U.S. Sixth Army

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The U.S. Sixth Army was a major United States Army field formation that played a key role in the Pacific Theater during World War II, particularly in campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
U.S. Sixth Army canonical 8
Sixth United States Army 2
US Sixth Army 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
alliedWith Australian Army ⓘ
Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ
areaOfOperations New Guinea ⓘ
Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines

Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
branch U.S. Army Ground Forces ⓘ
commandRole major U.S. field army in the Pacific Theater ⓘ
commandStructure Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
component armored units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
support and service units ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
engagement amphibious landings in New Guinea ⓘ
amphibious landings in the Philippines ⓘ
function planning and executing large-scale offensive operations ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableCommander Lieutenant General Walter Krueger ⓘ
linked to: Walter Krueger
notableContribution liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation ⓘ
securing key airfields and bases in New Guinea ⓘ
notableFeature coordination with naval and air forces ⓘ
extensive use of amphibious warfare tactics ⓘ
notableOperation Leyte campaign ⓘ
Luzon campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Luzon

New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign ⓘ
notableTheaterCommanderSupported General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur
objective defeat of Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
recapture of occupied Allied territory in the Pacific ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
primaryAdversary Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces ⓘ
role amphibious assault operations ⓘ
ground combat operations ⓘ
service United States Armed Forces ⓘ
strategicImportance key ground component of Allied operations in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. Army Air Forces ⓘ
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
theater Pacific Theater ⓘ
type combined arms formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter Krueger → notableCommanderOf → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
32nd Infantry Division → commandStructure → United States Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Alamo Force → composedOf → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
Alamo Force → codenameFor → Sixth United States Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Japanese Fourteenth Area Army → opponent → United States Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf → groundForces → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
Operation Topside → participant → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
Battle of Luzon → forcesInvolved → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
XXIV Corps → partOf → Sixth United States Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Arawe landings → force → US Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Allied Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area → subordinateFormation → US Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
Alamo Scouts → partOf → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ
Juan Pajota → associatedWith → U.S. Sixth Army ⓘ