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25th Infantry Brigade
25th Brigade or 25th Infantry Brigade may refer to: Australia * 25th Brigade (Australia) Canada * 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Greece * 25th Armored Brigade (Greece) India * 25th Indian Infantry Brigade Kuwait * Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade North Korea * 25th Infantry Brigade (North Korea) Russia * 25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Ukraine * 25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine) * 25th Transport Aviation Brigade (Ukraine) United Kingdom * 25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers * 25th Army Tank Brigade The 25th Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army that was active before and during the Second World War. It served with the British First Army and the British Eighth Army The Eighth Army was a field army o ... * 25th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * Artillery Brigades ** 25th Brigade Royal Field Artillery See also * 25th Division * 25th Battalion * 25 Squadron {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Brigade (Australia)
The 25th Brigade was a brigade-sized infantry unit of the Australian Army that served during the Second World War. Raised in July 1940 and consisting of three infantry battalions, the 25th Brigade initially served in the United Kingdom, where it formed part of the garrison tasked with defending against a possible German invasion. In 1941, the brigade was redeployed to the Middle East where it took part in the Syria–Lebanon campaign fighting several actions around Merdjayoun and Jezzine. Following Japan's entry into the war, the 25th Brigade was transferred back to Australia and subsequently took part in the fighting in New Guinea. Throughout 1942–1943, the brigade fought in the final stages of the Kokoda Track campaign and around Buna–Gona. Later, they took part in the fighting around Lae and Shaggy Ridge, before being withdrawn to Australia for a long period of rest and reorganisation. In 1945, the 25th Brigade was committed to the Borneo campaign, carrying out an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade was Canada's primary combat-formation intending to be sent as part of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea. Originally composed of three infantry battalions and two armoured squadrons, several individual units rotated through the brigade. Although a full brigade had been trained and armed by 1951, the success of the Inchon Landing meant that only 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) was initially sent. However, Chinese and North Korean forces subjected Canadian forces to fierce fighting throughout April 1951. 2 PPCLI earned a Presidential Unit Citation for their actions during the Battle of Kapyong while serving with the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade. It had detached from the 25th Brigade in order to leave for Korea in advance of the formation, and would later rejoin its Canadian brigade group. Formation When North Korea invaded their southern neighbour on 25 June 1950, the UN Security Council authorize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Armored Brigade (Greece)
The 25th Armoured Brigade "2nd Cavalry Regiment - Ephesus" () is an armoured brigade of the Hellenic Army. History The 25th Armoured Brigade traces its origin to the 20th Armoured Division's 2nd Battle Command (2η Διοίκηση Μάχης, 2η ΔΜΑ), created in June–July 1959 at Thessaloniki. In July 1974, following the crisis with Turkey as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the unit moved to the area of Xanthi, where it has remained since. In January 1979, the 2nd Battle Command was reorganized as an armoured brigade, and received its present name. It remained an integral part of the 20th Armoured Division until 2013, when it passed directly to IV Army Corps control, but remaining under the disposal of the 20th Division. In January 2001, the brigade received the honorific designation "2nd Cavalry Regiment - Ephesus" in honour of the historic 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which distinguished itself during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. Structure * HQ Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 25th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in February 1941 at Ahmednagar in British Raj, India and assigned to the 10th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade was attached to the 8th Infantry Division (India), 8th Indian Infantry Division in August 1941, and took part in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. Returning to the 10th Indian Division in August 1941, they arrived in the desert just in time for the Battle of Gazala and continued to fight in the Western Desert Campaign and later in the Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Campaign. While in Italy the brigade was attached to the 46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), British 46th Infantry Division from 7 to 11 December 1944. Formation *2nd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment March 1941 to March 1942 and June to August 1942 *3rd Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment March 1941 to January 1942 *1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry April 1941 to April 1942 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade
The Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade of the Kuwait Army, commonly known as the 25th Commando, is one of Kuwait's various principal Commando brigades. The 25th Commando operates at the disposition of the respective commander who reports to the respective leadership of the Military of Kuwait;www.mod.gov.kw (Official Website) executing, participating in, supporting, and carrying out all conflicts in which the Military of Kuwait has engaged since inception in 1960. The 25th Commando executes general operations in support of the . Creation The 25th Commando Brigade was founded in 1960 by the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Infantry Brigade (North Korea)
The so called 25th Infantry Brigade(제25교육여단), whose actual name was the 25th training brigade, was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the 20th Century. Formed in August at Chorwon, it had begun moving to Seoul on the day of the Inchon Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, ... landing, with most of the unit arriving in the city on September 19, 1950. The brigade numbered about twenty-five hundred men and probably consisted of two infantry battalions, four heavy machine gun battalions, an engineer battalion, a 76-mm artillery battalion, a 120-mm mortar battalion, and miscellaneous service troops. Along with the 78th Independent Infantry Regiment, it defended both the military and topographic crests leading from Inchon to Seoul. Notes Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 68th Guards Motor Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Division named after the Latvian Riflemen (; MUN 29760) is a unit of the Russian Ground Forces, which traces its history to the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment ( :ru:13-й гвардейский стрелковый полк). History The predecessor of the formation was established on August, 18 1940 as the 666th Rifle Regiment of the 153rd Rifle Division. From September-November 1941 the division was "ranged among the Guards" by being raised to the status of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. The unit was reorganized on September 18, 1941 in the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment. Then-Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Margelov took over command of the regiment in June 1942. Margelov was to take a leading role in the development of the Soviet Airborne Forces decades after the end of the war. In February 1944, the division and the 2nd Guards Army was transferred to the area of the Perekop Isthmus and in April-May took part in the Crimean strategic op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)
The 25th Separate Airborne Brigade "Sicheslav" (; 25 ОПДБр, А1126) is an airborne formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. The brigade is the only airborne unit of Ukrainian Air Assault Forces which possesses BMD-1 and BMD-2 airborne infantry fighting vehicles, and is the only unit which can be deployed anywhere by parachute, together with armored vehicles, from Il-76MD aircraft. History Between 25 June and 11 August 1969, the 217th Guards Airborne Regiment (Base #11389 ilitary Unit No.11389? of the 98th Guards Airborne Division of the Soviet Airborne Forces was located in Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, now in modern Ukraine. After the dissolution of the USSR, the 98th Guards Airborne Division was split between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. In the spring of 1993, the 217th Guards Airborne Regiment was relocated to Ivanovo, Russia, together with the regiment's war flag, the Order of Kutuzov, and 55% of its supplies. Current unit The Ukrainian airmobile brigade wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Transport Aviation Brigade (Ukraine)
The 25th Transport Aviation Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force based at Melitopol Air Base. History The unit was established as the 709 Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR at the end of 1941. On 22 November 1942, it was renamed as 25th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, from 1946 — 25th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment. In January 1992 the regiment took the oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people. The brigade was ordered to withdraw from Melitopol on 24 February 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Operations *In 1993, 3 Il-76 aircraft of the Brigade delivered humanitarian cargo from Cologne to Tbilisi during a Ukrainian humanitarian mission in Georgia. *Supported Ukrainian operations in UN missions in the former Yugoslavia (IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNPROFOR and UNTAES in Croatia, KFor in Kosovo), the Middle East (Southern Lebanon, Kuwait, Iraq), and Africa (Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia). *Brigade was involved in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers
The 'B' Assault Brigade RAC/ RE.Joslen, p. 175 was founded on 5 January 1945, in Italy. The Brigade Headquarters was formed from redesignating the 25th Army Tank Brigade's headquarters to the 25th Armoured Assault Brigade Royal Engineers.Joslen, p. 203 Three months later, on 6 April, the formation was redesignated as the 25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers. The brigade served in Italy until the end of the war. See also * British Armoured formations of World War II * List of British brigades of the Second World War This is a list of British Brigades in the Second World War. It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of brigade size that served in the British Army during the Second World War. * List of British airborne brigades ... References Bibliography * 25 Armoured Assault Brigade Royal Engineers Engineer brigades of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1945 {{UK-mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Army Tank Brigade
The 25th Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army that was active before and during the Second World War. It served with the British First Army and the British Eighth Army The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, before being renamed the Army of the Nile and then the Eighth Army on 26 September. It was cr ... during the battles in North Africa and Italy. History The unit was formed on 3 September 1939 as a 2nd Line Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army Tank Brigade, but had very few tanks. On 28 May 1940, it was converted to the 2nd Motor Machine Gun Brigade in recognition of this lack of tanks, but converted back to an Army Tank Brigade on 10 December 1940. It was redesignated the 25th Tank Brigade on 1 June 1942. It fought in Tunisian Campaign, Tunisia under the British First Army and in the Italian Campaign (World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 25th Infantry Brigade was a war-formed infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during both the First and the Second World Wars. The 25th Brigade was formed in October 1914 just after the outbreak of the First World War with battalions withdrawn from overseas garrisons. It formed part of the 8th Division and served with it on the Western Front until the end of the war, in particular taking part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Passchendaele. It was disbanded in March 1919. The brigade was reformed in November 1939 just after the outbreak of the Second World War. It saw action during the battles of France and Belgium in May 1940, predominantly with the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division. After being evacuated at Dunkirk, it remained in the United Kingdom with the 47th (London) Infantry Division until it was disbanded at the end of August 1944. First World War The 25th Brigade came into existence on 5 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
