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	British Fourteenth Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Fourteenth Army, in spite of its name, was a multinational force: most of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from East African divisions within the British Army.
		Offensive operations under the command of Fourteenth Army then paused for the rest of the war, whilst an offensive to retake Malaya by amphibious landing, Operation Zipper, was planned.
		Fourteenth Army was low profile, but within its limited powers, it made a good contribution towards Allied victory over Japan.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/14th_Army (782 words)

	British 11th Army Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its main subordinate formations were Fourteenth Army and the Ceylon Army.
		During the advance to be made in Northern combat area from Ledo to Myitkyina to cover the building of the Ledo Road, it was essential that this attack was co-ordinated with the attacks further south to prevent the Japanese concentrating large numbers of reserves for a counter attack on any one front.
		The Fourteenth Army still under the command of General Slim was responsible for the Central Front and was by far the largest component of ALFSEA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_11th_Army_Group (635 words)

	British Fourteenth Army -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The army was formed in 1943 in eastern (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
		It is referred to as the "Forgotten Army" because its operations in the (Click link for more info and facts about Burma Campaign) Burma Campaign were often overlooked by the contemporary press, and have remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe to this day.
		Fourteenth Army was low profile, but within its limited powers, it made a good contribution towards Allied victory over (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_fourteenth_army.htm (809 words)

	Encyclopedia: British-Fourteenth-Army
		The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military.
		The British Twelfth Army was formed on May 28, Burma from the Fourteenth Army, which was being withdrawn to plan for Operation Zipper, the planned invasion of Malaya by amphibious assualt, which was due to take place in August 1945.
		Fourteenth Army was low profile, but within its limited powers, it made a good contribution towards Allied victory over Japan The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British_Fourteenth_Army (1352 words)

	Anzio Beachhead: The Breakthrough
		Adjusting itself to its new defensive role, the Fourteenth Army regrouped its forces by reducing the number of units occupying the perimeter of the beachhead front.
		The Hermann Goering Panzer Division was rushed southward from Leghorn; and Fourteenth Army planned to detach combat units from I Parachute Corps, holding the Moletta River-Albano road sector, to bolster the shattered forces of LXXVI Panzer Corps on the Cisterna front.
		In a change of Corps boundaries, Fourteenth Army assigned the sector west of Colli Laziali to I Parachute Corps, and the sector to the east to LXXVI Panzer Corps.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/anziobeach/anzio-break.htm (6345 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands fell quickly against the attack of Army Group B and the British Expeditionary Force, trapped in the north, was evacuated at Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo.
		Further south the main Japanese army in the theater were fought to a standstill on the Burma India frontier by the British Fourteenth Army (the "forgotten" army) which then counter-attacked and having recaptured all of Burma was planning attacks towards Malaya when the war ended.
		While huge armies of low-quality troops would be seen again (during the Korean War and in a number of African conflicts), after this victory the major powers relied upon small highly-trained and well-equipped militaries.
	hallencyclopedia.com /World_War_II (4727 words)

	Army Of The Ohio And Army Of The Cumberland
		Army of the Ohio and Army of the Cumberland
		In 1854, he resigned from the army to practice architecture and civil engineering, but at the outbreak of the Civil War he tendered his services to the Government and was made brigadier-general of the regular army, and major-general of volunteers in March, 1862.
		He was put at the head of the Center (Fourteenth Corps) of the reorganized Army of the Cumberland, and in October, 1863, he assumed the chief command, distinguishing himself at Missionary Ridge, in the Atlanta campaign, and in the crushing defeat of Bragg at Nashville.
	www.civilwarhome.com /armyohioandcumberland.htm (952 words)

	German Fourteenth Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The German Fourteenth Army (German: 14.Armee Oberkommando) was a World War II field army.
		The Fourteenth Army was activated on August 1, 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command.
		The army was reactivated for the defence of Italy in 1943, before its final surrender near the Alps.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_Fourteenth_Army (125 words)

	Operation Shingle
		A major attack in the South by US Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army would draw Germany's depleted forces away from the areas around Rome, and from the hills between Rome and the coast.
		The Fifth Army's attack on the Gustav Line began on 16 January 1944 at Monte Cassino.
		Fourteenth Army, commanded by Gen. Eberhard von Mackensen, assumed control of the defense on 25 January.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/op/operation_shingle.html (1125 words)

	Fourteenth Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The British Fourteenth Army was formed in 1943 in eastern India.
		It is referred to as the forgotten army because its operations were often overlooked by thecontemporary press, and have remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe to this day.
		The original idea had been to capture Rangoon, the capital of Burma, from the sea and then link up Fourteenth Army troops advancing from the north.However, due to lack of landing craft, the landing could not be pursued.
	www.therfcc.org /fourteenth-army-217908.html (496 words)

	Fourteenth Army
		British and American armies were poised to invade Italy, Hitler's Axis partner, but it was clear that ultimate victory in Europe would hinge on a cross-channel attack from the British Isles into France.
		The American Fourteenth Army included XXXIII Corps (17th Division, 59th Division) and XXXVII Corps (25th Division, 11th Division, 48th Division), while the British 4th Army was composed of 2nd Corps (55th Division, 61st Division, 80th Division, 35th Division), 7th Corps (5th Division, 58th Division), and 2nd Airborne Division.
		At various times Fourteenth Army included 2 Corps, 1 Armored Division, 5 Airborne Divisions, and 14 Infantry Divisions -- all of which were entire fictitious -- along with 1 Airborne and 9 Infantry Divisions that had been activated but not actually raised at the time of the Normandy invasion.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/14army.htm (1270 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other candidates for the starting date of the war include the entry of Hitler's armies to Prague in March 1939, the Japanese invasion of China on 7 July 1937 (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria, or the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
		While some units from the French army were still fighting, a number of top politicians and military leaders decided that it would be better to surrender; France signed an armistice with Germany on June 22, 1940, leading to the establishment of the Vichy France puppet government in the unoccupied part of France.
		A decisive victory by the Canadian First Army in the Battle of the Scheldt secured the entrance to the port of Antwerp, freeing it to receive supplies by late November 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II (9628 words)

	Union - 14th Corps
		From this time on, the history of the Fourteenth Corps is limited to the movements of the particular divisions under command of General Thomas.
		The Fourteenth Corps took part in the opening battle of this campaign at Resaca, and was prominently engaged in the final victory at Jonesboro.
		To this total must be added the heavy losses of the Army of the Tennessee, and the Army of the Ohio, in order to understand the extent of the fighting while on that campaign.
	www.civilwararchive.com /CORPS/14thcorp.htm (1198 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields
		General Bragg's army was composed of Polk's, Hill's, Buckner's, Longstreet's (Hood's), and Walker's (Reserve) Corps of infantry, and Wheeler's and Forrest's Corps of cavalry.
		Bragg's Army of Tennessee, except three divisions was concentrated on the west side of the Chickamauga from Reeds Bridge almost to Dalton's Ford, near Lee and Gordon's Mills.
		The armies were so close to each other, in some instances only a few hundred yards apart, that it was inevitable a clash would soon take place, but at what point no one could say.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/25/hh25g1.htm (622 words)

	Ohio Genealogy
		The Fourteenth was organized at Ypsilanti under the supervision of Colonel Robert P. Sinclair, and was mustered into service February 13, 1862, with an enrollment of 925 officers and men.
		The Fourteenth joined General Sherman's army at Dallas, Ga., the 4th of June, and took an active part in the Atlanta campaign, being engaged with the enemy at Kenesaw Mountain and Chattahoochee river and the siege of Atlanta.
		The Fourteenth marched to Goldsboro, where it remained until April 10, and then started for Raleigh, N. It marched to Richmond, Va., and arrrived in Washington, D. C., the 18th of May, and took part in the grand review of Sherman's army on the 24th.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/ohio/rr01/rr01_026.html (2778 words)

	HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Central Burma
		The advance was to be part of a larger offensive planned for early 1944 with the British Fourteenth Army attacking east from Imphal in India and the Chinese Y Force attacking west astride the old Burma Road toward the China-Burma border, all under the overall direction of Vice Adm.
		Whether using the Hump air corridor to supply Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force in China, or flying vital supplies to OSS Detachment 101's scattered guerrilla units, air supply was critical to the Allied campaign in Burma.
		Despite the classic victory won by the British Fourteenth Army and the epic construction of the Stilwell Road in Burma, the successful campaigns by MacArthur and Nimitz in the Pacific relegated Burma, the link between India and China, to a position of little strategic importance for completing the triumph over Japan.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Burma45 (5959 words)

	Leon Trotsky’s Military Writings, Vol. 2, 1919: The Fourteenth Army and its Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There must be especially great interest in the commander’s personality in the case of the Fourteenth Army, because in the Ukraine they are all too often accustomed to explain setbacks by reference to the mistakes, and even the acts of treachery, of those at headquarters.
		From his army committee he was elected to the second Central Executive Committee and was assigned to the post of elected commander- in-chief of the Northern front, after October.
		May the Red Army men and commanders be worthy of their commander, the first soldier of the 14th Army.
	www.marx.org /archive/trotsky/works/1919-mil/ch85.htm (883 words)

	Gaylesville During the Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		More forage can be obtained on this route, and it is supposed that the Army of the Tennessee and the Twenty third Corps will send their trains by the direct road that leads from Gaylesville.
		All the army crossed, but sent back most of their wagons and beef-cattle to Jacksonville and Blue Mountain.
		The army get their supplies by wagon from Blue Mountain, in Calhoun County, fifty or sixty miles from Summerville and five to ten miles noth of east from Jacksonville; it is the terminus of the railroad.
	www.pacers.org /schools/gaylesville/civilwar/communiques3.html (2131 words)

	German Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By the end of 1943, a reinforced German army consisted of 23 divisions; 215,000 troops engaged in the south and 265,000 in reserve in the north.
		Served as occupation army in the Netherlands until it was transferred to Antwerp for fought the Normany breakout.
		Assigned to the X Army in November for the defense of Bologna and in February 1945 was moved to Ravenna and Ferrara area.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/GermanOrg.htm (2821 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 2 B-25s bomb the runway at Hengyang Airfield; 30 P-40s attack gun positions, troop concentrations, and sampans in the Hengyang and Changning areas; 20 P-40s hit similar targets S of Changsha, W of Pengtse, and in the Siangtan area; and 12 P-51s damage a bridge at Yangtien.
		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 27 B-25s pound Kiyang, Yungming, Lingling and areas to the N, and the area W of Chuanhsien; 100+ P-40s and P-51s attack buildings, river shipping, troops, horses, and supplies at numerous points especially around Sinshih, Kiyang, Wuchou, and Isuho.
		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 24 B-24s pound Hankow; 12 B-25s and 7 P-51s hit the Hengyang road junction and ferry; 7 B-25s bomb Kianghwa while 6 P-51s damage a nearby bridge; 5 B-25s hit Yungming; 44 P-40s and P-51s blast targets of opportunity along roads in the Changsha, Siangtaii, and Sintsiang areas.
	www.447bg.com /library/docs/chronology/Sep.44.html (12983 words)

	Foreign Military Studies Office Book Reviews
		The main focus of Hickey's research is the Fourteenth Army's mission of pushing from Burma the Japanese Burma Area Army.
		When World War II ended, the Fourteenth Army was ordered to prepare for the invasion of Malaya while other Allied forces conducted a mop-up of Japanese in Burma.
		Still, with useful descriptions of the Japanese soldier and his army, a detailed account of "The 'Sacking' of Slim," and a wonderful "Postlude" describing the post-war fates of key leaders in the campaign, this book belongs in the library of anyone interested in military leadership and the campaigns of World War II.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /bookrevu/slims.htm (600 words)

	Joeseph J. Reynold's Chickamauga OR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		COLONEL: I herewith submit a report of the operations of the Fourth Division, Fourteenth Corps, in the battle of Chickamauga Creek, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863.
		Arriving at the Rossville road, the command was met by the corps commander in person, and I was directed to form line perpendicular to the Rossville road.
		I understood that this movement was intended to open the way to Rossville for the army, and did not then know of any other road to that point.
	www.civilwarhome.com /reynoldchickamauga.htm (1580 words)

	From Congressional Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Their position in the Army rarely affords to this class of officers an opportunity for that kind of distinction which is appropriately rewarded by brevet promotion, but the conduct of some of them is deemed by me worthy of peculiar notice from the Government, and I have presented them for brevets.
		Captain John D. O'Connell, Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be major by brevet, June 27, 1862, and lieutenant-colonel by brevet, July 1, 1862, for distinguished services in the battles before Richmond, and in the battle of Manassas.
		Captain David B. McKibbin, Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be major by brevet, June 27, 1862, and lieutenant-colonel by brevet, July 1, 1862, for distinguished services in the battles before Richmond, and in the battle of Manassas.
	1-14th.com /Hist-CongRecord.htm (7326 words)

	Official Records : Page 15 \| Chapter LVI. THE SAVANNAH CAMPAIGN. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Return of casualties and prisoners captured by the army in the field in campaign of Georgia.
		This report is not sufficiently accurate to be official, but my command is so scattered that it cannot now be remedied, but will be in due time.
		Abstract from returns showing the effective strength of the army in the field under Major General William T. Sherman, November and December, 1864.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/library/or/092/0015.cfm (169 words)

	Leon Trotsky’s Military Writings, Vol. 2, 1919: Instruction To The Responsible Workers Of The Fourteenth Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Communists serving in army units must keep a very careful eye on harmful elements of this sort and point them out to the commissar, so that the regiment may be quickly cleansed of them and the most guilty of them subjected to ruthless punishment.
		The experience of all armies has shown that it is quite impermissible for servicemen’s families to be living in an area where active units and headquarters are stationed.
		All the army’s leading institutions—the Revolutionary War Council, the Political Department, the Special Section, the Revolutionary Tribunal—must firmly lay down and apply the rule that not a single crime committed in the army is to be left unpunished.
	www.marx.org /archive/trotsky/works/1919-mil/ch84.htm (2088 words)

	British Fourteenth Army Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Central Burma
		Meanwhile in northern Burma, the Northern Combat Area Command and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, after reopening the land route between India and China, were to advance through Lashio on to Mandalay by midFebruary, the peak of the dry season.
		Against increasing resistance from the Japanese 33d Army, Sultan's forces moved south from Myitkyina with the British 36th Division to the west, the Chinese 50th Division in the center, and the 30th and 38th Chinese Divisions along with the MARS Task Force on the east.
		Volume 5 of the Army Air Forces in World War II series, edited by Wesley F. Craven and James L. Cate, The Pacific— Matterhorn to Nagaski, June 1944-August 1945 (1953) is helpful for the Air Force view.
	www.army.mil /cmh/brochures/centburma/centburma.htm (5852 words)

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