page_title: 11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
section_title: Operation Goodwood
hierarchical_section_title: 11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) / Normandy / Operation Goodwood
caption_attribution_description: English: Challenger tank (foreground) and Cromwell tanks (background) of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, passing through Flers, France.
context_page_description: The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed in response to the unanticipated success of the German panzer divisions. The 11th Armoured was responsible for several major victories in the Battle of Normandy from in the summer of 1944, shortly after the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944, and it participated in the rapid advance across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and, later, the Rhine crossing in March 1945, and later invaded Germany. It was disbanded in January 1946 and reformed towards the end of 1950. In 1956, it was converted into the 4th Infantry Division.
context_section_description: The 11th Armoured was then moved to the east of Caen to spearhead Operation Goodwood. Planning and execution errors, coupled with strong German defences, led to a tactical British defeat. Goodwood was cancelled on 20 July, with the 11th Armoured being withdrawn from the front line to rest and refit. In only two days of fighting, it had lost 126 tanks.
  The subsequent reorganization saw the 23rd Hussars absorb the remainder of the 24th Lancers.
caption: Challenger tanks of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, passing through Flers on 17 August 1944
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