Third United States Army

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United States Army formation field army

The Third United States Army is a major U.S. Army field formation best known for its rapid armored advances across France and Germany under General George S. Patton during World War II.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Third United States Army canonical	23
U.S. Third Army	19
Third Army	2
Third U.S. Army	2
United States Third Army	2
3rd US Army	1
Third Army (United States)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army formation ⓘ field army ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third United States Army ⓘ surface form: Third Army Third United States Army ⓘ surface form: Third U.S. Army
branch	United States Army ⓘ
commandStructure	United States Army Central ⓘ surface form: United States Army Central (in modern era)
component	multiple corps-level formations ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBorder	Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ
decorations	campaign streamers for World War II ⓘ
engagement	Alsace campaign ⓘ surface form: Ardennes-Alsace campaign Central Europe campaign ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northern France campaign Rhineland campaign ⓘ
enteredCombatInEurope	1944 ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII	England ⓘ
headquartersLocationIn21stCentury	Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina ⓘ
higherCommandDuringWWII	Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
motto	Third in the East, First in the West ⓘ
nickname	Patton's Own ⓘ
notableCommander	Courtney H. Hodges ⓘ George S. Patton ⓘ Lucian Truscott ⓘ surface form: Lucian K. Truscott Jr.
notableFor	high operational tempo in World War II ⓘ rapid armored advances across France ⓘ rapid armored advances across Germany ⓘ relieving encircled U.S. forces at Bastogne ⓘ
notableOperation	Advance into Germany ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ surface form: Breakout from Normandy Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ Lorraine campaign ⓘ Battle of the Bulge ⓘ surface form: Relief of Bastogne
partOf	United States Army ⓘ surface form: United States Army Forces
peacetimeRole	United States Army Central ⓘ surface form: theater army for U.S. Central Command
role	armored warfare ⓘ offensive ground operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	12th Army Group ⓘ surface form: 12th United States Army Group
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
typeOfUnit	combined arms formation ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

12th Army Group → subordinateUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

Buchenwald → liberatedBy → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: 3rd US Army

Liberation of Luxembourg → involvesMilitaryUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Ninth Air Force → supportedUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

U.S. Ninth Army → cooperatedWith → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Patton → command → Third United States Army ⓘ

subject surface form: George S. Patton

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

War As I Knew It → focusesOn → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Lorraine campaign → unitInvolved → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

European Theater of Operations, United States Army → oversawFormationOf → Third United States Army ⓘ

Third United States Army → alsoKnownAs → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third U.S. Army

Third United States Army → alsoKnownAs → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Army

Liberation of western Czechoslovakia → combatant → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Army (United States)

6th Armored Division → partOf → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Third Army

2nd Armoured Division (France) → subordinateTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Fort McPherson → garrison → Third United States Army ⓘ

VIII Corps (United States) → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

United States Army Central → predecessor → Third United States Army ⓘ

United States Army Central → formerlyKnownAs → Third United States Army ⓘ

United States Army Central → nickname → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Army

Prague Offensive → involvedMilitaryUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

U.S. 35th Infantry Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

subject surface form: 35th Infantry Division

Epinal American Cemetery → burialsFromUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

U.S. XII Corps → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

U.S. XX Corps → partOf → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

U.S. XX Corps → subordinateTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

Allied breakout from Normandy → AlliedArmyInvolved → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

General David D. McKiernan → militaryUnit → Third United States Army ⓘ

subject surface form: David D. McKiernan

Liberation of Brittany → usedFormation → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

VIII Corps → subordinateTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

2nd Cavalry Group → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

III Corps → subordinateTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

III Corps → higherFormationDuringWWII → Third United States Army ⓘ

Battle of Metz → combatant → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

4th Armored Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

10th Armored Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

11th Armored Division → partOf → Third United States Army ⓘ

80th Infantry Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

90th Infantry Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

John R. Hodge → notableCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Dora Trial at Dachau → prosecutingAuthority → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third U.S. Army

Third in the East, First in the West → usedBy → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Third in the East, First in the West → appliesTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

Patton's Own → refersTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Third Army

Patton's Own → appliesTo → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

Patton's Own → hasAlternativeName → Third United States Army ⓘ

9th Armored Infantry Battalion → associatedWith → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

U.S. 89th Infantry Division → partOf → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

U.S. 89th Infantry Division → higherCommand → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army

128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion → associatedWith → Third United States Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Third Army