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2 Parachute Brigade
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Unit Attachment to Superior Units

From To Nation Superior
17-Jul-1942 29-Jul-1942 British War Office
30-Jul-1942 28-Sep-1943 British 1 Airborne Division
28-Sep-1943 01-Oct-1943 British 78 Infantry Division
02-Oct-1943 16-Nov-1943 British 1 Airborne Division
17-Nov-1943 02-Dec-1943 British 8 Army
03-Dec-1943 15-Jan-1944 New Zealand 2 New Zealand Infantry Division
16-Jan-1944 25-Mar-1944 Indian 8 Indian Infantry Division
26-Mar-1944 03-Apr-1944 British XIII Corps
04-Apr-1944 07-Apr-1944 New Zealand 2 New Zealand Infantry Division
08-Apr-1944 16-Apr-1944 British 6 Armoured Division
17-Apr-1944 26-May-1944 New Zealand 2 New Zealand Infantry Division
27-May-1944 26-Jul-1944 British HQ 3 District
27-Jul-1944 26-Aug-1944 American 7 Army
26-Aug-1944 17-Sep-1944 British Allied Force HQ
18-Sep-1944 03-Dec-1944 British III Corps
04-Dec-1944 08-Jan-1945 ? British Arkforce
08-Jan-1945 ? 27-Jan-1945 ? British HQ Land Forces and Military Liaison (Greece) This unit has been added as an assumption because Arkforce was disbanded on 08/01/1945 so it is possible that Brigade would have been subordinate to this HQ which was the successor to III Corps.
28-Jan-1945 16-Jul-1945 British Allied Force HQ
16-Jul-1945 28-Aug-1945 British War Office
29-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 British 6 Airborne Division
Number of Records Returned: 20
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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