U.S. 1st Army

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United States Army formation field army

The U.S. 1st Army is a major field army of the United States Army that played a pivotal role in Western Front operations during World War II, including the Normandy landings and subsequent campaigns into Germany.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
U.S. First Army 6
First Army 5
American First Army 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
abbreviation U.S. 1st Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Army

U.S. 1st Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Army

First United States Army ⓘ
surface form: First U.S. Army
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
alliance Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentRole Army Forces Command subordinate command ⓘ
training and readiness oversight for reserve component forces ⓘ
decorations multiple U.S. campaign streamers ⓘ
formedDuring World War I ⓘ
garrisonLocation Rock Island Arsenal ⓘ
garrisonState Illinois ⓘ
higherCommand 12th Army Group ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
motto First in Deed ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Central Europe campaign ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Overlord ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
surface form: Siegfried Line campaign
notableSubordinateUnit V Corps (United States) ⓘ
surface form: V Corps (WWII)

VII Corps ⓘ
surface form: VII Corps (WWII)
notableTask advance across northern France ⓘ
breaching German defenses in Normandy ⓘ
crossing of the Rhine River ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Forces
role operational-level land combat command ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
type combined arms formation ⓘ
WWICommander John J. Pershing ⓘ
WWIComposition American Expeditionary Forces component ⓘ
WWIIAdvanceDirection from Normandy into Germany ⓘ
WWIIAlliedCoordination 21st Army Group ⓘ
surface form: British 21st Army Group
WWIICommander Courtney H. Hodges ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
surface form: Omar N. Bradley
WWIIOperation invasion of Normandy ⓘ
WWIITheater Western Front ⓘ
WWINotableEngagement Meuse–Argonne Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Battle of Saint-Mihiel ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Mihiel Offensive
WWITheater Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruhr Pocket → attackingForce → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
Fort Cavazos → garrison → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army Division West
U.S. Ninth Army → cooperatedWith → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army
First United States Army → nickname → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army
First United States Army → abbreviation → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army
II Corps (United States) → higherFormation → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army
Capture of Cologne → commanderSide → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States First Army
American Expeditionary Forces → component → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: American First Army
Ruhrkessel → involvesMilitaryUnit → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army
U.S. 1st Army → abbreviation → U.S. 1st Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army
U.S. 1st Army → abbreviation → U.S. 1st Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Army
Allied breakout from Normandy → AlliedArmyInvolved → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army
Battle of Saint-Mihiel → commandStructure → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: American First Army
First Army Division West → subordinateTo → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army
U.S. 9th Infantry Division → higherCommand → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army
402nd Field Artillery Brigade → associatedWith → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Army
Crossing of the Roer River → militaryUnit → U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. First Army