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70 Infantry Division

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
10-Oct-1941 10-Oct-1941 Converted from 6 Infantry Division
22-Oct-1941 22-Oct-1941 Event Division assumed responsibility for Tobruk Fortress from 9 Australian Infantry Division.
13-Dec-1941 13-Dec-1941 Event Tobrul Fortress ceased to exist
06-Sep-1943 06-Sep-1943 Reorganised Division began reorganising its units for their role in Long Range Penetration operations in Burma.
25-Oct-1943 25-Oct-1943 Reduced Division handed over responsibility for its units to 3 Indian Infantry Division (aka Special Force).
24-Nov-1943 24-Nov-1943 Disbanded
Number of Records Returned: 6
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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