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32nd Brigade (other)
32nd Brigade or 32nd Infantry Brigade may refer to: * 32nd Brigade (Australia), an infantry brigade in the Second World War * 32 Canadian Brigade Group, a unit of the Canadian Army * 32nd Marines Brigade (Greece), a unit of the Greek Army * 32nd (Imperial Service) Brigade of the British Indian Army in the First World War * 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade of the British Indian Army in the Second World War * 32nd Reinforced Brigade of the Armed People, an elite, special-forces unit of the Libyan military, often referred to as the "Khamis Brigade", after its commander, Khamis Gaddafi. * 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States), a unit of the United States Army ;United Kingdom * 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade * 32nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 32nd Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) * Artillery brigades ** 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery See also * 32nd Division (other) In military terms, 32nd Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 32nd Infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Brigade (Australia)
The 32nd Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. A militia formation, the brigade was formed at Broadmeadow, New South Wales, in January 1942, as part of the Newcastle Covering Force and then the 10th Division. After carrying out defensive duties on the coast south of Newcastle at the height of invasion fears, as the threat subsided the brigade was disbanded in September 1942 and its constituent units reallocated to other formations or disbanded. History The 32nd Brigade was established as an emergency measure during a period when there were fears of a Japanese invasion of Australia, which resulted in a mobilisation of Australia's part-time military forces to defend key areas around the mainland. Established as part of the Newcastle Covering Force, after opening its headquarters, the brigade moved to Warners Bay, and assumed control of several units that had previously been undertaking defensive duties around the beaches south of Newcastle. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32 Canadian Brigade Group
32 Canadian Brigade Group (32CBG) of the Canadian Army is part of the 4th Canadian Division. It is centred on the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Niagara Region and Brantford. It is headquartered at LCol George Taylor Denison III Armoury in Toronto, Ontario. Brigade Command Colonel Daniel Stepaniuk, CD, is the Commander of 32 CBG whilst Chief Warrant Officer David Turnbull, CD, is the Brigade Sergeant-Major. Brigade Headquarters has a staff of approximately 40 full-time and 20 part-time members, both military (Regular and Reserve) and civilian. History Second World War 32nd (Reserve) Brigade Group was created, within 2 Militia District, on 1 April 1942 when the reserve force in Canada was reorganized for the war. Like today, the formation consisted of part-time soldiers who paraded and trained on evenings and weekends. The brigade group was closed down on 30 January 1946 and the headquarters itself closed on 2 April 1946. During its existence, the brigade group was hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Marines Brigade (Greece)
The 32nd Marines Brigade ( el, 32 ΤΑΞ ΠΝ - 32η Ταξιαρχία Πεζοναυτών Mοράβας, 32 TAX PN - 32 Taxiarhia Pezonavton Moravas) is the marine unit of Greece. The brigade is based at the port town of Volos in Thessaly, and its primary role is infantry and amphibious operations on the numerous islands off the Greek coast. Unlike other countries, the Greek Marines form part of the Army, while the landing craft and naval equipment are provided by the Hellenic Navy. History The unit traces its ancestry to the 32nd Infantry Regiment, formed in Preveza in 1919, then belonging to the 8th Infantry Division. It took part in the Greco-Turkish War as part of the Kydoniai Division and the 5th Infantry Division, and later in the Greco-Italian War during the Second World War. After the occupation of Greece by the Germans, it was disbanded. In 1959 the Regiment was raised anew as the 132nd Light Infantry Regiment and moved to Attica as a reserve unit, but in 1967 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd (Imperial Service) Brigade
The 32nd (Imperial Service) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service with the Indian Army during the First World War. It served in Egypt in 1915 before being broken up in January 1916. History The 32nd (Imperial Service) Brigade was formed in October 1914, mostly from Imperial Service Troops (forces raised by the princely states of the British Indian Empire), hence its name. It joined the 11th Indian Division when it was formed in Egypt on 24 December and served on the Suez Canal Defences. After the defeat of the Turkish attempts to cross the canal on 3–4 February 1915, the division acted as a relieving depot for the divisions in France. It was broken up on 31 May 1915 and the brigade came under direct command of the Suez Canal Defences. The brigade was broken up in January 1916. Order of battle The brigade commanded the following units in the First World War: * 33rd Punjabis ''(joined from Bannu Brigade; transferred to 21st ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Indian Infantry Brigade
The 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It was formed in January 1941 in India and assigned to the HQ Western Independent District until April 1942. It was then assigned to the 20th Indian Infantry Division until the end of the war, with short attachments to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division in April 1944 and the 17th Indian Infantry Division from April to July 1944. Composition *8th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment July 1941 to January 1942 *5th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment October 1941 to July 1942 *3rd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles April 1942 to August 1945 *4th Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles April 1942 to June 1943 *1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment July 1942 to April 1945 *9th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment June 1943 to August 1945 *1st Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles April to May 1944 *4th Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles November to December 1944 and April 1945 *1st Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khamis Brigade
The Khamis Brigade, formally the 32nd Reinforced Brigade of the Armed People, was a regime security brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. ... of the Libyan Armed Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the official Libya under Gaddafi, leader of Libya from 1969 until 2011. The 32nd Brigade was commanded by Gaddafi's youngest son, Khamis Gaddafi and was called "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military" and "the most important military and security elements of the regime" in leaked U.S. memos. In 2009, according to news reports, Belgian arms manufacturers delivered 11.5 million € worth of small arms and ammunition to the 32nd Brigade. The aim according to the Walloon government was to protect humanitarian convoys heading for Darfur in the Sudan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khamis Gaddafi
Khamis Gaddafi (27 May 1983 – 29 August 2011) was the seventh and youngest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the military commander in charge of the Khamis Brigade of the Libyan Army. He was part of his father's inner circle. During the Libyan Civil War in 2011, he was a major target for opposition forces trying to overthrow his father. Education and career At age three, Khamis Gaddafi was injured in the 15 April 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya, suffering head injuries when the Bab al-Azizia military compound was attacked in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. He graduated from the military academy in Tripoli, receiving a bachelor's degree in military arts and science, further graduating from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. In 2008, Gaddafi visited Algeria, where he was received by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. In April 2010, he began a master's degree at the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)
The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Red Arrow") is an infantry brigade combat team in the United States Army National Guard. It was formed from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division in 1967. It is the largest unit in the Wisconsin National Guard. History Formed in 1967 from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade consisted of three battalions of light infantry as well as support and engineer units. The 32nd's shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow, originated in the division's tenacity in piercing German lines during World War I that no other army could breach. It then became known as the ''Red Arrow Division''. After 1967 the brigade was a separate brigade of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, not part of any larger infantry division. In April 1971, the brigade was converted to a mechanized brigade and became the 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Mechanized). In 1984–85 the brigade included 2–127 Infantry (Mech); 1� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
The 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1936 to 1955, charged with defending the East Midlands of England. Origin The formation was raised on 1 November 1936 at Normanton House, Derby, as 32nd (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group, forming part of 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. It comprised anti-aircraft (AA) 'brigades' of the Royal Artillery (RA) and AA battalions of the Royal Engineers (RE), but when the RA redesignated its brigades as regiments in 1938, the group adopted the more usual title of 32nd (Midland) Ant-Aircraft Brigade in November 1938. On first formation the brigade comprised the following units:Frederick, pp. 1049–51. * 69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (TA) – ''Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) unit formed at Birmingham in 1936 by conversion of the 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment'' ** HQ, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 199th Anti-Aircraft Batteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 32nd Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army that saw active service during both the World War I, First and the World War II, Second World Wars. First World War The Brigade was raised originally as the 32nd Infantry Brigade, part of the British 11th (Northern) Division, 11th (Northern) Division, a Kitchener's Army, New Army formation which served at Battle of Gallipoli, Gallipoli and on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front during the First World War.F. G. Spring, 'Appendix III: 11th (Northern) Division', ''The History of the 6th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment'' (Poacher Books, 2008), 108. Order of battle * 9th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) ''(absorbed 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars 19 November 1917 and redesignated 9th (Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion)'' * 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) ''(left 18 May 1918)'' * 6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 32nd Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army created during the Second World War. It was formed, under the command of Brigadier Arthur Cecil Willison, in Egypt on 15 September 1941. The brigade HQ was sent to Tobruk to take command of all Royal Armoured Corps units stationed there and was attached to the 70th Infantry Division for Operation Crusader, where Captain Philip Gardner of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross. In June 1942, during the Battle of Gazala, a composite brigade was formed in Tobruk with surviving elements of the 1st Army Tank Brigade, which surrendered on 22 June after the fall of Tobruk. The brigade was not reformed. Order of battle The 32nd Army Tank Brigade was composed of * 1st Royal Tank Regiment (from 18 September 1941, left 21 January 1942) * 4th Royal Tank Regiment (from 19 September 1941) * 7th Royal Tank Regiment (from 18 September 1941, left 22 January 1942, rejoined 10 April 1942) See also * Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
XXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig .... It was originally formed with 27th, 134th and 135th Batteries, and attached to 4th Infantry Division. In August 1914 it mobilised and was sent to the Continent with the British Expeditionary Force, where it saw service with 2nd Division throughout the war. A howitzer battery was formed in May 1916, from a section of each of 86th (Howitzer) and 128th (Howitzer) Batteries, and designated D Battery; it was disbanded in January 1917, and replaced by 86th (Howitzer) Battery. Notes References {{reflist, 2 External linksRoyal Field Artillery Brigades [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
