The 43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade or 43rd Indian Infantry Brigade or 43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in 1943, by the renaming of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade

3rd Indian Motor Brigade

The 3rd Indian Motor Brigade was a unit of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in 1940. In its short history one of its regiments would be involved in the siege of Tobruk and the brigade was twice overrun during the Western Desert Campaign by units of the Afrika Corps and the Italian...

 and instead of Indian cavalry regiment consisted of regular Gurkha infantry battalions. It was sent to join the 4th Indian Infantry Division, 8th Indian Infantry Division and the 10th Indian Infantry Division fighting in the Italian Campaign

Italian Campaign (World War II)

The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters AFHQ was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and it planned and commanded the...

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