21st Army Group » First Canadian Army

Army · Canada · April 6, 1942 – July 30, 1945

Canadian-led army under Harry Crerar that closed the Falaise pocket, took the Channel ports, cleared the Scheldt and liberated the northern Netherlands.

Recorded for Operation Overlord.

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Engagements 3

Operation Overlord June 6 – August 30, 1944
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945
Western Allied invasion of Germany March 22 – May 8, 1945

Movements

July 23, 1944 Takes over the Caen sector (Operation Overlord) · map
August 16, 1944 Falaise taken; the gap closes at Chambois · map
September 22, 1944 Boulogne and Calais taken (Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine) · map
November 8, 1944 The Scheldt cleared; Walcheren · map
February 8, 1945 Reichswald (Operation Veritable) · map
April 16, 1945 Groningen; the northern Netherlands freed (Western Allied invasion of Germany) · map
May 5, 1945 – July 30, 1945 German surrender at Wageningen · map

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