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12th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 1 August 1944 until 12 July 1945. (Consisted of First, Third, Ninth and Fifteenth United States Armies.) 15th Army Group — Had overall command of the Allied Armies in Italy. (Consisted of Fifth United States Army and British Eighth Army.) 21st Army Group - Not an American unit.
The head of the US Army was the Chief of the General Staff, a role filled by General George C. Marshall during World War II. There was also a special staff consisting of the Legislative and Liaison Division, the Inspector General , the Manpower Board, the Budget Division and the Civil Affairs Division .
June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.
This is a list of formations of the United States Army during the World War II.Many of these formations still exist today, though many by different designations. Included are formations that were placed on rolls, but never organized, as well as "phantom" formations used in the Allied Operation Quicksilver deception of 1944—these are marked accordingly.
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II (6 C, 1,639 P) United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II (1 C, 227 P) United States Merchant Mariners of World War II (144 P)
South African military personnel of World War II (3 C, 137 P) Southern Rhodesian military personnel of World War II (2 C, 17 P) Soviet military personnel of World War II (9 C, 1,089 P)
(Air operations, logistics, and training are presented in a separate seven-volume series, The Army Air Forces in World War II.) Different authors or teams wrote most of the accounts, though some authors wrote more than one. Most of the authors were serving or retired officers though enlisted personnel and professional historians also contributed.
The United States participated in World War II in different ways: ... Military history of the United States during World War II; See also