Omar Nelson Bradley (1893-1981). One of the main US Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Rare Vintage Document Signed, being an official "TWELFTH Army Group" card, issued at the end of the war to celebrate the accomplishments of the Group, measures 5 in. by 3.5 in. folded, 7 in. by 5 in. open, no place or date, but circa 1945. Boldy signed: "Omar N. Bradley"

The card reads: "During the Battle for Germany, the Twelfth Army Group included the First, Third, Ninth, and Fifteentth American Armies. From the beaches of Normany its Armies have fought 700 miles across the Continent to join the Russians in complete destruction of the Wehrmacht."

In the approach to Normandy Bradley was chosen to command the substantial 1st Army Group. During Operation Overlord he commanded three corps directed at the areas codenamed Utah and Omaha. Later in July he planned Operation Cobra which was the beginning of the breakout from the Normandy beachhead. By August, Bradley's command, the renamed 12th Army Group, had swollen to over 900,000 men. After the failure of Montgomery's forces to take Arnhem and its bridge across the Rhine, forces under Bradley's command took the initial brunt of what would become the Battle of the Bulge. In a move without precedent in modern warfare, the US 3rd Army under George Patton disengaged from their combat in the Saarland, moved 90 miles to the battlefront, and forced the Germans back. Bradley used the advantage gained in an aggressive pursuit of the disintegrating German troops. In the final four months of the war in Europe, Bradley's forces iniated an enormous pincer movement encircling the German forces in the Ruhr from the north and south. Over 300,000 prisoners were taken. American forces then met up with the Russian forces near the River Elbe in mid-April. By V-E Day, the 12th Army Group was a force of four armies that numbered over 1.3 million men.

Card shows normal aging and handling, folds minor soiling. Very Rare in this form. Overall, in very good condition. $OLD