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List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War facts for kids

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This is a list of army divisions serving within the British Empire during the Second World War. Military formations within the British Empire were generally not static and were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions. As a result military formations within the Empire and Commonwealth are not easily attributable to specific Imperial or national entities and naming conventions do not necessarily correlate with modern country names.

  • "formed from" indicates that a new division was created in part from another division
  • "formerly" indicates a simple division name change

Australia

  • 1st Australian Infantry
  • 2nd Australian Infantry
  • 3rd Australian Infantry
  • 4th Australian Infantry
  • 5th Australian Infantry
  • 6th Australian Infantry
  • 7th Australian Infantry
  • 8th Australian Infantry
  • 9th Australian Infantry
  • 10th Australian Infantry
  • 11th Australian Infantry
  • 12th Australian Infantry "Northern Territory Force"
  • 1st Australian Armoured
  • 2nd Australian Armoured
  • 3rd Australian Armoured

Canada

  • 1st Canadian Infantry
  • 2nd Canadian Infantry
  • 3rd Canadian Infantry
  • 3rd Canadian Infantry (CAOF)
  • 4th Canadian Infantry later 4th Canadian Armoured
  • 5th Canadian Infantry later 5th Canadian Armoured
  • 6th Canadian Infantry
  • 6th Canadian Infantry (CAPF)
  • 7th Canadian Infantry
  • 8th Canadian Infantry
  • Veterans Guard
  • 4th Canadian Armoured formed from 4th Canadian Infantry
  • 5th Canadian Armoured formed from 5th Canadian Infantry

New Zealand

  • 1st New Zealand Infantry
  • 2nd New Zealand Infantry
  • 3rd New Zealand Infantry
  • 4th New Zealand Infantry
  • 5th New Zealand Infantry

South Africa

  • 1st Mounted Command
  • 1st South African Infantry later 6th South African Armoured
  • 2nd South African Infantry
  • 3rd South African Infantry
  • 6th South African Armoured

See also

  • List of British divisions in World War II
  • List of Indian divisions in World War II
  • List of British Empire brigades of the Second World War
  • List of British Empire corps of the Second World War
  • Military history of the British Commonwealth in the Second World War
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