Guards Armoured Division

Guards Armoured Division var en brittisk pansardivision under andra världskriget.

Slag

Normandie

Landsteg i Normandie med början den 26 juni 1944 som en del av VIII Corps. Divisionens första större insats var Operation Goodwood. Market Garden

Divisionen ledde XXX Corps framryckning.

Organisation

5th Guards Armoured Brigade 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards (Mechanized) 32nd Guards Brigade 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards Support Units 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards (Recce) 14th Field Company, Royal Engineers 615th Field Company, Royal Engineers 53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 153rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Divisionschefer Divisions befälhavare: Major-General Sir Oliver W.H. Leese: June 1941-September 1942 Major-General Allan H.S. Adair: September 1942-December 1945 Major-General John O.C. Marriott: December 1945-December 1946

Källor

Externa länkar

Kategori:Brittiska militära enheter under andra världskriget