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Encyclopedia > British 20th Armoured Brigade

The 20th Armoured Brigade was a British Army brigade during the Second World War. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

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World War II

Formed from Yeomanry Regiments in 1939 as the 20th Light Armoured Brigade , part of the 6th Armoured Division. In 1943 it was reorganised as a training formation and finally disbanded on 30th April 1943 . In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...


Post World War II

It is currently stationed in Germany as part of British Forces Germany. The British Forces Germany (BFG) is the successor of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG), which were disbanded in 1994 after the end of the Cold War. ...


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