Third US Army
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Constituted | 07.11.1918 |
Activated | 15.11.1918 |
Demobilized | 02.07.1919 |
Reactivated | 15.10.1921 |
Deactivated | 09.08.1932 |
Reactivated | 01.10.1933 |
Deactivated | 01.10.1973 |
Reactivated | 01.12.1982 |
Normandy | WWII |
Northern France | WWII |
Rhineland | WWII |
Ardennes-Alsace | WWII |
Central Europe | WWII |
Saudi Arabia | after WWII |
Kuwait | after WWII |
01.10.1940-15.05.1941 | Lt.-Gen. Herbert J. Brees |
16.05.1941-02.02.1943 | Lt.-Gen. Walter Krueger |
16.02.1943-25.01.1944 | Lt.-Gen. Courtney H. Hodges |
26.01.1944-07.10.1945 | Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.) |
08.10.1945-00.04.1946 | Lt.-Gen. Lucian K. Truscott (Jr.) |
Codename | Lucky |
III Corps | 31.10.1944-11.02.1945 & 18.04.1945-09.05.1945 |
V Corps | 06.05.1945-09.05.1945 |
VIII Corps | 01.08.1944-05.09.1944 & 21.12.1944-22.04.1945 |
XII Corps | 01.08.1944-09.05.1945 |
XV Corps | 01.08.1944-24.08.1944 & 29.08.1944-29.09.1944 |
XX Corps | 01.08.1944-09.05.1945 |
1st Infantry Division | 06.05.1945-09.05.1945 |
2nd Infantry Division | 06.05.1945-09.05.1945 |
4th Infantry Division | 02.05.1945-06.05.1945 |
5th Infantry Division | 01.08.1945-04.08.1945 |
26th Infantry Division | 28.09.1944-01.10.1944 |
28th Infantry Division | 08.01.1945-09.01.1945 |
35th Infantry Division | 05.08.1944-06.08.1944 & 23.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
42nd Infantry Division | 15.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
70th Infantry Division | 08.04.1945-09.05.1945 |
71st Infantry Division | 08.04.1945-11.04.1945 |
79th Infantry Division | 29.09.1944-25.11.1944 |
80th Infantry Division | 23.08.1944-26.08.1944 |
86th Infantry Division | 19.04.1945-22.04.1945 |
87th Infantry Division | 25.11.1944-04.12.1944 |
90th Infantry Division | 01.08.1944-17.08.1944 |
95th Infantry Division | 10.10.1944-05.02.1945 |
97th Infantry Division | 19.04.1945-22.04.1945 & 06.05.1945-09.05.1945 |
6th Armored Division | 16.09.1944-20.09.1944 |
7th Armored Division | 05.08.1944-10.08.1944 |
9th Armored Division | 06.05.1945-09.05.1945 |
10th Armored Division | 10.10.1944-23.10.1944 |
13th Armored Division | 21.04.1945-22.04.1945 |
16th Armored Division | 17.04.1945-06.05.1945 |
Sources & links: | US Army in WWII |
Third United States Army | |
Dare and Endure: World War II | |
Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman |
Site created by: | Jeroen Koppes |
Last update: | 07.08.2005-CSS |