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12th Army Group - Served in France and Germany from 1 August 1944 until 12 July 1945. (Consisted of First, Third, Ninth and Fifteenth United States Armies.) 15th Army Group — Had overall command of the Allied Armies in Italy. (Consisted of Fifth United States Army and British Eighth Army.) 21st Army Group - Not an American unit.
The head of the US Army was the Chief of the General Staff, a role filled by General George C. Marshall during World War II. There was also a special staff consisting of the Legislative and Liaison Division, the Inspector General , the Manpower Board, the Budget Division and the Civil Affairs Division .
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II (6 C, 1,637 P) United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II (1 C, 227 P) United States Merchant Mariners of World War II (143 P)
South African military personnel of World War II (3 C, 137 P) Southern Rhodesian military personnel of World War II (2 C, 17 P) Soviet military personnel of World War II (9 C, 1,084 P)
The United States entered World War II on 7 December 1941 with one Army general, chief of staff George Marshall, authorized. [166] Legislation enacted in 1933 and amended in 1940 allowed the president to appoint officers of the Regular Army , the Army's professional military component, to higher temporary grades in time of war or national ...
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Czechoslovak Army [14] Armádní generál: Divisní generál: Brigádní generál: Plukovník: Podplukovník: Major: Štábní kapitán: Kapitán: Nadporučík: Poručík: Podporučík : Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Royal Danish Army [15 ...
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.
55th Medical Group (United States) 56th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade; 56th Cavalry Brigade (United States) 66th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States) 67th Medical Group (United States) 68th Medical Command (United States) 121st Engineer Battalion (United States) 261st Medical Battalion; 274th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne)