3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade

3rd Canadian Brigade
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Canadian Brigade; 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
	Troops from the Royal 22e Régiment getting ready to disembark, Italy, September 1943
Active	1914–1919; 1939–1945
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	1st Canadian Division
Engagements	World War I Second Battle of Ypres; Battle of the Somme; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Battle of Passchendaele; World War II Invasion of Sicily; Italian campaign;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	R.E.W. Turner; George Tuxford

The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Canadian Army in both World War I and World War II. The brigade fought on the Western Front during the First World War, and in Sicily and Italy during the Second World War.

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