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	The Battle of Alma - The Crimean War
		The burning village of Bourliouk caused considerable difficulty, the brigades of the 2nd Division being forced to bypass the village on either side to reach the river.
		The British infantry advanced to the river and began to cross, finding the water to be fordable at almost every point (it is not clear whether this fact had been discovered before the battle).
		British gun batteries crossed the bridge beyond Bourliouk and bombarded the Russian regiments on Telegraph Hill.
	www.britishbattles.com /crimean-war/alma.htm (3344 words)

	British 2nd Mounted Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 5th Mounted Brigade and moved to the Imperial Mounted Division.
		The brigade joined the division at Suvla in September 1915 and was then merged with the 1st Dismounted Brigade in February 1916.
		In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 8th Mounted Brigade and moved to the Yeomanry Mounted Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_2nd_Mounted_Division (222 words)

	British 2nd Infantry Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 2nd Infantry Division fought in Burma against the Japanese during World War II.
		The current role of the division is the defence of the north of the United Kingdom.
		The division is currently headquartered at Edinburgh, Scotland and is made up of four brigades.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2nd_Division_%28British%29 (103 words)

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		The British 2nd Infantry Division, after months of fighting between Diampur and Imphal finally cross the last of the mountainous terrain and break into the planes north of Imphal.
		The British conclude "Operation Epsom" as German resistance from the 1st and 2nd SS Panzer Corps proves too much for their forces to overcome at Caen.
		Meanwhile, the British use their heavy bomber force on the tactical battlefield (much to the chagrin of "Bomber" Harris in an attempt to obliterate the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions at Villers-Bocage.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4406.htm (3783 words)

	2nd Infantry Division NZEF WW2
		The remnants of the 2nd NZ Div (of course aided by their ANZAC cousins) prepared to defend the island of Crete from the expected German air/sea assault, of course without any of their own support from the air or sea.
		After the Cretian defeat, the 2nd NZ division was reunited in Egypt and attached to the British, 8th Army in November.
		Early in 1944 the Division moved in great secrecy across to the Monte Cassino area, where it was engaged in a couple of fruitless offensives.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-nz/2div-nzef-ww2.htm (1279 words)

	Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854
		The British knew it as Mount Inkerman (and by the Russians as Cossack Mountain) and was bordered to the west by the Careenage Ravine and to the east by the Sapoune Ridge.
		The 2nd Division were to busy to undertake this work themselves, and apart from some improvement to the positions around Home Ridge, little was done despite increasing urgent reports from spies, deserters and even official sources in St Petersburg that an attack was imminent.
		The commander of the 2nd Division, Pennefather, remarked, "I tell you, we gave 'em a hell of a towelling." The effects on the Russian Field Army were astounding with twenty-four of the fifty battalions ruined or out-of-action.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_inkerman.html (2820 words)

	2nd Infantry Division - Korean War history of 1953
		The division's first anniversary in Korea, 31 July 1951, found the "Second to None" stabbing at enemy strong points well north of the 38th parallel while to the east in the vicinity of Kaesong, representatives of the United Nations and of the Communist forces were meeting to discuss the possibility of a truce.
		While the division was moving back on line in July the Communists smashed at a key UN outpost, "Old Baldy." Monsoonal rains fell during the next two weeks but elements of the 23d Regiment recaptured the important crest on the night of 31 July-i August 1952.
		First unit of the 2d Division to arrive in Korea, the men of the 9th added to the fighting history of their unit in the defense of the Naktong River, the breakout and offensive northward until withdrawal at Kunu-ri became necessary due to the intervention of Chinese communist forces.
	www.2id.org /volume3.htm (21301 words)

	Korean War History, 2nd Infantry Division (2id)
		All efforts were directed to give adequate coverage to all units in the Division and to present an accurate and objective account of their activities from the end of the Heartbreak Ridge action on 25 October 1951, which concluded the first volume, to 30 November 1952.
		Excellent intelligence by Division units and the adjacent 9th ROK Division disclosed that a large-scale Chinese attack was imminent in the Chorwon valley area, near the boundary of the two divisions.
		As the 2d Division ended its summer?fall offensive of 1951, Division Artillery still was composed of five battalions: The 503d Field Artillery was a 155 howitzer unit; the 15th, 37th and 38th Field Artillery Battalions manned 105 howitzers; and the 82d was a self propelled antiaircraft artillery automatic weapons battalion.
	www.2id.org /2idhistory2.htm (21447 words)

	The Battle of Albuera
		The British rifle battalions were armed with the Baker rifle, a more accurate weapon but slower to fire, and a sword bayonet.
		Beresford with his British and Portuguese troops and a small contingent of Spanish was in position at Albuera by 15th May 1811 and awaited the arrival of Blake’s army.
		Although considered a victory for the British, Portuguese and Spanish, the casualties to the British infantry were disastrous.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/Albuera.htm (2085 words)

	British 53rd (Welsh) Division -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The British 53rd (Welsh) Division was a (British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for defense of GB) Territorial Army ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum) division.
		Despite gaining the advantage towards the end of the day, the British commander called off the attack so that the division's casualties, close to 3,500, were suffered in vain.
		The division comprised three (An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot) infantry (Army unit smaller than a division) brigades.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Br/British_53rd_(Welsh)_Division1.htm (295 words)

	British 27th Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The division spent most of 1915 on the Western Front in France before moving to Salonika.
		2nd Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (to 82nd Bde.
		2nd Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders The brigade joined the division in May 1915 from the 6th Division (British) before joining the 2nd Division (British) in August.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /British-World-War-I-divisions/British-27th-Division.html (214 words)

	2Div Welcome
		Welcome to the 2nd Division of the British Army, The Army in the North.
		The reformed 2nd Division now constitutes the Army in the North, and as such it is ready to serve the nation, just as its illustrious forbears did at Waterloo, the Somme and Kohima.
		The 2nd Division is an integral part of an Army whose core responsibility is the provision of military capability in support of operations in peace and war.
	www.army.mod.uk /2div/about/welcome.htm (285 words)

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		The 2nd Armored Division is a Free French non-standing provisional unit originally authorized by the NWHA Board of Directors for participation in the Normandy event held June 3rd and 4th, 2000 at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
		Initial elements of the division were dispatched to blunt the counterattacks launched by the German reserve panzer divisions on Mortain on August 6-9.
		Two divisions guarded the ports and the 11th Panzer division was held in reserve.
	www.angelfire.com /wa2/FJ6/French2nd.html (2562 words)

	British 32nd Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Infobox-British-WWI-division insignia name: 32nd Division colour ddbbbb army New Army (British) formation-date 1915 demobilization-date 1919 prev-name: British 31st Division prev-colour ddbbbb next-name: British 33rd Division next-colour ddbbbb The British 32nd Division was a New Army (British) division (military) that was originally made up of battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.
		The division was taken over by the British War Office in September 1915.
		It served in France on the Western Front (WWI) for the duration of the World War I. The divisions insignia was four eights arranged in an X shape.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /British-World-War-I-divisions/British-32nd-Division.html (339 words)

	2Div Headquarters
		The 1998 Strategic Defence Review led to a reorganisation of Land Command and the move in April 2000 of Headquarters 2nd Division to Craigiehall to the North West of Edinburgh.
		Headquarters 2nd Division, has Approx 262 staff posts accommodated within Annandale Block, which is the Headquarters 2nd Division HQ Building, Craigiehall.
		HQ 2nd Division is situated to the North West of Edinburgh and is signposted off the A90 Forth Bridge Road.
	www.army.mod.uk /2div/hq_2nd_division.htm (226 words)

	The 2nd Mounted Division TF, 1914-1918
		In late 1914, it was decided to form a second Mounted Division, the 1st already having been formed for the purpose of home defence.
		Was redesignated as 2nd (2nd South Midland) Brigade in May 1915.
		Left the Division in January 1916, went to the Western Frontier, and in April redesignated 6th Mounted Brigade.
	www.1914-1918.net /CAVALRY/2mtddiv.htm (1015 words)

	Tobruk '41 After Action Report
		As troops were dispatched to other theaters, mostly to West Africa and Greece, the Western Desert was held by the green British 2nd Armoured and the under trained, and some would say misfit, 9th Australian Division.
		It was here, amongst the salt marshes, that the British 2nd Armoured Division decided to make its stand, and to give the German 5th Light Division their first set piece battle of the Africa Campaign.
		Ordered not to squander the paltry strength of the British armor, made up of various derelict cruiser and captured Italian tanks, General Gambier-Perry refused to counter-attack with the 3rd Armoured Brigade, and the Division abandoned the position during the night.
	members.shaw.ca /gcsaunders/T41_aar.html (1586 words)

	1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault)
		Four battalions of the 2nd ID patrol the US Sector of the DMZ, and the 506th is tasked during the winter time because of its close location.
		The Regiment went on to liberate the town of Eindhoven on 18 September, and aided in the withdrawal of the beleaguered British 1st Airborne from Arnhem on 7 October.
		On the morning of 18 December the unit was hastily loaded onto trucks and transported to the vicinity of Bastogne to stem a major German attack on this critical city.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-506inf.htm (1049 words)

	New Zealand 2nd Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The New Zealand 2nd Division was that country's major land formation during much of World War II.
		Along with the British and Australian forces that formed the bulk of the rest of the British Empire forces in the country, it was unceremoniously bundled out of the mainland by the Germans.
		The division's return to Europe was made during the campaign in Italy.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/New-Zealand-2nd-Division.htm (587 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Charles Monro
		Sir Charles Carmichael Monro (1860-1929) was responsible for overseeing the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula in October 1915, placed into effect in December 1915/January 1916.
		Monro joined the British Army in 1879 and served as a Major in staff positions during the South African War of 1899-1902.
		With the outbreak of war in Europe in August 1914 Monro was despatched to France in command of the British 2nd Division in Douglas Haig's I Corps.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/monro.htm (421 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Burma with the Royal Artillery - A2955936
		The 10th Field Regiment was now one of many regiments that made up the 2nd Division whose sign of identification was the Cross Keys.
		They moved south to be nearer the division's infantry batallions of the Worcestershires, Dorsets and Camerons and also the Royal Engineers signallers, machine gunners and the Recci regiment.
		At this time the guns were overhauled at Oxford which increased the feeling that the 2nd Division was being made ready for action.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2955936 (2379 words)

	2nd Canadian Division
		Orders to form the 2nd Division were recieved in October 1914.
		The Division did not start to assemble until May 1915 which was just before it embarked of Great Britian.
		The Division crossed to France in September 1915.
	orbat.com /site/warpath/canadian/2_can_div.htm (91 words)

	Dunkirk Blitzkrieg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The British 2nd Division's action in the area of La Bassee and Bethune prevented the Germans from overwhelming the British rear and enabled Gort to conduct a fighting retreat against German Army Group B to the east.
		The fate of the Norfolk Regiment was particularly grim.
		Following the destruction of the 2nd Division, the 44th Division and the 48th Division found themselves directly in the line of the German advance.
	www.wartours.com /blitz.html (1324 words)

	Armed Forces - a3a2 - British Army - Formations - 2nd Division - 15 (North East) Brigade - 42 (North West) Brigade - 51 ...
		The 2nd Division has responsibility for the whole of England north of the Humber and Scotland.
		The division was first formed in 1809 to fight in the Peninsular War and one of its most famous engagements was during the Burma Campaign in 1944 when, at the battle for Kohima, the tide against the Japanese Army finally turned.
		The 2nd Division comprises four Brigades and a Garrison:
	www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0009.html (246 words)

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		With over 40,000 members, The British Psychological Society (BPS) is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the UK.
		By its Royal Charter the Society is charged with national responsibility for the development, promotion and application of psychology for the public good.
		Division of Education and Child Psychology Annual Conference 2006
	www.bps.org.uk (129 words)

	2nd Division Canadian Engineers NCO's Tunic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The tunic is British 5-button pattern and British War Department stamped "50 WD L" with a Broad Arrow on the tan partial lining.
		There are 2nd Division Engineer formation patches on each shoulder as well as embroidered Grenadier bombs.
		A close-up of the wool 2nd Division Engineer formation patches on each shoulder as well as embroidered Grenadier bombs.
	www.kaisersbunker.com /cef/tunics/ceft09.htm (145 words)

	2nd Infantry Division (2id), Korean War Veterans Alliance HQ
		If you or someone you know served with or was attached to the 2ID during the three year Korean War, click on and print MS Word application.
		You will be assisted in locating other 2nd Infantry Division Korean War veterans that served in your unit.
		2nd Infantry Division Assocication for those that served in WWI to the present day.
	www.2id.org (1459 words)

	British 2nd Infantry Division - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		British 2nd Infantry Division - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	2nd Division, 1914-1918
		One of the first Divisions to move to France, the 2nd Division remained on the Western Front throughout the war.
		The Division was selected to be one that would advance into Germany and form part of the Occupation Force at Cologne.
		The Brigade was transferred as a unit from the 33rd Division on
	www.1914-1918.net /2div.htm (1034 words)

	2. Panzer Division
		We are probably one of the few reenacting units in contact with the original division.
		A distinguished division that fought from the beginning until the very end.
		He was the commander of 2nd Panzer from December 15, 1944 until March 19, 1945.
	users.aol.com /gruppen/PANZER1.HTM (1023 words)

	2nd Division - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
		This page was last modified 19:52, 8 Jun 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about 2nd Division contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/2nd_Division (89 words)

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