Unit Name: | T-Brigade |
Start Date: | 15 January 1946 |
Disbanded: | 16 December 1949 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Branch: | Royal Netherlands Army |
Specialization: | --> |
Size: | Brigade group |
Command Structure: | B-Division |
Nickname: | Dutch; Flemish: Tijgerbrigade (Tiger Brigade) |
Colours: | --> |
Colours Label: | --> |
Battles: | Indonesian War of Independence |
Commander1: | Col. S. de Waal |
Commander1 Label: | 1946 |
Commander2: | Col. D.R.A. van Langen |
Commander2 Label: | 1946–1949 |
Identification Symbol Label: | Emblem of the T-Brigade |
T-Brigade was a brigade group of the Royal Netherlands Army. At the end of the World War II, the formation consisted of the 2nd Battalion, 6th RIR, 1st Stootroepen Battalion and the 2/13th Light Infantry Battalion. The T-Brigade relieved the British 5th Parachute Brigade in Java on 26 April 1946.[1]