T-Brigade Explained

Unit Name:T-Brigade
Start Date:15 January 1946
Disbanded:16 December 1949
Country: Netherlands
Branch:Royal Netherlands Army
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Size:Brigade group
Command Structure:B-Division
Nickname:Dutch; Flemish: Tijgerbrigade (Tiger Brigade)
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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]

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Notes and References

  1. Mcmillan, p.101