page_title: 151st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
section_title: D-Day
hierarchical_section_title: 151st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) / History / Northwest Europe / D-Day
caption_attribution_description: English: D-day allied assault routes From Center for Military History, US Army Originally prepared as part of the US Military History: Utah Beach To Cherbourg
context_page_description: The 151st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during the Second World War in Belgium and France in 1940, and later in North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily, and later in Normandy in mid-1944 and North-western Europe. The brigade was part of the 50th Infantry Division, and for most of its wartime existence consisted of three battalions of the Durham Light Infantry the 6th, 8th and 9th.
context_section_description: After Sicily, 50th Division, including the Brigade, did not participate in the Allied invasion of Italy. Instead, by request of General Bernard Law Montgomery, on 19 October 1943, 50th Division was withdrawn to Britain for reforming and training, in preparation for the invasion of northwest Europe. The Division and Brigade were under XXX Corps in the British Second Army.
caption: Routes taken by the D-Day invasion
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