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Sixth United States Army Group
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active
1944–45
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army
Type
Army group
Role
Army group headquarters
Size
c. 700,000 officers and men:[a]
Seventh US and First French Armies
Part of
Allied Expeditionary Force
Engagements
World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders
Jacob L. Devers
Military unit
The 6th United States Army Group was an Allied army group that fought in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Made up of field armies from both the United States Army and the French Army, it fought in France, Germany, Austria, and, briefly, Italy. Also referred to as the Southern Group of Armies, it was established in July 1944 and commanded throughout its duration by General Jacob L. Devers.
In a lead role in Operation Undertone, its Seventh Army fought its way across the Rhine into Germany, captured Nuremberg and then Munich. Finally it crossed the Brenner Pass and made contact with the US Fifth Army at Vipiteno, Italy.[3]
^Zaloga, "Downfall 1945: the Fall of Hitler's Third Reich" p. 28
^Cirillo p. 53, Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^Fifth Army History • Race to the Alps, Chapter VI : Conclusion [1] "On 3 May the 85th and 88th [Infantry] Divisions sent task forces north over ice and snow 3 feet deep to seal the Austrian frontier and to gain contact with the American Seventh Army, driving southward from Germany. The 339th Infantry [85th Division] reached Austrian soil east of Dobbiaco at 0415, 4 May; the Reconnaissance Troop, 349th Infantry [88th Division], met troops from [103rd Infantry Division] VI Corps of Seventh Army at 1051 at Vipiteno, 9 miles south of Brenner."
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