29th Armoured Brigade

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British Army formation armoured brigade

The 29th Armoured Brigade was a British Army armoured formation that served prominently in Northwest Europe during the Second World War as part of the 11th Armoured Division.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
armoured brigade ⓘ
allegiance Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
branch British Army ⓘ
campaign Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign
componentUnit 23rd Hussars ⓘ
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry ⓘ
Royal Tank Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Royal Tank Regiment

8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (motor battalion) ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
equipment Cromwell tanks ⓘ
surface form: Cromwell tank

M4 Sherman tank ⓘ
surface form: Sherman Firefly tank

Universal Carrier ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
formedPartOf British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: British Army of the Rhine (WWII campaign forces)
garrisonDuringWWII United Kingdom ⓘ
higherCommand 21st Army Group ⓘ
surface form: British 21st Army Group

British Second Army ⓘ
militaryBranchType armour ⓘ
militaryRole armoured warfare ⓘ
notableAction Armoured exploitation operations in Northwest Europe ⓘ
Breakout from the Normandy bridgehead ⓘ
notableCommander Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts ⓘ
notableEngagement Advance into North Germany ⓘ
Advance to the Seine ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
Operation Bluecoat ⓘ
Operation Epsom ⓘ
Operation Goodwood ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Veritable ⓘ
notableFor prominent role in 11th Armoured Division operations in Northwest Europe ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
participatedIn D-Day follow-up operations in Normandy ⓘ
Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Germany (1945)

Liberation of Belgium ⓘ
Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
service British Army armoured forces in Europe ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ
type armoured formation ⓘ

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11th Armoured Division → subordinateUnit → 29th Armoured Brigade ⓘ