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HISTORY At the start of the war this unit was made up of regular army battalions based in the Middle East garrisons. It was present at the Battle Of Crete , holding Heraklion airfield and causing many casualties among the German Parachute troops. Evacuated to North Africa where it became part of the British 70th Infantry Division in the break out from Tobruk . The British 70th Infantry Division was transferred to India and then Burma . Here the division, including the 14th Infantry Brigade , was split up and reformed as Chindits , fighting in the Second Chindit Expedition of 1944 (codenamed Operation Thursday). On the 1 November 1944 the brigade was redesignated as the British 14th Airlanding Brigade . GENERAL OFFRICERS COMMANDING
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LINKS British Divisions In WWII British 6th Infantry Division British 70th Infantry Division Chindits Battle Of Tobruk Battle Of Crete REFERENCES
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