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade. The age of soldiers...
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action with the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, the 81st and the 82nd (West Africa) Divisions which fought in the East African Campaign (World War...
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battle fought during the Burma campaign of World War II by the 82nd West African Division. Dodan Barracks was one of the bases of a group of Nigerian Army...
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11th, the 12th (African) Divisions, and the 82nd (West Africa) Division. The division also spent time attached various Indian Army divisions and corps-level...
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the 82nd Composite Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu, he instrumental in naming the Division "82nd Div" after the 82nd West African Division in Burma...
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Infantry Division Indian 26th Infantry Division British 36th Infantry Division 81st (West Africa) Infantry Division 82nd (West Africa) Infantry Division Some...
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Infantry Division's better-known earlier landing on 10 July. The 2nd Armored, operating closely with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, then fought...
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Southern Rhodesia in World War II (category African theatres of World War II)
providing white officers and NCOs to the 81st (West Africa), 82nd (West Africa) and 11th (East Africa) Divisions, made up of units from Nigeria, the Gold Coast...
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General Ironsi. When his battalion was merged with the 81st and 82nd (West Africa) Division, he followed them to the Burma Campaign. In 1945, after the end...
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Regiment for further training. The battalion was attached to the 82nd West African Division and served in western Burma (now Myanmar), during which Hammond...
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ordered the activation of two airborne divisions by 15 August 1942. The 82nd Division, an Organized Reserve division ordered into active military service...
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2nd African Division 11th African Division 12th African Division 81st West African Division 82nd West African Division Divisions of the Indian Army (Excluding...
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