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T-Brigade was a brigade group of the
Royal Netherlands Army The Royal Netherlands Army ( nl, Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the was raised – making the Dutc ...
. At the end of the
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the formation consisted of the 2nd Battalion, 6th RIR, 1st Stootroepen Battalion and the 2/13th Light Infantry Battalion. The T-Brigade relieved the British
5th Parachute Brigade The 5th Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces formation of brigade strength, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Created during 1943, the brigade was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division, serving alongside the 3rd Parachut ...
in
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on 26 April 1946.Mcmillan, p.101


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*{{cite book, title=The British occupation of Indonesia 1945-1946: Britain, the Netherlands and the Indonesian revolution, first=Richard, last=McMillan, publisher=Psychology Press, year=2005, isbn=0-415-35551-6 Brigades of the Netherlands Military units and formations established in 1946 Military units and formations disestablished in 1949 Military units and formations of the Cold War