British Second Army

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British Army formation field army

The British Second Army was a major field army of the British Army in World War II, best known for its leading role in the Normandy landings and subsequent campaigns across Northwest Europe.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Second Army (United Kingdom) 2
Second British Army 2
British 2nd Army 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activeDuring 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allies

Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
branch British Army ⓘ
commander Miles Dempsey ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedIn World War II ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front in World War II
includedUnit 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division ⓘ
3rd Infantry Division ⓘ
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division ⓘ
6th Airborne Division ⓘ
7th Armoured Division ⓘ
British I Corps ⓘ
British VIII Corps ⓘ
British XII Corps ⓘ
British XXX Corps ⓘ
Canadian II Corps ⓘ
Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
Polish 1st Armoured Division ⓘ
notableCommander Miles Dempsey ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
notableFor Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

campaign in Northwest Europe ⓘ
operation Advance into Northern Germany ⓘ
Advance to the Seine ⓘ
Battle for Caen ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Scheldt support operations

Capture of Bremen ⓘ
Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Falaise Pocket operations

Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Liberation of Antwerp

Liberation of Brussels ⓘ
Link-up with Soviet forces on the Elbe ⓘ
Operation Bluecoat ⓘ
Operation Goodwood ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
Operation Plunder ⓘ
Operation Veritable ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
participatedIn invasion of Germany ⓘ
liberation of Belgium ⓘ
liberation of France ⓘ
liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role ground forces for British and some Allied troops in Northwest Europe ⓘ
subordinateTo 21st Army Group ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Operation Bluecoat → armyInvolved → British Second Army ⓘ
Sword Beach → assignedTo → British Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Army (United Kingdom)
Ruhr Pocket → attackingForce → British Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: British 2nd Army
Battle for Caen → belligerent → British Second Army ⓘ
Operation Goodwood → commandingFormation → British Second Army ⓘ
Operation Epsom → conductedBy → British Second Army ⓘ
U.S. Ninth Army → cooperatedWith → British Second Army ⓘ
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → higherCommand → British Second Army ⓘ
Operation Plunder → involvedUnit → British Second Army ⓘ
Operation Totalize → involvedUnit → British Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second British Army
Battle of the Reichswald → notableUnit → British Second Army ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt → notableUnit → British Second Army ⓘ
7th Armoured Division → partOf → British Second Army ⓘ
British XXX Corps → partOf → British Second Army ⓘ
Sword Beach → primaryAttackingForce → British Second Army ⓘ
British 8th Armoured Brigade → subordinateTo → British Second Army ⓘ
VIII Corps (United Kingdom) → subordinateTo → British Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Army (United Kingdom)
21st Army Group → subordinateUnit → British Second Army ⓘ
RAF Second Tactical Air Force → supportedForce → British Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second British Army