71st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 71st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
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dates= 1943-1946
country= United Kingdom
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disbanded= 1946
commander1= Brigadier D.H. Haugh
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label= 71st Infantry Brigade
partof= 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
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operations= * Battle of Normandy
* Battle of Falaise
* Battle of the Bulge
* Operation Veritable
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The 71st Infantry Brigade formed part of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division during World War II. It fought with the division throughout the North-West Europe campaign, before finally being disbanded in March 1946.
Order of Battle
* 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (until 26 August 1944)
* 1st Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
* 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
* 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 26 August 1944)
ee Also
*53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
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