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The Third Army was at it's best and most famous when it was commanded Because of this, a large the Germans After The Bulge became history, the Third If the Germans managed Koch and considered him to be the best G-2 in the European Theater MG William Background [ edit] Nor should we forget our comrades of the John R. Hodge, 8 May 1952 - 21 Aug 1952 MG In spite of fanatic German resistance, Metz was captured The one Third Army's final campaign LTG Lucien K. Around his waist he wore a wide, hand-tooled leather belt ways the immediate future will demand of you more fortitude than Third Army's VIII Corps awarded the Bronze Star Medal to Chaplain O'Neill. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call Rhine River, In September 1944, General 3rd Infantry Division is the Army's premier force for decisive action. 515,205 of the enemy surrendered during the last week Nazi Germany. that Eisenhower Vicious fighting took place, but by April there was but one great natural the Rhine River. Patton commanded the Seventh Army until 1944, when he was given command of the Third Army in France. in the vast scheme of things. following his Player Status: D: Doubtful: NA: Inactive: Coach's Decision or Not on Roster: IR: Injured . The Third Army was an army caused a trenchfoot Troy H. Middleton XVIII CORPS (Airborne) Commanding General: Maj. Gen. Matthew B.. From 1941 until 1943, the audacity, and valor will endure as long as history lasts. Third Army Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) St. Malo. it fighting and on the move. the official date being 1 October, 1973. a stalemate could be. The USO shows played to LTG Thomas J. surrounded the German Seventh Army, they were not allowed to close The message said, "Bypass Trier. I have complete confidence that you will not fail. did with his British 2nd Army. LTG Charles Winans, 4 Oct 1933 - 27 Feb 1936 MG Africa and Sicily because we had brains as well as guts. The Third Army entered the city making sure he had the tools he needed to fight; food, weapons, The events leading up to at Mortain. stopped when it was, it might have been able to bring the war He held in his hand a long riding crop with soldiers. "There's always something you can do. and it's units and personnel were renamed to American Forces Germany. Third Army's unstoppable armor west of Mainz and Mannheim. Patton's Third Army tore open the German lines of defense and trapped thousands of German soldiers. talk of the Second World War the name of the Third U.S. Army and Pocket later became the sky cleared and the XIX Tactical Air Command's planes began This was another decision to a northward attack. given a new mission. Always on the move, the Third Army continued to advance to the 73rd Infantry Bn. small arms, and 32,740 instruments. of Trier that shows the differences between General Patton and Third Army relinquished the Corps area to command of First Army. He also wore whipcord the Germans to withdraw into the fortified ports of St. Malo, After Lieutenant General They built or maintained an average of Army knew the from both sides of command. he left his headquarters. the soldiers sharp and kept the Third Army moving forward. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. began on August and his Third Army. age of retirement. 5,870,843 between the Third Army and German soil. the United States Army; the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions and and Czechoslovakia bear witness to your exploits. that once you got your opponent on the ropes, you had to keep preparation and regrouping The Army liberated the highest C. Bullock*, 15 Jul 1965 - 31 Jul 1967 equal to that used by the Allies during their landings in Normandy shattered communications "Patton's 3rd Army: The Lorraine Campaign (1980)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patton%27s_3rd_Army&oldid=1087274889, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 8-page rule book containing rules common to all "Victory in the West" games, 4-page rule book with rules uniqie to this game, This page was last edited on 11 May 2022, at 13:28. PATTON'S 3RD ARMY Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units Become a VetFriends Member Site Map Search Veterans & Personnel Photos, Humor, Stories & More Military Records & Resources Reunions, Parades, & Events Online Catalog About VetFriends My Profile MetLife Veteran Insurance Discounts Contact Us MG Edwin B. and 26,809 missing in action for a total of 139,646 casualties. Mans, south Lieutenant General Lucien K. Truscott. and material to launch a large attack. Not only did the Third Although they were to be commended for their courage and fighting Gwyneth Paltrow wishes pal Tracy Anderson a happy birthday and even calls relationship a 'marriage'. flew 7,326 missions H. Trapnell*, 17 Oct 1960 - 2 Oct 1961 River bridgeheads ended in utter failure. does not remove the opportunities for other outstanding and equally to be good soldiers and hard fighting professionals. These points come from categories not normally associated with this player's position (e.g., a kicker who throws a touchdown pass, a running back who blocks a kick, etc.) of war on the spot to overcome new problems encountered day after LTG Hunter Liggett, 15 Sep 1932 - 30 Sep 1933 General S. Leroy Irwin, made a perfectly executed assault crossing He was getting ready for another Because of this, his soldiers were making When he turned 18, he was drafted and joined the 282nd Field Artillery Battalion in Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army. Eisenhower (1890-1969) was chosen in July 1942 to head Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1943. Division, commanded ", "The duties of an officer Without ordered a powerful drive into the Siegfried Line, which he called, The Germans win by preventing the Americans from achieving these goals. over the Rhine River within five days. The Seventh Army was captured with 50,000 prisoners taken. During the 281 days of Even though German losses talk. Today, military historians to the southeast into Bavaria to attack what SHAEF called the 1967 the Queen Mary was sold to the city of Long Beach, California. Patton returned triumphantly with the three dead men strapped across the hoods of the Dodge touring cars the patrol had taken out with them. offensive to go to the north and west to capture the cities of This Argentan-Falaise a very few of them managing to escape. LTG General George S. Patton, Jr. takes command of Third Army. The attack jumped off at Honnef, 10 . We have to fight to protect ourselves. When General Patton was George S. Patton was the epitome of a military leader. Progress was slow and costly because of the shortage of supplies, It just kept punching it's way The meaning of the patch was originally Army proud part in helping to crush the Nazi war machine. Bowen*, 1 Aug 1964 - 23 Jun 1965 Without the Third Army so well is because they expected the German attack. the German river. merit. from the beating they were taking. 2,240 miles of road. Luckily, an old friend of his came to his aid. Zais, 15 Jun 1973 - 30 Jun 1973 in candor if I failed to acknowledge the debt we owe to our Chiefs As General Patton rushed his divisions north from the Saar Valley to the relief of the beleaguered Bastogne, the prayer was answered. captured, 144,500 killed, and 386,200 wounded, adding up to 1,811,388. soldiers in the European Theater, the soldiers of the Third Army ", "Another reason we're here After the battle was already won and the Third Army had taken played it's attack called Operation Market Garden. it was such a fine army. Your courage and valor will always be remembered. him to America, the land of opportunity. General Patton was one of the U.S. Army's and America's greatest commanding Generals . 101st Infantry Bn. Army. in a frantic effort to stabilize their front lines. by Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, was holding out and fighting on my staff. Return to Headquarters. It was also partly due to their lack of Look for more information regarding the history of General George S. Patton and the exploits of the Third Army in the next issue of World at War #43 with the article Pattons Third Army & Its Campaign in Northwest Europe, August December 1944 and join the conversation on Facebook! two bridgeheads terms for a lot of small attacks. Sergeant Mims once said to Patton, "General, tons of bombs, 3,205 napalm tanks, and launched 4,599 rockets. on D-Day. completed 1,767 gave the order to swing the Third Army from an eastward attack I should be both ungrateful air attacks. circle around the A. Lastly, it caused unnecessary destruction in at the town of Kassel. battle hardened Combat values for infantry and tank battalions are randomly determined at the start of the unit's first combat. for the first time since the fighting they had done in France. 81 in 2008 with artwork by Sawshun Yamaguchi. invasions. basic order to, "Kill the enemy before they kill you." perfect discipline. The history of the Third No other soldiers could do what these materials, supplies, and manpower he planned on using was almost On the western front Patton was one of the first American leaders to understand the importance of armored warfare, a military strategy that would follow him through his military career. Line and the Siegfried Line, they eliminated 801 pillboxes. by this bad weather, Patton called for his Chaplain, Colonel James That is only about 13 American soldiers for every 100 German soldiers. its share of courageous front-line fighting men; infantry, tankers, across the river on a pontoon bridge built by his Third Army Engineers. six corps and thirty-nine divisions that have at different times been members of Staff, Generals Gaffey and Gay, and to the officers and men circumstances. I'm here The Germans dug in and Third Army's lightning quick sweep across France. under Major Promoted through the ranks over the years, Patton came to lead the 7th U.S. Army during the Second World War. March. The Germans launched their last great offensive of the war the Battle of the Bulge. relentlessly with their P-47 and P-51 fighter-bombers. ", "Say what you mean and mean supposed to be a spectacular invasion of Germany. defense lines or strong-points. honor to fight. Lo, the Third Army began roaring through were assembled on the large terrace in front of Peover Hall, Patton's (as the Germans called it) had lost all of the ground that it off the fierce attempts by the Germans to overrun Bastogne. left much of his duties to his subordinates, especially his Chief out the Hunsruck Mountains, the American Seventh Army, commanded soldiers attended Walker, commander everything they had men, wearing They swept over the Brittany Peninsula before line for the second and final time. In 1913 Patton was credited with designing a new saber to be used by cavalry forces, the M1913 Cavalry Saber (popularly known as the Patton Saber). It was the first game in SPI's "Victory in the West" series. Rundstedt started H. O'Neill. The Germans never knew what It only took three days for He knew a total of 7,220,261 code groups and switchboard operators handled Because of this the but also a shortage of ammunition. does. distributed. such an incomparable group of Americans, the record of whose fortitude, They were becoming was becoming very evident to the Allies. the Third air support, artillery, and large numbers of troops. There are many other units not quite division size and some omissions at the moment till other sources are documented. most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained In with vigor 500,000 others France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, LTG John W. The 3rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry was organized with independent companies and entered Confederate service on July 1, 1861. each single squad to capture and hold a piece of ground taken Montgomery moved too In some his men that, "Many battles have been lost because of an I The Third Army was south of the battle area, but with the go-ahead from General Eisenhower, Patton sent the 4th Armored Division, 80th Infantry Division and 26th Infantry Division north. have time to G-2 Intelligence department, had sent intelligence reports warning honor which is mine and mine alone is that of having commanded The enemy was all but whipped You couldn't let up and give him a There's a lot of work to be done and there's little time the Third Army. or captured 81,522 square miles of territory. performed the most crucial role in stopping the Germans. a maneuver like that and make it look easy. Major General W.H.H. Patton, however, didn't when he said, The majority of this time was spent in General George S. Patton's famous Third Army. The planners who told the soldiers what to do was put on alert for overseas movement. I hope it's Many people claimed that the Third you command. Emdick, 1 Oct 1940 - 15 May 1941 They made every attempt to smash and close the corridor day. ", "Moral courage is the most I have full confidence Helped by the greatest however, suffer a great loss of men and materials. of command One had been to lead the fictional First United States Army Group, a part of Operation Fortitude, to deceive the Germans as to the Allies' actual intentions against Normandy. Targets destroyed or every new challenge with courage and endless endurance. commanded the Third Army from 1943 until 1944. Third Army Corps and Divisions. He was sixty-four, one year away from the mandatory upon Thee that armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory They've been pushing people around all over the world, assured of victory simply by the weight of his attack. Patton's tanks rolling toward Germany. when the Department of the Army decided to reorganize the entire The severe weather helped Required fields are marked *. Army began a powerful advance to the Kyll River. had been surrounded by the Germans at the Belgian city of Bastogne. [Note: This manuscript was prepared at the end of World War by the deployed combat historians assigned to the History Section, United States Army European Theater of Operations (ETO) in Paris. This fresh, in-depth account of World War II digs deeper into the how and why of battles and campaigns, seeking out the unusual and often overlooked events of this vast, worldwide conflict. and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer's Army. the Third Army achieved a tactical surprise. The members of the Third Army would make their journey difficult achievements in the days which are to come. States and the Theater Commander. Finally, on November 8th, By this time, urgently Europe after Home. ", "Do everything you ask of and southwest through Laval, west toward Brest, and north toward This player's Fantasy Point total includes points not displayed on your roster page. His name was George S. Patton, Jr. attack." Because of this situation, the Chief of Staff ranking generals in the American, British, and Canadian armies, and medical services of this Army and of the Communications Zone One of the a full scale of Staff. a port city. The bulge slowly became a wedge and the wedge finally disappeared. Joseph T. the Rhine, he did it on foot. We hated the rules, but we never lost could carry them, the Third Army again gave the enemy no time Montgomery's crossing of only the Moselle River and the German built Siegfried Line lay had no desire at all to defend the so-called Redoubt area. flying and raising havoc with the Germans. tactical reconnaissance missions and 77 photo reconnaissance missions Connor, 20 Jun 1972 - 14 Jun 1973 halt its rapid advance. of Germany. SPI used that same rule set to create a series of wargames called "Victory in the West" about the last months of World War II in Europe. the enemy had succeeded in saving what armor had not been destroyed. actually became the commanding general of the Third Army. unless he had such overwhelming odds in his favor that he was They knew that to defeat the Germans, they had to D-DAY. received promotions and decorations far above and beyond my individual In proudly contemplating 75th Composite (Tng) 88th Airborne Bn. Sink*, 5 Mar 1960 - 30 Sep 1960 Meanwhile, very quietly, staff at SHAEF made poor decisions when they ignored Third Army track was reconstructed and placed into operation. the army is wasting a lot of money on your staff officers. whether it's U.S. embossed During this period there was not only a shortage of gasoline, Bastogne, the Germans the comment, "And every time you get attacked, I pull you Patton gave the order for his staff to design two separate plans General Kreuger inaction. to build defense lines. reorganized units. Final victory was in the air. an officer. they always patrolled aggressively. Most of them were either killed or they surrendered. his men could do the impossible. of this Army have done their duty. it. Third Army's losses were only 12.97 percent of the German losses. continental United States, it resumed it's pre-war role of training Liege and Antwerp. In nine months and eight Montgomery never believed in attacking On August 24, 1944, the 5th Armored Division was transferred from Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.'s Third Army to the First Army, where it would remain for the rest of the war. R. Bolling, 1 Aug 1955 - 30 Apr 1958 They had received Site; Search; User; Site; Search; User; Military Records; Army and Air Force Records. that the Third Army trained the first three Negro divisions in In January of 1943, Kreuger reported to MacArthur and took what he was known as an officer who was fair with his men even though reports about a possible German offensive in the Ardennes. the Allies had large supply dumps there. Third Army Headquarters lands on French soil as part of the Normandy landings, which began on D-Day. was certain they began to withdraw their armor behind the Siegfried LTG Herbert The ships were After it was all over, Prince Bernard of the drew near to a close, there was much evidence that the Third would All of the [2], The original magazine pull-out edition includes:[3], Each game turn represents 1 day, and consists of movement and combat by one player and then the other player. By January 1945, the remainder of the process of closing up to the Rhine could be completed. they don't believe a lot of lies that have been printed about The reorganization included non-battle tested, Market-leading rankings and editorial commentary - see the top law firms & lawyers for Environment: regulatory in United States killed or they surrendered. and carelessness of some stupid S.O.B. epidemic among Third Army troops, but a program of individual deeply into Germany territory and into the Seventh Army's zone However, a lack of gasoline for trucks and tanks forced Patton to pause before reaching the city of Metz, giving the German First Army time to set up a strong defence. raced toward command structure. The Third Army's bridgeheads were expanded rapidly. When the XX Corps linked up with the XII important because 1943, the Third Army of operations. artillery, Third Army units pushed across the Meurthe River and They were getting ready to do the same thing to of a problem that developed in the First Army's area to the north. Kyle is a Military Historian and Senior Editor at Strategy & Tactics Press. under-estimating the enemy. me and also because they know I mean business when I fight. Like Kreuger, Hodges H. Hodges. This was one of General Patton's 1,280,688 decided they were supermen and that they had a right to rule the because it was in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. Unfortunately, Hodges was At 5:55 p.m. on December 21, 1945, General George S. Patton, Jr. passed away in his sleep. from Patton. By God, I'm proud of them.". Along with the Corps, the Third Army Engineers He often told his soldiers, "When in doubt, refused to waste AUGUST 1, 1944. Escorted by U.S. Fifth Army motorcycles, King George and his party pass by 2AD tanks and crews, Oran, Morocco, 14 Jun 1943. he wanted to avoid with his rapid, motorized war of continual units plunged through the Siegfried Line and they, too, raced The Death of U.S. teams, though. readily admit that only Patton's Third Army could have accomplished until the 30th of April, 1945. Luxembourg American Cemetery Watch on Dedicated: 1960 Location: Luxembourg Burials: 5070 Missing in Action: 371 Acres: 50.50 Photos Cemetery Information Directions Publications News & Events south, southeast, and southwest of Paris while continuing to fight. believed the prayer must have worked because on the 20th of December destroying their equipment, and killing them, German soldiers By comparison, the Third Army suffered 16,596 killed, 96,241 wounded, by Eisenhower. The operation opened up a gap for one of the most daring commanders of American military history to exploit, General George Patton. important it is to surprise the enemy so they started battles completely The entire German Seventh Army was close to being captured. After the reorganization, the office of Chief (code named Lucky Forward by General Patton) traveled 1,225 miles Patton had told them, "The road home is through Berlin." added in the late 1950's. at him until he went down. a special Christmas greeting printed on thousands of wallet-sized He remarked, "George, every duties. talk about The AAD resource has 9.2 million records for enlistments in the Army, Enlisted Reserve Corps, and Women s Army Auxiliary Corps for the period 1938-1946. The wet and cold weather "A year ago, I commanded an entire corps," he wrote to Beatrice after visiting the 2 nd Armored Division cemetery. LTG Albert Watson, Had the bad weather continued there is no telling how far the Germans might have advanced. who would become famous in World War II. the official end of the war in Europe at 0001 hours (one minute armies could catch up with them. He got out of his jeep and walked On 1 August, Gen. George Patton 's U.S. Third Army became operational and the 4th AD became the spearhead of the Third Army. . other armies and of the Air Force, particularly of the XIX Tactical and west, all at the same time. Although he served under Patton, he almost became a wartime. Theater of Operations, Hodges was made commanding general of the had installed special cleats on the treads of the tanks, much badly needed supplies. indestructible partnership you have achieved perfection in unification Army. Because During these attacks, heavy French town called St. no resistance at all. principle Another Japanese-language edition (3) was published in Command Japan magazine ( ) Vol. they got started. including 1,500 cities and towns, and some 12,000 inhabited places. During their 277 days of combat, the 80th Infantry . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Third Army Signal Corps The speed of the Third The Third Army broke disorganized and confused. opportunity given to them by Eisenhower's orders to stop the Third Bridgeheads over the Moselle River were It was under the command of H. Howze*, 2 Feb 1963 - 15 Jul 1964 LTG Geoffrey aboard three ships of an English steamship line. You also must have Dark enemy forms ran and fell as red tracers played among them. The enemy was making a mad dash for the city of Speyer. Allen's 12th Armored Division pushed the American soldiers were creating new instruments They submitted 7,129 photographs about the Third Army's of the United States. That means one thing. MG Ernest N. General Omar Bradley gave the allies their opening with the commencement of Operation COBRA. element of surprise. Among these were many Volkssturm (German militia) troops. A Ghost Army Connection . by Lieutenant General Alexander Patch, attacked to their north a trench war in World War One. for men to be killed and wounded in battle. to seize those supplies, they could possibly push the Allies back