The 2nd (Warsaw) Armoured Brigade (Polish: 2 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna) was an armoured brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World...
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2nd Armoured Brigade or 2nd Armored Brigade may refer to: 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) 2nd Armored Brigade (Chile) 2nd Armoured Brigade (France) 2nd...
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2nd Brigade may refer to: 2nd Brigade (Australia) 2nd Light Horse Brigade 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group 2nd Guards...
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The 7th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army. The brigade is also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held...
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Poland raised the 2nd Polish Armoured Regiment in France on 29 January 1940 as the 2nd Tank Battalion and fought under this title in the French campaign...
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Stanisław Maczek — comprising: 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej) – Col. T. Majewski 1st Armoured Regiment (1 pułk pancerny) – Lt...
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Warsaw Armoured Brigade 4th 'Skorpion' Armoured Regiment 1st Krechowiecki Uhlan Regiment 6th 'Children of Lwów' Armoured Regiment 2nd Motorised Independent...
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overwhelmed the Polish army. Poland acquired and developed tanks and tankettes for its armoured forces and after Poland had been overrun, a government-in-exile...
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World War and based in Scotland. Originally, the brigade's exclusive mission was to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British...
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This is a list of armoured fighting vehicles used by Polish forces. Peugeot 1918 armoured car (Poland bought 20 Peugeot 1918 armoured cars from France...
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1st (United Kingdom) Division (redirect from 1 (United Kingdom) Armoured Dvision)
maintained command over the 4th Armoured Brigade based at Osnabruck, the 7th Armoured Brigade at Bergen, and the 20th Armoured Brigade at Paderborn. Combined with...
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Polish motorized infantry unit during the Invasion of Poland, as Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade was not completed by September 1, 1939. Commanded by...
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Second Battle of El Alamein (redirect from 2nd el alamein)
and 2nd Armoured Brigade was tasked to support the forward battalion of the 133rd Lorried Brigade (2nd King's Royal Rifle Corps) and the 8th Armoured Brigade...
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Second World War. The brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army (TA) formation. It was reorganised and renamed the 23rd Armoured Brigade, when it was assigned...
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Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Poland) 2 Sudety Armoured Brigade - 65 T-34-85 tanks, 6 M-17 anti-aircraft half tracks 3 Dresden Armoured Brigade - 65 T-34-85 tanks...
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NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (category Poland–United Kingdom relations)
group from the French Army's 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade consisting of a mechanized infantry company from the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment equipped with...
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Stanisław Maczek (category Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland))
was the commander of Poland's only major armoured formation during the September 1939 campaign, and later commanded a Polish armoured formation in France...
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This is a list of German brigades in World War II. The list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS...
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Telles. featuring a dog named Biruta Biruta (armoured vehicle), a Polish tank; see 2nd Armoured Brigade (Poland) Search for "Biruta" on Wikipedia. Birute...
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Operation Crusader (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland)
British armoured units led to them suffering 530 tank losses and inflicting Axis losses of about 100 tanks. On 23 November, the 5th South African Brigade was...
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Armoured Group was formed under the command of Major L. Furs-Żyrkiewicz. It was made up mostly of soldiers from the former armoured units of Poland....
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List of Polish divisions in World War II (category Lists of military units and formations of Poland)
Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army. 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East) 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna)...
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The 2nd Panzer Division (English: 2nd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II. Created as one of the...
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Polish cavalry (redirect from Cavalry in Poland)
saw the formation of a first hussar unit in Poland. Being far more manoeuvrable than the heavily armoured lancers previously employed, the hussars proved...
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Armored car (military) (redirect from Light armoured vehicle)
A military armored (also spelled armoured) car is a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed...
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terms, 4th Brigade may refer to: 4th Parachute Brigade (Argentina) 4th Brigade (Australia) 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) 4th Light Horse Brigade 4th Canadian...
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Zealand 6th Brigade attacked from south of the ridge to the El Mreir depression. At daylight, two British armoured brigades—2nd Armoured Brigade and the fresh...
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Royal Scots Greys (redirect from The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons))
Supercharge, the Scots Greys, now back with the 4th Armoured Brigade, which was attached to the 2nd New Zealand Division, began attempted break-out. In...
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of the 2nd Armoured Corps. The 11th Motorised Infantry Division was authorized 10,028 soldiers, 76 medium tanks, 21 assault guns, 5 armoured cars, 73...
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Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (redirect from Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armoured Regiment))
United Kingdom: The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) Poland: 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (Bond of Friendship) Full dress uniform (No. 1 dress) scarlet:...
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