First United States Army

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United States Army formation field army

The First United States Army is a major field army formation of the U.S. Army that played a key role in European operations during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge.

Aliases (1)

First U.S. Army ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army formation → field army →
abbreviation	First Army → First U.S. Army →
allegiance	United States →
branch	United States Army →
component	Army Service Component Command (historical roles) →
conflict	Cold War → Global War on Terrorism → World War I → World War II →
country	United States of America →
engagedEnemy	Nazi Germany →
formedInConflict	World War I →
garrison	Fort Liberty → Fort Meade →
higherCommand	United States Army Forces Command →
historicalCommander	Courtney Hodges → Hunter Liggett → Omar Bradley →
mission	support mobilization of Army National Guard units → support mobilization of Army Reserve units → train reserve component forces →
nickname	First Army →
notableBattle	Battle of Aachen → Battle of Hürtgen Forest → Battle of the Bulge →
notableOperation	Battle of the Bulge → Central Europe campaign → Normandy campaign → Operation Overlord → Rhineland campaign →
participatedIn	D-Day landings in Normandy → breakout from Normandy → crossing of the Rhine → liberation of Paris →
partOf	United States Army →
reorganized	World War II →
role	deployment support → mobilization → readiness oversight → training →
subordinateUnit	First Army Division East → First Army Division West →
theater	European Theater of Operations →
type	active duty formation →
worldWarIICommander	Courtney Hodges → Omar Bradley →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First United States Army ("First U.S. Army") →	abbreviation
Utah Beach →	armyGroup
Elsenborn Ridge →	defendedBy
Operation Cobra →	executedBy
XIX Corps (United States) →	higherCommand
Rhineland campaign →	involves
Omar Bradley →	militaryUnit
Omar Bradley →	notableCommanderOf
Operation Lüttich →	opposedBy
European Theater of Operations, United States Army →	oversawFormationOf
Operation Cobra →	plannedBy
VII Corps →	subordinateTo
12th Army Group →	subordinateUnit
Ninth Air Force →	supportedUnit