Formation · army
US First Army
Existed: 20 Oct 1943 – 31 Jul 1945
United States formation (the US is outside the atlas country list).
Commanders
- Omar Bradley 20 Oct 1943 – 1 Aug 1944
- Courtney Hodges 1 Aug 1944 – 31 Jul 1945
Positions (approximate)
- 6 June 1944D-Day: V Corps at Omaha, VII Corps at Utah; 82nd and 101st Airborne west of Utah
- 12 June 1944Utah and Omaha beaches
- 15 September 1944Aachen
- 16 December 1944Hürtgen Forest; northern shoulder of the Bulge
- 7 March 1945Remagen bridge
- 25 April 1945Torgau
Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.
Sources
- [1]First United States Army
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia
- [2]Normandy landings
Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia