One of the most remarkable photographs to come out the Second World War, this photo of the senior American army officers in the ETO was taken shortly after victory was declared.
(Back Row, Left to Right)
MG Ralph F. Stearley (IX Fighter Command)
LTG Hoyt S. Vandenburg (Ninth Air Force)
GEN W. Bedell Smith (Supreme Headquarters Chief of Staff)
MG Otto P. Weyland (XIX Fighter Command)
MG Richard E. Nugent (XXIX Fighter Command)
(Front Row, Left To Right)
LTG William H. Simpson (Ninth Army)
LTG George S. Patton, Jr. (Third Army)
GEN Carl A. Spaatz (Strategic Air Forces in Europe)
GA Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Commander)
GEN Omar N. Bradley (12th Army Group)
LTG Courtney H. Hodges (First Army)
LTG Leonard T. Gerow (Fifteenth Army)
Pictures shown are purely for educational purposes and no permission has been sought. Names and ranks shown are representative of Allied forces in the latter years of the war and do not correspond to any certain date. If any errors are found, please contact me.
The US Fifteenth Army is not listed below as it was not established until the very end of the war, its responsibility being a postwar occupation force.
Strategic Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)
Bushy Park, London, England
GA Dwight D. Eisenhower, USA
6th Army Group
GEN Jacob L. Devers, USA
French First Army
Général d’Armée Jean J. M. G. de Lattre de Tassigny, FFL
French I Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée M. E. Antoine Béthouart, FFL
French II Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, FFL
US Seventh Army
LTG Alexander M. Patch, USA
US VI Corps
MG Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., USA
US XV Corps
MG Wade H. Haislip, USA
US XXI Corps
MG Frank W. Milburn, USA
12th Army Group
GEN Omar N. Bradley, USA
US First Army
LTG Courtney H. Hodges, USA
US III Corps
MG John Millikin, USA
US V Corps
MG Leonard T. Gerow, USA
US VII Corps
MG J. Lawton Collins, USA
US Third Army
LTG George S. Patton, Jr., USA
US VIII Corps
MG Troy H. Middleton, USA
US XII Corps
MG Manton S. Eddy, USA
US XXX Corps
MG Walton H. Walker, USA
US Ninth Army
LTG William H. Simpson, USA
US XIII Corps
MG Alvan C. Gillem, Jr., USA
US XVI Corps
MG John B. Anderson, USA
US XIX Corps
MG Raymond S. McLain, USA
21st Army Group
FM Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, BA
Canadian First Army
LGen Henry D. G. Crerar, CA
British I Corps
Lt-Gen John T. Crocker, BA
Canadian II Corps
MGen Guy G. Simonds, CA
British Second Army
Gen Sir Miles C. Dempsey, BA
British VIII Corps
Lt-Gen Sir Richard N. O’Connor, BA
British XII Corps
Lt-Gen Sir Neil M. Ritchie, BA
British XXX Corps
Lt-Gen Brian G. Horrocks, BA
First Allied Airborne Army
LTG Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
British I Airborne Corps
Lt-Gen Frederick A. M. Browning, BA
British 1st Airborne Division
Maj-Gen Robert E. Urquhart, BA
British 6th Airborne Division
Maj-Gen Richard N. Gale, BA
Polish 1st Parachute Brigade (Independent)
gen. bryg. Stanisław F. Sosabowski, WL
British Special Air Service
Lt Col Robert B. Mayne, BA
US XVIII Airborne Corps
MG Matthew B. Ridgeway, USA
US 17th Airborne Division
BG Williaim M. Miley, USA
US 82nd Airborne Division
BG James M. Gavin, USA
US 101st Airborne Division
BG Maxwell D. Taylor, USA
IX Troop Carrier Command
MG Paul L. Williams, USAAF
British No. 38 Group
AVM Lesley N. Hollinghurst, RAF
British No. 46 Group
AVM Lawrence Darvall, RAF
US 50th Troop Carrier Wing
BG Julian M. Chappell, USAAF
US 52nd Troop Carrier Wing
BG Harold L. Clark, USAAF
US 53rd Troop Carrier Wing
BG Maurice M. Beach, USAAF
US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF)
Bushy Park, London, England
GEN Carl A. Spaatz, USAAF
WIDEWING
US Eighth Air Force (8AF)
High Wycombe, Wycombe, England
LTG Jimmy H. Doolittle, USAAFR
PINE TREE
Click here to see the Eighth Air Force’s Order of Battle.
US Fifteenth Air Force (15AF)
Bari, Italy
LTG Nathan F. Twining, USAAF
Click here to see the Fifteenth Air Force’s Order of Battle.
Allied Expeditionary Air Forces (AAEAF)
Air Mshl Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, RAF
US Ninth Air Force (9AF)
LTG Hoyt S. Vandenburg, USAAF
US IX Fighter Command (Attached to US First Army)
MG Elwood R. Quesada, USAAF
US XIX Fighter Command (Attached to US Third Army)
MG Otto P. Weyland, USAAF
US XXIX Fighter Command (Attached to US Ninth Army)
MG Richard E. Nugent, USAAF
British Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF)
AVM Sir Arthur Coningham, RAF