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Sixth Army is a theater army of the United States Army. The Army service component command of United States Southern Command , its area of responsibility includes 31 countries and 15 areas of special sovereignty in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
The 6th Army (German: 6. Armee) was a field army of the German Army during World War II. It is widely known for its defeat by and subsequent surrender to the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. It committed war crimes at Babi Yar while under the command of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau during Operation Barbarossa.
The two French corps constituted French Army B commanded by Général Jean de Lattre de Tassigny [7] which was later renamed French First Army. Although Sixth Army Group Headquarters was officially activated on 1 August, it consisted of only the personnel of the Advanced Detachment AFHQ and, for reasons of security, retained the detachment title.
The 6th Transportation Battalion is a transportation battalion of the United States Army first constituted in 1943. The 6th Transportation Battalion has participated in World War II, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation New Dawn.
As of 2019, there are plans for the armored units of the 6th Army Corps to receive 108 modern M1 Abrams tanks from the United States, replacing the older M60 Patton and CM-11 Brave Tiger tanks. [3] In 2023, soldiers from the 542nd Armored Brigade went to the U.S. for training on the usage of the M1 Abrams.
Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Coleman, J. D., ed. 1st Air Cavalry Division, Memories of the First Team, Vietnam, August 1965 – December 1969. Tokyo: Dai Nipon Printing Co., 1970. Contains information about the 6th Battalion 14th Field Artillery.
The 6th Army (German: 6. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 6 / A.O.K. 6) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the IV Army Inspectorate. [1] The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war. [2]
The battalion returned home in December 2011, one of the last Army ground forces to leave Iraq at the end of Operation New Dawn. Shortly after their return to Fort Bliss, Texas, members of 4th Battalion were advised of an imminent deployment as security forces advise and assist teams (SFAAT) to Afghanistan.