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	The 8th Armoured Brigade, Chapter V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry were to support 52nd (Lowland) Division in a frontal attack while the rest of the Brigade with under command 155 Infantry Brigade were to operate independently under 7th Armoured Division.
		The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards fought their way forward throughout the night of the 18th and crossed the brook with success; by morning they were on the outskirts of Konigsbosch, the Headquarters of the enemy defensive system.
		After overcoming more demolitions the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and B Company, 12th Battalion The King’s Royal Rifle Corps encountered tank fire on the outskirts of Geldern to which they replied hotly before discovering that their opponents were the leading elements of the United States Army.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/8th_armoured/chapter_5.html (2538 words)

	British Guards Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed on 17 June 1941.
		The division existed until 12 June 1945, when it was reorganised as an infantry division, the British Guards Division.
		During the British occupation of Germany, they were stationed in the Ruhleben barracks in Plön, Holstein, Germany.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Guards_Armoured_Division (191 words)

	WWII: The World at War 1944
		The division, which was on in way from its assembly area around Montauban to the new invasion front in Normandy, had already committed a number of atrocities (most notably the hanging of 89 men in Tulle) on its way north.
		Certainly the division had been severely harried by resistance fighters as it travelled through the Lot and Correze, but the suggestion remains unproven that the headquarten company had lost the diviaional war chest in an ambush outside Oradour and believed members of the village to be responsible.
		British Guards Armoured Division and 82th Airborne Division have taken Nimwegen by a fast attack which too captures the important bridge over the Waal before the Germans could destroy it.
	www.euronet.nl /users/wilfried/ww2/1944.htm (4365 words)

	Millennium Pen & Sword BattleGround Books
		Three armoured and three infantry divisions, together with two armoured brigades, were hurriedly regrouped for the BLUECOAT advance into the bocage, in which determined German resistance meant that it was 5 August before the 'mountain' itself could be tackled.
		Over a thousand British and Canadian tanks were employed as three British armoured divisions pushed forward down a narrow corridor in an attempt to achieve a clean penetration of the German lines.
		Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (83rd Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem.
	www.millenniumbooks.fsnet.co.uk /BATTLEGROUND.htm (8747 words)

	The 8th Armoured Brigade, Chapter VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For seven days the Brigade supported 51st (Highland) Division, 43rd Division who had come up on the left of the former, and the 9th Canadian Brigade in heavy and continuous fighting within the bridgehead, fighting that was characterised by bold use by the Germans of SP guns and very heavy mortar concentrations.
		The 52nd (Lowland) Division were to attack with their left on the river while 43rd Division were to be on their right supported by 8th Armoured Brigade less 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards who were to remain with 3rd Division and capture that part of Bremen which lay South of the river.
		On the 29th the 43rd Division set off in a northerly direction through miles of the most appalling bogland where no vehicle could move off the road and where all roads were punctuated with enormous craters.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/8th_armoured/chapter_6.html (1975 words)

	Irish Guards
		The 5th Guards Brigade was given the honour of leading the advance and the Irish Guards were to break out from the bridge-head which had been established across the Escaut Canal in the area of Overpelt and Neerpelt.The advance was down the main road which led through Valkenswaarden to Eindhoved.
		Following close in the footsteps of the Guards Armoured Division, Private Norman Redford, a driver with the 2nd Army Headquarters, reached Neerpelt a few days after the Irish Guards had left the area on their way to the Rhine.
		They remember clearly the British soldiers who chased the enemy from their little town so many years ago, and were eager to discuss with us the events of those days when our tanks rolled through the streets on their way to the Rhine.
	www.irish-guards.co.uk /neerpelt.htm (814 words)

	Market Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was imperative that if the British Second Army were to take advantage of this small remaining bridgehead on the north bank of the river they should do so immediately.
		It was at this time that a message was received from 2nd Army stating the possibility of the withdrawal of the lst Airborne Division southwards across the river.
		The courageous British and Canadian sappers did everything in their power to rescue the trapped para's, a very dangerous job.
	www.marketgarden.com /new/page6.html (952 words)

	Arnhem Bridge - Monday 18th (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The British arrival at the northern end of Arnhem Bridge was most untimely for the Germans because the 10th S.S. Panzer Division had yet to cross the Rhine in sufficient strength to proceed with their planned defence of Nijmegen.
		With Lieutenant-Colonel Frost's men in place, the Bridge was quite unapproachable, and so the Division was forced to transfer its men and vehicles across the River using the ferry at Pannerden, six miles to the east.
		The initial reaction was that the vanguard of the Guards Armoured Division had put in an unexpectedly early appearance, but these hopes were soon dashed when the vehicles were identified as German.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /depth_bridge18.htm (1280 words)

	Ford Model T Armoured Car WW1 Armoured Car
		The Admiralty acceded to their request for the recall of the British personnel, but under-estimated the abilities of LockerLampson himself, a professional politician and personal friend of Winston Churchill, who as a result of some very high level manoeuvering, managed to have the decision reversed.
		The 5 mm armour plate was attached to an angle iron framework which was in turn bolted to the chassis, and consisted of a housing for the engine and radiator, a tall cab for the driver, and an open-topped superstructure at the rear, the suspension being partially protected by wheel discs.
		Phase Two was the fitting of the hull armour to the chassis, and I began by fixing the small plate which guards the front suspension, leaving a small hole for the starting handle.
	www.landships.freeservers.com /armoured_tford.htm (1832 words)

	WG History
		The Welsh Regiment of Foot Guards was formed on the 26th of February, 1915, by order of HM King George V. The number of Welshmen transferring from other Regiments made it possible for the 1st Battalion to mount Guard at Buckingham Palace three days later on St. David's Day.
		The Regiment is thus one of the youngest in the British Army.
		On 15th of September 1941, the Guards Armoured Division was formed of which 1st and 2nd Welsh Guards Battalions were part of.
	www.welshguards.com /WG_HIST/wg_history.html (388 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Military Book Reviews
		Actually, only 26 of the German divisions were capable of mobile operations; the panzers and panzer grenadiers, the parachute divisions, and thirteen of the infantry divisions, plus one parachute brigade (included under infantry).
		The British forces, on the northern end of the beachhead (where the British landing beaches were), had more open terrain and were, of course, closer to Paris and the German rear area in general.
		By using a lot of tanks (five tank divisions with 2,134 medium and 473 light tanks and five tank brigades with 1,235 medium and 315 light tanks), they minimized personnel losses and forced the Germans to commit their scarce armor to either fight the British tanks, or stand by to counterattack a possible British breakout.
	www.strategypage.com /articles?target=dday.htm&reader=long (6150 words)

	The Battle for Arnhem
		In brief, the Division was informed that immediate opposition was unlikely to exceed a force of about three thousand men with some tanks.
		Enemy action during the 25th September was fortunately less intense than on previous days, and by ten o'clock that night the withdrawal began in a storm of wind and rain and strong artillery and machinegun support from the south bank of the river, which all helped to deaden sounds of movement.
		Within a month of the withdrawal of the Division a party of 120 officers and men had crossed the river in a body.
	users.telenet.be /dave.depickere/Text/mgarnhem.html (2755 words)

	1 (British) Armoured Division
		It was decided to ensure that all armoured and armoured infantry units would standardise on the Challenger MBT and Warrior IFVs, which were still being phased in to the British Army at the time.
		Light Armoured Division performing a massive envelopment with a ground assault and heliborne forces blocking the Euphrates River valley to (a) prevent Iraqi reinforcements entering the Kuwaiti Theatre of Operations, (b) prevent the escape of Iraqi forces in Kuwait, thus securing the Coalition’s left flank.
		VII Corp in the middle was the armoured fist which was to fix and destroy the bulk of the Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, especially it was hoped the Republican Guard.
	orbat.com /site/history/historical/uk/gulforbat1990.html (1442 words)

	XXX Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Irish Guards halted overnight, due to being exhausted after having been in action for most of the day, however the remaining formations of the Guards Armoured Division made no attempt to push on during the night.
		The efforts of the 101st Airborne Division at Veghel and the 82nd at Grave, however, enabled rapid progress to be made, and by 10:00 that morning the Grenadier Guards arrived in Nijmegen.
		The Grenadier Guards, with the 2nd Battalion the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment under command, began to attack the Germans in Nijmegen during the afternoon, but their every endeavour was fiercely resisted.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /depth_xxxcorps1.htm (1160 words)

	4th Canadian (Armoured) Division - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In late 1941, Canada received a request from the British to provide a second armoured division, and the decision was made to convert the 4th Infantry Division.
		Upon arrival in the United Kingdom, the armoured car unit moved to II Canadian Corps, and in Jan 1943, when the establishment of armoured divisions were changed, one of the armoured brigades was replaced by an infantry brigade.
		Crossing the Seine in late August, the Division moved to the Somme, which was crossed on 2 Sep. Moving to the coast with the rest of First Canadian Army, the Division advanced into Belgium in early September, reaching the Ghent Canal and the beginning of the Scheldt defences.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division (776 words)

	Use of Arms in an Armoured Division
		Firstly, in attack it was to engage and destroy enemy armour which would then allow it to turn the normally open southern flank and get behind the infantry units holding the main defensive line, cutting of their supplies and routes of retreat.
		Once in Italy and then Northern Europe, the job of an armoured division changed due to the change in terrain which meant operations had to be confined to main roads and firm ground, capable of supporting the weight of a tank.
		An armoured division is a spearhead, with its point being its three regiments of tanks and in close support of each of them is a company of the Motorised Infantry in half-tracks and carriers.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/useofarms.htm (3379 words)

	British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: British Cavalry: 1875 - 1969: The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
		The position of the Khedive, and therefore the British, was threatened in the early 1880's by a series of uprisings and riots by the enigmatic Arabi Pasha.
		British reconnaisance units were astonished to see the dummy tanks drive by towards the enemy.
		The horses were to be used to maintain the pomp and circumstance of guarding the Royal Family, wheras the armoured cars would be used to maintain a modern effective fighting force.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/royalhorseguards.htm (2270 words)

	Rommel - the most overrated general since Alexander the Great - Page 18 - Armchair General Forums
		After the problems of 'Goodwood', where the rigid separation of infantry and armour had proved most unsatisfactory, Guards Armoured had been rapidly re-grouped for 'Operation Bluecoat' by the beginning of August, producing four mixed battlegroups which, though rather 'ad-hoc' in nature (at least to begin with), were nevertheless considerably more effective.
		Thus Guards Armoured, far from being conservative in outlook as the uninitiated might have expected, went further than either of the other divisions in integrating its armour and infantry into permanent mixed units, and was less influenced by the systems used in previous campaigns for the supply and support of its brigades.
		Guards Armoured and 11th Armoured did not start out together on 25th July when 'Operation Bluecoat' (involving VIII and XXX Corps) began; rather, the Guards were initially held back in reserve and only later summoned to take their place alongside 11th to help maintain the momentum of the advance.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?p=630445#post630445 (3161 words)

	5th Canadian Armoured Division
		Following its redesignation from '1st Canadian Armoured Division', the bulk of 5th Canadian Armoured Division (officially “5th Canadian (Armoured) Division”) proceeded overseas in one main convoy, arriving in the UK at the end of November 1941.
		The division moved without its tanks and vehicles, inheriting that equipment (in a less than pristine state) as a legacy from British 7th Armoured Division in Italy where the Canadians campaigned until the end of 1944.
		As with other Allied armoured divisions in the Mediterranean, local resources were used to establish an additional infantry brigade, the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/5th_Canadian_Armoured_Division (275 words)

	The 11th Armoured Division (Great Britain)
		As it drove into Germany, the 11th Armoured Division occupied the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on April 15, 1945, pursuant to an April 12 agreement with the retreating Germans to surrender the camp peacefully.
		When the 11th Armoured Division entered the camp, its soldiers were totally unprepared for what they found.
		The British forced SS guards to remove and inter the corpses in mass graves, but soon bulldozers had to be requisitioned to complete this task.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006188 (1006 words)

	British Guards Armoured Division, 1944
		Armoured regiments and infantry battalions of the division were cross-attached to form battlegroups like the Irish Guards Group which spearheaded the advance of 30th Corps toward Arnhem, or the Coldstream Guards Battlegroup which captured Lingen on the Ems river in 1945.
		Similarly organised as the armoured regiments of the 5th Guards Brigade, but with the main difference that the unit was equipped with three Cromwells and one A30 Challenger tank per troop.
		The Irish Guards Battlegroup led the advance of the British 30th Corps in the 1944 Arnhem campaign.
	www.miniatures.de /html/ger/toe-1944-guards-armoured-division.html (324 words)

	World War II Books & Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 7th Panzer Division was one of the outstanding armored units of WWII, and became famous during the Battle of France in 1940 with Erwin Rommel as its commander.
		Tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division frmo its formation in 1917 through its legendary WWII campaigns (Sicily, Normandy and Holland), Vietnam, Grenada, Nicaragua, Operation Desert Storm to the present, and examines the many changes from a WWI infantry division to the rapid deployment organization it is today.
		Topics covered include the preparations of the British Expeditionary Force, the failure of Allied counterattacks, the air war, the role of the Royal Navy, and the influence of the battle on British military doctrine.
	www.wwiibooks.com /new_books_ae.html (10628 words)

	LBJ, FDR, and Lincoln: Peas in a Pod
		The plan was to air drop the British First Airborne Division into Arnhem, in the Netherlands (nearly 70 miles behind the German lines at the time), and to race to the Dutch channel ports.
		Airborne Divisions, as well as the British Guards Armoured Division, were unable to overcome the resistance of the German 10
		Of the 10,000 British and Polish men who were dropped into Arnhem, 7578 were killed, wounded, or missing.
	www.lewrockwell.com /dieteman/dieteman24.html (3004 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The Guards Armoured Division was to spearhead the attack of the British XXX Corps and was to be passed northward through a corridor established by the airborne landings.
		In each case the surrounding area was to be held until the Guards Armoured Division could effect a junction, upon the accomplishment of which the airborne troops were to protect the sides of the corridor.
		The British 52d Light Division (Air-portable) was to come into the Arnhem vicinity as soon as an air strip could be prepared by the airborne engineers.
	www.usaaf.net /ww/vol4/vol4pg5.htm (502 words)

	Airborne Troops
		It is true that almost all the targets were captured and reached by the 2nd British Army, with exception of one, the most important main target, the Road Bridge at Arnhem.
		Unfortunately, as we have seen, the Guards Armoured Division didn't advance right away to Arnhem, and so the Battle of Arnhem was lost and Operation Market Garden wasn't a complete success.
		For ever the fallen men of the 1st British Airborne Division, 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, Royal Air Force and units of the British 21st Army Group who reached the Rhine River at Arnhem and were killed when they to relieve their besieged countrymen at Oosterbeek, will remain north of Rhine river.
	www.freewebs.com /airbornetroops/reflectionsonmg.htm (435 words)

	British Divisional Organisations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of the new weapons it received were an attempt to counter the threat of German armour, but with the exception of the 17 pdr each one was checked.
		The Armoured Division organisation was in a constant state of flux, so this is only a snapshot of some versions.
		In Europe, Guards Armoured deployed their four tank equipped Battalions and four infantry ones into four 'groups', one tank battalion and one infantry battalion each.
	www.stormpages.com /garyjkennedy/British/british_divisional_organisations.htm (907 words)

	Missing Links Articles Template
		The 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats of North Africa fame, used them as their main equipment with three Armoured Regiments so equipped as well as their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, whose intended role was more scouting than combat though they managed their fair share of the latter.
		Armoured and the 1st Polish Armoured, all used mainly Shermans of various types but had Cromwells in their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiments.
		The style of markings is typical of that used by the 7th Armoured Division in North Africa and the unit continued to use it throughout the NW Europe.
	www.missing-lynx.com /articles/britain/pbcrom.htm (1524 words)

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