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The 8th Mountain Division was raised as the 8th Indian Infantry division of the British Indian Army. It is now part of the Indian Army and specialises in mountain warfare. The 8th Indian Infantry Division was formed as an infantry division in Meerut on 25 October 1940 under Major-General Charles Harvey, a British Indian Army officer, as part of the Indian Army during World War II. It served in the Middle East in the garrisoning of Iraq and then the invasion of Persia to secure the oil fields of the area for the Allies. A brigade was detached to the Western Desert to reinforce the British Eighth Army as it withdrew before the Axis forces. Following training in the Near East, the division entered the Italian Campaign landing at Taranto on mainland Italy.

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  • 8th Infantry Division (India) (en)
  • 8e division d'infanterie indienne (fr)
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  • The 8th Mountain Division was raised as the 8th Indian Infantry division of the British Indian Army. It is now part of the Indian Army and specialises in mountain warfare. The 8th Indian Infantry Division was formed as an infantry division in Meerut on 25 October 1940 under Major-General Charles Harvey, a British Indian Army officer, as part of the Indian Army during World War II. It served in the Middle East in the garrisoning of Iraq and then the invasion of Persia to secure the oil fields of the area for the Allies. A brigade was detached to the Western Desert to reinforce the British Eighth Army as it withdrew before the Axis forces. Following training in the Near East, the division entered the Italian Campaign landing at Taranto on mainland Italy. (en)
  • La 8th Indian Infantry Division est une division de la British Indian Army qui est spécialisé dans les tactiques et les opérations dans les territoires montagneux. Originellement formée à Meerut le 25 octobre 1940 par le Major Général C.O. Harvey( Compagnon de l'Ordre du Bain, Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Empire britannique, Commandeur de Ordre royal de Victoria, Military Cross) comme faisant partie de la British Indian Army cette division fut dissoute à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale mais reformé à nouveau en 1962 comme une division spécialisé en montagne. (fr)
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  • 8th Indian Infantry Division (en)
  • 8th Mountain Division (en)
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