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Twelfth United States Army Group

The Twelfth United States Army Group was the largest and most powerful United States Army formation ever to take to the field, commanding four field armies at its peak in 1945: First United States Army, Third United States Army, Ninth United States Army, and Fifteenth United States Army. The order of battle across the four armies comprised 12 corps, containing a total of 48 divisions. 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.

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==Order of battle – 8 May 1945==
Order of battle – 8 May 1945
• 12th Army Group – General Omar N. BradleyFirst Army – General Courtney H. Hodges78th Infantry Division – Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr.VII Corps – Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins3rd Armored Division – Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey9th Infantry Division – Major General Louis A. Craig69th Infantry Division – Major General Emil F. Reinhardt104th Infantry Division – Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.VIII Corps – Major General Troy H. Middleton6th Armored Division – Major General Robert W. Grow76th Infantry Division – Major General William R. Schmidt87th Infantry Division – Major General Frank L. Culin Jr.89th Infantry Division – Major General Thomas D. FinleyThird Army – General George S. Patton Jr.4th Infantry Division – Major General Harold W. Blakeley70th Infantry Division – Major General Allison J. BarnettIII Corps – Major General James Van Fleet14th Armored Division – Major General Albert C. Smith99th Infantry Division – Major General Walter E. LauerV Corps – Major General Clarence R. Huebner9th Armored Division – Major General John W. Leonard16th Armored Division – Brigadier General John L. Pierce1st Infantry Division – Major General Clift Andrus2nd Infantry Division – Major General Walter M. Robertson97th Infantry Division – Brigadier General Milton B. HalseyXII Corps – Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin4th Armored Division – Major General William M. Hoge11th Armored Division – Major General Holmes E. Dager5th Infantry Division – Major General Albert E. Brown26th Infantry Division – Major General Willard S. Paul90th Infantry Division – Major General Herbert L. EarnestXX Corps – Major General Walton H. Walker13th Armored Division – Major General John Millikin65th Infantry Division – Major General Stanley E. Reinhart71st Infantry Division – Major General Willard G. Wyman80th Infantry Division – Major General Horace L. McBrideNinth Army – Lieutenant General William H. SimpsonXIII Corps – Major General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.35th Infantry Division – Major General Paul W. Baade84th Infantry Division – Major General Alexander R. Bolling102nd Infantry Division – Major General Frank A. KeatingXVI Corps – Major General John B. Anderson29th Infantry Division – Major General Charles H. Gerhardt75th Infantry Division – Major General Ray E. Porter79th Infantry Division – Major General Ira T. Wyche95th Infantry Division – Major General Harry L. TwaddleXIX Corps – Major General Raymond S. McLain2nd Armored Division – Major General Isaac D. White8th Armored Division – Major General John M. Devine30th Infantry Division – Major General Leland S. Hobbs83rd Infantry Division – Major General Robert C. MaconFifteenth Army – Lieutenant General Leonard T. Gerow66th Infantry Division – Major General Herman F. Kramer106th Infantry Division – Major General Donald A. StrohXXII Corps – Major General Ernest N. Harmon17th Airborne Division – Major General William M. Miley94th Infantry Division – Major General Harry J. MalonyXXIII Corps – Major General Hugh J. Gaffey28th Infantry Division – Major General Norman D. CotaXVIII Airborne Corps (attached to 21st Army Group) – Major General Matthew B. Ridgway5th Armored Division – Major General Lunsford E. Oliver7th Armored Division – Major General Robert W. Hasbrouck8th Infantry Division – Major General Bryant E. Moore82nd Airborne Division – Major General James M. Gavin Source: Bradley, Omar, ''A Soldier's Story'', New York: Henry Holt and Company (1950), pp. 557–561 ==References and notes==
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