Tyne and Tees

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British Army division infantry division military unit nickname

Tyne and Tees was the nickname of the British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, a renowned World War II formation noted for its role in major campaigns including the Normandy landings.

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Label Occurrences
Tyne and Tees canonical 2

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army division ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit nickname ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II period
associatedRegion North East England ⓘ
associatedWith Northumbria ⓘ
River Tees ⓘ
River Tees ⓘ
River Tyne ⓘ
River Tyne ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryLabel Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain
denotes British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division in World War II
era World War II ⓘ
landingBeachOnD-Day Gold Beach ⓘ
nickname Tyne and Tees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

reputation as a veteran formation by 1944 ⓘ
service in multiple major World War II campaigns ⓘ
participatedIn D-Day ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

North African campaign ⓘ
North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: North-West Europe campaign 1944–1945

Operation Overlord ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Sicily campaign
refersTo British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
regionOfRecruitment North East England ⓘ
role assault infantry division on D-Day ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
type infantry ⓘ
usedBy British Army personnel ⓘ

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British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → nickname → Tyne and Tees ⓘ
Tyne and Tees → nickname → Tyne and Tees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division