Very Brief 3rd Army
History
Very Brief 3rd Army
History
General Patton was one of the U.S. Army's and
America's greatest commanding Generals . When Third
Army was moved to France, in July of 1944, they began a great dash
across France. The Germans launched their last great offensive
of the war - the Battle of the Bulge. In one of the great moves
of the war, Patton turned Third Army's axis of advance through
ninety degrees and set it upon the south of the German forces. By
January 1945, the remainder of the process of closing up to the
Rhine could be completed. Vicious fighting took place, but by
April there was but one great natural the Rhine River. However,
the bridgehead was won, and Third Army embarked on another great
eastward dash. In May liberated the Mauthausen-Gusen
concentration camps. 3rd army spent 281 days of incessant
victorious combat, penetrations have advanced further in less
time than any other army in history. It fought its way a cross 24
major rivers and innumerable steams and liberated and conquered
more than 82,000 square miles of territory including 1500 cities
and towns and some 12,000 un-inhabited places. The 3rd Army
captured in battle 956,000 of the enemy and killed or wounded
over 500,000 others. France Belgium Luxembourg, Germany, Austria
and Czechoslovakia bear witness to the exploits. There were from
time to time under the 3rd Army 6 corps and 42 divisions. Your
courage and valor will always be remembered.
Almost complete List of Corps and Division under 3rd Army at one
time or another from 1944 to end of war. Here is a the Third
Army summary of After Action in World War II and it was published
in July of 1945.
3rd Army
III Corps
V Corps
VIII Corps
XII Corps
XV
Corps
XX Corps
Divisions
1st Ind Div
2nd
Inf Div
4th Inf Div
5th Inf Div
8th Inf Div
26th
Inf Div
28th Inf Div
29th Inf Div
35th Inf Div
42th
Inf Div
65th Inf Div
69th Inf Div
70th Inf Div
71st Inf Div
76th Inf Div
79th Inf Div
80th Inf Div
83rd Inf Div
86th Inf Div
87th Inf Div
89th Inf Div
90th Inf Div
94th Inf Div
97th Inf Div
99th Inf Div
4th Armd Div
5th Armd Div
6th Armd Div
7th Armd
Div
8th Armd Div
9th Armd Div
10th Armd Div
11th
Armd Div
12th Armd Div
13th Armd Div
14th Armd Div
16th Armd Div
20th Armd Div
17th Airborne Div
101st
Airborne Div
2nd French Div
6th Cavalry
Group
There
are many other units not quit division size and some omissions at
the moment till other sources are
documented.
