British 2nd Armoured Brigade

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2nd Armoured Brigade
Active World War II
Country Great Britain
Branch British Army
Type Armoured
Battles/wars Battle of France
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Gazala
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Raymond Briggs

The 2nd Armoured Brigade was a regular British Army unit during the Second World War , originally titled 2nd Light Armoured Brigade.

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The 2nd Armoured Brigade was part of the 1st Armoured Division when it was sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1940. It was evacuated from Dunkirk without its heavy equipment.

After being reformed it was sent in November 1941 to North Africa where it served with the 7th Armoured Division at Gazala , El Alamein and with the 1st Armoured Division in Tunisia and Italy .

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