Order of Battle
The main constituent formations of 21st Army Group were the First Canadian Army and the British 2nd Army. In practice, neither of the two armies were homogeneously British or Canadian. Also included were Polish units, from Normandy onwards and small Dutch, Belgian, and Czech units; American Army forces were attached from time to time. Lines of communications units were predominantly British.
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