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The Conquering Ninth - The Ninth U.S. Army in World War II (Hardcover)
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The Conquering Ninth - The Ninth U.S. Army in World War II (Hardcover)
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The Ninth Army came into existence in May 1944, under the command
of General William Hood Simpson, himself a rather unknown but
highly successful ground commander. By late August, the Ninth Army
was ready to join the crusade in Europe. Known by its radio call
sign "Conquer," they landed at Utah Beach, France, on August 28 and
29. They were now at war and ready for their first assignment. It
entered the fray in Brittany, taking over from the Third Army. The
biggest port in Brittany was Brest, and operations to capture it
began mid-August, with the Ninth Army completing what General
Patton had begun by late September. The Ninth Army then moved to
the Siegfried Line alongside the First Army. After some inter-army
political maneuvering, it was moved to the north flank of the
American lines and was the only American army to fight under
British Field Marshal Montgomery's command for several months,
until the Rhine River was crossed, playing a small supportive role
in the Battle of the Bulge. It went on to be involved in the
reduction of the Wesel Pocket in cooperation with the British; the
Rhine Crossing, including Operation Varsity, the airborne drop
across the Rhine, the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket, and then
the"Race to Berlin." The Ninth reached the Elbe River before it was
stopped not by the enemy, but by high command. Following the end of
hostilities the army was eventually dissolved, and the book covers
the dissolution and the subsequent fate of some of its leaders.
This new history of the Ninth places the contribution of this
unsung army into a full history of the war in Europe in 1944-45. It
covers all levels of the army's activities from the
responsibilities and duties of the higher echelon, the commanders
through to combat stories of the units under its command and Medal
of Honor actions.
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