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	Guards sections of the regiment
		A detachment formed of men from the three regiments of Foot Guards was formed and sent for service in America in 1776.
		Guards regiments also wore red woolen coats, but you can distinguish these Household regiments by the facings of dark blue, with distinctive patterns of lace and arrangement of buttons.
		The First Foot Guards are more commonly known today as The Grenadier Guards, a tile that was given to them for their valor in the Peninsular War (Napoleonic times).
	footguards.tripod.com /01ABOUT/01_Companies/01_companies00.htm (934 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iran to prosecute British crewmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The British government said the men were on a "routine mission" in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway that separates Iran and Iraq along their southern border.
		A year later, shots were fired at the British embassy in Tehran, after Britain briefly held an Iranian diplomat accused of helping to mastermind the car bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina.
		British diplomats sought to play down a possible link between the draft IAEA resolution and the arrest of the eight crewmen, however, and suggested the arrests had been made by an opportunistic local military commander.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-06-22-british-iran_x.htm (836 words)

	Welcome to The 82nd At Nijmegen and After (WW II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Division was relieved on 11 November, but on 17 December was moved to the front in response to the German Ardennes Counteroffensive.
		The Division attacked the West Wall on 2 February, where it was relieved two days later, and then drove to the Roer River near Bergstein in an attack from 7 Ferbuary to 20 February.
		The Division attacked the Elbe River on 30 April in the Bleckede area and pushed toward the Elbe.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,700305,00.html (351 words)

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		Three airborne divisions, the British 1 st and the American 82nd and 101st, would jump into a narrow corridor in Holland and seize a series of important bridges.
		While the British continued their unsuccessful drive to capture Arnhem, the American paratroopers fought a series of engagements against superior German forces that were trying to cut the corridor along a sixteen-mile front.
		During the battle, Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and the 969th Field Artillery Battalion were attached to the 101st.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/1944/101st.htm (1851 words)

	Units & Organizations: British, Canadian, Polish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Unlike the US divisions, the British Reigment was identified only by its name-- not a number-- and the battalions of a regiment did not serve in the same division.
		The British plan was to capture this port and advance north and then turn west to cross the mountains behind the German defenses at Cassino.
		It was primarily consisted of the 3rd Carpthian Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Carpthian Division and the 4th Wolyn Infantry Brigade of the 5th Frontier Infantry Division.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/BritishOrg.htm (2095 words)

	British Guards Division (World War I) - tScholars.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The British Guards Division was formed in France in 1915 of battalions from the elite 'Guards' regiments of the Regular Army.
		There was also a Guards Division in World War II which was formed on 12 June, 1945 from the Guards Armoured Division which had undergone a reorganisation.
		Each brigade had an attached machine gun company; these were eventually regimented into the 4th Battalion, Machine Gun Guards.
	www.tscholars.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/British_Guards_Division (266 words)

	10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsburg"
		The reconaissance battalion from the 9th SS Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen", temporarily assigned to Kampfgruppe "Frundsberg", attempt to cross the bridge at between 1930 and 2000.
		British Grenadier Guards clear Fort Valkhof of elements of Kampfgruppe "Euling" and cross the Waal River between 1800 and 1900 as elements of Kampfgruppe "Frundsberg" withdraw from Nijmegen and ready for the defense of Arnhem.
		In October, 1943, this division was given the number 10 and bestowed with the offical title of Frundsberg, while the 1st and 2nd SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiments were renumber as the 21st and 22nd Panzergrenadier-Regiments.
	www.feldgrau.com /10ss.html (1450 words)

	CNN.com - Six British troops killed in Iraq - Jun. 24, 2003
		British troops returned fire and called for additional forces, and the Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter that arrived, carrying a Quick Reaction Force, came under fire as it landed, Hoon said.
		Eight British troops were injured -- one on the ground and seven in the helicopter, he said.
		Tuesday's attacks marked the first major ones on British forces since Baghdad fell to the coalition on April 9, the defense ministry said, and the casualties were the first British deaths in combat since the major fighting in Iraq was declared over May 1.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/06/24/sprj.irq.main/index.html (1383 words)

	82nd US Airborne
		In April 1943, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division set sail for North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to puncture the soft underbelly of the Third Reich.
		The division was moved up to the front by motor transport and reinforced by the 34th Infantry Division on 12 July 1943.
		The Division remained under strong German pressure along the Merderit River and crossed with the 325th GR to secure a bridgehead at La Fiere on 9 June.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1695/Text/82.html (1765 words)

	History of the 101st Airborne Division
		The 101st Airborne Division traces its lineage to World War I with the formation of the 101st Division on 23 July 1918, which was demobilized 11 December 1918 as a result of the armistice.
		Three airborne divisions, the British 1st and the American 82nd and 101st, would jump into a narrow corridor in Holland and seize a series of important bridges.
		Second, the Division wore a green and fl colored patch throughout the Vietnam war and then reverted to the completely fl background behind a white eagle with a gold beak and a red tongue after its return to Fort Campbell.
	www.lzsally.com /sally2/archives/history_of_the_101st_airborne_di.htm (5412 words)

	British Guards Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guards tanks cross the road bridge at Nijmegen during its capture.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Guards_Armoured_Division (232 words)

	WW2DB: Operation Market Garden
		To lay the ground work for the British advance, British First Airborne, Polish First Parachute Brigade, American 82d Airborne, and the American 101st Airborne would be dropped into designated areas along a line marked by Eindhoven in the south and Arnhem in the north.
		On the German side, while their troops were caught by surprise to start, Panzer divisions quickly gathered to strike back at the Allied paratroopers who were known not to be equipped with anti-tank weapons.
		Day 4, the British XXX Corps were stuck in front of the Nijmegen bridge while Germans still had complete control of the bridge at Arnhem.
	www.ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=52 (1369 words)

	HOOK UP ! - Add On History
		After Bastogne the 101st Airborne division would not immediately rest, most of her units like the 506th PIR would go to the Alsace, keeping an eye on the Germans.The 101st Airborne would never Jump again in the 2nd World War, the high command leaving the airborne assault on berlin over to the 17th Airborne Division.
		The 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne in August 1942, her first commander was Major General William C.Lee, he was the man who said that having no history the 101st Airborne Division had her RENDEZVOUS with DESTINY, this was a true remark, the division had her Rendezvous with Destiny.
		After securing the beach causeways the 101st waged a bitter fight to dislodge the German 6th Parachute Regiment from the town Carentan,this town was the junction point for the troops coming from UTAH and OMAHA,and the 101st had to hold her until the arrival of American armor units from the beachhead.
	thor.prohosting.com /weyma/hookup_06.06.1944_addonhistory.htm (3408 words)

	Brigade of Guards [UK]
		The London Regt transferred from Queen's Division as new T.A. component
		All the Queen's men : the Household Cavalry and the Brigade of Guards.
		The Guards : changing of the guard, trooping of the colour, the regiments.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/depot/948guard.htm (88 words)

	The Irish Guards in the Great War
		The need to move units along the line to meet the moves and pushes of the enemy, and planned assaults by Britain, required new units to be brought to France and Belgium.
		Kitchener's admiration for the Brigade of Guards is reputed to have been the driving force in the creation of the Guards Division.
		So with the addition of the Welsh Guards, the 4th Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, and the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Guards helped to round out the newly formed division.
	www.irishguards.net /IG1915.htm (751 words)

	504 - Italy History, Page 9
		On successive days British units were cut off from the 3rd Battalion, which was forced to withdraw to the famous "factory" in Mussolini's wonder-town of Aprilia.
		It was for this outstanding performance in the period 8-12 February, that the 3rd Battalion was given one of the first Presidential Citations in the European Theater of Operations.
		In fact, it was absolutely contrary to the way that paratroopers had always been taught to fight, and so it was with something more than the usual enthusiasm that the men of the 504 received the order to embark from Anzio on March 23, for the trip to Naples.
	home.hawaii.rr.com /pir504/italy9.html (689 words)

	1944 continued
		After the British 1st Airborne reached Arnhem, one battalion gained a foothold of the northern entrance of the bridge but were pushed back by the 2nd SS Panzer Corps, under General Wilhem Bittrich.
		Although the British 2nd Army was nowhere to be found, the British still held the northern side of the bridge at great cost in lives to both sides.
		The British Guards Armored Division and the 82nd captured the Nijmegen bridge, but time was running out for the positions in Arnhem.
	www.angelfire.com /ct/ww2europe/1944c.html (4162 words)

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		When these Divisions enter the map as reinforcements, they may attach themselves to any corps HQ on the map, but once attached they may never switch corps (or armies).
		The resulting number is the number of units from the British Reserve that may enter the map on that Game-Turn.
		In this case, all British units on the map are activated, but may still not move east or south of the Meuse (although they may be freed of this last restriction by cases (a) or (c)).
	grognard.com /errata/wr1.txt (2917 words)

	Some Succeeded and Some Failed Airborne Quartermaster Field Operation
		The British warships wreaked havoc on the German amphibious forces, but the German Airborne troops were successful in establishing several airheads.
		The British Second Army was to be the spearhead of the ground attack.
		An Airborne Corps consisting of the British First and the American 82nd and 101st Divisions was to seize key bridges and other points to facilitate the advance of the Second Army.
	www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil /korea/failed.htm (2501 words)

	Guards Division
		The Guards Division was commanded by Major General Fielding, and was on the left of the 6th Division.
		Unlike 6 and 56 Divisions, who only had three tanks each, nine were allocated to the support of the Guards, plus a tenth in reserve.
		This incorrect advance line caused them to believe that the trenches they had now taken were their objective on the Blue Line, after some time they realised the error and had to move to the right and resume their advance in the correct direction, taking the second objective, the Brown Line.
	www.btinternet.com /~Navradar/yorkandlancs/guards_division.html (1284 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815
		The British artillery on the ridge behind the farm replied, cannonading the French infantry massed for the attack on the far side of the valley.
		The whole of the Guard was driven back down the hill and began a general retreat to the cry of “La Garde recule”.
		After the battle the 1st Foot Guards were given the title “the Grenadier Guards” to commemorate the regiment’s role in overthrowing the French Grenadiers of the Old Guard.
	www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-june-1815.htm (3597 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: The Supreme Command (ETO) [Chapter 16]
		The 52d British (Lowland) Division was to be flown in later to strengthen the Arnhem bridgehead.
		In the south, the 101st Airborne Division took Eindhoven on the 18th and the 82d Airborne, aided by the Guards Armored Division, seized railroad and highway bridges at Nijmegen on 20 September.
		With British forces committed west of the Meuse, Montgomery reported, his remaining forces were too weak to launch the main attack from the Nijmegen area against the northwest corner of the Ruhr.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Supreme/USA-E-Supreme-16.html (10281 words)

	Loos
		Numbers of new British troops arrived, until our army in Flanders was estimated to be a million strong.
		The British Army was well aware in a general way that something big was in the air.
		On the eve of the greatest battle of all time the Commander of the Guards Division wishes his troops much luck.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Lady_of_Loos/Capture_01.htm (1526 words)

	Guards Armored Division (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		La Guards Armored Division fut formée le 17 juin 1941 et resta au pays jusqu'au 26 juin 1944, où elle débarqua en France.
		Guards Armored Division was formed on June 17, 1941 and remained in England until June 26, 1944, where it landed in France.
		After the war it was reorganized in division of infantry, British Guards Division.
	ww2armor.jexiste.fr.cob-web.org:8888 /BritTanks/Files/4-Organization/02-Organization/ArmoredDivisions/GuardsArmoredDivision.htm (191 words)

	British 7th Division (World War I) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The British 7th Division was a Regular Army division that was formed by combining battalions returning from outposts in the British Empire at the outbreak of the First World War.
		The division fought in most of the major battles on the Western Front through to 1917 before being sent to Italy for the remainder of the war.
		The Guards battalions departed in August 1915 when the British Guards Division was formed.
	www.info-pedia.net.cob-web.org:8888 /about/british_7th_division_world_war_i (373 words)

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		The 3rd Battalion was attached to the First Armored Division and sent to the Northern (British) flank of the beachhead, while the remainder of the Combat Team was sent North of bridge number Five to participate in an attack scheduled to take place in the Third Division sector.
		The 3rd Battalion, after several days in reserve with the 1st Armored Division was committed with the British First (Guards) Division in the Carreceto sector.
		The 1st Battalion was simultaneously involved in action with the Third Division.
	www.strikehold504th.com /anzio.php (1951 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:WWII Scenario:Oosterhout 22SEP1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Despite a tantalisingly short distance to the trapped 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem, the Guards are forced to halt.
		Despite requesting every artillery piece and Typhoon that XXX Corps can muster, the Irish Guards are appalled at the pathetic display of firepower in front of them — they had gotten used to crushing displays of British high-explosive might on the road from Normandy and this is far less than they're used to.
		If the British player fails to take Oosterhout in the second scenario, then the entire Allied position on The Island is questionable — the relief of 1st Airborne and indeed the Polish Brigade may become impossible as the Germans use another night to pour more troops across Arnhem Bridge.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/scenisland22sep44.shtml (1380 words)

	eBay - british division ..., Militaria, Action Figures items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		British 7th Armor Division Desert Rats Flag Made USA
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	The Guards Division, 1914-1918
		This Division has the distinction of being formed in France in August 1915, and remained on the Western Front throughout the war.
		The Guards were regarded as being among the elite units of the British Army.
		The Division, which was in and around Maubeuge at the Armistice, was rejoined by the 4th (Guards) Brigade from 31st Division on 17th November 1918.
	www.1914-1918.net /gdiv.htm (402 words)

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