1st Belgian Infantry Brigade
The Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, also known as the "Brigade Piron", after its commander, Jean-Baptiste Piron, was a Belgian and Luxembourger army unit which fought in World War II. Within the British 6th Airborne Division, it participated in the Battle of Normandy and, later, the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands.
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