Fourteenth United States Army

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Fourteenth United States Army
Shoulder insiginia of Fourteenth United States Army
Active	Operation Quicksilver
Country	United States
Type	Field Army
Role	diversion phantom formation
Battles/wars	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	George Smith Patton

Fourteenth United States 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..

1 Subordinate Units
- 1.1 Corps
- 1.2 Divisions
2 Notes
3 External links

[edit] Subordinate Units

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.

[edit] Corps

U.S. XXXIII Corps
U.S. XXXVII Corps

[edit] Divisions

U.S. 6th Airborne Division
U.S. 9th Airborne Division
U.S. 11th Infantry Division{See Note below}
U.S. 14th Infantry Division^[1]
U.S. 17th Airborne Division^[2]
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^[3]
U.S. 119th Infantry Division
U.S. 130th Infantry Division
U.S. 141st Infantry Division
U.S. 157th Infantry Division

[edit] Notes

An 11th Division formation {US 11th Airborne Division} existed.
↑ At the time of Operation Quicksilver, the U.S. 14th Infantry Division and 17th Airborne Division were both authorized units that hadn't yet been raised. 17th entered active service, whereas 14th wasn't raised until war's end and was soon after deactivated.
↑ The 108th was activated after the war's conclusion in 1946 as the 108th Airborne Division.