1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade information
1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade
Československá samostatná obrněná brigáda
Active
September 1943 – May 1945
Country
Czechoslovakia
Allegiance
Czechoslovak government-in-exile, formation equipped and supplied by the United Kingdom
Branch
Army
Type
Armoured
Size
Brigade
Part of
21st Army Group
Engagements
Siege of Dunkirk (1944)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Major-general Alois Liška
Military unit
The 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group (Czech: Československá samostatná obrněná brigáda, Slovak: Československá samostatná obrnená brigáda) was an armoured unit of expatriate Czechoslovaks organised and equipped by the United Kingdom during the Second World War in 1943.
The brigade landed in Normandy in August 1944 and was given the mission of containing the German-held port of Dunkirk for the rest of the war in Europe. In May 1945, the brigade moved to Czechoslovakia and was absorbed into the Czechoslovak Army.
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