British 40th Infantry Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_40th_Infantry_Brigade

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years	1940-1945
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:artillery gptkb:Royal_Engineers gptkb:Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps gptkb:Royal_Signals gptkb:military
gptkbp:command_structure	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:established	gptkb:1940
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Birmingham
gptkbp:historical_significance	gptkb:Second_World_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British 40th Infantry Brigade
gptkbp:insignia	Brigade badge
gptkbp:motto	Courage and Honor
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_40th_Brigade
gptkbp:notable_operations	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:operational_theater	gptkb:Italy gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:operational_use	infantry combat
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:recruitment	gptkb:England
gptkbp:reformed	1950s
gptkbp:served_in	gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Plunder gptkb:Operation_Dragoon gptkb:Battle_of_France gptkb:Italian_Campaign gptkb:Mediterranean_Theatre gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun gptkb:European_Theatre gptkb:Battle_of_Britain gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne gptkb:Operation_Varsity gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem Liberation of Europe Battle of Italy
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:40th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkbp:type	infantry brigade
gptkbp:unit_history	gptkb:39th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4