21st Army Group

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The 21st Army Group was a major British-led Allied field army formation in Northwest Europe during World War II, commanded by General Bernard Montgomery and instrumental in the liberation of Western Europe after D-Day.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied army group
field army formation
military unit
activeDuring 1944
1945
alliance Allies
areaOfOperations Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
commander Bernard Montgomery
commanderRank General
component Belgian forces
British Army units
Canadian Army units
Czechoslovak forces
linked to: Czechoslovak Army

Dutch forces
Polish forces
attached United States units
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom
disbandedIn 1945
formedIn 1943
higherCommand Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
notableCommander Bernard Montgomery
notableEngagement D-Day land operations
operation Advance into Germany
Battle of Caen
linked to: Battle for Caen

Battle of Normandy
linked to: Operation Overlord

Battle of the Scheldt
Crossing of the Rhine
Falaise Pocket
Liberation of the Netherlands
Normandy campaign
linked to: Operation Overlord

Operation Market Garden
Operation Neptune
Operation Overlord
Operation Plunder
Operation Veritable
Rhineland campaign
partOf Allied forces
role ground forces command in Northwest Europe
liberation of Western Europe
subordinateUnit American formations attached temporarily
British Second Army
First Canadian Army
supremeCommander Dwight D. Eisenhower
theatre Northwest Europe

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Operation Plunder involvedUnit British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
Operation Neptune coordinatedWith 21st Army Group
British XXX Corps partOf 21st Army Group
I Airborne Corps subordinateTo 21st Army Group
British Second Army subordinateTo 21st Army Group
U.S. Ninth Army subordinateTo 21st Army Group
U.S. Ninth Army cooperatedWith British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
Rhineland campaign involves 21st Army Group
Retreat from Normandy opponent 21st Army Group
Operation Veritable commandStructure 21st Army Group
Commander of 21st Army Group commands 21st Army Group
I Corps (British Army) subordinateTo 21st Army Group
British V Corps partOf 21st Army Group
U.S. 1st Army WWIIAlliedCoordination British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
Central Europe campaign participant British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
II Canadian Corps commandStructure Allied 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
2nd TAF operationalControl 21st Army Group
No. 85 Group RAF associatedWith 21st Army Group
6th Airborne Division partOf British 21st Army Group (in Northwest Europe)
linked to: 21st Army Group
I British Corps partOf 21st Army Group
I British Corps alliedCommandStructure 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe
linked to: 21st Army Group
Canadian II Corps subordinateTo 21st Army Group
British VIII Corps partOf 21st Army Group
Operation Varsity groundForcesSupported British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
29th Armoured Brigade higherCommand British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
159th Infantry Brigade componentOf British 21st Army Group
linked to: 21st Army Group
Guards Armoured Division partOf 21st Army Group
subject linked to: Guards Armoured
129th Infantry Brigade subordinateTo 21st Army Group
Allied Expeditionary Force component 21st Army Group