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  1. Fictitious (paper command) Allied Army Group

    First United States Army Group (often abbreviated FUSAG) was a fictitious (paper command) Allied Army Group in World War II prior to D-Day, part of Operation Quicksilver, created to deceive the Germans about where the Allies would land in France.
    Active: 1943–44
    Country: United States
    Role: Military diversion, phantom formation
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    First U.S. Army Group was activated in London in 1943 as the planning formation for the Allied invasion of France under General Omar Bradley. When Twelfth United States Army Group was activated on 1 August 1944, Bradley and his staff transferred to the headquarters of the new army group.
    First Army East at Fort Meade, Maryland administers eight brigades east of the Mississippi River and First Army West at Fort Cavazos, Texas, assumes the training responsibilities with eight brigades formerly held by U.S. Fifth Army.
    First Army's first commander, from 1932 to 1936, was Major General Dennis E. Nolan, who had been the American Expeditionary Force's (AEF) chief of intelligence during World War I. He was followed by Major General Fox Conner, previously First Corps Area commander, who had been the AEF's Chief of Operations in World War I.
    The overall mission of First Army was commanding and training the Regular Army, National Guard, and Organized Reserve units in its three corps areas. First Army's first commander, from 1932 to 1936, was Major General Dennis E. Nolan, who had been the American Expeditionary Force's (AEF) chief of intelligence during World War I.
  3. First United States Army Group | United States military

    WEBThe so-called First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG) consisted of thousands of cardboard and rubber dummy tanks and airplanes, fake troop barracks and supply dumps, and enough humans to give the appearance of great …

  4. First Army (United States) - Wikipedia

  5. FUSAG: The Ghost Army - WAR HISTORY ONLINE

    WEBMay 14, 2017 · FUSAG was a fake army created by the Allies to mislead Hitler about the real invasion plans for Normandy in 1944. Learn how …

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