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The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT, is a military formation of the United States Army that saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the coalition occupation of Iraq.
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 3rd Division is the only division of the U.S. Army during World War II that fought the Axis on all European fronts, [12] and was among the first American combat units to engage in offensive ground combat operations.
3rd Infantry Division ... (Regular Army/National Guard unit of 1918–19) ... World War II "phantom" unit. see Operation Fortitude.
III Corps [3] is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas.It is a major formation of the United States Army Forces Command.. Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany.
The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army.Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd", the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Theater of World War II.
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