Formation · army group
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)
- 6 June 1944D-Day: controls all Allied ground forces in the landing (operational area; headquarters location not given in the source)
- 12 June 1944Normandy beachhead
- 15 September 1944Antwerp; Market Garden 17 Sep
- 16 December 1944Maas
- 7 March 1945Rhine crossing 23 Mar (Plunder)
- 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]21st Army Group
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia
- [2]Normandy landings
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia