46th Infantry Division

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British Army formation infantry division

The 46th Infantry Division was a British Army infantry formation that served prominently in the Second World War, including campaigns in North Africa and Italy.

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Label	Occurrences
46th Infantry Division canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ infantry division ⓘ
allegiance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
alliance	British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
associatedWith	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
campaign	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign
componentUnit	115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 128th Infantry Brigade ⓘ 138th Infantry Brigade ⓘ 139th Infantry Brigade ⓘ 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 46th Reconnaissance Regiment ⓘ 58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ
conflict	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagedAgainst	German Army ⓘ Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army
era	20th century ⓘ
formationType	infantry division ⓘ
garrison	United Kingdom ⓘ
landingSite	Salerno ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRole	front-line combat formation ⓘ
notableCommander	Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood ⓘ Major-General John Hawkesworth ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ Gothic Line ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ Battle of Salerno ⓘ surface form: Salerno landings Tunisian campaign ⓘ surface form: Tunisian Campaign
notableFor	operations in Italy ⓘ operations in North Africa ⓘ
notableLanding	Operation Avalanche ⓘ
partOf	British Eighth Army ⓘ British Fifth Army ⓘ
role	infantry ⓘ
service	World War II ⓘ
serviceBranchRole	land warfare ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Italy ⓘ Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II North Africa ⓘ
typeOfUnit	line infantry division ⓘ

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British X Corps → componentUnit → 46th Infantry Division ⓘ