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The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a theater of Operations responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the European theatre of World War II, from 1942 to 1945. It commanded Army Ground Forces (AGF), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), and Army Service Forces (ASF) operations north of ...
The senior U.S. Army administrative command in the European region had previously been designated European Theater of Operations United States Army (ETOUSA) from 8 June 1942 – 1 July 1945; United States Forces European Theater (USFET) from 1 July 1945 – 15 March 1947; and then European Command (EUCOM) 15 March 1947 – 1 August 1952.
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 22] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
The 43 officially recognized US Navy campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations are: [ 4 ] Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor - Midway: 7 December 1941. Wake Island: 8–23 December 1941. Philippine Islands operation: 8 December 1941 – 6 May 1942. Netherlands East Indies engagements: 23 January – 27 February 1942.
NATO Map Symbol (1997) United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) / Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility. [ 1 ] During the Cold War, it supervised ground ...
ADSEC, officially the Advance Section of the Communications Zone, was a military logistics unit active in the Second World War. It was the farthest forward supply unit in the US Army's European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA). [1] The section moved forward with the armies, established by the Communications Zone, the area directly behind the ...
The Seventh Army was a United States army created during World War II that evolved into the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) during the 1950s and 1960s. It served in North Africa and Italy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and France and Germany in the European Theater between 1942 and 1945. Originally the I Armored Corps under ...
The Medical Department Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations. United States Army in World War II. Washington D.C.: Center for Military History United States Army. William S. Mullins, ed. (1974). The Medical Department Medical Training. United States Army in World War II. Washington D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, United ...