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Operation Queen's goal was to drive across the Roer plain north of Aachen to Cologne on the Rhine River.
Operation Queen's goal was to drive across the Roer plain north of Aachen to Cologne on the Rhine River.
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Queen did largely succeed in occupying a long stretch of the Roer River, half-way to the Rhine, despite muddy ground, and high casualties, and an enemy that fought well.
Operation Queen was conducted jointly in the northern Rhineland by the US Ninth and First Armies, with assistance from the British XXX Corps on the left flank. During Queen, the Ninth Army fought across the Roer plain, with the First Army to the south negotiating the more-difficult terrain in the eastern Hürtgen Forest area. In the early stages of Queen, the main effort was made by the Ninth Army's XIX Corps and the First Army's VII Corps. The Ninth Army's XIII Corps and the First Army's V Corps on the left and right flanks respectively were also heavily involved. The accompanying map shows Operation Queen progress in the Ninth Army sector. I have been unable to find a corresponding map for the First Army sector. |
Operation Queen, Ninth Army Sector - the Ninth Army's advance to the west bank of the Roer River.
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The following is an incomplete order of battle for the Ninth and First Armies in mid-November 1944, organized from north to south when feasible.
Here is the Queen Order of Battle, from north to south:
Ninth Army:
VIII Corps (not involved in Queen)
XIII Corps (to Ninth Army 8 Nov) target Linnich
84th Infantry Division
102nd Infantry Division
7th Armored Division (reserve)
XIX Corps (from First Army 22 Oct) - target Jülich
2nd Armored Division
29th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
First Army:
VII Corps (heavily involved)
104th Infantry Division
3rd Armored Division
1st Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
V Corps
8th Infantry Division
28th Infantry Division
102nd Cavalry Group
Ninth Army:
VIII Corps (not involved in Queen)
XIII Corps (to Ninth Army 8 Nov) target Linnich
84th Infantry Division
102nd Infantry Division
7th Armored Division (reserve)
XIX Corps (from First Army 22 Oct) - target Jülich
2nd Armored Division
29th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
First Army:
VII Corps (heavily involved)
104th Infantry Division
3rd Armored Division
1st Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
V Corps
8th Infantry Division
28th Infantry Division
102nd Cavalry Group
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen webpage:
Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen:
† Crane, Clell Carl, SN 19-134-834, US Army, Marion Co., OR
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- The Operation Queen .... map is courtesy of weaponsandwarfare.com.
- Scalable version of the Operation Queen map, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Siegfried/maps/USA-E-Siegfried-VIII.jpg.
- https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Siegfried/maps/USA-E-Siegfried-VII.jpg
- The Ninth Army ... at the Roer map is excerpted from a map I found at pinterest.
- See a timeline for US combat is this sector at http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/timeline-huertgen-forest-battle.html
Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen:
- Access full individual records through bigpigeon.us > WWII Dead > Roster Records.
† Crane, Clell Carl, SN 19-134-834, US Army, Marion Co., OR
- Co. B, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div. (406th Regt. was attached to 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army 6–25 Nov 1944); KIA 22 Nov 1944 near Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Military Note: Silver Star for actions on 19 Nov 1944.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Operation Queen
- Co. K, 405th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 6 Dec 1944 near Linnich, Roer River, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen
- 407th Inf. Regt., I02nd Inf. Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 30 Nov 1944 approaching the Roer River, near Welz or Flossdorf, south of Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen
- 119th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; wounded near Würselen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, DOW 19 Nov 1944 in Netherlands.
- WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, 1944 > Operation Queen
- Co. C, 743rd Tank Bn., attached to 30th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 22 Nov 1944 Fronhoven, north of Eschweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; M4A3 Sherman tank assistant driver; tank lost to German anti-tank gun.
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