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Omar Nelson Bradley (12 February 1893 – 8 April 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War .
Formed eight days after the Normandy landings, it initially controlled the First and the Third US Armies. Through various configurations in 1944 and 1945, the Twelfth US Army Group controlled the majority of American forces on the Western Front. It was commanded by General Omar Bradley with its headquarters established in London on 14 July 1944.
World War II: European Theater. The West Point Atlas of War. Tess Press. ISBN 1-60376-023-7. Green, Michael (1999). Patton and the Battle of the Bulge: Operation Cobra and Beyond. MBI. ISBN 0-7603-0652-4. Griess, Thomas (2002). The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean (SquareOne ed.). West Point, New York: Department of History ...
Summary Description LtGen Omar Bradley, LtGen George Patton, and MGen Manton Eddy.jpg English: From left to right: Unknown MG (but probably Leven C. Allen), LtGen Omar Bradley, MG John S. Wood, LtGen George Patton, and MGen Manton Eddy being shown a map by one of Patton’s Armored Battalion Commanders during a tour near Metz, France
First U.S. Army Group was activated in London in 1943 as the planning formation for the Allied invasion of France under General Omar Bradley.When Twelfth United States Army Group was activated on 1 August 1944, Bradley and his staff transferred to the headquarters of the new army group.
The Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. [1] [2] It refers to two incidents in which U.S. soldiers were involved in killing 71 unarmed Italian and 2 German prisoners-of-war at the Regia Aeronautica ' s 504 air base in Santo Pietro, a small village near Caltagirone, southern Sicily, Italy on 14 July 1943.
Quartermaster Supply Unit during Louisiana Maneuvers. The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of major U.S. Army exercises held from August to September 1941 in northern and west-central Louisiana, an area bounded by the Sabine River to the west, the Calcasieu River to the east, and by the city of Shreveport to the north.
The 14th Infantry Regiment ("Golden Dragons" [1]) is a United States Army light infantry regiment. It has served in the American Civil War, Boxer Rebellion, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Uphold Democracy, Operation Joint Guard, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Gothic Serpent, Operation New Dawn, Operation Resolute Support ...