21st Army Group

Army group · United Kingdom · July 9, 1943 – August 25, 1945 · 1,020,581 strong

Bernard Montgomery's army group, which commanded all land forces in Normandy and then the British and Canadian armies across Belgium, the Netherlands and northern Germany.

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Sub-units 1

Army First Canadian Army

Attached units 1

March 1, 1945 – March 24, 1945 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Under this formation at Operation Plunder (Wikipedia infobox)

People who served 1

Bernard Montgomery

Strength and losses

Nominal Strength: 1,020,581 excluding US forces
Nominal Tanks: 9,248
Nominal Guns: 6,584
Nominal Aircraft: 1,600 2nd Tactical Air Force

Movements

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
June 6, 1944 Operation Overlord Normandy landings Map
June 6, 1944 – July 1944 Invasion of Normandy
June 6 – August 6, 1944 Battle for Caen
August 12–21, 1944 Falaise pocket
August 31, 1944 Across the Seine to Amiens Map
September 1944 – November 1944 Clearing the Channel Coast
September 2, 1944 – February 4, 1945 Liberation of Belgium
September 4, 1944 Antwerp taken Map
September 17, 1944 Operation Market Garden Market Garden from Eindhoven Map
September 30 – October 8, 1944 Battle of the Nijmegen salient
October 2 – November 8, 1944 Battle of the Scheldt
December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Map
February 8, 1945 Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine Operation Veritable Map
March 1945 – March 24, 1945 Operation Plunder
March 24, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany Crosses the Rhine at Wesel Map
April 18, 1945 Ruhr Pocket
May 4, 1945 – August 25, 1945 German surrender at Lüneburg Heath Map