1 Czechoslovak Armored Brigade

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1 Czechoslovak Armored Brigade (Czechoslovak Armored Brigade) is a Czechoslovak military unit fighting alongside the Western Allies during the Second World War.
The brigade was created on 1 September 1943 in the United Kingdom on the basis of the existing 1st Infantry Brigade. It was headed by General Alois Liška and his deputy was Colonel Karel Klapálek. By the summer of 1944, she had conducted intensive combat training when she was destined for landing in the French Normandy. At that time, about 4 thousand. people. Upon reaching Falaise, she entered the 1st Canadian Regiment.

At the beginning of October, it was sent to Dunkirk, where the German garrison (226 Infantry Regiment from the 79 DP Infantry Regiment and Kriegsmarine sailors) defended it under the command of Rear Admiral Friedrich Frisius. On 8th and 9th October the Brigade changed the British 51 DP. On October 28, the unsuccessful attempts to attack German positions took place. Since November it has been under the British 21st Army Group. By the end of the war, she led the Dunkirk with the British and Canadian troops. It consisted of sending patrols and periodic strong reconnaissance on both sides and artillery shells of the city and port. In the meantime, French troops from the FFI were assigned to the brigade; From October 15, 1944, it was the 110th Infantry Regiment, and from January 24, 1945 - 51st Infantry Regiment.

In the spring of 1945, the number of the Brigade increased to about 5.9 thousand. Soldiers (Czechs arrived in France and served in the Wehrmacht). On 9 May, the Brigade capitulated about 15,500. Germans from Dunkirk; There were also large amounts of war equipment and equipment, including 3 miniature submarines. Later, the unit was transported to Czechoslovakia, where she took part in the victory parades in Prague and Pilsen.
The brigade was armed with the American light tanks Stuart M5A1 and the English medium tanks Mk VIII Cromwell. It also had some M4 Sherman Firefly and Mk VIII Challenger tanks. Organizational composition

September 1944

May 1945 r. Bibliography

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