ADMIN Posted November 12, 2006 #1 Posted November 12, 2006 NAME: Sixth Army Group / 6th Group NICKNAME: None ACTIVATED: Aug 1, 1944 DEACTIVATED: 1945 HISTORY: “World War II The 6th Army Group was an Army Group of the Allies (namely the United States Army) during World War II. It was created in Corsica, France (specifically activated on August 1, 1944) to consolidate the combined French and American forces that were planning to invade southern France in Operation Dragoon. The 6th Army Group, also known as the Southern Group of Armies, was commanded by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. It consisted of the French First Army (before September 25, 1944 it was called French Army commanded by Général Jean de Lattre de Tassigny) and the US Seventh Army commanded by Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch. The 6th Army Group remained subordinate to AFHQ in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during the invasion and in the weeks immediately afterwards. At about the time the 6th Army met the U.S. 12th Army Group, which had broken out of the Normandy bridgehead, near Dijon in mid-September, command was handed to SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces) under U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Its area of operation extended from the High Vosges, progressing through Germany and eventually, Western Austria and the Lake of Constance. Soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, which was part of the US Seventh Army, were the first Allied troops to arrive at Berchtesgaden, which they secured along with the Berghof, Hitler's Alpine residence. Divisional history from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._6th_Army_Group
Jim Baker Posted January 1, 2007 #2 Posted January 1, 2007 6th Army Group. Embroidered on cotton, white back.
kminton327 Posted September 2, 2010 #4 Posted September 2, 2010 my grandfather was in the sixth AG, here is a picture of him receiving his bronze star from Gen. Devers in Heidelberg. Kevin
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