I Armored Corps (United States)

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caption=I Armored Corps shoulder sleeve insignia
dates=15 July 1940 to 10 July 1943 cite book
last= Axlerod
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coauthors= Phillips, Charles
title= The Macmillan Dictionary of Military Biography
year= 1998
publisher= Macmillan Publishers
location= New York, NY, USA
language= en
id= ISBN 0-02-861994-3
pages= p. 339
chapter= PATTON, George Smith]
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I Armored Corps was a World War II corps of the United States Army.

History

* Established - 15 July 1940 - at Fort Knox, Kentucky under the command of Major-General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.. [ [http://www.knox.army.mil/IMA/sites/about/history.asp Fort Knox, KY • History ] ] [ [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/gorman/gorman.asp#A-1 Combined Arms Research Library ] ]
* Change of command - November 1940 - Major-General Charles L. Scott assumes command [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_2nd_Armored_Division]
* Change of command - 15 January 1942 - Major-General George S. Patton assumes command [ [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/decker.html Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician ] ] [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/gorman/gorman.asp#II-25 Combined Arms Research Library ] ] [ [http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7285 Biographies : Brigadier General Robert H. Strauss ] ]
* Transfer of Headquarters - January 1942 - to Fort Benning, Georgia
* Training - 26 March 1942 - Patton designated to setup Desert Training Center
* Training - 10 April 1942 to 30 July 1942 - at Desert Training Center, California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC-CAMA) [ [http://www.blm.gov/ca/needles/patton.html General Patton, World War II Desert Training Center, Needles Field Office, Bureau of Land Management California ] ] [ [http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/DesertCamps.htm Desert Training Center ] ]
* Planning - 30 July 1942 - 5 August 1942 - Patton and staff does initial planning for Operation "Torch" in Washington, DC
* Planning - 5 August 1942 - 21 August 1942 - Patton and staff does higher level planning for Operation "Torch" in London, England
* Tactical Deception - 11 September 1942 - I Armored Corps redesignated as Western Task Force to carry out Operation "Torch".
* Combat Mission - Operation "Torch" - 8 November 1942 - landed near Casablanca
* Cessation of Tactical Deception - 9 January 1943 - Western Task Force redesignated as I Armored Corps
* Change of command - 4 March 1943 - Patton reassigned to command II Corps after MG Lloyd Fredendall is relieved following the loss at the Battle of Kasserine Pass [ [http://www.historyinfilm.com/patton/timeline.htm Patton Timeline ] ] [ [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Berlin2/BERLIN2.asp US Army World War II Corps Commanders ] ]
* Change of command - 15 April 1943 - Lieutenant-General Patton resumes command [ [http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=202 Articles: Tunisa: WWII Change of Command, 1943 - Historical Text Archive ] ]
* Redesignated - 10 July 1943 - I Armored Corps becomes U.S. Seventh Army

ubordinate units

* 3rd Infantry Division - 1 February 1943 - 15 July 1943
* 9th Infantry Division - May 1943 [ [http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/9thinfantry/index.html Lone Sentry: Hitler's Nemesis: The 9th Infantry Division - WWII G.I. Stories Booklet ] ]
* 2nd Armored Division

References