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- Guards_Armoured_Division abstract "The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was created in the United Kingdom during World War II on 17 June 1941 from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards. and Welsh Guards.The division remained in the United Kingdom, training, until 26 June 1944, when it landed in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord as part of VIII Corps where its first major engagement was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed by Operation Bluecoat, the advance east of Caen as the Falaise pocket formed. Transferred to XXX Corps, the division liberated Brussels. It led the XXX Corps attack in Operation Market Garden, the ground forces' advance to relieve airborne troops aiming to seize the bridges up to Arnhem, capturing Nijmegen bridge in conjunction with American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. During the Ardennes offensive, it was sent to the Meuse as a reserve in case the Germans broke through the American lines. It endured hard fighting in Operation Veritable, the advance towards the Rhine through the Reichswald, and again in the advance through Germany. The division existed until 12 June 1945, more than two months after Victory in Europe Day, when it was reorganised as an infantry division, the Guards Division.".
- Guards_Armoured_Division activeYearsEndYear "1945".
- Guards_Armoured_Division activeYearsStartYear "1941".
- Guards_Armoured_Division battle Operation_Market_Garden.
- Guards_Armoured_Division battle Operation_Overlord.
- Guards_Armoured_Division battleHonours "17–27 September 1944The Nederrijn".
- Guards_Armoured_Division battleHonours "18–23 July 1944Bourguébus Ridge".
- Guards_Armoured_Division battleHonours "30 July 9–August 1944Mont Pinçon".
- Guards_Armoured_Division battleHonours "6 February–10 March 1945 The Rhineland".
- Guards_Armoured_Division country United_Kingdom.
- Guards_Armoured_Division militaryUnitSize "343 tanksref|63 light tanks, 205 medium tanks, 24 close support tanks, 25 anti-aircraft tanks, and 8 artillery observation tanks.|group=nbref|These two figures are the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division for 1944/1945; for information on how the division size changed over the war please see British Army during the Second World War and British Armoured formations of World War II.|group=nb".
- Guards_Armoured_Division militaryUnitSize "Division, 14,964 men".
- Guards_Armoured_Division notableCommander Allan_Adair.
- Guards_Armoured_Division notableCommander Oliver_Leese.
- Guards_Armoured_Division thumbnail British_XXX_Corps_cross_the_road_bridge_at_Nijmegen.jpg?width=300.
- Guards_Armoured_Division type Armoured_warfare.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Major-general_(United_Kingdom).
- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Mont_Pinçon.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Nijmegen.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Normandy.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Bluecoat.
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- Guards_Armoured_Division wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Goodwood.