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The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it with the 2 September 1945 ...
United States Army in World War II. Washington D.C.: Center for Military History United States Army. OCLC 35176795. Rottman, Gordon L. (2016). World War II: US Army Combat Equipment. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1424-1. Stanton, Shelby L. (1991). World War II Order of Battle. New York: Galahad Books. ISBN 0-88365-775-9.
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.
Military Relations between the United States and Canada, 1939–1945: Stanlye W. Dziuban: 1959 Rearming the French: Marcel Vigneras: 1957 Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt: Charles B. MacDonald and Sidney T. Mathews: 1952 The Women's Army Corps: Mattie E. Treadwell: 1953 Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb: Vincent C. Jones: 1985
Eighth United States Army: Activated in June 1944 in the United States. Commanded by Robert L. Eichelberger until the end of the war. Served in the South West Pacific Area, where it participated in the campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines. Ninth United States Army: Activated in May
Center of Military History, United States Army (1992). A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: United States Army. ISBN 978-0-1603-5956-9. Dando-Collins, Stephen (2015). Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Glorious U.S. Bomber Mission of World War II. New York City: St ...
First United States Army Group — Fictitious formation, created as a part of Operation Quicksilver. 6th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 15 September 1944 to 15 June 1945. (Consisted of Seventh United States Army and French First Army) 12th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 1 August 1944 until 12 July 1945 ...
The officially recognized US Army campaigns in the China Burma India Theater are: [5] Burma campaigns: Burma 1942: 7 December 1941 – 26 May 1942, allied defensive operations during the Japanese conquest of Burma; India-Burma: 2 April 1942 – 28 January 1945, allied operations in Burma 1942–43 and Burma and India 1944