List of British armies in World War II (English Wikipedia)

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Hesketh 2000, pp. 169–170. Hesketh, Roger (2000). Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign. Woodstock: Overlook Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-585-67075-8.
Gibbs 1976, pp. 455, 507, 514–515. Gibbs, N. H. (1976). Grand Strategy. History of the Second World War. Vol. I. London: HMSO. ISBN 978-0-116-30181-9 – via Archive Foundation.
Hesketh 2000, pp. 2–3, 37, 64–65, 242–245, 305–306, 327–329, 334–335; Holt 2004, pp. 486, 912, 915. Hesketh, Roger (2000). Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign. Woodstock: Overlook Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-585-67075-8. Holt, Thaddeus (2004). The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-743-25042-9.
Hesketh 2000, pp. 2–3; Holt 2004, pp. 912–913. Hesketh, Roger (2000). Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign. Woodstock: Overlook Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-585-67075-8. Holt, Thaddeus (2004). The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-743-25042-9.
Holt 2004, pp. 368–369, 597, 601, 809, 816, 819–820, 913. Holt, Thaddeus (2004). The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-743-25042-9.

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Ellis 1954, p. 358. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Ellis 1954, pp. 357–368. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Fraser 1999, pp. 72, 76–77; Ellis 1954, pp. 276, 299–301. Fraser, David (1999) [1983]. And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. London: Cassell Military. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.

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"Badge, Formation, 12th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, British 14th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 1st Allied Airborne Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 1st Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 2nd Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 8th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, HQ Palestine and Transjordan & British Troops Palestine and Transjordan". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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"Swayne, Sir John George des Reaux (1890–1964), Lieutenant General". King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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"No. 35397". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 December 1941. p. 7369.

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Ellis 1954, p. 358. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
"Badge, Formation, 12th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
Ellis 1954, pp. 357–368. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
"Badge, Formation, British 14th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
Fraser 1999, pp. 72, 76–77; Ellis 1954, pp. 276, 299–301. Fraser, David (1999) [1983]. And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. London: Cassell Military. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
"Badge, Formation, 1st Allied Airborne Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 1st Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 2nd Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Swayne, Sir John George des Reaux (1890–1964), Lieutenant General". King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, Formation, 8th Army". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
"Badge, HQ Palestine and Transjordan & British Troops Palestine and Transjordan". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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Ellis 1954, p. 358. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Kirby et al. 1965, pp. 437, 473. Kirby, S. W.; Roberts, M. R.; Wards, G. T.; Desoer, N. L. (1965). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Reconquest of Burma. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 34499119.
Playfair et al. 2004, p. 402; Playfair et al. 2004, p. 464–465; Kirby et al. 1969, p. 2; Kirby et al. 1965, p. xiii. Playfair, I. S. O.; et al. (2004) [1960]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East: British Fortunes Reach their Lowest Ebb (September 1941 to September 1942). History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. III. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-067-2. Playfair, I. S. O.; et al. (2004) [1960]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-068-9. Kirby, Stanley Woodburn; et al. (1969). The War Against Japan: The Surrender. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. V. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-064-1. Kirby, S. W.; Roberts, M. R.; Wards, G. T.; Desoer, N. L. (1965). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Reconquest of Burma. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 34499119.
Ellis 1954, pp. 357–368. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Kirby et al. 1962, p. 466. Kirby, S. W.; Addis, C. T.; Roberts, M. R.; Wards, G. T.; Desoer, N. L. (1962). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Decisive Battles. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. III. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 769331015.
Fraser 1999, pp. 72, 76–77; Ellis 1954, pp. 276, 299–301. Fraser, David (1999) [1983]. And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. London: Cassell Military. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3. Ellis, Lionel F. (1954). Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 1087882503. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Army Almanac 1950, p. 503; Beevor 2019, p. 24. The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1950. OCLC 609866362. Beevor, Antony (2019) [2018]. The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14312-883-0.
Brayley & Chappell 2001, p. 16; Crew 1962, p. 535. Brayley, Martin; Chappell, Mike (2001). The British Army 1939–45 (1): North-West Europe. Men-at-Arms. Botley, Oxfordshire: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-052-0. Crew, Francis Albert Eley (1962). MacNalty, Arthur (ed.). The Army Medical Services, Campaigns. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Medical Series. Vol. IV: North-West Europe. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 71735137.
Cole 1973, p. 25; Gould & Proud 1983, p. 163. Cole, Howard (1973). Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-85368-078-9. Gould, Robert W.; Proud, Edward B. (1983). History of the British Army Postal Service. Vol. 3: 1927–1963. Heathfield, East Sussex: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd. OCLC 923083834.