U.S. I Armored Corps

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I Armored Corps
Inactive
Active	1940-07-15–1943-07-10[1]
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Armor
Size	Corps
Commanders
Notable commanders	George S. Patton

I Armored Corps was a World War II corps of the United States Army.

Contents 1 History 2 Subordinate units 3 References

[edit] History

• Established - July 15, 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky under the command of MG Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.. ^{[2] [3]}
• Change of command - November 1940 - MG Charles L. Scott assumes command^[4]
• Change of command - 1942-01-15 - MG George S. Patton assumes command^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Transfer of HQ - January 1942 to Fort Benning, Georgia
• Training - 1942-03-26 - MG Patton designated to setup Desert Training Center^[8]
• Training - 1924-04-10 to 1942-07-30 at Desert Training Center, California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC-CAMA) ^{[9] [10]}
• Planning - 1942-07-30 - 1942-08-05 Patton and staff does initial planning for Operation Torch in Washington, DC
• Planning - 1942-08-05 - 1942-08-21 Patton and staff does higher level planning for Operation Torch in London, England
• Tactical Deception - 1942-09-11 I Armored Corps redesignated as Western Task Force to carry out Operation Torch.
• Combat Mission - Operation Torch - November 8, 1942 - landed near Casablanca
• Cessation of Tactical Deception - 1943-01-09 Western Task Force redesignated as I Armored Corps
• Change of command - 1943-03-04 Patton reassigned to command II Corps after Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall is relieved following the loss at the Battle of Kasserine Pass^[11][12]
• Change of command - 1943-04-15 LTG Patton resumes command^[13]
• Redesignated - 1943-07-10 I Armored Corps becomes U.S. Seventh Army^[1]

[edit] Subordinate units

• 3rd Infantry Division 1943-02-01 - 1943-07-15
• 9th Infantry Division - May 1943^[14]
• 2nd Armored Division

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Axlerod, Alan, Phillips, Charles (1998). “PATTON, George Smith”, The Macmillan Dictionary of Military Biography (in en). New York, NY, USA: Macmillan Publishers, p. 339. ISBN 0-02-861994-3.
2. ^ http://www.knox.army.mil/IMA/sites/about/history.asp
3. ^ http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/gorman/gorman.asp#A-1
4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_2nd_Armored_Division
5. ^ http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/decker.html
6. ^ http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/gorman/gorman.asp#II-25
7. ^ http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7285
8. ^ http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/gorman/gorman.asp#II-25
9. ^ http://www.blm.gov/ca/needles/patton.html
10. ^ http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/DesertCamps.htm
11. ^ http://www.historyinfilm.com/patton/timeline.htm
12. ^ http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Berlin2/BERLIN2.asp
13. ^ http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=202
14. ^ http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/9thinfantry/index.html