Guards Armoured Division
| Guards Armoured Division | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Datum | 17 juni 1941–12 juni 1945 |
| Land |  Storbritannien |
| Typ | Pansar |
| Storlek | Division |
| Kända slag och krig | Operation Goodwood Operation Market Garden |
| Befälhavare | |
| Framstående befälhavare | A. H. S. Adair |
Guards Armoured Division var en brittisk pansardivision under andra världskriget.
Slag
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Normandie
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Landsteg i Normandie med början den 26 juni 1944 som en del av VIII Corps. Divisionens första större insats var Operation Goodwood.
Market Garden
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Divisionen ledde XXX Corps framryckning.
Organisation
[redigera | redigera wikitext]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
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Divisions befälhavare:[1]
- 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
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- ^ Mackie, Colin. ”SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: 1860-”. Arkiverad från originalet den 31 mars 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204522/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Läst 18 december 2019.
Externa länkar
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