U.S. 9th Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._9th_Army
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_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_(WWII)
gptkb:Germany_(WWII)
Fort Sam Houston (initial)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:William_H._Simpson
gptkbp:notableEvent First U.S. Army to cross the Elbe River
Met Soviet forces at the Elbe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:21st_Army_Group
gptkb:12th_Army_Group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ruhr_Pocket
gptkb:Crossing_the_Rhine_at_Wesel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. 9th Army