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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.
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
The 1943 structure also allowed for three combat command headquarters in an armored division. Within the armored division, the combat commands were named "A", "B", and later, "R" (for Reserve). [ note 1 ] Thus, historical accounts of U.S. armored divisions of this period refer to "Combat Command B" or "CCB" and so forth.
An Armored group was a command and control headquarters in the United States Army equivalent to the headquarters of an armored division combat command during World War II. [1] Most armored groups served in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Typically an armored group was attached to each American corps in the European Theater of Operations.
21st Armored Division (unorganized World War II division) 22nd Armored Division (unorganized World War II division) 25th Armored Division (phantom World War II division) 27th Armored Division; 30th Armored Division; 39th Armored Division (phantom World War II division) (possible post war Armored Brigade, not division) 40th Armored Division
The 3rd Armored Division was organized as a "heavy" armored division, as was its counterpart, the 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels"). Later on in World War II, higher-numbered U.S. armored divisions were made smaller, with a higher ratio of armored infantry to tanks, based on lessons learned from fighting in North Africa.
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division; 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (United States) 2nd Chemical Battalion (United States) V Corps Artillery (United States) Seventh United States Army; 15th Brigade Support Battalion (United States) 23rd Chemical Battalion; 25th Station Hospital Unit; 28th Combat Support Hospital (United ...
5th Armored Division (United States) 6th Armored Division (United States) 7th Armored Division (United States) 8th Armored Division (United States) 9th Armored Division (United States) 10th Armored Division (United States) 11th Armored Division (United States) 12th Armored Division (United States) 13th Armored Division (United States) 14th ...