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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
21st Army Group canonical	28
British 21st Army Group	7
21st Army Group in Northwest Europe	1
Allied 21st Army Group	1
British 21st Army Group (in Northwest Europe)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied army group ⓘ field army formation ⓘ military unit ⓘ
activeDuring	1944 ⓘ 1945 ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies
areaOfOperations	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
commanderRank	General ⓘ
component	Belgian forces ⓘ British Army units ⓘ Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Army units Czechoslovak Army ⓘ surface form: Czechoslovak forces Dutch forces ⓘ Polish forces ⓘ attached United States units ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 for Caen ⓘ surface form: Battle of Caen Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Normandy Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ surface form: Falaise Pocket Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: 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 (38)

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

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → hasComponent → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Operation Plunder → involvedUnit → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

Operation Neptune → coordinatedWith → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British XXX Corps → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

I Airborne Corps → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

3rd Canadian Infantry Division → higherFormation → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British Second Army → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → higherCommand → 21st Army Group ⓘ

U.S. Ninth Army → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

U.S. Ninth Army → cooperatedWith → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

Rhineland campaign → involves → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Retreat from Normandy → opponent → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Operation Veritable → commandStructure → 21st Army Group ⓘ

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → higherCommand → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Commander of 21st Army Group → commands → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Polish 1st Armoured Division → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

I Corps (British Army) → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British V Corps → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

U.S. 1st Army → WWIIAlliedCoordination → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

Central Europe campaign → participant → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

II Canadian Corps → commandStructure → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied 21st Army Group

2nd TAF → operationalControl → 21st Army Group ⓘ

No. 85 Group RAF → associatedWith → 21st Army Group ⓘ

6th Airborne Division → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group (in Northwest Europe)

I British Corps → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

I British Corps → alliedCommandStructure → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe

Canadian II Corps → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British VIII Corps → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Operation Varsity → groundForcesSupported → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

7th Canadian Infantry Brigade → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

9th Canadian Infantry Brigade → higherCommand → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British Army order of battle in Normandy → appliesTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

British Army order of battle in Normandy → commandStructure → 21st Army Group ⓘ

29th Armoured Brigade → higherCommand → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

159th Infantry Brigade → componentOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 21st Army Group

Guards Armoured → partOf → 21st Army Group ⓘ

subject surface form: Guards Armoured Division

129th Infantry Brigade → subordinateTo → 21st Army Group ⓘ

Allied Expeditionary Force → component → 21st Army Group ⓘ