Courtney Hicks Hodges Biography and Timeline

Birth of Courtney Hicks Hodges

The Germans are able to hold the region until they launched their final major, last-ditch offensive on the Western Front, into the Ardennes

Western Front

The Germans are able to hold the region until they launched their final major, last-ditch offensive on the Western Front, into the Ardennes

Birth of Courtney Hicks Hodges

Birth of Courtney Hicks Hodges

Army Infantry School

Appoinred Assistant Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School

Major General

Appointed Major General

Major General

Appointed Major General

Role range: 1939-1945

Army Infantry School

Appoinred Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School

Chief Infantry

Appointed Chief of Infantry, War Department

Commandant

Appoinred Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School

Commander of Tenth Corps

Appointed Commander of Tenth Corps

Commander of Tenth Corps

Appointed Commander of Tenth Corps

Role range: 1939-1945

X Corps

Appointed Commander of Tenth Corps

Role range: 1939-1945

Third Army

Appointed Commanding General 3rd Army

Operation Overlord

During Operation Overlord, subordinate to Bradley as Deputy Commander of the First Army

Commander of First US Army

Appointed Commander of the US First Army

Commander of First Army

Appointed Commander of the First Army

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

Commander of First US Army, succeeds Bradley

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Overlord

Commander of First US Army, succeeds Bradley

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Aachen

General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Hurtgen Forest

The Germans are able to hold the region until they launched their final major, last-ditch offensive on the Western Front, into the Ardennes

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Germany

General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen

Role range: 1939-1945

Siegfried Line

Breaches the Siegfred Line

Role range: 1939-1945

Western Front

The Germans are able to hold the region until they launched their final major, last-ditch offensive on the Western Front, into the Ardennes

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Aachen

The US First Army enters the outskirts of Aachen

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

The US First Army enters the outskirts of Aachen

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Aachen

Hodges First Army captures Aachen, the 1st breach of the Siegfried Line

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

Hodges First Army captures Aachen, the 1st breach of the Siegfried Line

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of First Army

Appointed Commander of the US First Army

Capture of Liege

Captures Liege & liberates it from the Germans

Role range: 1939-1945

Deputy Commander

Appointed Deputy Commander of the US First Army under General Bradley

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen. Commander of First US Army, succeeds Bradley. Appointed Deputy Commander of the US First Army under General Bradley

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

Hodgess troops are the first to reach Paris, France

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of Paris

Hodgess troops are the first to reach Paris, France

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of First Army

Appointed Commander of the US First Army

Role range: 1939-1945

General

Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private

General

Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Remagen

Captures the Bridge across the Rhine at Remagen

Role range: 1939-1945

First Army

The First Army is the first unit to cross the Rhine River, by using the still standing Ludendorff bridge at Remagen, and to meet with the Soviet Red Army near Torgau, on the river Elbe

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Germany

The First Army is the first unit to cross the Rhine River, by using the still standing Ludendorff bridge at Remagen, and to meet with the Soviet Red Army near Torgau, on the river Elbe

Role range: 1939-1945