5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

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unit_name= 5th Parachute Brigade


caption=The divisional shoulder flash of the airborne forces
dates= 1943 - 1945
country= Great Britain
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branch= British Army
type=Airbourne
role=Parachute Infantry
size=Brigade
command_structure=6th Airborne Division
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battles= Battle of Normandy
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notable_commanders= Nigel Poett
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The 5th Parachute Brigade was a war-formed brigade of the British Army during the Second World War.

History

The 5th Para Brigade was converted from the 72nd Infantry Brigade on 1 June 1943. It was attached to the newly formed 6th Airborne Division.

On 6 June 1944 this brigade was dropped into Normandy with the rest of the 6th Airborne Division, as part of the D-Day Landings.

On 23 March 1945 it was involved in a second airborne drop (Operation Varsity) over the Rhine and into Germany.

On 20 July 1945 the 5th Airborne Brigade was flown to India and, after the end of hostilities, on to Singapore and Malaya where it aided in the disarming of Japanese forces.

Component Units

*12th Bn, The Parachute Regt. (10th The Green Howards)
*13th Bn, The Parachute Regt. (2/4th The South Lancashire Regiment)
*7th Bn, The Parachute Regt. (10th The Somerset Light Infantry)

Commanders

* Brig. E.W.C. Flavell
* Brig. J.H.N. Poett

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