Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine

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The Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine was the senior officer responsible for leading and overseeing British occupation and later NATO forces stationed in Germany after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command appointment ⓘ
military position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
appointedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Defence

War Office ⓘ
basedOn Allied occupation arrangements in Germany ⓘ
commandStructure reports to Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
reports to Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1994 ⓘ
follows Commander-in-Chief British Forces of the Rhine (World War I) ⓘ
hasDuty coordination with NATO allies ⓘ
defence of West Germany ⓘ
implementation of Allied occupation policy ⓘ
planning for potential Warsaw Pact conflict ⓘ
training of British forces in Germany ⓘ
hasRank field marshal ⓘ
general ⓘ
hasRole NATO army group commander ⓘ
commander of British I (BR) Corps ⓘ
commander of British occupation forces in Germany ⓘ
commander of Northern Army Group ⓘ
overall commander of British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
senior British officer in Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
post-World War II ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
location Bad Oeynhausen ⓘ
Bielefeld ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Mönchengladbach ⓘ
Rheindahlen ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
notableCommander Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
linked to: Bernard Montgomery

General Sir Brian Horrocks ⓘ
General Sir John Hackett ⓘ
General Sir Nigel Bagnall ⓘ
partOf British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
British Forces Germany ⓘ
NATO Allied Forces Central Europe ⓘ
replaces wartime field commands in northwest Europe ⓘ
successor Commander British Forces Germany ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard McCreery → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
British High Commissioner for Germany → replaces → Chief of the British Military Government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine
Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine → follows → Commander-in-Chief British Forces of the Rhine (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine
John Hackett (British Army officer) → positionHeld → Commander, British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
subject linked to: John Hackett
linked to: Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine
Peter Inge → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
subject linked to: General Sir Peter Inge
linked to: Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine