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	ipedia.com: Military history of Britain during World War II Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		At the same moment, a British task force was also heading for Norwegian waters, to plant a minefield in order to cut the route used for German iron ore. The Germans succeeded in their mission, landing a large force at the vital strategic points of Norway at virtually the same time.
		British forces had occuipied Iceland when Denmark fell to the Germans in 1940, the US was persuaded to provide forces to relieve British troops on the island.
		British forces were thin on the ground in east Africa, and the two nations that made the greatest contribution to victory on land were South Africa and India.
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	Encyclopedia: British-Army
		British Army garrison is provided by an indigenous regiment, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, which has been on the Army regular establishment since the last British regiment left in 1991.
		The British Army were deployed to Sierra Leone, a former British colony, in 1999 to aid the government in quelling violent uprisings by militiamen, under United Nations resolutions.
		Brigade is a term from military science which refers to a group of several battalions (typically two to four), and directly attached supporting units (normally including at least an artillery battery and additional logistic support).
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	VICTORY IN THE WEST Sword beach excerpt
		British tanks had reached German artillery positions and seeing that the defence in this sector was beginning to disintegrate the LXXXIV Corps Commander decided to modify his plans and to pull out the 21st Panzer Division from east of the Orne and send it into action against the British landings west of the river.
		The brigade was to be the spearhead of the division's attack inland; it was to advance with all speed and if possible capture Caen and the ground immediately south of it that day.
		The 8th Brigade was well established in Hermanville, Colleville sur Orne and Ouistreham, with one of its battalions, the 2nd East Yorkshires, closing with the battery position known as 'Daimler' south of Ouistreham, and the 1st Suffolk about to renew its attack on Hillman strong-point.
	www.warchronicle.com /british_3rd_div/historiantales_wwii/victorysword.htm (3203 words)

	Encyclopedia: British Brigades in WWII
		The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army.
		The British 1st Army Tank Brigade took part in Operation Crusader, being a part of the XIII Corps.
		This article is about the Jewish Brigade of the British Army that fought in World War II against the Nazi Axis Powers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-Brigades-in-WWII (541 words)

	Second World War Books: History Page
		The British right flank was defended by three companies of 3/15 Punjab -- newly released from reserve by arrival of the Black Watch -- scattered on a series of north-south strongpoints facing west along rugged, trackless wastes several miles north of the point where the main road crossed the tug.
		Still farther to the British left (east) was yet another gap -- this one more than five miles wide -- between the KAR troops on Block Hill and their comrades, the other half of the battalion, holding the outlying position on the far left (eastern) flank at Jerato Pass.
		By 4:00 PM British positions on Mill Hill were being overrun; both howitzers on the hill were spiked by their crews and the defenders abandoned Mill Hill after dark.
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		The British, on the other hand, wanted to avoid offering excessive provocation to the Russians, with the result that while Allied hopes ran high it was not until the end of January 1940 that agreement came on the method of attaining them.
		He was convinced, he stated, that the British would not abandon their strategic aim of cutting off the German ore imports and believed that the possibility of a future Allied occupation still existed; therefore, WESERUEBUNG would have to be executed.
		British counteroperations at sea were not much more successful, and the German Air Force quickly demonstrated the ability of airpower-given the proper conditions-to neutralize superior sea power.
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	Canada at War - Page: WWII: The Battle of Hong Kong
		The West Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Lawson, consisted of the Royal Scots, the Winnipeg Grenadiers, the Punjab unit and the Canadian signallers.
		With the sinking of two British relief ships off Malaya and the crippling of the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, there was no hope of relief, and the Chinese armies were in no position to give immediate aid.
		On December 18, the Brigade consisted of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, the Royal Scots in reserve in the Wan Chai Gap-Mount Parish area, the Punjab Battalion in Victoria City, and a company of the Middlesex around Leighton Hill.
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	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Leonhard Kaupisch, the headquarters of the 31st Corps, 2 infantry divisions, and a motorized brigade.
		Another 6,000 British and French troops went ashore at Namsos to the north of the city.
		At Tretten on April 23, the Germans defeated one British brigade which had advanced southward into the Gudbrandsdal from Andalsnes, and thereafter the British withdrew to Andalsnes, where their last troops were evacuated on May 2.
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	Chapter I: Experiment in Co-operation
		The relations of the Americans to the British in the Corridor were conditioned by the responsibilities of the British in that area.
		Since the British were committed to aid Russia, the question became one of three-cornered negotiations, with the arrangement of quantities and priorities subject to three valid points of view with the Americans in the middle.
		To be sure, the presence of British and Soviet forces, backed by the tripartite agreement, provided Iran with a protection against the Axis which she did not herself possess, whether or not she might have wished to use it.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/persian/chapter01.htm (8468 words)

	British Brigades in WWII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of British Brigades in WWII.
		It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of that size.
		1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers (in with armoured brigades since it was equipped with specialist tanks)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Brigades_in_WWII (93 words)

	Alternate Campaigns: China and Asia
		The British Empire's defense policy in the Far East (that is, beyond India) hinged on a strong naval force at a (new) base central to the area - Singapore, at the southern tip of the Malay penninsula.
		British assessment of Japanese air power put them on par with the Italians - at about 60% combat effectiveness of RAF units.
		Among the other British problems in defending Malaya were that the forward air bases were not completed.
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	British Armies in WWII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This page is a list of British Armies in WWII.
		It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size.
		This page was last modified 17:38, 23 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Armies_in_WWII (62 words)

	Marxists Writers Archive
		British Trotskyist, founder member of the International Socialist Tendency and leader of the British Socialist Workers Party.
		British postal worker and trade unionist, a founder of the ISO.
		Theorist of the British ISO in the 1950s, translator and editor of Victor Serge.
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	Chapter VIII: THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCENTRATION IN THE BRITISH ISLES
		The range of disagreement between the British and American staffs over the defense of that whole area was within the same relatively narrow limits as the disagreements within,the Army and between the War and Navy Departments on the defense of the Pacific.
		The fact that the London agreement involved no discussion with the British of the defense of the Middle East and India, parallel with the previous Army--Navy discussion of the defense of the Pacific, was a direct result of the irregular manner in which the American proposal was drawn up and presented.
		A British spokesman pointed to the difficulty of moving large numbers of the small craft across the Atlantic in the limited shipping available and urged greater emphasis upon United States construction of larger vessels that could cross the ocean under their own power.
	www.army.mil /CMH/books/wwii/Sp1941-42/chapter8.htm (8331 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Though the United States still was not at war, American troops replaced British troops in Iceland in July 1941, and later in the summer began to construct naval and air bases in the United Kingdom, ostensibly for British use.
		The British agreed not only with the concept but also with a War Department proposal, code named Bolero, for a great buildup of American forces in Britain, with approximately 1 million men to be equipped and trained to carry out air operations in 1942 and a major invasion of the Continent in 1943.
		Troops of the British Second Army meanwhile began to land at 7:20 am On Gold Beach the advance elements of the 50th Division were pinned down at first by German fire, but gradually they worked their way around the resistance and pushed rapidly inland.
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	Battleground Europe- WWII Online
		WWII Online is the title of the 2001 retail release distributed only in North America.
		The Brigade Command is formed by members of the brigade.
		They are responsible for the organization of the members of the Brigade and those who wish to take part in their operation.
	www.wwiionline.com /scripts/wwiionline/be_faq.jsp (1716 words)

	3rd Parachute Brigade WWII British & Canadian Reenactors - RAMC
		While the exploits of Red Devils of the British Airborne in World War II are justly famous, the courageous part played by the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) units assigned to the airborne forces may sometimes be under-appreciated.
		The 16th was attached to the 1st Para Brigade and served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, and with great distinction in Arnhem.
		When the battle turned against the British and soldiers began to slip away across the Rhine, the majority of surviving personnel from the three Field Ambulances remained behind to treat the more than 2000 British injured.
	www.6th-airborne.org /ramc.html (1471 words)

	Canada at War - Page: WWII: The Gothic Line
		On September 2, General Burns reported that; "the Gothic Line is completely broken in the Adriatic Sector and the 1st Canadian Corps is advancing to the River Conca".
		The 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, meanwhile, continued to operate with the Americans and British in the area north of Florence.
		During the night of September 12-13, the New Brunswick Hussars, the Perth Regiment, the Cape Breton Highlanders, the Irish Regiment of Canada, The Royal Westminster Regiment and tanks of the Lord Strathcona's horse, suppored by a large storm of shells and bombs which paralyzed the enemy, launched their final assault on Corino Ridge.
	www.wwii.ca /page79.html (1226 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| World War II: North Africa Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The British ground forces, however, were far better organized, trained and equipped and had superior leadership.
		By October 1940, the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles had eased, and the British began to reinforce Wavell.
		When he found that the British defenses were thin, he launched a general offensive despite Hitler's orders to maintain an overall defensive posture.
	historynet.com /wwii/bl-rommel-africa (1232 words)

	France' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The 11th Parachute Division is similar to that of the old British 5 Airborne Brigade.
		It has two Brigades, and under those are 7 Battalions (although called Regiments by the French).
		Some of the "Free French" or French Resistence were trained by the British SAS and formed into small "special" teams.
	www.specwarnet.com /europe/rpima.htm (610 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Spanish Government and the Axis
		The struggle which was raging in Europe today would be decisive for the fate of the Continent and the world for a long time to come.
		Germany had established a front against the British Islands from the North Cape to the Spanish border and would no longer allow the English a landing on the Continent.
		Of the 186 attacking divisions, 20 were armored divisions equipped with German material, while 4 additional armored brigades possessed captured material in part.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp09.htm (1942 words)

	Histofig : 20eme WWII - Articles #01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A Brigade usually had a small HQ which often included an anti tank section with one or two 2pdr guns.
		Because of the large number of Italian 47mm guns captured, there were usually more of these available than 2pdrs and all battalions had several times the number of guns they were supposed to have.
		The 2/32nd was in Egypt and did not arrive (by ship) until May 4th.1941.
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		Included will be such important aircraft as the British Typhoon and Tempest, the German Bf-109G-6/R6 and Fw-190F and the American P-63A Kingcobra (which was used extensively in combat by the Soviet air force).
		The British Army, having left much of their heavy equipment on the beaches at Dunkirk, and badly disorganized from the mauling taken in France, would seem to be no match for the vaunted Wehrmacht.
		The British defense of the Anzio beachhead in early 1944.
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	Welcome To Replicaters.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As per a 1937 Department of Defence specification, the British Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) was the standard uniform for personnel of all arms and services, officers, NCO's and men in the field.
		Our British wwii (ww2, world war two) uniforms, equipment, gear, webbing, shoes and boots, caps, badges, patches, insignia, chevrons etc have been replicated to exact specifications prevalent during the world war and are a favourite among re-enactors.
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	WWII General I
		The author attacks the widely held belief that WWII was the "good war", the war in which America led the forces of democracy and freedom to victory over Germany and Japan.
		He argues that the role of the USA in WWII was determined not by idealism, but by the interests of America's corporations and by the country's social, economic, and political leaders.
		Here at last is an "hour by hour" account of the landings in the British Sector, from Asnelles to Ouistreham on 6th June 1944: the German troops defending the Atlantic Wall; the British and Canadian troops attacking, with the weaponry used for the assault.
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	Weird British/Czech WWII Para Blouse - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		Does anyone know if surplus British BD's were issued to the Czech army post-war, I sort of doubt it, but who knows...
		I also remember reading that there was a small number of Allied Czech soldiers acting as liaison officers with the resistance in Prague when the Der Fuhrer Regiment was sent in to rescue civvies during the final days of the war.
		I know that Allied Free French and Polish paras had their own Brigades and qualification wings but i’ve never seen photographs of a Czech equivalent or even heard of their existence.
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	Encyclopedia: British Divisions in WWII
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	WWII Online- Cornered Rat Software/Playnet.com
		Gophur: A TOE is the end point of the brigade deployment strategy and the starting point of supply as it heads back up that deployment structure towards the factory.
		The first pass will allow the HC to design a limited number of brigade templates and those designs will be entirely up to the HC and the feedback they get from their constituency.
		When the spawn list is decoupled form the facility and tied to the Brigade, friendly brigades will be able to move freely through friendly territory as they are now taking their supply with them and not relying on what is at the facility where they are going.
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	The Discernment Ministries: British-Israelism
		Anton Chaitkin's outstanding article exposing the British Subversion of America: Militias and Pentecostalism mentions Pat Robertson's descent also from Winston Churchill, who was a member of the Ancient Order of Druids.
		Yes, there is a fifth column of British elite in America who are still loyal to the dominionist and eugenics ambitions of Great Britain.
		The Round Table group had been organized by South Africa's British governor, Lord Alfred Milner, to fulfill the strategy of British South Africa leader Cecil Rhodes for a new-style white racialist world empire, in which the annoying independence of the republican United States, in particular, was to be extinguished.
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	Lone Sentry: Interrogation of British Prisoners of War (WWII U.S. Intelligence Bulletin, March 1943)
		The tactical formation that corresponds to our "regiment" is the British "brigade." The brigade is identified by a number, and consists of three battalions from various regiments.
		Since battalions from one regiment will be found with different brigades, it is especially important to find out the battalion's number.
		Units of other arms are numbered, except for certain tank and armored units which were cavalry, originally and which have kept their names.
	www.lonesentry.com /articles/interrbr (435 words)

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