US Ninth Army (1944)
Army · United States · September 5, 1944 – May 8, 1945
American army under William Simpson that took Brest, crossed the Roer and was first to reach the Elbe.
View on map Fought in Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine Wikipedia
Engagements 3
- June 6 – August 30, 1944 Operation Overlord
- August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945 Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
- March 22 – May 8, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany
Movements
- September 19, 1944 Brest taken Operation Overlord Map
- November 16, 1944 The Roer Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine Map
- February 23, 1945 Operation Grenade Map
- March 24, 1945 Crosses the Rhine at Rheinberg Western Allied invasion of Germany Map
- April 11, 1945 – May 8, 1945 Reaches the Elbe at Magdeburg Map