LES DIVISIONS AEROPORTEES DE L'U.S. ARMY

DANS LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE

 

U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE DIVISIONS

WORLD WAR II



Div Nom Classif Activation Mouvement Theater of Opns Commanding
General
11th Angels AUS(2) 02/43 04/44(3) PTO(4) Joseph M. Swing (02/43)
 13th

 Black Cat

 AUS

 12/08/43

 01/45

 ETO

George W. Griner (08/43) 
Elbridge G. Chapman, Jr. (11/43)
 17th

 Thunder
from
Heaven

 AUS

 15/04/43

 08/44

 ETO

 William M. Miley (04/43)
 82nd

 All American

 OR

 03/42

 04/43

  MTO
ETO

Omar N. Bradley (03/42) 
Matthew B. Ridgeway (06/42)
James M. Gavin (08/44)
 101st

 Screaming Eagles

 AUS

 08/42

 08/43

 ETO

 William C. Lee (08/42)
Maxwell D. Taylor (03/44)
Anthony C. McAuliffe (12/44)
Maxwell D. Taylor (12/44)

2. 2. Classification des divisions : RA, Regular Army ; AUS, Army of the United States (unité sans affectation de mobilisation) ; NG, National Guard ; OR, Organized Reserves.

The classification of units was: RA, Regular Army; AUS, Army of the United States (unit without mobilization duty); NG, National Guard; OR, Organized Reserves.

3. 3. La date de mouvement est donnée au moment ou la moitié du personnel arrive au port d'embarquement (Palmer, Wiley, Keast, The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops, U.S.Army in WWII).

Date of movement is the date of which the half of the personnel arrived at Port of Embarkation (Palmer, Wiley, Keast, The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops, U.S.Army in WWII).

4. 4. Theater of Operations (théâtre d'opérations) : ETO, European Theater of Operations ; PTO, Pacific Theater of Operations. La 82nd Airborne Division a combattu sur le MTO (Mediterranean Theater of Operations : Afrique du nord, Sicile, Italie) avant de rejoindre ETO.

The 82nd Airborne Division fought in MTO before to be transferred to ETO.

 

Copyright: Yves J. Bellanger, 2001

 

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Created on 8 September 1998 by Yves J. Bellanger
 
Modifié le 1 juin 2005
Updated on June 1, 2005