17th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade

17th Indian Infantry Brigade

17th Indian Infantry Brigade

Military unit

For the First World War formation, see 17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade.

The 17th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.

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History

Men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers operate a captured German Marder 75mm self-propelled gun, 30 December 1943.

It was formed in November 1940, at the Delhi Cantonment in India and assigned to the 8th Indian Infantry Division. They were sent to participate in the Anglo-Iraqi War and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and came under command of the 10th Indian Infantry Division between July and August 1941. Returning to the 8th Indian Division in September 1941, at the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, they were sent to Egypt. They then spent 1942, as a garrison force in Syria. It then took part in the Italian Campaign from September 1943 to August 1945. It was briefly coming under command of the British 78th Infantry Division between 3 and 7 November 1943.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "17 Indian Brigade". Order of Battle. Retrieved 23 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    "17 Indian Brigade Units". Order of Battle. Retrieved 23 October 2009.[permanent dead link]


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