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The Indian 10th Infantry Division was a war formed Indian division during the Second World War . HISTORY The 10th Indian Infantry Division was grouped in , Invasion Of Syria-Lebanon , Anglo-Soviet Invasion Of Iran , North African Campaign , and Italian Campaign . The division first fought in Iraq , in Syria , and in Iran against forces potentially barring the road from Europe to India . In March 1942 command of the division passed from Major-General Slim. He was ordered to India to take command of Burma Corps , the kernal that would eventually become the Fourteenth Army .Sim William. ''Defeat into Victory'' p. 19 The division then moved on to North Africa for the battle for Libya . They fought at Halfaya Pass and the bottleneck at El Alamein . They then went to Cyprus for regrouping and hill training under Lieutenat-General Alan Bruce Blaxland . Finally, the Indian 10th Infantry Division went to Italy . In July 1943 , General Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd took command. In January 1944 , command passed to Major-General Dennis Whitehorn Reid when Lloyd was killed in an air crash. Reid remained in command until the end of British involvement in the division in 1947 . In Italy , the division faced hard fighting northwards with the Eighth Army . The Gothic Line , Senio and numerous other mountain battles and river crossings followed with many battle honours earned, decorations won and casualties suffered before final victory in Europe. Security tasks on the Yugoslav border around Trieste completed the Division's war service. Upon partition the division was allocated to Pakistan. The 10th Infantry Division is now stationed in Lahore as part of IV Corps Pakistan Army. The formation has a distinguished record in the defence of the city of Lahore from the numerically much superior Indian Army in both the 1965 and 1971 wars. DIVISION FORMATION HEADQUARTERS
Indian 10th Infantry Brigade
Indian 20th Infantry Brigade
Indian 25th Infantry Brigade
Support Units
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