The British 11th Armoured Division, known as The Black Bull, was a British Army division formed in 1941, during World War II. It was one of the most famous British armoured Divisions of the war, known mainly for its role in the battles of North-western Europe in 1944-45. It was nicknamed The Black Bull after its insignia. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

The division was involved in Operations Epsom and Goodwood in Normandy, the 'swan' to Amiens, the liberation of Antwerp, operation Market Garden and the Ardennes. The division also captured areas of Northern Germany up to the Danish border including Lübeck and liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 April 1945. During World War II, Operation Epsom (Allies, 1944) was a British attack to seize Caen, France. ... Operation Goodwood was an Allied military operation of World War II from July 18 to 20 July 1944 taking place in Normandy some weeks following D-Day. ... Combatants XXX Corps First Allied Airborne Army II SS Panzer Corps Army Group B First Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength 35,000 airborne, XXX Corps 20,000 (start of the battle) Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden (September 17-September 25, 1944) was an... The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région). ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Commanders

• Major General Percy Hobart
• Major General C.F.Keightley
• Major General M.B.Burrows
• Major General G.P.B 'Pip' Roberts

Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart (14 June 1885-19 February 1957) was a British military engineer and commander of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles (Hobarts Funnies) that took part in the invasion of Normandy. ... Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts CB, DSO, MC (1906-1997), better known as Pip Roberts, was a British commander of an armoured division during World War II. Roberts is considered to be possibly the best British armoured commander in the Second World War and achieved the distinction of being...

Battles

• Battle of Normandy
• Operation Market Garden
• Invasion of Germany

Combatants Allied Powers Nazi Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Strength 326,000 (by June 11) Unknown Casualties 53,700 dead, 18,000 missing, 155,000 wounded About 200... Combatants XXX Corps First Allied Airborne Army II SS Panzer Corps Army Group B First Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength 35,000 airborne, XXX Corps 20,000 (start of the battle) Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden (September 17-September 25, 1944) was an... Operation Varsity was an airborne operation towards the end of World War II, intended to gain a foothold across the River Rhine. ...

Component Units

(On 6th June 1944) June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

British 29th Armoured Brigade

• 6th Royal Tank Regiment
• 23rd Hussars
• Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
• 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade

The 29th Armoured Brigade was a Second World War British Army brigade. ... The 6th Royal Tank Regiment (6 RTR) was a regiment of the Royal Tank Regiment, of the British Army, until 1959. ... The 23rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1940 to 1946. ... The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consorts Own) was a regiment of the British Army. ...

British 159th Infantry Brigade

• 4th Bn, The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
• 1st Bn, The Herefordshire Regiment
• 3rd Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment

Support Units

• 2nd The Northamptonshire Yeomanry
• 13th (H.A.C) Regt. Royal Horse Artillery
• 151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
• 75th Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
• 58th (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
• 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars

The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior. ... The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) is a corps in the British Army. ... The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments. ... Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry... The 19th Light Dragoons gained much of their fame in India, where they were given the ASSAYE badge, which had the likeness of an elephant upon it. ...

References

• Delaforce, Patrick The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division

External Links

• Order of Battle Data Base