U.S. Fifth Army

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United States Army formation field army

The U.S. Fifth Army was a major American field army in World War II, best known for leading Allied ground operations in the Italian Campaign.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
U.S. Fifth Army canonical 20
Fifth United States Army 5
U.S. Fifth Army in Italy 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
advancedTo Po River ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
surface form: northern Italy
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
campaign Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign
commander Lucian Truscott ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott Jr.

Mark W. Clark ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crossed Gothic Line ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
firstCommander Mark W. Clark ⓘ
formedFor operations in the Mediterranean theater ⓘ
formedIn 1943 ⓘ
headquartersDuringWWII Algiers ⓘ
Caserta ⓘ
includedUnit Brazilian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British X Corps ⓘ
British XIII Corps ⓘ
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ⓘ
surface form: Italian Co-belligerent Army units

II Corps (United States) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. II Corps

U.S. VI Corps ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of Salerno ⓘ
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ⓘ
notableFor amphibious landings at Salerno and Anzio ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of Anzio ⓘ
surface form: Anzio landings

Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
Operation Avalanche ⓘ
Battle of Anzio ⓘ
surface form: Operation Shingle

Battle of Bologna ⓘ
surface form: Po Valley campaign

Battle of Salerno ⓘ
surface form: Salerno landings
opposedBy German Fourteenth Army ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations Italian peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
role led Allied ground operations in the Italian Campaign ⓘ
statusDuringWWII active combat formation ⓘ
subordinateTo 15th Army Group ⓘ
Allied Armies in Italy ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
type combined U.S. and Allied field army ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Operation Avalanche → involvedForce → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
15th Army Group → subordinateUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
United States Army General Mark W. Clark → notableCommand → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Mark W. Clark
this entity surface form: U.S. Fifth Army in Italy
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → subordinateUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Mark W. Clark → notableCommand → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Fifth Army in Italy
II Corps (United States) → higherFormation → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
U.S. Army North → historicalName → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth United States Army
Battle of Salerno → involvedUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
U.S. 45th Infantry Division → subordinateTo → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth United States Army
Avalanche → involvedUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Avalanche
British X Corps → subordinateTo → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth United States Army
U.S. VI Corps → higherCommand → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Battle of the Volturno Line → belligerent → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
100th Infantry Battalion → higherCommand → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Army
Winter Line operations → involves → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth United States Army
Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Allied occupation of Rome → occupyingForces → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, AAI → oversawUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Commander 15th Army Group → subordinateUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
subject surface form: 15th Army Group
Hitler Line → opposedBy → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Fifth Army
Winter Line → opposedBy → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
French Expeditionary Corps in Italy → subordinateTo → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
VI Corps → subordinateTo → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth United States Army
Liri Valley operations → participant → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Gothic Line → opponent → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Battle of San Pietro Infine → opposingForce → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Fifth Army
Allied advance on Naples → involved → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Allied forces in the Mediterranean → hasParticipant → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Battle of Garigliano (1944) → involved → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
Operation Diadem → involvesUnit → U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ