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21st Army Group

Existed: 9 Jul 1943 – 25 Aug 1945

British 2nd and Canadian 1st Armies.

Commanders

  • Bernard Montgomery 1 Jan 1944 – 25 Aug 1945

Positions (approximate)

  1. 6 June 1944D-Day: controls all Allied ground forces in the landing (operational area; headquarters location not given in the source)
  2. 12 June 1944Normandy beachhead
  3. 15 September 1944Antwerp; Market Garden 17 Sep
  4. 16 December 1944Maas
  5. 7 March 1945Rhine crossing 23 Mar (Plunder)
  6. 25 April 1945Hamburg – Elbe

Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.

Sources

  1. [1]
    21st Army Group

    Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia

  2. [2]
    Normandy landings

    Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia

21st Army Group · Militavor