Devers, Jacob L.
United States general
in full Jacob Loucks Devers
born Sept. 8, 1887, York, Pa., U.S.
died Oct. 15, 1979, Washington, D.C.
U.S. general during World War II, whose 6th Army Group successfully penetrated German-held positions in central Europe and helped wrest the mainland from Nazi control.At the outbreak of World War II (1940), Devers was commanding general of the 9th infantry division, becoming chief of armoured forces from 1941 to 1943. After serving as commanding general of the European theatre of operations in 1943, he became in the next year commander of the North African theatre and deputy supreme Allied commander of the Mediterranean theatre.
Devers was next appointed (September 1944) commander of the 6th Army Group, made up of U.S. and French forces. In early 1945 his units cleared Alsace, crossed the Rhine River, and swept through southern Germany to the Swiss border, eventually entering Austria and linking up with Allied forces in northern Italy. He headed the army ground forces before his retirement in 1949.
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