List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War

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This is a list of army divisions serving within the British Empire during the Second World War. Military formations within the British Empire were generally not static and were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions. As a result military formations within the Empire and Commonwealth are not easily attributable to specific Imperial or national entities and naming conventions do not necessarily correlate with modern country names.

  • "formed from" indicates that a new division was created in part from another division
  • "formerly" indicates a simple division name change

British Army

Further information: List of British divisions in World War II

Imperial and Dominion

Australian Army

Canadian Army

Colonies and Protectorates [1]

Army of India [1]

New Zealand Army

South African Army

See also

Resources

Notes

  1. ^ British Army formations

References

  1. ^ The Army of India consisted of both the Indian Army and the British Army in India. The Indian Army was the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers. The British Army in India consisted of British Army units posted to India for a tour of duty, and which would then be posted to other parts of the Empire or back to the UK..
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