FECOMZ
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FECOMZ is an acronym for "Forward Echelon, Communications Zone". FECOMZ was a headquarters, organized in World War II
and authorized by the Allied Supreme Commander, to organize and control Services of Supply for the invasion forces after D-Day
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ADSEC
was a movable base section organized under FECOMZ. FECOMZ reported to and was a separate command from the 21st Army Group that reported to directly SHAEF. This unit would coordinate until D+90 (approximately). Based on the D-Day date of June 6, 1944 this was about September 1944.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and authorized by the Allied Supreme Commander, to organize and control Services of Supply for the invasion forces after D-Day
D-Day
D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...
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ADSEC
ADSEC
ADSEC or ADSEC/COMZ represents "The Advance Section, Communications Zone", European Theater of Operations, United States Army, which was formally activated at Bristol in February 1944. It is commonly referred to as simply 'ADSEC'. This was a U.S. Army logistical agency, the first on the...
was a movable base section organized under FECOMZ. FECOMZ reported to and was a separate command from the 21st Army Group that reported to directly SHAEF. This unit would coordinate until D+90 (approximately). Based on the D-Day date of June 6, 1944 this was about September 1944.