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8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom), 8th Armoured Brigade
8th Brigade may refer to: Argentina *8th Mountain Infantry Brigade (Argentina) Australia *8th Brigade (Australia) Canada *8th Canadian Infantry Brigade India * 8th Indian Infantry Brigade in the Second World War * 8th (Jullundur) Brigade in the First World War * 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade in the First World War Israel * 8th Armored Brigade (Israel) Lebanon * 8th Infantry Brigade (Lebanon) New Zealand *8th Brigade (New Zealand) Romania *8th Mixed Artillery Brigade (Romania) Spain *8th Mixed Brigade United Kingdom *8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) *8th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) *8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) *8th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom) *8th Support Group (United Kingdom) *VIII Brigade RAF * Artillery Brigades ** 8th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery ** VIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery VIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery which existed in the early part of the 20th century. It was dissol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Mountain Infantry Brigade (Argentina)
The 8th Mountain Infantry Brigade ( es, Brigada de Montaña 8/VIII) is a unit of the Argentine Army specialised in mountain warfare. The headquarters of the Brigade is based on Mendoza, Mendoza Province. Is formed by different types of mountain units: Order of battle *11th Mountain Infantry Regiment "''General Las Heras''", based at Tupungato, Mendoza Province. *16th Mountain Infantry Regiment "''Cazadores de Los Andes''", based at Uspallata, Mendoza Province. *22nd Mountain Infantry Regiment "''Teniente Coronel Juan Manuel Cabot''", based at El Marquesado, San Juan Province. * 8th Mountain Cazadores Company "''Teniente 1ro Ibañez''", based at Puente del Inca, Mendoza Province. *15th Light Cavalry Regiment "''Libertador Simón Bolívar''", based at Campo de los Andes, Mendoza Province. *8th Mountain Artillery Group "''Coronel Regalado de la Plaza''", based at Uspallata, Mendoza Province. *7th Artillery Group, San Luis, San Luis Province San Luis () is a province of Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Mixed Brigade
The 8th Mixed Brigade ( es, 8.ª Brigada Mixta) was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed at the beginning of the Defence of Madrid in early spring 1937 with battalions of the ''Carabineros'' corps and it remained in Madrid all along the war. Its first commander was ''Carabineros'' Lt. Colonel Enrique del Castillo Bravo who was succeeded by ''Carabineros'' Commanders Emeterio Jarillo Orgaz and José Casted Sena.Carlos Engel, ''Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República'', 1999 This unit should not be confused with the 8th Santander Brigade or 8th Mixed Brigade of the Santander Army Corps ''(Cuerpo del Ejército de Santander)'' led by Militia Major Juan Egea Jiménez,Miguel Ángel Solla Gutiérrez, ''La República sitiada: Trece meses de Guerra Civil en Cantabria'', p. 324 which later became the 169th Mixed Brigade. History A predecessor unit was established in March 1937 at the Madrid Front as ''"Brigada M"''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIII Brigade RAF
The VIII Brigade or 8th Brigade of the Royal Flying Corps and from 1 April 1918, Royal Air Force, was a bomber formation which carried out air raids against Germany in the First World War. The VIII Brigade of the Royal Flying Corps was created on 28 December 1917 by raising the 41st Wing to Brigade status. The 41st Wing continued to exist as a subordinate formation of the VIII Brigade. The VIII Brigade's only Commander was Brigadier-General C. L. N. Newall. Although the VIII Brigade had been established in December 1917 it did not exercise command authority until 1 February 1918, when Newall took command. The following month, on 1 April 1918, the VII Brigade was transferred to the Royal Air Force. With the British Government seeking to expand the bombing raids against Germany, the VIII Brigade itself was subsumed into a larger formation, becoming part of the Independent Air Force The Independent Air Force (IAF), also known as the Independent Force or the Independent Bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Support Group (United Kingdom)
The 8th Support Group was a brigade-sized military formation of the British Army during the Second World War, attached to the 8th Armoured Division, composed of Regular Army units. The Support Group as part of 8th Armoured Division was sent to North Africa but never saw active service as a complete formation. As the division could not be provided with a lorried infantry brigade, it was broken up and was finally disbanded in Egypt on 1 January 1943. Following the Second Battle of El Alamein a plan was put forth to use the remains of the division as a self-contained pursuit force to dart forward into the German–Italian rear as far as possibly Tobruk; however the plan to use the division was shelved and units in the forward area were used instead. Order of battle The 8th Support Group was constituted as follows during the war:Joslen, p. 219 * 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (''from 8 November 1940, left 12 July 1942'') * 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (''from 30 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)
The London Mounted Brigade (later numbered as the 8th Mounted Brigade) was a yeomanry brigade of the British Army, formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908. It served dismounted in the Gallipoli Campaign before being remounted to serve in the Salonika and Sinai and Palestine Campaigns in the First World War. In April 1918, it was merged with elements of the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade to form 11th Cavalry Brigade. It remained in Palestine after the end of the war on occupation duties. Formation Under the terms of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw.7, c.9), the brigade was formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It consisted of three yeomanry regiments, a horse artillery battery and ammunition column (provided by the Honourable Artillery Company), a transport and supply column and a field ambulance. The 2nd County of London Yeomanry was attached for training in peacetime. As the name suggests, the units were drawn from London. First W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 8th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars, before being disbanded and reactivated in the 1960s. The brigade was finally being disbanded in 2006. It was formed before the First World War as part of the 3rd Division. As part of that division it spent the entire war on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918 in the First World War. The brigade was also active during the Second World War. First World War The brigade, part of the 3rd Division, was serving in England on the outbreak of the First World War. First World War Composition * 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots * 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment ''(left 24 October 1914)'' * 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment ''(left 13 November 1915)'' * 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders ''(left 12 September, returned 30 September 1914)'' * 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment ''(from 4 until 30 September 1914)'' * 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment ''(from 25 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 8th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army in World War I. It was formed in Belgium in 1914 and served on the Western Front as part of the 3rd Cavalry Division. It left the 3rd Cavalry Division on 14 March 1918. World War I Formation The 3rd Cavalry Division began forming at Ludgershall, Wiltshire in September 1914 with just two cavalry brigades (the 6th and the 7th). To bring the division up to the standard strength of three brigades, the 8th Cavalry Brigade was formed in Belgium on 20 November 1914. With the addition of its third brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division obtained a third Cavalry Field Ambulance (8th, from England on 23 December) and a third Mobile Veterinary Section (20th, from England on 9 March 1915). The Brigade was initially formed with the 10th Royal Hussars from 6th Cavalry Brigade and the Royal Horse Guards from 7th Cavalry Brigade on 20 November. The third regiment, the 1/1st Essex Yeomanry, did not join from the Eastern Mounted B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 8th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed in August 1941, during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the renaming of 6th Cavalry Brigade, when the 1st Cavalry Division based in Palestine (of which it was part) converted from a motorised formation (having been horse-mounted until January 1940) to an armoured unit, becoming 10th Armoured Division. North Africa Operation Supercharge In February 1942, the 8th Armoured Brigade moved to the Khatatba region of the Western Desert. After a period of training, the Brigade first went into action at the end of August 1942 at Bir Ridge at the Battle of Alam el Halfa. The Second Battle of El Alamein lasted from 23 October to 5 November 1942 and was a watershed in the Western Desert Campaign. the Allied victory at El Alamein ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, controlling access to the Suez Canal and gaining access to Middle Eastern oil fields. The defeat at El A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Mixed Artillery Brigade (Romania)
The 8th Tactical Operational Missile Brigade (''Brigada 8 Rachete Operativ Tactice "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''), former ''8th LAROM Brigade'', is a Multiple Rocket Launcher brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. It was formed 1 July 1916 as the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, and was named after the Romanian ''Domnitor'' and politician Alexandru Ioan Cuza in 2010. The Brigade is subordinated to the General Staff of the Romanian Land Forces and has its headquarters in Focșani. The high professionalism of the personnel in this unit is the reason why a large number of soldiers in the brigade were, or still are present in various theaters of operations, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Since October 2004, there are no more conscripts in the structures subordinated to the Brigade; all the personnel is professional. World War I During World War I and World War II, the 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade was designated as the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade with its main subordinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Brigade (Australia)
8th Brigade is an Australian Army Reserve training formation. It is headquartered in Sydney, and has subordinate units in various locations around New South Wales and the rest of Australia. These units are tasked with delivering basic and initial employment training to Reserve soldiers. The brigade was first formed in 1912, before being re-raised in Egypt as part of the First Australian Imperial Force in early 1916, for service during World War I. As part of the 5th Division, the brigade subsequently fought in numerous battles on the Western Front in France and Belgium between 1916 and 1918. During the interwar years, the brigade was re-raised within the part-time Militia, headquartered in Sydney. Later, during World War II, the brigade undertook garrison duties in Australia during 1942–1944, before taking part in the Huon Peninsula campaign, during which they helped to capture Madang. In the post-war period, the brigade was re-formed as a combined arms formation as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Brigade (New Zealand)
The 8th Brigade was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Eventually forming part of the 3rd Division, the brigade served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of the war. Raised in late 1940, initially the brigade was employed on garrison duties on Fiji before returning to New Zealand in mid-1942. In December 1942, it was sent to New Caledonia where they remained until early September 1943, when they moved to Guadalcanal to prepare for operations in the Solomon Islands. The brigade's only combat operation of the war came in October–November 1943, when it captured the Treasury Islands. It was disbanded in late 1944 due to manpower shortages in the New Zealand economy. History Established on 20 September 1940, the brigade was raised as a garrison force for the island of Fiji, after New Zealand assumed responsibility for the defence of the island from the United Kingdom.McGibbon 2000, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Infantry Brigade (Lebanon)
The 8th Infantry Brigade (Lebanon) is a Lebanese Army unit that fought in the Lebanese Civil War, being active since its creation in January 1983. Origins In the aftermath of the June–September 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, President Amin Gemayel, convinced that a strong and unified national defense force was a prerequisite to rebuilding the nation, announced plans to raise a 60,000-man army organized into twelve brigades (created from existing infantry regiments), trained and equipped by France and the United States. In late 1982, the 8th Infantry Regiment was therefore re-organized and expanded to a brigade group numbering 2,000 men, of whom 80% were Maronite Christians from the Akkar District of northern Lebanon, with the remaining 20% were Sunni Muslims, which became on 1 January 1983, the 8th Infantry Brigade. Emblem The Brigade's emblem consists of the following elements: *The Arabic numeral (8): represents the number of the Brigade. *The Cedar: symbolizing the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
