Kungiyar ta Najeriya

Kungiyar ta Najeriya
regiment (en)
Bayanai
Farawa	1914
Ƙasa	Birtaniya

Sojojin Najeriya, runduna ta 3 ta Afirka ta Yamma (Thunder), sun hau RAF Dakota don aikin Operation Alhamis

Ƙungiyar ta Nijeriya, Royal West African Frontier Force, an kafa ta ne ta hanyar haɗakar Ƙungiyar Arewacin Nijeriya da Ƙungiyar Kudancin Nijeriya a ranar 1 ga Janairun shekara ta 1914. A wannan lokacin, da rajimanti kunshi biyar battalions :

• Bataliya ta 1 - tsohuwar 1st Bn, imentungiyar Arewacin Najeriya
• Bataliya ta 2 - tsohuwar 2nd Bn, imentungiyar Arewacin Najeriya
• Bataliya ta 3 - tsohuwar 3 Bn, ,ungiyar Arewacin Najeriya
• Bataliya ta 4 (Lagos) - tsohon 2nd Bn, imentungiyar Kudancin Najeriya
• Bataliya ta 5 - tsohuwar 1st Bn, imentungiyar Kudancin Najeriya

Yaƙin Duniya na 1

Ƙungiyar ta yi aiki a duk Yaƙin Duniya na Farko a cikin Kamaru (1914-1916), da kuma Gangamin Gabashin Afirka (1916-1918). A yakin duniya na biyu, rundinar ta ga aiki a Yakin Afirka ta Gabas inda ta sami ci gaba mafi sauri a tarihin soja a kan sojojin Italiya da Burma inda ta ba da yawancin sassan 81 da 82 na Afirka ta Yamma. Kari akan haka Brigade 3 na Afirka ta Yamma suna haɗe a cikin aikin Chindits na biyu na shekara ta 1944. A cikin 1956, a lokacin ziyarar Sarauniya Elizabeth ta II, an sauya wa rundinar suna zuwa ƙungiyar Sarauniyar ta Najeriya, Royal West African Frontier Force .

A ƙarshe akwai Cibiyar Horar da Regan Sandan Nijeriya da ke Zariya, da wani rukunin kamfanin injiniyoyi, da kuma batirin filin manyan bindigogi. A shekarun da suka gabata an kafa bataliyar a Kaduna (Kano), Enugu, Ibadan, da Abeokuta (kowannensu); waɗannan tashoshin da aka juya.

Yaƙin Duniya na II

Bataliya ta 4

A farkon Yaƙin Duniya na II an haɗu da bataliyar tare da Rifles na Saliyo na 1 da Bataliya ta 1, imentungiyar Gambiya, don kafa Runduna ta 6 (West Africa) Brigade . Bataliyar ta ci gaba da zama a Najeriya yayin bataliya ta farko da ta fara yaƙi da theasar Italiya a Gabashin Afirka . Bataliyar ta kasance a Nijeriya don tsaron gida da kuma horar da sabbin recruaukar aiki. Tare da faduwar Faransa bataliyar ce kadai kariya ga ƙasar daga barazanar Vichy Faransawan da ke makwabtaka da mulkin mallaka. Bataliyar ta ci gaba da wannan aikin har sai barazanar Vichy ta Faransa ta ɓace a cikin 1942.

Tare da shawarar kafa rukuni biyu na Yammacin Afirka Brigade na 6 na Yammacin Afirka ya shiga Runduna ta Yamma ta 81 a 31 Maris 1943. Sanarwar ta dawo gida Nijeriya a cikin Mayu 1946 kuma har yanzu tana kan aiki a yau.

Bataliya ta 6

An sanya shi zuwa Brigade na 3 (Yammacin Afirka) Brigade .

An sanya shi zuwa Brigade na 3 (Yammacin Afirka) Brigade.

Bataliya ta 12

An sanya shi zuwa Brigade na 3 a (Yammacin Afirka) Brigade.

Sananne ma'aikata

• Michael Crowder, masanin tarihi ( bautar ƙasa, 1953–54).
• Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, shugaban mulkin soja na farko a Najeriya (1942-1960).

Bayan Yaƙin Duniya

Har zuwa jim kaɗan kafin samun 'yanci a cikin shekara ta 1960 har yanzu akwai mafi yawan hafsoshin Birtaniyya, da wasu ƙwararrun masanan NCOs na Burtaniya. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi an bashi izini tun a shekara ta 1949 (tare da sakamakon cewa daga baya ya zama babban kwamandan askarawan Najeriya na farko kuma shugaban mulkin soja na farko), amma yawan hafsoshin Afirka ya karu ne a hankali a cikin shekara ta 1950.