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British Second Army

Existed: 1 Jun 1943 – 25 Jun 1945

Commanders

  • Miles Dempsey 26 Jan 1944 – 25 Jun 1945

Positions (approximate)

  1. 6 June 1944D-Day: XXX Corps at Gold, I Corps at Juno and Sword
  2. 12 June 1944Gold, Juno and Sword beaches; Caen
  3. 15 September 1944Brussels, Antwerp; Market Garden
  4. 16 December 1944Maas
  5. 7 March 1945Rhine at Wesel
  6. 25 April 1945Hamburg; Lüneburg Heath surrender 4 May

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]
    Second Army (United Kingdom)

    Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia

  2. [2]
    Normandy landings

    Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia

British Second Army · Militavor