6th South African Armoured Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours: Italy 1944–45
gptkbp:branch gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:disbanded February 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:M10_tank_destroyer
gptkb:Sherman_tank
gptkb:Stuart_tank
gptkbp:formed February 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 6th South African Armoured Division
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Virtute_et_Prudentia
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:SA_6th_Armoured
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Major_General_W.H.E._Poole
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Gothic_Line
gptkb:Liberation_of_Bologna
gptkb:Advance_to_Florence
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Liberation_of_Bologna
gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Arno_River
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Caprara
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Pezza
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Salvaro
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Sole
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Stanco
gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Vigese
Liberation of Florence
Advance through the Apennines
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Natal_Field_Artillery
gptkb:South_African_Engineer_Corps
gptkb:Regiment_Botha
gptkb:Regiment_President_Steyn
gptkb:South_African_Medical_Corps
gptkb:11th_South_African_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:12th_South_African_Motorised_Brigade
gptkb:1st_City_Regiment/Regiment_President_Steyn
gptkb:24th_Guards_Brigade_(attached)
gptkb:First_City/Cape_Town_Highlanders
gptkb:Imperial_Light_Horse/Kimberley_Regiment
gptkb:Natal_Mounted_Rifles
gptkb:Pretoria_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Natal_Carbineers
gptkb:South_African_Chaplains_Department
gptkb:South_African_Corps_of_Signals
gptkb:South_African_Ordnance_Corps
gptkb:South_African_Pay_Corps
gptkb:South_African_Service_Corps
gptkb:South_African_Veterinary_Corps
gptkb:Special_Service_Battalion
gptkb:Transvaal_Scottish
gptkb:Umvoti_Mounted_Rifles
gptkb:Witwatersrand_Rifles/Regiment_de_la_Rey
gptkb:4th/22nd_Field_Regiment
gptkb:6th_South_African_Field_Regiment
gptkb:Cape_Field_Artillery
gptkb:South_African_Corps_of_Military_Police
gptkb:South_African_Postal_Corps
gptkb:South_African_Women's_Auxiliary_Services
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_South_African_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6