B57 British Irish Guards Battlegroup, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, NW Europe, September 1944

Description

B57: British Irish Guards Battlegroup, 5^th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, NW Europe, September 1944

List type: armour

Detailing the Irish Guards Battlegroup as used in 30th Corps advance in Operation Market Garden. The Irish Guards led the advance of 30th Corps on 17th September 1944.

By this time the Guards Division had formed permanent battlegroups pairing an armoured battalion with an infantry battalion, and units could be cross attached between companies. These make ideal wargaming battlegroups for Divisions of Steel players.