U.S. 6th Army Group

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Allied military formation army group

The U.S. 6th Army Group was a major American-led Allied formation in World War II that coordinated multiple armies, including the U.S. Seventh Army, during the campaigns in Southern France and into Germany.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
6th Army Group 3
U.S. 6th Army Group canonical 3
Commanding General, 6th Army Group 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military formation ⓘ
army group ⓘ
alliedWith British forces ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
12th Army Group ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 12th Army Group
alsoKnownAs U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
surface form: 6th Army Group

U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
surface form: Sixth Army Group

U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
surface form: US Sixth Army Group
areaOfOperations Alsace ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Germany

Upper Rhine metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Upper Rhine region
branch United States Army ⓘ
campaign Operation Dragoon ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Southern France

Alsace campaign ⓘ
Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Germany

Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
commanderRank General ⓘ
commandStructure Allied ground forces in Western Europe ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disbanded after the end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
formedAs Allied army group ⓘ
higherCommand Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
notableCommander Jacob L. Devers ⓘ
notableEvent coordination of U.S. Seventh Army and French First Army ⓘ
linkup with forces advancing from Normandy ⓘ
notableOperation advance through the Vosges Mountains ⓘ
operations in the Colmar Pocket ⓘ
participatedIn crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
liberation of Alsace ⓘ
liberation of Southern France ⓘ
partOf Allied forces ⓘ
Allied forces ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
primaryOpponents Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
role advance into Germany ⓘ
conduct of ground operations in Southern France ⓘ
coordination of multiple field armies ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
subordinateUnit French First Army ⓘ
U.S. Seventh Army ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Western Front ⓘ
typeOfUnit operational-level formation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

U.S. Seventh Army → subordinateTo → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
Jacob L. Devers → positionHeld → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commanding General, 6th Army Group
Jacob L. Devers → notableCommanderOf → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6th Army Group
European Theater of Operations, United States Army → oversawFormationOf → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6th Army Group
Battle of the Colmar Pocket → combatant → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
Central Europe campaign → participant → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
U.S. 6th Army Group → alsoKnownAs → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixth Army Group
U.S. 6th Army Group → alsoKnownAs → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6th Army Group
U.S. 6th Army Group → alsoKnownAs → U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Sixth Army Group