3rd Division (United Kingdom)
The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd (Iron) Division, Monty's Iron Sides or as Iron Sides; is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars. The division is also sometimes referred to as the Iron Division, a nickname earned during the bitter fighting of 1916, during the First World War. The division's other battle honours include: the Battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, the Second Boer War, the Battle of France (1940) and D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. It was commanded for a time, during the Second World War, by Bernard M
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3rd Division (United Kingdom)
The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd (Iron) Division, Monty's Iron Sides or as Iron Sides; is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars. The division is also sometimes referred to as the Iron Division, a nickname earned during the bitter fighting of 1916, during the First World War. The division's other battle honours include: the Battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, the Second Boer War, the Battle of France (1940) and D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. It was commanded for a time, during the Second World War, by Bernard M
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3-я дивизия — дивизия в состав ...... маршалом Бернардом Монтгомери.
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De 3e Gemechaniseerde Infanter ...... n het zuidwesten van Engeland.
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Die 3rd (United Kingdom) Divis ...... ck in drei Teile geteilt wird.
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La 3e division (3rd (United Ki ...... tre un triangle rouge inversé.
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The 3rd (United Kingdom) Divis ...... to instil pride in his troops.
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3-я дивизия — дивизия в состав ...... британском мандате Палестины.
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De 3e Gemechaniseerde Infanter ...... n het zuidwesten van Engeland.
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Die 3rd (United Kingdom) Divis ...... ck in drei Teile geteilt wird.
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La 3e division (3rd (United Ki ...... tre un triangle rouge inversé.
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The 3rd (United Kingdom) Divis ...... Second World War, by Bernard M
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3-я дивизия (Великобритания)
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3e Gemechaniseerde Infanteriedivisie
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3e division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni)
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3rd Division (United Kingdom)
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3rd Division (Vereinigtes Königreich)
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3rd (United Kingdom) Division
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3rd Division
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3rd Infantry Division
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3rd Mechanised Division
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Iron Sides
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