Brigade Piron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brigade_Piron
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Belgian_government_in_exile
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Belgian_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Piron
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:French_Resistance
Belgian soldiers
Luxembourgish soldiers
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1940
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Tenby,_Wales
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigade Piron
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Pour_la_Patrie
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Piron
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Liberation_of_Brussels
Liberation of Zeebrugge
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Liberation_of_the_Netherlands
gptkb:Liberation_of_France
gptkb:Liberation_of_Belgium
gptkbp:size about 2,200 men
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:Belgian_forces_in_exile
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Piron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7