What was founded in 1941 as a regiment, and later reconstituted as a corps in 1950, that fought along side a Greek special forces unit formed in 1942 in the Middle East in the Western Desert and the Aegean?
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Sacred Band (World War II) The Sacred Band or Sacred Squadron (Greek: Ιερός Λόχος ) was a Greek special forces unit formed in 1942 in the Middle East, composed entirely of Greek officers and officer cadets under the command of Col. Christodoulos Tsigantes. It fought alongside the SAS in the Western Desert and the Aegean, as well as with General Leclerc's "Free French Forces" in Tunisia. It was disbanded in August 1945 but is the precursor of the modern Greek Special Forces.
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Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. The SAS was founded in 1941 as a regiment, and later reconstituted as a corps in 1950. The unit undertakes a number of roles including covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, direct action and hostage rescue.
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40th Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa The 40th Infantry Division "Cacciatori d’Africa" ("Hunters of Africa") was an infantry division of the Italian Army ("Regio Esercito Italiano") during World War II. It was formed 27 July 1940 and dissolved 15 May 1941. The divisions "Cacciatori d’Africa" and 65 Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia were out of normal chain-of-command, being subordinated directly to Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta., together with other colonial troops in Italian East Africa.
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Italian invasion of Egypt The Italian invasion of Egypt ("Operazione E") was an Italian offensive against British, Commonwealth and Free French forces during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. The goal of the offensive was to seize the Suez Canal; the Italian forces in Libya would have to advance along the coast, across northern Egypt to the canal. After numerous delays, the aim of the offensive was reduced to an advance into Egypt, as far as Sidi Barrani and attacks on any British forces in the area.
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4th Infantry Division (Greece) The 4th Infantry Division (Greek: IV Μεραρχία Πεζικού, IV ΜΠ; "IV Merarchia Pezikou, IV MP" ) is a formation of the Hellenic Army. Founded in 1912 as an infantry division, it continues to exist today as a reserve and training formation, headquartered in Tripoli, Peloponnese.
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2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/5th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War II, the regiment was formed in 1941 and disbanded at the end of the war in 1945 without having been deployed outside of Australia.
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Marine Commandos The Marine Commandos (Arabic: مغاوير البحر "Maghāwīr al Baħr"‎ ‎ = "marine commandos"/"commandos of the sea"; singular مَغْوَار "maghwār" = Levantine Arabic "commando", from غَارَ "ghāra" = "he invaded"; البحر = al Baħr = of the sea) are an elite unit of the Lebanese Navy. They are part of the Lebanese Special Operations Command.
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Roland Battalion The 'Roland Battalion (German: "Battalion Ukrainische Gruppe Roland" ), officially known as Special Group Roland, was the subunit under command of the Abwehr special operations unit Lehrregiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800. Along with the Nachtigall Battalion it was one of two military units formed on 25 February 1941 by head of the Abwehr Wilhelm Franz Canaris, which sanctioned the creation of the "Ukrainian Legion" under German command. It was manned primarily by occupied Poland citizens of Ukrainian ethnicity directed to unit by Bandera's OUN orders .
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Hellenic Gendarmerie The Hellenic Gendarmerie (Greek: Ελληνική Χωροφυλακή , "Elliniki Chorofylaki") was the national gendarmerie and military police (until 1941) force of Greece.
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Hadžiefendić Legion The Hadžiefendić Legion () or Muslim Legion was a Bosniak self-defence militia and Croatian Home Guard unit based in the predominantly Muslim Tuzla region of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. The brigade–sized force was formally a "Volunteer Home Guard Regiment", and was raised in late December 1941 under the command of the former Royal Yugoslav Army reservist Major Muhamed Hadžiefendić, who had been commissioned into the Croatian Home Guard. By the end of the year, the Legion had commenced forming battalions in six towns in northeastern Bosnia.
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1st Filipino Infantry Regiment The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was a segregated United States Army infantry regiment made up of Filipino Americans from the continental United States and a few veterans of the Battle of the Philippines that saw combat during World War II. It was formed and activated at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, under the auspices of the California National Guard. Originally created as a battalion, it was declared a regiment on 13 July 1942. Deployed initially to New Guinea in 1944, it became a source of manpower for special forces and units that would serve in occupied territories. In 1945, it deployed to the Philippines, where it first saw combat as a unit. After major combat operations, it remained in the Philippines until it returned to California and was deactivated in 1946 at Camp Stoneman.
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X Corps (United Kingdom) The X Corps was a corps-size formation of the British Army that served in the First World War on the Western Front before being disbanded in 1919. The corps was later re-formed in 1942 during the Second World War and saw service in the North African Campaign, later serving in the Italian Campaign where it came under command of both the U.S. Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army.
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Army of Thrace The Army of Thrace (Greek: Στρατιά Θράκης ) was a field army of the Hellenic Army in 1920–1922. It was created out of the National Defence Army Corps on 3 June 1920, and proceeded to occupy Eastern Thrace, defeating the local Ottoman forces led by Djafer Tayyar. Following defeat and evacuation of the Army of Asia Minor from Anatolia in August 1922, and the Armistice of Mudanya, the Army evacuated Eastern Thrace in October 1922. Along with the remnants of the Army of Asia Minor, it was reformed into the Army of the Evros in December 1922.
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1st Infantry Division (Greece) The 1st Infantry Division "Smyrni" (Greek: I Μεραρχία Πεζικού «ΣΜΥΡΝΗ» (Ι ΜΠ); "I Merarkhía Pezikoú "Smýrni"", "I MP" ) is an historic and elite division of the Hellenic Army. It was founded in 1897 as an infantry division and has fought in all major conflicts in which Greece has been involved. During the Balkan Wars, it acquired the sobriquet "Iron Division" (Greek: «Σιδηρά Μεραρχία» ; "Sidirá Merarkhía").
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2/7th Field Regiment (Australia) The 2/7th Field Regiment was an Australian Army field artillery regiment that served during the Second World War. Formed in mid-1940 and assigned to the 9th Division, the regiment was deployed to North Africa, where it saw action around Tobruk in 1941 and in the First and Second Battles of El Alamein in 1942. It also undertook garrison duties in Syria and Egypt. In 1943, the regiment returned to Australia, after which it did not see action again until late in the war when it was committed to the landing at Tarakan in 1945. Following the end of the war, the regiment returned to Australia and was disbanded in January 1946.
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Hellenic Navy The Hellenic Navy (HN; Greek: Πολεμικό Ναυτικό , "Polemikó Naftikó", abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece, part of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence. During the periods of monarchy (1833–1924 and 1936–1973) it was known as the Royal Navy (Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν, "Vasilikón Naftikón", abbreviated ΒΝ).
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1st Infantry Division (South Africa) The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East Africa from 1940 to 1941 and in the Western Desert Campaign from 1941 to 1942. The division was disbanded on 1 January 1943, for conversion into what would become the 6th South African Armoured Division. The division was also briefly active after the war from 1 July 1948 to 1 November 1949.
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Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War (Greek: ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος] "o Emfýlios [Pólemos]", "the Civil War") was fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army (backed by the United Kingdom and the United States), and the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE, the military branch of the Greek Communist Party (KKE), backed by Yugoslavia and Albania as well as by Bulgaria), most probably the first Proxy war of the Cold War. The fighting resulted in the defeat of the Communist insurgents by the government forces. Founded by the Communist Party of Greece and funded by Communist nations such as Yugoslavia, the Democratic Army of Greece included many personnel who had fought as partisans against German and Italian occupation forces during the Second World War of 1939–1945.
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No. 50 Commando No. 50 Commando was a battalion-sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The commando was formed in 1940, from volunteers in Egypt and Palestine. Shortly after formation it was amalgamated with No. 52 Commando and became 'D' Battalion, Layforce.
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2/4th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/4th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. The regiment was formed in November 1942 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force by amalgamating a number of previously existing armoured units and was disbanded in September 1946 after seeing action in New Guinea and Bougainville Island, where it provided individual squadron-group sized elements which operated in support of infantry operations against the Japanese. During its service the regiment received 10 battle honours.
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Battle of Rhodes (1943) The Battle of Rhodes (Greek: Μάχη της Ρόδου ) was a brief battle between Italian and German forces for the control of the Greek island of Rhodes, in the then Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea.
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Palestine Regiment The Palestine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed in 1942. During the Second World War, the regiment was deployed to Egypt and Cyrenaica, but most of their work consisted of guard duty. Some Palestine Regiment members were killed in Benghazi, where they fought heavy battles against the Germans. The Palestine Regiment consisted of Jews and Arabs, conscripted in Mandatory Palestine, until its reformation in 1944. From 1944, the Jewish military subunits of Palestine Regiment became the basis to form the larger Jewish Brigade, which took part in World War II effort of the Allies in Europe.