over one of Fourteenth Army s main combat formations, IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps which was temporarily ...During the Second World War, two formations called the British TwelfthArmy were created, the first was formed ... was created in Burma in May 1945. The first British TwelfthArmy A British TwelfthArmy was initially ... effort during 1943 would be to land the TwelfthArmy in Greece and then advance into the eastern Balkans ... the formation of the second British TwelfthArmy , its nominal existence was used to create the impression ... of the TwelfthArmy or its component corps. ref name holt ref Ben MacIntyre. Operation Mincemeat . Bloomsbury. 2010. ISBN 9781408809211 ref Corps III Corps UnitedKingdom British III Corps fictional XIV Corps UnitedKingdom British XIV Corps fictional XVI Corps UnitedKingdom British XVI Corps fictional ... 4th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom British 4th Airborne Division fictional 5th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom British 5th Airborne Division fictional 5th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom British 5th Infantry Division Polish 7th Infantry Division 8th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom British ... fictional 33rd Division UnitedKingdom British 33rd Infantry Division fictional 34th Division UnitedKingdom British 34th Infantry Division fictional 40th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom British ... Division British 57th Infantry Division fictional The second British TwelfthArmy The second British TwelfthArmy was formed on 28 May 1945, to take control of operations in Burma from the British ... Tank Brigade under its command. TwelfthArmy assumed direct command of Indian 7th Infantry Division .... After the war, TwelfthArmy continued in existence until 1 November, when it was re designated ... Deception in World War II Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 12 Category Military units ... up with the Soviet Red Army . ref name Howard 86 Howard 1995 , p. 86 ref The deception plan attempted to convince the Germans that this army had twelve divisions under its control and was located ... more details
TwelfthArmy or 12th Army may refer to Germany 12th Army German Empire , a World War I field Army 12th Army Wehrmacht , a World War II field army Others TwelfthArmy Japan , a unit of the Imperial Japanese ArmyTwelfthArmy Soviet Union , a unit of the Soviet ArmyTwelfthArmyUnitedKingdom , a unit of the UnitedKingdomArmy See also XII Corps disambiguation 12th Division disambiguation 12th Wing disambiguation 12th Brigade disambiguation 12th Regiment disambiguation 12th Battalion disambiguation 12 Squadron disambiguation disambig de 12. Armee nl 12e Leger ja 12 no Tolvte arm pl 12 Armia ru 12 uk 12 ... more details
Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox Military Unit unit name TwelfthUnited States Army Group image Image 12th Army Group.svg caption Insignia of the Twelfth U.S. Army Group dates 1944 1945 country United States of America allegiance Allies of World War II Allies branch United States Army type Army Group ... N. Bradley anniversaries The TwelfthUnited States Army Group was the largest and most powerful United States Army formation ever to take to the field. ref name A General s Life cite book isbn 978 ... 12 pl 12 Grupa Armii sl 12. armadna skupina ZDA sv TwelfthUnited States Army Group ... established in London on 14 July 1944. The units that formed TwelfthArmy Group occupied the right ..., the TwelfthArmy Group occupied the center of the Western Front. To the north was the British led 21st Army Group and, to the south, after their breakout from the Mediterranean coast, was the Sixth United States Army Group . As the Twelfth advanced through Germany in 1945, it controlled four field armies First United States Army , Third United States Army , Ninth United States Army and Fifteenth United States Army . By V E Day , the TwelfthArmy Group was a force that numbered over 1.3 million men. ref CSI REPORT No. 6, Larger units Theater ArmyArmy Group Field Army, Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, January 1985 http ... Omar Bradley File 1st Army.svg 22px First United States Army Gen Courtney H. Hodges File US VII Corps ... Troy H. Middleton File US3ASSI.svg 22px United States Army Central Third United States Army Gen ... 22px Ninth United States Army Gen William H. Simpson File USA XIII Corps.png 22px XIII Corps ... ref File Fifteenth Army SSI.svg 22px Fifteenth United States Army Gen Leonard T. Gerow File 18 ... reflist US Army navbox Category Army groups of the United States Army 12 Category Military units ... they were sufficiently built up they were controlled by 21st Army Group under Bernard Montgomery, 1st ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese TwelfthArmy image caption dates November 7, 1938 August 15, 1945 country Empire of Japan allegiance branch Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Corps garrison Zhengzhou nickname Jin Benevolence battles command structure name Japanese TwelfthArmy date 1938 parent Northern China Area Army subordinate br IJA 21st Division 21st Infantry Division IJA 114th Division 114th Infantry Division command structure name Japanese TwelfthArmy date 1941 parent Northern China Area Army subordinate br IJA 32nd Division 32nd Infantry Division IJA 35th Division 35th Infantry Division command structure name Japanese TwelfthArmy date 1945 parent Northern China Area Army subordinate br IJA 110th Division 110th Infantry Division IJA 115th Division 115th Infantry Division 3rd Tank Division Imperial Japanese Army IJA 3rd Armored Division IJA 4th Cavalry Brigade The nihongo Japanese 12th Army 12 Dai jy ni gun was an corps army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino Japanese War . History The Japanese 12th Army was formed on November 7, 1938 under the North China Area Army as a garrison force for the occuparion the provinces North China . It served primary as a training and reserve unit, and participate in counter insurgency operations. The 15th Army was Demobilization demobilized at Zhengzhou , Henan Province on the surrender of Japan . List of Commanders Commanding officers class wikitable Name From To 1 Lieutenant General Kamezo Suetaka 9 November 1938 12 September 1939 2 Lieutenant General Sadataka Iida 12 September 1939 1 March 1941 3 Lieutenant General Ichiji Dobashi 1 March 1941 1 March 1943 4 Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita 1 March 1943 7 February 1944 5 Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama 5 February 1944 7 April 1945 6 Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori 7 April 1945 15 August 1945 Chief of Staff class wikitable Name From To 1 ... index.php?id 6923 title Axis History Factbook work Japanese TwelfthArmy Category Japanese ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese Twelfth Area Army image Image Operation Coronet.jpg 220px caption Invasion Map for Tokyo region during Operation Downfall dates February 1, 1945 August 15, 1945 country JPN allegiance branch Image War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg 23px Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Field Army garrison Tokyo nickname Hata banner battles Operation Downfall command structure name Japanese Twelfth Area Army date 1945 parent First General Army Japan subordinate br Thirty Sixth Army Japan Japanese 36th Army Urawa, Saitama Fifty First Army Japan Japanese 51st Army Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Fifty Second Army Japan Japanese 52nd Army Sakura, Chiba Fifty Third Army Japan Japanese 53rd Army Isehara, Kanagawa Tokyo Bay Garrison Choshi, Chiba IJA 321st Division 321st Infantry Division Tokyo IJA 66th Independent Mixed Brigade Niijima, Tokyo IJA 67th Independent Mixed Brigade Hachij jima IJA 1st Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade Ueno, Tokyo IJA 2nd Artillery Headquarters Ichikawa, Chiba The nihongo Japanese Twelfth Area Army 12 Dai j ni h men gun was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II . History The Japanese 12th Area Army was formed on February 2, 1945 under the First General Army Japan First General Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allies of World War II Allied forces in central Honsh during Operation Downfall or nihongo Operation Ketsug Ketsug ... index.php?id 6746 title Axis History Factbook work Japanese Twelfth Area Army Notes reflist ... ref The Japanese 12th Area Army was responsible for the Kant region of Japan and was headquartered ..., OLYMPIC VS KETSU GO . ref The 12th Area Army was Demobilization demobilized at the surrender of Japan ... title In the Service of the Emperor Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army publisher University of Nebraska ... ISBN 0 679 41424 X cite book last Jowett first Bernard coauthors year 1999 title The Japanese Army ... more details
Viscount Slim William Slim . Its principal subordinate formations were IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps ..., the Army also had loose operational control over the United States of America American and China ... for operations in Burma. A new British TwelfthArmyTwelfthArmy headquarters was formed from XXXIII ... Corps XXXIV Corps A total of thirteen divisions served with the Army 2nd Infantry Division United ... 36th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 36th Infantry Division 81st West Africa Division 81st West ... armies of the UnitedKingdom 14 Category Military units and formations established in 1943 Category ...No footnotes date April 2009 Infobox military unit unit name Fourteenth Army image File R1D730.jpg 100px caption Shoulder badge of Fourteenth Army dates 1943 1945 country UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army br British Indian Army type role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders ... symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname The Forgotten Army patron motto ... Burma The British Fourteenth Army was a multinational force comprising units from Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth countries during World War II . Many of its units were from the British Indian Army Indian Army as well as UnitedKingdom British units and there were also significant contributions from West and East Africa n divisions within the British Army . It was often referred to as the Forgotten Army because its operations in the Burma Campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained .... For most of the Army s existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant General William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim William Slim . History Creation The army was formed in 1943 in eastern India . With the creation of South East Asia Command in late 1943, the Eastern Army which formerly controlled operations against the Imperial Japanese Army Japanese Army in Burma and also had large rear area responsibilities ... and most of Bengal . Fourteenth Army, part of the British 11th Army Group , became responsible ... more details
. The Reserve Army s first major battle was the Battle of Thiepval Ridge which began on 26 September. For much of October the Reserve Army carried out a series of attacks known as the Battle of the Ancre Heights and on 30 October the Reserve Army was renamed the British Fifth Army Fifth Army . Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom Category Battle of the Somme no Reservearmeen ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The Reserve Army was a army field army of the British Army during World War I and part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force during the World War I First World War . Under the command of Lieutenant General UnitedKingdom Lieutenant General Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough , the Reserve Army was formed on 23 May 1916 prior to the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme and was renamed the British Fifth Army Fifth Army in October of that year. The intended purpose of the army was to carry out the breakthrough phase of the Somme offensive once General Henry S. Rawlinson Sir Henry Rawlinson s British Fourth Army Fourth Army had .... The army was nickname d Gough s Mobile Army , a name which had first belonged to the British ... under Fourth Army control, making the Reserve Army little more than a glorified corps. In the evening ..., 1st Earl Haig Sir Douglas Haig relieved Rawlinson s Fourth Army of responsibility for the northern sector, placing the VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII and X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps under Gough s command. Control of the cavalry divisions was retained by the Fourth Army. Gough would not officially ... to resume the failed attack on Beaumont Hamel , thereby no doubt saving many lives. The Reserve Army officially took responsibility for the northern sector on 4 July. Later II Corps UnitedKingdom II Corps , I Anzac Corps I Anzac Corps and the Canadian Corps were also added to the Reserve Army strength. For the next few months there were no major offensives on the Reserve Army front. The most ... more details
date October 2007 . At its creation Eighth Army comprised two Corps XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps ... s strength and adding a pursuit formation, X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , to the Army s XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps and XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps . At the beginning of November ... Lieutenant General Richard McCreery Corps which passed through the Eighth Army V Corps UnitedKingdom British V Corps X Corps UnitedKingdom British X Corps XIII Corps UnitedKingdom British XIII Corps XXX Corps UnitedKingdom British XXX Corps I Canadian Corps Canadian I Corps New Zealand Corps ... Commons category Eighth ArmyUnitedKingdom http www.robertehill.co.uk 8th army.html A personal account ... Eighth Army Veterans City of Manchester Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 08 Category Military ... it Eighth ArmyUnitedKingdom he nl 8e Leger Verenigd Koninkrijk no ttende ... battle honours Second Battle of El Alamein El Alamein The Eighth Army was one of the best known formations of the British Army during World War II , fighting in the North African campaign North African and Italian Campaign World War II Italian campaign s. It was a UnitedKingdom British formation ... Forces , Greece , New Zealand , Poland , Rhodesia , South Africa and the UnitedKingdom. Significant formations which passed through the Army included V Corps UnitedKingdom V Corps , X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps , XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps , I Canadian ... Corps was made up of 7th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom British 7th Armoured Division commanded by Major ... in April 1944 to concentrate all forces, except the V Corps UnitedKingdom V Corps , on the western ...Refimprove date March 2008 Infobox military unit unit name Eighth Army image File British Eighth Army SSI.svg 100px caption Emblem of the British Eighth Army dates 1941 1945 country UnitedKingdom allegiance branch type Army role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders current commander ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name Second Army image File 2nd british army badge large.gif 100px caption Emblem of the Second British Army, during the Second World War dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 br World War II Second World War br 1943 1945 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure ... General Miles Dempsey and served under the 21st Army Group . Two of its formations, I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps also containing Canadian units and XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps took part ... of the Normandy Campaign . The third corps to land, VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII Corps , entered ... of the Roermond Triangle codename Operation Blackcock by XII Corps UnitedKingdom XII ... General Miles Dempsey ref name orbat Order of battle Operation Overlord I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII Corps XII Corps UnitedKingdom XII Corps XXX Corps UnitedKingdom ... of the UnitedKingdom 02 Category Military units and formations established in 1914 Category Military ... in the UnitedKingdom de 2. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich fr 2e arm e Royaume Uni nl 2e Leger Verenigd ... The British Second Army was active during both the First World War First and Second World War s. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front and in Italy. During the Second World War the army was the core element in the British contribution in the Normandy landings and subsequent advance across Europe. First World War The Second Army was part of the British Army during World War I British Army formed on 26 December 1914, when the British Expeditionary Force World War .... ref name armies http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref The army controlled both III Corps UnitedKingdom III Corps and IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps . Second Army spent most of the war positioned around the Ypres salient, but was redeployed to Italy between ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name Ninth Army image caption dates World War II br 1941 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure Middle East Command garrison equipment Commanders notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles World War II anniversaries decorations battle honours The Ninth Army was a formation of the British Army during World War II , formed on 1 November 1941 by the re designation of Headquarters, British Troops Palestine and Kingdom of Jordan Transjordan . ref cite web url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 6890&Tab Uhi title HQ British Troops Palestine and Transjordan accessdate 2008 12 14 ref The Ninth Army controlled British and Commonwealth land forces stationed in the eastern Mediterranean . ref cite web url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 7077&Tab Sub title History and Commanders of 9 Army British Commonwealth accessdate 2008 12 14 ref One of the formations that served under both Headquarters British Troops Palestine and Transjordan and Ninth Army was 1st Cavalry Division UnitedKingdom 1st Cavalry Division , which became 10th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom 10th Armoured Division on 1 August 1941. Among other formations under British Troops Palestine and Transjordan were 7th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 7th Infantry Division , 8th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 8th Infantry Division 1939 1940 , HQ Jerusalem Area 03 Sep 1939 31 Oct 1941 , HQ ... Army accessdate 2008 12 14 ref Lieutenant General William Holmes British Army officer Sir William George Holmes ref name commanders Portal World War II References Reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 09 Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II 09 Army nl 9e Leger Verenigd Koninkrijk ... more details
out the main UnitedKingdom British contribution to the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme ... military divisions including XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps , XV Corps UnitedKingdom XV Corps , III Corps UnitedKingdom III Corps , X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , and VIII Corps UnitedKingdom ... Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . The Division ... and Separate Brigades publisher United States Army Center for Military History url http ... was presented as part of the fictitious First United States Army Group FUSAG in its threat to the Pas ... Corps UnitedKingdom British II Corps fictional HQ Stirling 55th West Lancashire Infantry Division British 55th Infantry Division Northern Ireland 58th Division UnitedKingdom British 58th Infantry Division ... Islands VII Corps UnitedKingdom British VII Corps fictional HQ Dundee British 52nd Lowland Infantry ... 7th, 9th & 10th United States Army Rangers US Ranger battalions fictional, Iceland ref Thaddeus Holt ... fictional, Bulford II Corps UnitedKingdom British II Corps fictional HQ Royal Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge ... 55th Infantry Division Three Bridges 58th Division UnitedKingdom British 58th Infantry Division fictional, Gravesend VII Corps UnitedKingdom British VII Corps fictional HQ Folkstone 61st South Midland Infantry Division British 61st Infantry Division Wye 80th Infantry Reserve Division UnitedKingdom ... of the UnitedKingdom 04 Category Military units and formations established in 1916 Category World War II deception operations Category 1916 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 4. Armee Vereinigtes ...Infobox military unit unit name Fourth Army image caption dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial ... Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name First Army image File First Army.jpg 100px caption Emblem of the British First Army 1942 1943 dates First World War br 1914 1918 br Second World War br 1942 1943 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role ... Force World War I British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant General Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Sir Douglas Haig and the Second ArmyUnitedKingdom Second Army under ... First Army had the I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps , IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps and the I Corps British India Indian Corps under command. ref THE SILENT GENERAL HORNE OF THE FIRST ARMY, Don Farr, P.39 ref The First Army suffered reverses at Vimy Ridge in May 1916 and at Fromelles the following month. From 1917, the First Army also included the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps . The First Army took ... of four corps, the II Corps United States U.S. II Corps , the V Corps UnitedKingdom British V Corps , IX Corps UnitedKingdom British IX Corps and XIX Corps France French XIX Corps . After the landings ... of the Second World War, UnitedKingdom Military Series title The Mediterranean and Middle East ... date August 2010 Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 01 Category Military units and formations ... Army Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 Category 1914 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 1. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich it First Army British Army nl 1e Leger Verenigd ... Campaign anniversaries decorations battle honours The First Army was a army field army of the British Army that existed during the First World War First and Second World War s. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian Army Indian and Portuguese Army Portuguese forces during the First World War and US Army American and French Army French during the Second World War. First World War The First Army was part of the British Army during World War I British Army during ... more details
Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Sir William Birdwood References reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 05 Category Military units and formations established in 1916 Category 1916 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 5. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich ...Infobox military unit unit name Fifth Army image caption dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles First World War anniversaries decorations battle honours The Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I and part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force during the World War I First World War . First World War History The Fifth Army was created on 30 October 1916 by renaming the British Reserve Army of General Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough ref name armies http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref and as such it fought the Battle of the Ancre which became the final British effort in the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme . In 1917 the Fifth Army was involved in the Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Arras and then the Third Battle of Ypres . In 1918 the Fifth Army took over a stretch of front line previous occupied by the France French south of the Somme River River Somme and on 21 March ... Michael . ref name armies The failure of the Fifth Army to withstand the German advance led to Gough s dismissal and the disbanding of the broken army. In April and May 1918, the Fifth Army was nominally ... online at bham.ac.uk accessed 19 January 2008 ref but when it was reformed as an army some months ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Third Army image caption dates World War I country UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Field Army role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles Battle of the Somme , Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Arras , Battle of Cambrai 1917 Battle of Cambrai , Battle of Passchendale , Battle of Amiens 1918 Battle of Amiens notable commanders General Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Edmund Allenby br General Sir Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Julian Byng anniversaries The Third Army was a part of the British Army during World War I . First World War The Third Army was part of the British Army during World War I and was formed in France on 13 July 1915. ref http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref The battles it took part in on the Western Front included Battle of the Somme Battle of Cambrai 1917 Battle of Cambrai Battle of Arras 1917 Second Battle of Arras April 1917 Battle of Passchendale ref Burton, Pierre, Marching as to war , 2001, Toronto ref Battle of Amiens 1918 Battle of Amiens August 1918 Commanders General Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Edmund Allenby 23 October 1915 &ndash 9 June 1917 General Sir Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Julian Byng 9 June 1917 &ndash 11 November 1918 Notes and references reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 03 UK mil unit stub de 3. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich ... more details
History 1941 to 1979 Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 10 Category Military units and formations ...Refimprove date December 2008 Infobox military unit unit name Tenth Army image caption dates World War II br 1942 1943 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure Middle East Command br Persia and Iraq Command garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles World War II anniversaries decorations battle honours File Gen Sir EP Quinan.jpg thumb right General Sir Edward Quinan, Commander 10th Army The Tenth Army was a unit of the British Army during World War II created in Iraq and formed from the major part of Paiforce Iran Persia and Iraq Force . It was active in 1942 and 1943, and then disbanded. In April 1941 UnitedKingdom British and British Indian Army Indian troops had been deployed to Iraq from India under the command of General Sir Edward Quinan to protect British interests, in particular oil concessions, after a coup d etat had brought to power a government sympathetic to the Axis powers. The force was known as Iraqforce and was engaged in the Anglo Iraqi War which took place in April and May Iraqi rebellion ... force . After the campaigns of 1941, Quinan s headquarters was redesignated Tenth Army and its main ... of this badge was a white Lion on a pale blue background. Tenth Army was initially part of British ... 1942. Order of Battle 1942 Tenth Army commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Edward Quinan III Corps UnitedKingdom British III Corps , Lieutenant General Sir Desmond Anderson 5th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 5th Infantry Division , Major General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney Ficklin Horatio Berney ... Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II 10 Army nl 10e Leger Verenigd Koninkrijk ... more details
23 SAS 23rd Special Air Service Regiment Army Air Corps UnitedKingdomArmy Air Corps 6 Volunteer Regiment ... Military NATO Category Military units and formations of the British Army Category Military of the UnitedKingdom Category Territorial ArmyUnitedKingdom Category Military units and formations established in 1908 Category 1908 establishments in the UnitedKingdom fr Territorial Army it Territorial ... each year. The highest ranking Territorial is Major general UnitedKingdom Major General Greg Smith Territorial Decoration TD who is Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff UnitedKingdom Chief ... administered Volunteer Force Great Britain Volunteer Force , with the Militia UnitedKingdom Militia ... Britain , UnitedKingdom Reserve Forces Association , accessed August 28, 2007 ref ref Air Defence ... divisions during the Second World War were 1st Line 1st Cavalry Division UnitedKingdom 1st Cavalry ... UnitedKingdom 56th London Infantry Division 2nd Line British 9th Highland Infantry Division ... 56th London Armoured Division The 16th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom 16th Airborne Division , a totally ... of the UnitedKingdom House of Commons that the armoured divisions and the Lowland mixed division were ... Kingdom. Exceptions include the Army Medical Services and UKSF R . The Brigades also co ordinate Military ... Brigade 49th East Brigade 145 South Brigade UnitedKingdom 145 South Brigade British 43rd Infantry Brigade ... Wales Brigade 38th Irish Infantry Brigade UnitedKingdom 38th Irish Brigade London District British ... Island Part of 18 UnitedKingdom Special Forces Signal Regiment Royal Signals Northern Band Volunteers ... Anglim Gilbert . Although OT units may have no tasking under the Ministry of Defence UnitedKingdom ...British Army The Territorial Army TA is the spare time volunteer force of the British Army . With around 35,500 members, the TA forms about a quarter of the overall manpower strength of the British Army. ref http www.armyjobs.mod.uk territorial whatistheTA Pages default.aspx British Army website What ... more details
The Twelfth Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy and was operational from October 1st, 1943. The fleet began demoblization in late 1945 was disestablished in 1946. Twelfth Fleet was established from the U.S. naval forces under Commander Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark Harold Stark when on September 9th, 1943 Admiral Ernest King ordered the consolidation of all U.S. naval forces in Europe under a new Twelfth Fleet. ref name Harold Stark The fleet was actually organized earlier under Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk before all naval forces in Europe were combined. ref name Numbered Fleets As a command under the United States Naval Forces Europe, the commanders were based from London, England . Kirk was replaced by Admiral H. Kent Hewitt in August 1945. ref name ChronNavWWII The fleet had the following commands Task Force 122 under command of Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk to control operations and training for the cross Channel assault. ref name HyperWar Eleventh Amphibious Force ref name HyperWar Landing Craft and Bases, Europe, to receive and control the buildup of landing craft for the invasion. See also United States Sixth Fleet responsible for USN operations in Europe since 1946 References reflist refs ref name Harold Stark cite web title Harold Stark publisher Pabook.libraries.psu.edu date url http www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu palitmap bios Stark Harold.html accessdate 2011 10 01 ref ref name Numbered Fleets cite web title Numbered Fleets publisher Fas.org date url http www.fas.org man dod 101 navy unit fleet n.htm accessdate 2011 10 01 ref ref name ChronNavWWII cite web title The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II Appendix I publisher Ibiblio.org date url http www.ibiblio.org hyperwar USN USN Chron USN Chron I.html accessdate 2011 10 01 ref ref name HyperWar cite web title HyperWar Administrative History of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe ... September 2010 Category Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II 12 USN stub uk 12 ... more details
wiktionary twelfthTwelfth can mean The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution . The Twelfth , a Protestant celebration originating in Ireland. In mathematics 12th, an Ordinal number linguistics ordinal number as in the item in an order twelve places from the beginning, following the eleventh and preceding the thirteenth. 1 12, a vulgar fraction , one part of a unit divided equally into twelve parts. Music The note twelve scale degree s from the root chord root current note, in a chord . The interval music that is, gap between the root and the twelfth note a compound fifth music fifth . See also 12 number Eleventh Thirteenth disambig ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name 32nd Army Tank Brigade abbreviation image caption dates 1941&ndash 1942 country UnitedKingdom allegiance British Crown branch British Army type Infantry Tank Infantry tank brigade role Infantry Support size Brigade command structure equipment Commanders Past Commanders ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles North African Campaign anniversaries decorations battle honours The 32nd Army Tank Brigade was an armoured formation of the British Army during World War II . It was formed in Egypt in September 1941. The brigade HQ was sent to Tobruk to take command of all Royal Armoured Corps units stationed there. In June 1942, a composite brigade was formed in Tobruk with surviving elements of the 1st Army Tank Brigade UnitedKingdom 1st Army Tank Brigade , which surrendered on 22 June after the fall of Tobruk. ref cite web accessdate 2009 10 23 publisher Order of Battle title 32 Tank Brigade url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 1419&Tab Uh ref References Reflist UK mil unit stub Category Brigades of the British Army in World War II ... more details
unreferenced date October 2008 The British 1st Army Tank Brigade took part in the Battle of France , serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force . It fought against the Germans in Northern France and Belgium, and covered the Allied retreat to Dunkirk. It lost all of its equipment on the beaches following the retreat. The reformed 1st Army Tank Brigade was reequipped and redeployed to North Africa. There it took part in Operation Crusader , being a part of the XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps . Attached to the South African 2nd Division 2nd South African Division , it took part in the conquest of Bardia December 1941 January 1942. It was at the time equipped with Valentine tank Valentine infantry tank s. Units 8th Royal Tank Regiment 42nd Royal Tank Regiment 44th Royal Tank Regiment 1941 1943 Battle honours Tobruk 1941 Gazala Defence of Alamein Line El Alamein See also British Army Order of Battle September 1939 External links http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 1396&Tab Sub&Titl 1 Army Tank Brigade UK mil unit stub Category Brigades of the British Army in World War II 1 Army Tank ... more details
deployed in support of British Army operations across the world. They are located in UnitedKingdom ... . Aircraft of the AAC see List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps List of active UnitedKingdom ... units flights index.htm ref United Nations Flight Army Air Corps Nicosia Airport , Cyprus 2 Flight Army Air Corps Netheravon , UnitedKingdom assigned to ACE Mobile Force Land 20 Independent Reconnaissance ... Army Air Corps Middle Wallop Middle Wallop br 3 Regiment Wattisham Airfield Wattisham br 4 Regiment Wattisham Airfield Wattisham br 5 Regiment RAF Aldergrove br 6 Regiment Territorial ArmyUnitedKingdom TA Reserve br 7 Regiment Army Air Corps Middle Wallop Middle Wallop br 9 Regiment RAF Dishforth .... Early in the war, Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of the UnitedKingdom, announced the establishment ... UnitedKingdom Parachute Regiment , and the Air Observation Post Squadrons. In 1944, the Special Air ... reinforced by units of the 3rd Infantry Division UnitedKingdom British 3rd Division . The AAC was broken ... Corps was renamed to Parachute Regiment UnitedKingdom The Parachute Regiment , while the Glider Pilot ... Details about the crash, photos in Czech ref organic to 1st Armoured Division UnitedKingdom 1st ... Independent flights 7 Flight Army Air Corps Brunei 8 Flight Army Air Corps Credenhill , UnitedKingdom 25 Flight Army Air Corps Middle Wallop 29 BATUS Flight Army Air Corps Alberta , Canada Independent ... Corps India United States Army Aviation Branch Army aviation List of air forces References Notes ...Infobox military unit unit name Army Air Corps image Image MAF0025.jpg 150px caption Cap Badge of the Army Air Corps dates 1942 1949 br 1957 present country flagicon UK UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army aviation branch role Battlefield support and reconnaissance size 202 aircraft ..., Westland Lynx Lynx , Agusta A109 A, Britten Norman Defender Islander AL1 The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army , first formed in 1942. There are eight regiments 5 Regular Army, 2 Territorial ... more details
companies was subject of a written question in the House of Commons of the UnitedKingdom House of Commons and the following companies were listed as Subsidiary subsidiaries of Army & Navy ref http ... and structures in Chichester Category Former co operatives of the UnitedKingdom Category Demutualized organizations Category Defunct retail companies of the UnitedKingdom Category Defunct department stores of the UnitedKingdom Category House of Fraser Category Shops in London Category Companies ...for the Canadian department store of this name Army & Navy Stores Canada Army & Navy Stores was the name of a department store group in the UnitedKingdom , the flagship of which was located on Victoria, London Victoria Street in London , England. House of Fraser acquired the group in 1976. The Victoria Street department store traded under the Army & Navy name, until 2005, when it was renamed House of Fraser Victoria . Each of the four selling floors holds a broad range of merchandise including clothing, accessories and cosmetics, furnishing, household and electrical goods. World of Food , a new food hall concept in House of Fraser stores introduced at Birmingham in 2003 , was opened on the Ground .... History The store began as a co operative society , The Army & Navy Co operative Society , formed in 1871 by a group of army and navy Officer armed forces officer s. The intention was to supply articles ... in 1977 ref http www.thisislondon.co.uk news article 13533368 last post for army 38 navy store.do .... 1869 and 1894 Ordnance Survey ordnance survey maps of the Pimlico area show the Royal Army ... goods were produced. The same 1894 OS map also shows an Army and Navy Co operative Society ... store of the Guildford business of William Harvey. The store was renamed Army & Navy in 1974 ... 1973 vol 864 cc113 5W ref William Harvey of Guildford Ltd. Harveys of Camberley Army & Navy Stores ... Official site http www.forgottenfutures1.webspace.virginmedia.com army navy Pages ... more details
Refimprove date September 2007 Infobox holiday holiday name The Twelfth type nickname Orangemen s Day ... caption Orangemen parade in Bangor, County Down Bangor on 12 July 2010 The Twelfth also called Orangemen ... 1690 . It is sometimes called the Glorious Twelfth , but that term is more commonly used to refer ... Ireland and to a lesser extent in other parts of the world. The Toronto Twelfth, for example ... in Ireland unionist political aspects of the parades as well as any violent history and present the Twelfth ... on 4 November. Both of these anniversaries faded in popularity by the end of the 18th century. The Twelfth ... Irish Catholic Jacobitism Jacobite army was destroyed and the remainder capitulated at Limerick, thereafter being exiled to France to fight in the wars of Louis XIV, the Sun King. The Twelfth ..., two events were combined in the late 18th century to switch the Twelfth commemorations to the Boyne ... numbers. ref Padraig Lenihan, 1690 Battle of the Boyne, page 258 260 ref The Twelfth parades of the early 19th century often led to riots and public disorder, so much so that the Orange Order and the Twelfth ... Road decorated with flags and bunting, July 2007 Lead up to the Twelfth The Parades in Northern Ireland marching season begins around Easter, and from this point until the Twelfth the Orange ... walks with a single band. Others, such as the mini Twelfth at the start of July, feature several lodges ... Main Eleventh night The night before the Twelfth sees enormous bonfires lit in many Protestant, Unionist ... on 12 July 2007 in Belfast The main official way in which the Twelfth is celebrated in Northern .... In the past the Twelfth has been a major venue for discussion of the political issues of the day ... take part in the parades. Orangewomen have paraded on the Twelfth in some rural areas since at least ... on holiday outside Northern Ireland. This is often described as escape from the Twelfth and while ..., and especially the Twelfth, has historically seen a rise in sectarian violence. Before the outbreak ... more details
UnitedKingdom floods severe flooding and bad weather . In some seasons where certain moors are hit ... Moor Railway , a Grouse railway Hunting in the UnitedKingdom British Association for Shooting and Conservation Game food References reflist English Game Category Hunting and shooting in the UnitedKingdom fr Glorious twelfth ...For the annual Orange Institution Orange Order celebrations of 12 July The Twelfth The Glorious Twelfth is usually used to refer to August 12 12 August , the start of the shooting season for Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus and to a lesser extent the Rock Ptarmigan Ptarmigan Lagopus muta in the UnitedKingdom . This is one of the busiest days in the shooting season, with large amounts of game food game being shot. The date itself is traditional, the current legislation enshrining it is the Game Act 1831 and in Northern Ireland , the Wildlife Northern Ireland Order 1985 . Not all game as defined by the Game Act 1831 have the same start to their open seasons most begin on September 1, with October 1 for Eurasian Woodcock Woodcock and Common Pheasant Pheasant . ref cite web url http www.openaccess.gov.uk lwwcm connect LandManagersPortal AdministeringAccess Guidance Annexes part 2 Annexes sub menu2 AdministeringAccess Guidance AnnexP title Official summary of legislation for shooting animals publisher Openaccess.gov.uk date 2005 10 31 accessdate 2010 12 26 ref Failed verification date April 2011 Image Lagopus lagopus scoticus 2.jpg thumb right Red Grouse Since UK law says that the start of the season cannot begin on a Sunday, it is sometimes postponed to 13 August, as in 2001 ref cite ... Glorious Twelfth hit by foot and mouth publisher Guardian date 2001 08 13 accessdate 2010 12 26 ... from year to year. In recent years, the Glorious Twelfth has also been hit by hunt saboteur s, the 2001 ... title Glorious Twelfth cancelled in areas affected by virus publisher News.telegraph.co.uk date accessdate ... more details
Image R Staines Malvolio Shakespeare Twelfth Night.jpg 350px right thumb Malvolio courts a bemused Olivia Twelfth Night Character Olivia , while Maria Twelfth Night Maria covers her amusement, in an engraving by R. Staines after a painting by Daniel Maclise . Twelfth Night or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare , believed to have been written around 1601 02 as a Twelfth Night holiday Twelfth Night s entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play expanded on the musical ... problems of providing Twelfth Night with effective musical interludes, found his attitude ..., Twelfth Night is believed to be an afterthought. While Shakespeare was writing the play, he ... first1 John M. last2 Craik first2 Thomas W. title Twelfth Night series Arden Shakespeare year 1975 publisher Methuen location London isbn 0416179509 page xxxiii ref The title Twelfth Night, or What You ... in the merry spirit found in the play. Characters col begin col 2 Viola Twelfth Night character Viola , castaway, disguised as a man called Cesario, in service to Orsino Orsino Twelfth Night Orsino , Duke of Illyria , wooing Olivia Olivia Twelfth Night Character Olivia , a countess, resisting Orsino s wooing Malvolio , steward to Olivia Maria Twelfth Night Maria , a Lady in waiting in Olivia ... , a simple minded companion of Sir Toby s, wooing Olivia Feste , Olivia s jester col 2 Sebastian Twelfth ... , the setting of Twelfth Night , is important to the play s romantic atmosphere. Illyria was an ancient ... . ref New Cambridge Shakespeare Twelfth Night , edited by Elizabeth Story Donno, page 7. Cambridge .... Mistaking him for Viola, Olivia asks him to marry her, and they are secretly united. Finally ... page from First Folio. The full title of the play is Twelfth Night, or What You Will . Subtitle titling ... in 1623. Twelfth Night is a reference to the twelfth night after 25 December Christmas Day , called ... Harmondsworth publisher Penguin year 1964 oclc 69117982 ref The actual Elizabethan Twelfth Night ... more details
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