5th Guards Armoured Brigade

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British Army formation armoured brigade

The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was an elite British armoured formation of the Guards that served with distinction in the Second World War.

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Label	Occurrences
5th Guards Armoured Brigade canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ armoured brigade ⓘ
activeDuring	1940s ⓘ
allegiance	Guards Division ⓘ
associatedWith	Coldstream Guards ⓘ Irish Guards ⓘ Welsh Guards ⓘ
classification	elite formation ⓘ
composedOf	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards ⓘ 2nd Battalion Irish Guards ⓘ 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards ⓘ armoured regiments of the Guards ⓘ
conflict	North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe Campaign World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ
garrisonCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
guardFormation	Foot Guards ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryUnitType	armoured brigade ⓘ
notableFor	Guards armoured operations in 1944–1945 ⓘ elite Guards armoured formation ⓘ service in North West Europe 1944–1945 ⓘ
participatedIn	advance into Germany 1945 ⓘ operations following the Normandy landings ⓘ
partOf	Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
role	armoured warfare ⓘ mechanized infantry support ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ Northwest Europe ⓘ surface form: North West Europe

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

Guards Armoured Division → hasUnit → 5th Guards Armoured Brigade ⓘ