Fifteenth United States Army

Fifteenth United States Army
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1944–1946
Disbanded	January 31, 1946
Branch	United States Army
Role	Headquarters
Size	Field army
Battles	World War II Rhineland Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	General George S. Patton

The Fifteenth United States Army, commonly known as Fifteenth Army, was a field army of the United States in the European Theater of World War II. It was the last United States field army to see service in northwestern Europe during the war and was commanded by General George S. Patton until his death in December 1945. The Fifteenth Army served two separate missions while assigned to the area. During the later stages of the war its mission was the training and rehabilitation of units and acting as a defensive line against counterattacks. After World War II its mission was to carry out occupation duties and to gather historical information related to the European Theater of Operations. Fifteenth Army was inactivated at Bad Nauheim, Germany, in 1946.