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11th Army Group information


11th Army Group
ActiveNovember 1943 to November 1944
TypeArmy group
RoleArmy Group Headquarters
SizeOne field army and additional forces
Part ofSouth East Asia Command
Commanders
Notable
commanders
George Giffard

The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War. Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British African colonies, and also Nationalist Chinese and United States units.

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