Sixth Army

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The Sixth Army was a major United States Army field formation that played a significant role in the Pacific Theater during World War II and later served as a key command in the postwar U.S. Army structure.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sixth United States Army 3
Sixth Army canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
allegiance United States ⓘ
areaOfOperations New Guinea ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
associatedCommander General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur
branchLabel U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
campaign Southwest Pacific Area campaigns ⓘ
commander General Walter Krueger ⓘ
linked to: Walter Krueger
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decoratedFor service in the Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
engagedAgainst Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
formationDate 1943 ⓘ
garrison Presidio of San Francisco ⓘ
headquartersLocation Presidio of San Francisco ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Biak ⓘ
Battle of Hollandia ⓘ
Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
notableCommander Walter Krueger ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of Leyte ⓘ
Battle of Luzon ⓘ
Invasion of Leyte ⓘ
Invasion of Luzon ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Luzon

New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
notableUnitUnderCommand I Corps ⓘ
VIII Corps ⓘ
X Corps ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
plannedOperation Operation Downfall ⓘ
plannedRole to participate in the invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall) ⓘ
postwarRole continental United States command ⓘ
training and readiness command ⓘ
role major U.S. field army in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ
service United States Army ⓘ
size multi-corps formation ⓘ
status inactivated (historical formation) ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Army Forces in the Far East (in Pacific operations) ⓘ
United States Army Forces, Pacific (during World War II) ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater ⓘ
type field army-level command ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Operation VICTOR V → commandStructure → Sixth United States Army ⓘ
linked to: Sixth Army
Alamo Force → associatedWith → Sixth United States Army ⓘ
linked to: Sixth Army
XIV Corps → partOf → Sixth United States Army ⓘ
linked to: Sixth Army