ADMIN Posted November 20, 2006 Share #1 Posted November 20, 2006 NAME: 14th Army / Fourteenth Army / Fourteenth United States Army NICKNAME: N/A BATTLE HONORS: N/A ACTIVATED: 1943 DEACTIVATED: 1944 HISTORY: World War II U.S. Fourteenth Army is a fictitious field army developed as a part of Operation Quicksilver and as a part of the fictitious First U.S. Army Group, being led by George S. Patton, Jr.. What follows is a list of the fictitious units that "existed" within Fourteenth Army. Please note that the various formations changed as the operation continued in order to mislead Axis intelligence. At least one fictitious armored division was included within Fourteenth Army. Corps U.S. XXXIII Corps U.S. XXXVII Corps Divisions U.S. 6th Airborne Division U.S. 9th Airborne Division U.S. 11th Infantry Division* U.S. 14th Infantry Division* U.S. 17th Airborne Division* U.S. 18th Airborne Division U.S. 21st Airborne Division U.S. 22nd Infantry Division U.S. 46th Infantry Division U.S. 48th Infantry Division U.S. 50th Infantry Division U.S. 55th Infantry Division U.S. 59th Infantry Division U.S. 108th Infantry Division* U.S. 119th Infantry Division U.S. 130th Infantry Division U.S. 141st Infantry Division U.S. 157th Infantry Division *Note: An 11th Division formation, designated the 11th Airborne Division, did exist. The 14th Infantry Division and 17th Airborne Division were both authorized units that hadn't yet been raised. The 17th entered active service, whereas 14th wasn't raised until war's end and was soon after deactivated. Also, the 108th was activated after the war's conclusion in 1946 as the 108th Airborne Division. Divisional history from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Fourteenth_Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted June 4, 2008 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2008 An original 14th Army patch. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basic Rifleman Posted December 2, 2020 Share #3 Posted December 2, 2020 Can I ask a silly question? Why if this was a fictitious unit were there WWII patches made? I've been looking for an answer for a while to no avail... Thanks in advance, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted December 2, 2020 Share #4 Posted December 2, 2020 Maybe this will help. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops was a deception unit that simulated fictitious units to fool the enemy. This link might give you an explanation. The that link doesn’t work or search for "the ghost army", or "23rd Headquarters Special Troops". It’s a pretty interesting story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army#:~:text=The Ghost Army was a United States Army,other Allied Army units to deceive the enemy. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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