Infantry battalion

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An infantry battalion was the basic unit of infantry. Infantry soldiers fought on foot. They were mostly armed with rifles. A battalion was a group of up to 1,000 soldiers.

For a more details of the size and make-up of a British infantry battalion, see What was an infantry battalion? at The Long Long Trail.

(Could include sample hierarchy as shown in British Army Hierarchies to give sense of battalion's place in structures.)


Lists of Battalions

These pages list infantry battalion pages on this site by nationality:

(Can't populate easily yet because some of the battalion list pages are not exclusively infantry. eg Fort Garry Horse is in Canadian battalions in World War I. Templates and categories might help here.)