Guards Armoured Division

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British Army armoured division military unit

The Guards Armoured Division was an elite British Army armoured formation of Guards regiments that fought prominently in Northwest Europe during the Second World War.

Aliases (1)

Guards Division ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army armoured division → military unit →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
branch	British Army →
commander	Major-General Allan Adair → Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair →
composedOf	Foot Guards regiments → Household Cavalry elements →
conflict	Second World War →
country	United Kingdom →
disbanded	1945 →
equipment	Churchill tanks → Cromwell tanks → Sherman tanks → armoured cars →
formed	1941 →
garrison	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
hasUnit	153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery → 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars → 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards → 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards → 1st Battalion Scots Guards → 1st Battalion Welsh Guards → 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery → 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (Armoured) → 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards → 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Armoured) → 2nd Battalion Irish Guards → 2nd Battalion Irish Guards (Armoured) → 2nd Battalion Scots Guards → 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards → 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards (Armoured) → 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment → 32nd Guards Brigade → 5th Guards Armoured Brigade → 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery →
nickname	Guards Armoured →
notableEngagement	advance along the Eindhoven–Nijmegen–Arnhem corridor → breakout from the Normandy beachhead →
notableFor	elite Guards regiments armoured formation →
participatedIn	Normandy campaign → Operation Bluecoat → Operation Goodwood → Operation Market Garden → advance to the Rhine → liberation of Antwerp approaches → liberation of Brussels →
partOf	British Army of the Rhine →
role	armoured spearhead in Northwest Europe →
successor	Guards Division →
theatre	Northwest Europe →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coldstream Guards ("Guards Division") → Grenadier Guards ("Guards Division") →	partOf
British Second Army →	includedUnit
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) →	involvesMilitaryUnit
XXX Corps →	notableUnit
British XXX Corps →	subordinateUnit
Operation Garden →	supportUnit