Ninth Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ninth_Army
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:British_21st_Army_Group
gptkb:First_Canadian_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Central_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:formed 1944
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ninth Army
gptkbp:notableAchievement Crossed the Rhine River in 1945
Liberated parts of western Germany
Linked up with Soviet forces at the Elbe River
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:William_H._Simpson
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Grenade
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:XVIII_Airborne_Corps
gptkb:VIII_Corps
gptkb:XIX_Corps
gptkb:XVI_Corps
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:12th_Army_Group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ninth_United_States_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6