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The British 5th Infantry Division was a World War II infantry Division . It saw action in France and Belgium in 1940, was withdrawn, along with the rest of the British Expeditionary Force , from Dunkirk . After this it served and travelled in so many regions of the world that they became known as the Globe Trotters. The 5th Division saw action in the Sicily Landings and the Italian Campaigns. See British 5th Division (World War I) for the division's World War I history. STRUCTURE 13th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
17th Infantry Brigade
GLOBE TROTTING The 5th Infantry Division travelled from the U.K. to India to Iraq, Persia, Syria and Egypt before landing in Sicily in 1943. They then saw action in Italy, from there they were sent to Palestine back to Italy and finally to North West Europe for the final months of the war. BATTLES AND ENGAGEMENTS
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