1st Brigade may refer to:
Australia
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1st Brigade (Australia)
1st Brigade is a combined arms formation of the Australian Army. Formed in 1903 as a militia formation based in New South Wales, it was reconstituted as part of the First Australian Imperial Force, Australian Imperial Force in 1914 for service d ...
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1st Light Horse Brigade
The 1st Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in ...
Canada
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1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an Armoured warfare, armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the World War II, Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th and ...
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1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG; French: '')'' is a Canadian Forces brigade group that is part of the 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Army. Originally headquartered at CFB Calgary, it is currently based in CFB Edmont ...
Croatia
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1st Guards Brigade (Croatia)
Czechoslovakia
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1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade
The 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group () was an armoured unit of expatriate Czechoslovaks organised and equipped by the United Kingdom during the Second World War in 1943.
The brigade landed in Normandy in August 1944 and was g ...
Estonia
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1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia)
The 1st Infantry Brigade () is an infantry brigade of the Estonian Land Forces. It is the primary military unit in Northern Estonia. The brigade headquarters is based at Tapa.
History
On 25 April 1917, the 2nd Naval Fortress Regiment of the Pe ...
France
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1st Cavalry Brigade (France)
The French 1st Cavalry Brigade was a military unit of the French Army which served during World War II. A partly horse-mounted unit, it fought in the Battle of Belgium and the Battle of France in May 1940. An element of the brigade was noted for it ...
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1st Mechanised Brigade (France)
The 1st Mechanised Brigade () was one of the mechanized units of the Commandement des Forces Terrestres of the French Army. Created on 1 July 1999, as heir to the 1st Armored Division, the brigade was dissolved on 21 July 2015. Before the diss ...
Germany
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1st Airmobile Brigade (Bundeswehr)
Hungary
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1st Armored Brigade "György Klapka"
Israel
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Golani Brigade
The 1st "Golani" Brigade (, ''Hativat Golani'') is an Israeli military infantry brigade. It is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigades of the regular Is ...
Japan
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1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)
The , also known as the , is stationed in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Camp Narashino in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.
The Brigade serves as Japan's elite paratrooper unit meant to counter against either airborne forces units enemy, ...
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1st Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was originally formed November 3, 1901.
It was assigned to Kwantung Army
The Kwantung Army (Japanese language, Japanese: 関東軍, ''Kantō-gun'') was a Armies of the Imperial Japanese ...
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1st Helicopter Brigade
The is based at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu in Kisarazu, in Chiba Prefecture. Formerly an independent brigade, it was attached to the Central Readiness Force on March 28, 2007. Like most JGSDF units, the brigade's aircraft are deployed to conduct exerc ...
Poland
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1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade
The 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade () is a brigade of the Polish Armed Forces, based in Warsaw.
History
Polish 1st Armoured Brigade " defenders of Westerplatte" () or Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: ''1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna'') was ...
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1st Brigade, Polish Legions
Brigade I of the Polish Legions (, , ) was a unit of Austro-Hungarian Army, manned by Poles under Austrian occupation, part of the Polish Legions in World War I, existing from 1914 to 1917.
History
The First Brigade was formed on December 19, 1 ...
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1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland)
The 1st (Polish) Independent Parachute Brigade was a parachute infantry brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in the West under the command of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, created in September 1941 during the Second World War and based in ...
New Zealand
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1st Brigade (New Zealand)
Romania
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1st Logistics Brigade (Romania)
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1st Surface to Air Missiles Brigade (Romania)
The 1st Surface to Air Missiles Brigade "General Nicolae Dăscălescu" (), is the main air defense unit of the Romanian Air Force. Its headquarters are located in Chitila. The brigade was created on August 1, 1973, by merging the 18th and 19th Mi ...
Russia
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1st Slavyansk Brigade
The 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Slavyansk Order of the Republic Brigade (Military Unit Number 08801) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is ...
South Africa
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1st South African Infantry Brigade
The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famous ...
Spain
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1st Mixed Brigade
The First Mixed Brigade (), also known as Brigada Lister, was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was disbanded on 9 February 1939.
History
The First Mixed Brigade was established from the Fifth Regiment o ...
Sweden
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Life Guards Brigade
The Life Guards Brigade (), or the 1st Infantry Brigade (IB 1), is a reduced Swedish Army infantry brigade located in the county of Stockholm, active since 2024. It was previously active 1949–2000. The brigade is headquartered at Kungsängen Gar ...
Ukraine
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1st Tank Brigade (Ukraine)
The 1st Tank Brigade "Severia" () is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1997.
History
The brigade is a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that was formed in 1997 from the 292nd Tank Regiment. In 2014, the brigade was deploye ...
United Kingdom
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1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Artillery Brigade was a support formation of the British Army from 1961-77 and from 1997. Part of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, it oversaw all army close support artillery and deep fires units. Under the Future Soldier programme, t ...
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1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Airlanding Brigade was an airborne infantry brigade of the British Army during the Second World War and the only glider infantry formation assigned to the 1st Airborne Division, serving alongside the 1st Parachute Brigade and 4th Par ...
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1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War. A ''Tank'' Brigade was intended to support the Infantry and was mostly equipped with slow moving Infantry tanks, unlike an Armoured Brigade, which was equ ...
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1st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Brigade, raised as the 1st Light Armoured, on 14 April 1940 its designation changed to 1st Armoured Brigade Group, an armoured formation of the British Army.
History
At the start of World War II, the brigade was based in the ...
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1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second World Wars. It was based at Tidworth Camp. Previously, it has been designated 1st (Guar ...
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1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade (United Kingdom)
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1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers
The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers was a specialised armoured formation of the British Army active in the Second World War. It was formed in mid-1943 and its structure was three assault regiments of the Royal Engineers. It was assigned ...
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1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (1st Household Cavalry Brigade), the Anglo-Egyptian War (1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to t ...
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1st Composite Mounted Brigade
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1st Gibraltar Brigade
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1st Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Guards Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, formed in the First World War. It was formed in August 1915 by the redesignation of the 4th (Guards) Brigade on its transfer from the 2nd Division to the Guards Division. It s ...
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1st Malaya Infantry Brigade
The 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade formed in 1939 with its headquarters in Singapore immediately after the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. The Brigade participated in the Battle of Singapore against the Empire of Ja ...
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1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second World Wars. It was based at Tidworth Camp. Previously, it has been designated 1st (Guar ...
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1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Parachute Brigade, or the Red Devils, was an airborne forces brigade formed by the British Army during the Second World War. As its name indicates, the unit was the first Paratrooper, parachute infantry brigade formation in the British Arm ...
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1st Special Service Brigade
The 1st Special Service Brigade was a commando (special operations capable) brigade of the British Army. Formed during the Second World War, it consisted of elements of the British Army (including Commandos) and the Royal Marines. The brigade's ...
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1st Signal Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Signal Brigade, formerly known as the 1st Signal Group, is a brigade of the British Army. The group was first formed in 1968 as a result of the 1966 Defence White Paper which expanded support for NATO and the British Army of the Rhine. ...
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1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
I Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global ...
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I Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
I Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery was a Brigade#United Kingdom, brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery which existed in the early part of the 20th century. It was dissolved at the outbreak of World War I as its constituent batteries were posted t ...
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I Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
United States
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1st Air Cavalry Brigade
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1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (the "First Iron Horse Brigade, First Cavalry Division") is a cavalry unit of the United States Army based in Fort Cavazos, Texas.
History
It was constituted 29 August 1917 in the Unite ...
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1st Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States)
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1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (United States)
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1st Brigade, 104th Division (United States)
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1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1st MEB) was a formation most recently assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF). First established as 1st Brigade (1901-1914), the brigade has also been activated as 1st Marine Brigade (1947-1949), 1st Pr ...
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1st Provisional Marine Brigade
The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was a marine brigade of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) that existed periodically from 1912 to 1950. It was an ad hoc unit formed for specific operations and not considered a "permanent" USMC unit.
The br ...
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1st Sustainment Brigade (United States)
The 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Riley, Kansas. It provides logistics support to the 1st Infantry Division.
Activated in 2007, the unit is a modular brigade capabl ...
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