8th Canadian Infantry Brigade

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Canadian Army formation infantry brigade

The 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade was a World War II formation of the Canadian Army that fought in key Northwest Europe campaigns, including the D-Day landings and subsequent operations in Normandy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade canonical	4
Canadian 8th Infantry Brigade	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Army formation ⓘ infantry brigade ⓘ
alliance	Allies ⓘ
branch	Canadian Army ⓘ
component	Le Régiment de la Chaudière ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière Royal New Brunswick Regiment ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada 8th Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots) ⓘ supporting arms and services ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Canada ⓘ
engagedAgainst	German Army ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
garrisonDuringWar	United Kingdom ⓘ
landedAt	Juno Beach ⓘ
landedOn	6 June 1944 ⓘ
nationality	Canadian ⓘ
notableCampaign	liberation of Belgium ⓘ liberation of France ⓘ liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
notableUnit	Le Régiment de la Chaudière ⓘ Royal New Brunswick Regiment ⓘ surface form: The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle for Caen ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ D-Day ⓘ surface form: D-Day landings Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe campaign Operation Overlord ⓘ
partOf	3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
raisedBy	Canada ⓘ
role	assault infantry formation on D-Day ⓘ
sector	Juno Beach ⓘ surface form: Juno Beach sector
serviceBranchType	infantry ⓘ
theatre	Northwest Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd Canadian Infantry Division → componentUnit → 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → higherFormationOnD-Day → 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ

Canadian infantry brigades → notableExample → 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ

Nan White → usedBy → 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian 8th Infantry Brigade

Operation Windsor → participatingUnit → 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ