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	U.S. Tenth Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The US Tenth Army was the last Army level command established in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
		During the Battle of Okinawa, the Tenth Army consisted of XXIV Corps of the U.S. Army and V Amphibious Corps of the U.S. Marine Corps.
		In all, Tenth Army suffered 65,631 casualties during the campaign, with 34,736 being suffered by XXIV Corps, 26,724 by V Amphibious Corps, 520 to the tactical air force attached to Tenth Army, 2,636 to the Army garrison forces of Okinawa and Ie Shima, and 1,015 to troops directly under the command of Tenth Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Tenth_Army (245 words)

	German Tenth Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The German Tenth Army (German: 10.Armee Oberkommando) was a World War II field army.
		The Tenth Army was activated on August 6, 1939 with General Walter von Reichenau in command.
		The army was then reformed in 1943 as part of the defence of Italy, seeing action notably during the Battle of Monte Cassino, before finally surrendering near the Alps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_Tenth_Army (142 words)

	Fighting for Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Army Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., the son of a Confederate general, commanded the 162,000 Marines and soldiers of the U.S. Tenth Army.
		The Tenth Army's slow advance against the Shuri Line left the 5th Fleet increasingly vulnerable to kamikaze attacks as it clustered offshore in support of the ground campaign with naval gunfire, air strikes and supplies.
		Under LTG Buckner's command the Tenth Army had just executed the massive landings on 1 April that proved to be as close to perfect as any other major assault in the Pacific.
	www.mca-marines.org /leatherneck/OkinawaApr05.htm (2930 words)

	93D DIVISION ww1 part 2
		The French Tenth Army was relieved by the French Third Army on October 27 and the 59th Division was assigned to the French XVIII Corps for the relief of the French 127th Division in line northeast of Laon.
		On October 27 the French Third Army took over the front of the French Tenth Army and assigned the 59th Division to the French XVIII Corps for the relief of the French 127th Division in line northeast of Laon.
		By the end of October the American First Army and the French Fourth Army had accomplished the first part of the plan for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and were in a position to turn the hostile positions north of the Aisne, cut the Carignan—Sedan—Mézières railroad and drive the enemy beyond the Meuse.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/93div_ww1_part2.htm (4038 words)

	10th U.S. Cavalry history
		The African-American, Tenth Cavalry Regiment, of the United States Army, fighting in the Spanish American war had an opportunity to achieve a level of valor, dignity, and a distinction that could not be demonstrated in civilian life.
		It was a matter of luck that the troopers of the Tenth Cavalry rode from Lakeland to the pier at Tampa in fancy railroad coaches with ice water.
		For the troopers of the Tenth cavalry a silent reveille was held at 0300hrs.
	www.spanamwar.com /10thcavhist.htm (5131 words)

	World Wars I and II
		In 1945 General Buckner was given command of the newly-formed Tenth U.S. Army and with it the task of invading and neutralizing Okinawa.
		With the collapse of the French Army in June 1940, General Chaffee's 1927 predictions of the importance of armored forces in modern warfare were confirmed.
		Once he was satisfied that the Army could operate in large bodies he concentrated on revising training to simulate the conditions that the Army was facing in North Africa.
	cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/ftlvn/ww2.asp (5799 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - G.M. Trevelyan on Austria-Hungary's Exit from the War, October-November 1918
		But the Fourth Army on Grappa was doing what was required of it, and meanwhile all three armies on the Piave succeeded in their objective.
		That army was thus enabled to cross the river and race forward over hill and dale to Vittorio, thence to cut the Valmarino communications of the enemy.
		I shall never forget the distant and continuous noise of a whole army scattered over the plain, shouting all night in its joy under the glistening winter stars because their warfare was accomplished, and Europe at last was free.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/vittorio_trevelyan.htm (2419 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Okinawa: The Last Battle [Chapter 13]
		The Tenth Army staff believed that the Japanese positions were weaker on the right and that the fresh Marine divisions had a chance for a quick break-through on that flank.
		The Tenth Army operation plan overlay, which according to the text of the plan was to show the scheme of maneuver more precisely than the order itself, indicated a very close envelopment of Shuri by the two divisions immediately north of the Japanese headquarters city.
		Despite the scheme of maneuver outlined on the Tenth Army overlay, it seems that the actual plan was for uniform pressure across the line which would crack the Japanese defenses at some point and be immediately exploited wherever the particular break might come.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Okinawa/USA-P-Okinawa-13.html (17352 words)

	The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa (Countdown to 'Love-Day')
		Army Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., the son of a Confederate general who fought against U.S. Grant at Fort Donaldson in the American Civil War, would command the newly created U.S Tenth Army.
		Army Major General John R. Hodge commanded the XXIV Corps, comprised of the 7th, 77th, and 96th Infantry Divisions, with the 27th Infantry Division in floating reserve, and the 81st Infantry Division in area reserve.
		With the death of General Buckner, Geiger assumed command of the Tenth Army, a singular and fitting attainment, and was immediately promoted to lieutenant general by the Marine Corps.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003135-00/sec2.htm (2442 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1915
		Begun in the face of a heavy snowstorm on 7 February 1915, Below's German Eighth Army launched a surprise attack against the Russian army's southern wing, advancing almost 70 miles within a week.
		Falling back, the Russians were attacked by the German Tenth Army - a newly created army sent to the east, consisting of eight divisions - on 9 February from the north, this time against their right flank.
		The remnants of the Russian Tenth Army were in disorderly retreat by 14 February.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/masurian2.htm (428 words)

	Army
		There were eight numbered armies in FY 90, but they were reduced to seven in FY 91 with elimination of the Fourth U.S. Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
		The Theater Army [TA] reports through the service chain of command to generate and support Army forces within the theater and responds to the combat service support needs of joint and combined forces as defined by the CINC.
		The numbered field army function of operational control of subordinate forces was not separate and distinct, but was integrated into the other responsibilities of Army component and TA.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/army.htm (831 words)

	Soldiers Of The Army Of The James
		Again returning in advance of that army on the 15th of June, under General Smith, the Eighteenth Corps captured the right of the line of defenses around Petersburg, and nine pieces of artillery, which lines you have since held for three months.
		Such is the glorious records of the Army of the James-never beaten in a battle, never repulsed in an assault by a larger portion of its forces than a brigade.
		Capt J. Lyon, Fourth Rhode Island, in command of the pontoon trains of the Army of the James, receives commendation for his energy ability, and promptness in the construction of the pontoon bridges by which the army crossed the river.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/RPT_EWS1.HTM (5683 words)

	Fort Ethan Allen: Buffalo Soldiers
		The Tenth Cavalry was activated on July 28, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under the command of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson.
		After the Tenth cavalry was sent to Cuba, the army was once again confronted with the problem of where to station African American regiments within the United States.
		In response to that accusation the army sent the Twenty-four Infantry to upstate New York and the Tenth Cavalry to Fort Ethan Allen.
	personalweb.smcvt.edu /thefort/History/BuffaloSoldiers.htm (1785 words)

	IX Corps
		The IX Army Corps was activated at Fort Lewis, Washington, on June 1, 1940.
		After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 73 1941, IX Army Corps was assigned the mission of supporting defensive operations along the central and northern regions of America's western seaboard.
		Upon arrival, IX Corps was assigned to Tenth Army with a dual mission of developing an overall plan for the invasion of the Japanese-held coast of China, and the preparation of all Tenth Army units on Hawaii for movement to Okinawa.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/ix-corps.htm (815 words)

	Boeing: Tenth U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow Battalion Certified Combat-Ready
		Upon their return, the helicopters were returned to Mesa where they were remanufactured into next-generation AH-64D Apache Longbows The U.S. Army is modernizing AH-64A Apaches into next-generation AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters that link a wide range of avionics, electronics and weapons into one fully-integrated weapons system.
		In addition to the U.S. Army, a total of 11 nations worldwide have selected the Apache for their defense forces.
		It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in launch services.
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/2004/q2/nr_040618m.html (363 words)

	Marine Corps Gazette
		After declining a commission of brigadier in the Union Army he was appointed brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
		The Southern Landing Force was the XXIV U.S. Army Corps, under MG John Hodge, with the 7th, 77th, and 96th Divisions.
		The presence of the Tenth Army commander at the front had to be a boost to morale.
	www.mca-marines.org /Gazette/2006/06hayden.html (783 words)

	Union - 10th Corps
		In April, 1864, the Tenth Corps was ordered to Virginia, where it was placed in General Butler's Army of the James, which was composed of the Tenth and Eighteenth Corps.
		The Tenth assembled at Yorktown, Va., where it was organized into the three divisions of Terry, Turner, and Ames, numbering, as present for duty, 16,812 infantry, and 1,114 artillerymen, with 46 guns.
		General David B. Birney died at Philadelphia, October 18, 1864, and was succeeded by General Terry, who was in command of the corps during the fighting on the Darbytown Road, and at the battle of Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864.
	www.civilwararchive.com /CORPS/10thcorp.htm (898 words)

	Baltic Sea, 1915
		German forces include the new Tenth Army (Gen von Eichhorn) on the northern flank of East Prussia, further south the Eighth Army (Gen von Below), and Ninth Army (Mackensen) on the southern flank of the German line opposite Warsaw.
		Hindenburg's first aim is to destroy the Russian's northern Tenth Army and one of the main railway lines to Warsaw.
		The newly formed Eleventh Army is moved from the Western Front, covered by the attack on Ypres on the 22nd, and placed with the Austrian Fourth under Mackensen's command behind the Gorlice-Tarnow gap, south of the Vistula River.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1AreaBaltic1915.htm (2034 words)

	96th Regional Readiness Command - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The National Army was the series of divisions (76th - 102nd) formed after the pre-war Active Army was sent to France and the National Guard mobilized.
		Within Tenth Army, XXIV Corps, which now comprised the 7th, 27th, 77th and 96th Infantry Divisions, fought alongside the III Marine Amphibious Corps (1st, 2nd, and 6th Marine Divisions).
		On June 18, the Tenth Army Commander, LTG Buckner, was killed by Japanese artillery fire, while the next day BG Easley, 96th Division Assistant Commander, was killed by machinegun fire while he toured the Division’s forward positions.
	www.usar.army.mil /USARC/RRC/0096RRC/0096_RRC_History.htm (6609 words)

	Polish Campaign
		The German Army was deployed in 58 divisions of which 14 were Panzers.
		The Polish Army had only one tactic, to counter-attack, and it was therefore placed in large groupings in the Danzig Corridor and in front of Warsaw.
		Five days later the Third Army completed the northern arm of the pincer; the Fourth and Fourteenth Armies crossed the pincer in the east on the Seventeenth.
	www.expage.com /wwiieast02 (311 words)

	US Army 7th Infantry Division
		A new field command, the Tenth Army, had been formed in the Pacific under the command of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckncr, Jr.
		Again on the extreme left flank of Tenth Army, the 7th pushed ahead slowly by day and fought off night attacks by enemy swimmers seeking to penetrate the U. lines on the east coast.
		On June 18th the Tenth Army smashcd the enemy's lines and started barreling through in earnest.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /Okinawa/id7.htm (860 words)

	KWCC Biography - Smith
		Promoted to the rank of brigadier general soon afterward, Smith was named assistant commander of the 1st Marine Division; and in September 1944, he participated in the Peleliu Campaign, commanding the operations on the beach during the first day of the landing.
		Later that year, Smith was appointed Marine Corps deputy chief of staff to U.S. Army Lieutenant General Simon B. Bucker, commander of the American Tenth Army, a post Smith held throughout the Okinawa Campaign.
		Following the war, Smith commanded the schools at Quantico, was assistant commander of the Marine Corps and chief of staff, and was a member of Marine Corps boards that examined the influence of atomic weapons on the future of amphibious warfare and the steps the Marines should take to ensure their leadership in amphibious warfare.
	korea50.army.mil /history/biographies/smith.shtml (994 words)

	Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library : Browse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In April and May 1941, the previously successful blitzkrieg tactics of the German Army met defeat by the outnumbered Australian forces of the 9th Division at Tobruk.
		Army battle casualties and nonbattle deaths in World War II.
		This is the final statistical record of battle casualties and nonbattle deaths incurred during World War II by United States Army military personnel, including members of the Army Air Forces.
	cgsc.cdm.oclc.org /cdm4/browse.php?&CISOSTART=1,161 (778 words)

	Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Such circumstances might include the commitment of a sizable number of corps on a large land mass, wide dispersion of forces, or instances where political or geographical conditions dictate wide variation in the nature of operational functions leaving responsibility for logistics, administration, and area control in the hands of the theater Army commander.
		The Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), commands the numbered CONUS Armies (FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, and SIXTH), which (with the exception of Third Army) manage Reserve Component affairs within their specific geographic areas, and the major combat, combat support, and combat service support troop units in CONUS and Puerto Rico.
		He commands the Army Reserve, establishes training criteria, and supervises the training of the Army National Guard.
	fas.org /man/dod-101/army/unit/army.htm (191 words)

	Bonus Scenario: Operation Avalanche
		On 3 September 1943, as part of Operation Baytown, Montgomery’s Eighth Army crossed the straights of Messina and landed in the region of Calabria, meeting with little resistance from Axis forces.
		Fifth Army rear echelon forces were rushed to the front, while reinforcements from the 82 Airborne Division were dropped behind enemy lines to shore up the defense.
		The German Tenth Army, under the leadership of Heinrich Vietinghoff, fought with great skill and slowed the Allied advance to a crawl.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=ah/article/ah20051102c (603 words)

	Chronology of Battle for Okinawa
		Mission 326: 145 B-29s bomb the Osaka Army Arsenal and 2 hit alternate targets; 160+ P-51 escort the B-29s and attack airfields in the Nagoya area; 1 P-51 is lost.
		General of the Army Douglas MacArthur is notified that he is Supreme Commander for Allied powers.
		James W. Luker, a retired Army Air Forces colonel who was guest speaker, said it was important to recognize all those who were part of the 82-day campaign.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /Okinawa/id3.htm (1572 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		General Geiger commanded the III Amphibious Corps in the battle for Okinawa where upon the death in action of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Commanding General of the Tenth Army, General Geiger assumed command and led the Tenth Army to the successful conclusion of World War II's final campaign.
		After attending the Army War College and graduating in June 1929, he was ordered to Quantico, where he was assigned duty as Commanding Officer, Aircraft Squadrons, East Coast Expeditionary Force.
		General Geiger led this Corps into action for the fourth time as part of the Tenth Army in the invasion and capture of Okinawa.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Geiger_RS.htm (808 words)

	JAPAN CAPITULATES--Surrender of Japanese Forces in the Ryukyu Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Aerial photograph of the surrender scene, at Tenth Army Headquarters on Okinawa, 7 September 1945.
		The Japanese delegation waits for the signing of the surrender document during ceremonies held at Tenth Army Headquarters on Okinawa, 7 September 1945.
		Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, Commanding General, Tenth Army, signs the surrender document during ceremonies held at Tenth Army Headquarters on Okinawa, 7 September 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-10o.htm (647 words)

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