2 Armoured Division

Armoured DivisionMostly destroyed in Cyrenaica in April 1941 during the first German offensive. Some component units escaped to Tobruk and subsequently to Egypt where HQ assets were used to form HQ XXX Corps.

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Unit Theatres

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15-Dec-193925-Oct-1940United KingdomDefence of the United Kingdom.
26-Oct-194031-Dec-1940At Sea 
01-Jan-194109-May-1941Middle East