7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) division, with the 8th Armoured and 155th Infantry Brigades (from the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division) under command, took part in Operation Blackcock to clear the Roer Triangle. The division had a short rest for training in late February. This was followed by Operation Plunder; the 7th Armoured Division crossed the River Rhine near Xanten and Wesel and advanced on the German city of Hamburg as its destination, as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany, where the division ended the war. On 16 April 1945, the 7th Armoured Division liberated Stalag 11B in Fallingbostel, which was the first prisoner-of-war
10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 3 June 1943, left 11 April 1944") 23rd Armoured Brigade ("from 1 June 1944, left 14 June 1944") 7th Motor Brigade ("from 12 September 1942, left 23 September 1942") 133rd Lorried Infantry Brigade ("from 29 September 1942, left 25 November 1942") 201st Guards Motor Brigade ("from 9 January 1943, left 1 February 1943") Divisional Troops Royal Armoured Corps Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals 10th Armoured Divisional Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals Royal Artillery 10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) The 10th Armoured Division was an armoured formation of division-size of the British Army, raised during World War II and