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6th Army
Group,
Heidelberg, Germany
Gen Jacob L.
Devers
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In the
final stages of the war in Europe, the 6th Army Group, commanded by Gen
Devers, ... the southern flank of the VE-Day battle line. The Group comprised
the First French Army and the Seventh US Army with three US
corps (VI, XV and XXI) totaling thirteen divisions. On May 12 1945, Seventh
Army was withdrawn from 6th Army Group and placed under the control of 12th
Army Group in Wiesbaden. On 20 July 1945, the 6th Army Group was disbanded.
Click on 6AG patch to read some information on the 6th AG (draft)
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12th
Army Group,
Wiesbaden, Germany
Gen Omar N. Bradley |
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The 12th
Army Group, commanded by Gen Bradley, was headquartered at Wiesbaden, and
commanded the four Armies (First, Third, Ninth and
Fifteenth) that comprised the center of the VE-Day battle line (12th
Army Group's front was 550 miles long). Composed of the III, V, VII, VIII,
XII, XIII, XVI, XIX, XX, XXII, XXIII US corps, this was the largest of the
army groups and, with a total of forty-three divisions, probably the most
powerful fighting force ever placed in the field by any nation. On 26 July,
12th Army Group became nonoperational, with the transfer to US Forces, European
Theater (USFET) of the third, Seventh, Ninth and Fifteenth Armies. The personnel
of Headquarters, Special Troops, 12th Army Group, were assigned to Headquarters
Command, USFET, on 1 August. |
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15th
Army Group,
Caserta?, Italy
Gen Mark W. Clark |
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Click
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Third
Army,
12th Army Group
Bad Tölz, Germany
Gen George S. Patton, Jr |
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On April
22, Third Army swung around from its previous drive towards BERLIN and commenced
its two-pronged attack towards the National Redoubt. One objective was to
advance into Czechoslovakia to link up with the Russians and the other was
to advance southward through the heart of Bavaria, to liquidate any plans
to hold out in the Alps of southern Germany and Austria and to link up with
the American Fifth Army coming up from Italy and with the Russians advancing
westward through Austria.
South of Czechoslovakia, the agreed provisional line of junction ran down
the BUDEJOVICE-LINZ railroad and thence along the Valley of the ENNS, where
contact was affected on May 8. |
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Seventh
Army
CP: Augsburg, Germany
CG: Lt Gen Alexander M. Patch, until June 12, 1945 |
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During
the first few weeks after VE-Day, Seventh Army occupied the western part
of Austria with elements of two Corps: VI in Tyrol and XV
in Salzburg. On May 12 1945, Seventh Army was withdrawn from 6th Army Group
and placed under the control of 12th Army Group in Wiesbaden. On 21 May,
XV Corps was relieved from assignment to Seventh Army and reassigned
with all of its assigned and attached troops to Third Army. On June 9, Seventh
Army relinquished territorial responsibility for its remaining sector in
Austria and transferred VI Corps to Third Army. Thus, Seventh Army's
occupational role in Austria came to a close. |
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II
Corps
CP: Verona, Italy
Salzburg, Austria
CG: Lt Gen Geoffrey Keyes |
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VI
Corps
CP: Innsbruck, Austria, May 4 - July
10, 1945
CG: Maj Gen Edward H. Brooks |
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XII
Corps
CP: Regensburg, Germany
CG: Maj Gen Stafford Leroy Irwin
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XV
Corps
CP: Salzburg, Austria
CG: Lt Gen Wade H. Haislip |
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XX Corps
CP: Kremsmünster, Austria, May
6-June 10, 1945
CG: Lt Gen Walton H. Walker, until
May 21, 1945; Maj Gen Louis A. Craig, May 21, 1945 onward
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