Everything about Sixth United States Army Group totally explained
The
Sixth United States Army Group was an
Army Group of the
Allies during
World War II, and as contained armies from both the
United States Army and the
French Army it's also referred to as the
Southern Group of Armies.
It was created in
Corsica,
France (specifically activated on
August 1,
1944) to consolidate the combined
French and American forces that were planning to invade southern
France in
Operation Dragoon. The Army Group, was commanded by
Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. It consisted of the
French First Army (before
September 25,
1944 it was called
French Army B) commanded by
Général Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and the
US Seventh Army commanded by Lt. Gen.
Alexander Patch.
The 6th Army Group remained subordinate to
AFHQ in the
Mediterranean Theater of Operations under
Henry Maitland Wilson during the invasion and in the weeks immediately afterwards. At about the time the 6th Army Group met the
U.S. 12th Army Group, which had broken out of the
Normandy bridgehead, near
Dijon in mid-September, the 6th Army Group was subordinated to
SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces) under U.S. General
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Its area of operation extended from the
High Vosges, progressing through
Germany and eventually, Western
Austria and the
Lake of Constance.
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