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In military terms, 1st Brigade may refer to: Australia * 1st Brigade (Australia) *1st Light Horse Brigade Belgium * 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade * 1st Brigade (Belgium) Canada * 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade * 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group * 1st Canadian Tank Brigade Croatia * 1st Guards Brigade (Croatia) Czechoslovakia * 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade Estonia *1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia) France * 1st Cavalry Brigade (France) * 1st Mechanised Brigade (France) Germany * 1st Airmobile Brigade (Bundeswehr) Israel * Golani Brigade Japan * 1st Airborne Brigade (Japan) * 1st Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) * 1st Helicopter Brigade Poland * 1st Armoured Brigade (Poland) * 1st Brigade, Polish Legions * 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) New Zealand *1st Infantry Brigade (New Zealand) Romania * 1st Logistics Brigade (Romania) * 1st Surface to Air Missiles Brigade (Romania) South Africa * 1st Infantry Brigade (South Africa) Spain * 1st Mixed Brig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Brigade (Australia)
1st Brigade is a combined arms formation of the Australian Army. Formed in 1903 as a militia formation based in New South Wales, it was reconstituted as part of the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 for service during World War I, the brigade fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front before being disbanded in mid-1919. In 1921, the 1st Brigade was re-raised as a unit of Australia's part-time military forces, based in New South Wales. During World War II the brigade undertook defensive duties before being disbanded. In 1948, it was re-raised as an integral part of the Australian Regular Army. Currently the brigade is based at Robertson Barracks in Darwin and at RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide, South Australia. It is the first of the Australian Army brigades to be re-organised as a combat brigade under Plan Beersheba. History Formation Originally formed in 1903 as a Militia unit of the Commonwealth Military Forces, it was established in New South Wales and consisted of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Armoured Brigade (Poland)
The 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: ''1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna'') is a brigade of the Polish Armed Forces, based in Warsaw. History Polish 1st Armoured Brigade " defenders of Westerplatte" ( pl, 1 Brygada Pancerna im. Bohaterów Westerplatte) or Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: ''1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna'') was a military unit in the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie. It was formed on August 19, 1943, from a regiment (pułk) of the same name. The unit fought at the Battle of Lenino (September 1943) and at the Battle of Studzianki during the Lublin-Brest Offensive (Magnuszew bridgeheads in August 1944).''The Polish Army 1939-45'' By Steven J. Zaloga, Richard Hook, Osprey Publishingbr>/ref> From mid-August it was subordinate to the First Polish Army (1944-1945), Polish First Army. Later the unit fought in the East Pomeranian Offensive. In January 1945 it received another honorary name, ''Warszawska'' (of Warsaw). In July and August 1945 fought against Polish anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second World Wars. It was based at Tidworth Camp. Previously, it has been designated 1st (Guards) Brigade, 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Mechanised Brigade (from the 1990s), and under the initial Army 2020 reforms assumed the title of 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade. Under the Future Soldier programme, the brigade merged with the 1st Artillery Brigade to form the 1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team. History Following the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, the army was restructured and the 1st Guards Brigade was established permanently as part of the 1st Division in the 1st Army Corps, stationed at Aldershot Garrison. First World War Initially designated as the 1st (Guards) Brigade, the brigade was part of 1st Division during the First World War. Upon creation of the Guards Division in August 1915, the 1st Battalion, Cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Brigade, raised as the 1st Light Armoured, later the 1st Armoured Brigade Group, was an armoured formation of the British Army. History At the start of the war, the brigade was based in the United Kingdom, initially as part of the 1st Armoured Division and then as part of the newly formed 2nd Armoured Division. In November 1940, it was shipped to Egypt, arriving on 1 January 1941. In March 1941, the brigade was dispatched to Greece as part of General Maitland Wilson's unsuccessful attempt at stopping the German invasion. On 29 April 1941, the brigade was evacuated to Egypt. The 1st Armoured Brigade served in the Western Desert Campaign with the 7th Armoured Division at the Battle of El Alamein. The brigade was disbanded on 21 November 1942. Order of Battle The Order of battle of the brigade during the war was:Joslen, pp.144–5. (day/month/year), units in order of precedence. Armoured Brigade Establishment * Brigade Headquarters & Signal Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War. A ''Tank'' Brigade was intended to support the Infantry and was mostly equipped with slow moving Infantry tanks, unlike an Armoured Brigade, which was equipped with faster cruiser tanks and later its own motorised infantry. Initially using infantry nomenclature for its smaller units, ''company '' and ''section'' and having 175 light and infantry tanks, it later adopted cavalry nomenclature of ''squadron'' and ''troop'' and later in the War grew to 240 tanks. History The 1st Army Tank Brigade took part in the Battle of France, serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force. It fought against the Germans in Belgium and Northern France, providing the armour for the counter-attack at the Battle of Arras and covered the Allied retreat to Dunkirk. It lost all of its equipment on the beaches following the evacuation. The reformed 1st Army Tank Brigade was transferred to North Africa, equip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Airlanding Brigade was an airborne infantry brigade of the British Army during the Second World War and the only glider infantry formation assigned to the 1st Airborne Division, serving alongside the 1st Parachute Brigade and 4th Parachute Brigade. The brigade was formed in late 1941 during the Second World War, through the conversion of an existing infantry brigade previously stationed in India, the 31st Independent Infantry Brigade. Two of the initial four infantry battalions left in May 1943 to form the new 6th Airlanding Brigade of the 6th Airborne Division and were replaced by a single new battalion, thereby reducing the brigade's strength by one quarter. The brigade only saw action on two occasions during the Second World War, in Operation Ladbroke, as part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943 and later in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. During the second operation, in the fighting around Arnhem, 1st Airlanding Brigade along with the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Artillery Brigade was a support formation of the British Army from 1961-77 and from 1997. Part of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, it oversaw all army close support artillery and deep fires units. Under the Future Soldier programme, the brigade merged with 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade to form 1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team. Cold War In a reorganisation of the British Army of the Rhine following the 1957 Defence White Paper, the former 1st Army Group Royal Artillery was reduced to a 1-star command, and redesignated as the 1st Artillery Brigade (Field). The new brigade was headquartered at Tofrek Barracks in Hildesheim. On 4 October 1961, 1 AGRA was officially redesignated, but later dropped the '(Field)' title in 1967 following the 1966 Defence White Paper, becoming the 1st Artillery Brigade. The brigade was originally responsible for commanding the two MGM-5 Corporal tactical ballistic missile regiments and a new support regiment. (From 1959, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Tank Brigade (Ukraine)
The 1st Tank Brigade "Severia" () is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1997. History The Brigade is a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that was formed in 1997 from the 292nd Tank Regiment. In 2014, the brigade was deployed to the border with Russia in the Sumy region to protect the route to Kyiv. One battalion was also sent to support mechanized brigades in the Luhansk region, mainly around the Luhansk Airport. In 2015, the brigade supported the 30th Mechanized Brigade in Debaltseve, where they destroyed at least three enemy tanks. At the onset of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade dispersed in anticipation of the imminent bombardment. Following the bombardment, the unit returned to Chernihiv to respond to Russian vanguard forces. Russian forces attempted to take the city but were repelled. However, they eventually bypassed the city, resulting in the Siege of Chernihiv. Despite encirclement, the brigade maintained one supply route for communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Mixed Brigade
The First Mixed Brigade ( es, 1.ª Brigada Mixta), also known as Brigada Lister, was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was disbanded on 9 February 1939. History The First Mixed Brigade was established from the Fifth Regiment on 10 October 1936 in Alcalá de Henares as a result of the reorganization of the Spanish Republican Armed forces. It was put under the command of Communist commander Enrique Lister. The first combat action of the First Mixed Brigade was the Battle of Seseña. It would suffer many losses in the Battle of Brunete, including its Cuban brigade commander Alberto Sánchez, as well as a great number of officers and Chief of Staff Major Emilio Conejo. Later the First Mixed Brigade would see action in the Aragon Offensive, the Battle of the Ebro and the Catalonia Offensive. Central Front During the Siege of Madrid it was posted in Vallecas, where, with great losses, it helped repulse the attacks of the Army of Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Infantry Brigade (South Africa)
The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the Brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famously the Battle of Delville Wood. It was reactivated at the start of the Second World War as a South African formation and served in East Africa and the Western Desert; the Brigade disbanded on 1 January 1943. World War I When the First World War broke out in 1914, the South African government chose to join the war on the side of the Allies. General Louis Botha, the then prime minister, faced widespread Afrikaner opposition to fighting alongside Great Britain so soon after the Second Boer War and had to put down a revolt by some of the more militant elements before he could mobilise and deploy troops as an expeditionary force (some 67,000 troops) to invade German South-West Africa (now Namibia). The South African Union Defence Act of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Surface To Air Missiles Brigade (Romania)
The 1st Surface to Air Missiles Brigade "General Nicolae Dăscălescu" ( ro, Brigada 1 Rachete Sol-Aer), is the main air defense unit of the Romanian Air Force. Its headquarters are located in Chitila. The brigade was created on August 1, 1973, by gathering together the 18th and 19th SAM regiments. In 1995, it received the honorific name "General Nicolae Dăscălescu" (''after Nicolae Dăscălescu 1884-1969'') and a new battle flag. The main task of the 1st SAM Brigade is Bucharest's air defense. The brigade's area of responsibility covers six counties. The unit currently operates MIM-23 Hawk missiles. The 7th HAWK Battalion was equipped with the MIM-23 missiles since 2006. Structure *1st SAM Brigade - HQ in Chitila Chitila () is a town in the west of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, situated 9 km to the north west of Bucharest. It is often seen as a satellite town of Bucharest. One village, Rudeni, is administered by the town. Transport Chitilia is ... **111st SAM Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Logistics Brigade (Romania)
The 1st Logistics Brigade " Prahova" (''Brigada 1 Logistică "Prahova"'') is a logistics brigade currently belonging to the Romanian Land Forces The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ... and it is subordinated to the 1st Infantry Division. It was formed on 1 February 2001 and its headquarters are located in Ploieşti. Structure *1st Logistics Brigade - Ploieşti ** 1st Transport Battalion ** 5th Medical Battalion ** 102nd Maintenance Battalion , 2005 References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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