21st Army Group

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Allied army group field army formation military unit

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.

Aliases (1)

British 21st Army Group ×2

Statements (48)

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 → Dutch forces → Polish forces → attached United States units →
conflict	Second World War →
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 → Battle of Normandy → Battle of the Scheldt → Crossing of the Rhine → Falaise Pocket → Liberation of the Netherlands → Normandy campaign → 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 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Second Army → I Airborne Corps → U.S. Ninth Army →	subordinateTo
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division →	higherCommand
Commander of 21st Army Group →	commands
Operation Veritable →	commandStructure
U.S. Ninth Army ("British 21st Army Group") →	cooperatedWith
Operation Neptune →	coordinatedWith
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force →	hasComponent
3rd Canadian Infantry Division →	higherFormation
Operation Plunder ("British 21st Army Group") →	involvedUnit
Rhineland campaign →	involves
Retreat from Normandy →	opponent
British XXX Corps →	partOf