11th Armoured Division

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British Army formation armoured division

The 11th Armoured Division was a British Army armoured formation that played a key role in the Northwest Europe campaign during World War II, particularly following the D-Day landings.

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Label Occurrences
11th Armoured Division canonical 15
11th Armoured Divisional Artillery 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
armoured division ⓘ
activeDuring 1941–1945 ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allies
branch British Army ⓘ
commander Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts ⓘ
Major-General Percy Hobart ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn post-Second World War period ⓘ
formedIn 1941 ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII United Kingdom ⓘ
insignia black bull on a yellow and red background ⓘ
landedIn Normandy ⓘ
nickname The Black Bull ⓘ
notableEvent BergenBelsen ⓘ
surface form: liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
notableFor key role in breakout from Normandy ⓘ
rapid armoured advances in Northwest Europe ⓘ
participatedIn Advance into Germany ⓘ
Advance to the Seine ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Falaise Pocket

Liberation of Antwerp ⓘ
North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign

Operation Bluecoat ⓘ
Operation Epsom ⓘ
Operation Goodwood ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role armoured exploitation ⓘ
breakthrough support ⓘ
subordinateUnit 11th Armoured Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 11th Armoured Divisional Artillery

11th Armoured Divisional Engineers ⓘ
159th Infantry Brigade ⓘ
29th Armoured Brigade ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: D-Day campaign
type armoured ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

British XXX Corps → subordinateUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
BergenBelsen → liberationUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Bergen-Belsen
British Second Army → includedUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
30th Corps → notableUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
11th Armoured Division → subordinateUnit → 11th Armoured Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 11th Armoured Divisional Artillery
Operation Epsom → involvedUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
The Black Bull → refersTo → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
The Black Bull → usedBy → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
The Black Bull → symbolOf → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
The Black Bull → militaryUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
29th Armoured Brigade → partOf → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
159th Infantry Brigade → partOf → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
159th Infantry Brigade → subordinateTo → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
11th Armoured Divisional Engineers → partOf → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
11th Armoured Divisional Engineers → supportedFormation → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
Battle for Hill 112 → involvedUnit → 11th Armoured Division ⓘ