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10th Armored Division World War II Activated: 15 July 1942. Overseas: 13 September 1944. Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. Distinguished Unit Citations: 5. Awards: DSC-19 ; DSM-1 ; SS-412; LM-20; DFC-2 ; SM-25 ; BSM-2,578 ; AM-29.
The 10th Armored Division participated in major WWII campaigns and is recognized for liberating a subcamp of Dachau in 1945.
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- Patton’s First Offensive in Lorraine: Disaster at Fort Driant
- Advance on Metz: Patton’s Second Offensive
- The Saar Offensive: Patton Invades
- The German First Army
- Probing Attacks on The German Flank
- Three Days of Combat For The 358th
- Heavy Casualties of The Third Army
- Panzer Lehr vs The 4th Armored Division
- Taking The Saar Heights
- The Battle For Sarre-Union
Fearing a French attack through that sector, German leader Adolf Hitler had visited Saarbrücken, one of the cities that would be integrated into what the Germans preferred to call the West Wall, in October 1938 to announce the pending construction of the Aachen-Saar section. Twice in a five-year period, with the initial effort in 1939 and 1940, and...
Third Army’s second major offensive in Lorraine began on November 8. At times, it seemed that Patton’s army had moved no faster than a man on crutches throughout the muddy countryside of Lorraine. Heavy rains had restricted the armor to roadways and mud-filled foxholes almost as soon as they were dug, making life miserable for the riflemen. As a re...
Third Army’s first order of business following the fall of Metz was to get its forces to the Saar River and probe for crossing points along a 30-mile stretch––from Saarburg in the north to Saarbrücken in the south. Once the best crossing points were determined, the army would cross the river in force to establish two bridgeheads, one to support eac...
Knobelsdorff’s German First Army fell back in front of the weight of Third Army toward the West Wall. Keeping a close eye on Knobelsdorff, and frequently intervening in the direction of First Army’s divisions, was Army Group G commander General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck. A member of the Nazi Party faithful and a decorated veteran of desperate ...
Although the second phase of Patton’s November offensive would not be in full swing until November 25, there were significant actions on the flanks of each army as armored divisions probed the German defenses. On Third Army’s left flank, the 10th Armored Division’s Combat Command A, led by Brig. Gen. Kenneth Althaus, reached the Siegfried Switch on...
After two days of unsuccessful fighting in which the Americans were able to penetrate the switch only to a distance of a half mile, Morris instructed the 358th Infantry Regiment of Van Fleet’s 90th Infantry Division, on loan to 10th Armored, to attack in the center of the switch the following morning. Colonel C.H. Clarke, the regimental commander, ...
Although Clarke’s 2nd Battalion was able to advance beyond Oberleuken, it suffered heavy casualties attempting to capture high ground south of Müzingen and also had to break off its advance. Clarke’s rifle battalions were able to penetrate the Siegfried Switch more deeply than Morris’s armored infantry, but they failed to clear a corridor that woul...
Eddy’s XII Corps was able to resume its advance east after the capture of Metz more quickly than Walker’s XX Corps because it did not have to mop up pockets of the enemy behind its lines. The Germans in front of Eddy’s corps still held key towns such as Falquemont and Dieuze that had to be secured before a general advance to the West Wall could beg...
To the north, Twaddle’s 95th Infantry Division crossed into Germany on November 25 and prepared to attack enemy positions on the Saar Heights. The Germans were determined to make the Americans pay a heavy price for capturing the Saar Heights and shifted elements of the 21st Panzer and Panzer Lehr Divisions to the escarpment to greet the Americans w...
As Walker’s infantry in the north reached the Saar, Eddy ordered Maj. Gen. Willard Paul, commanding the 26th Infantry Division, to send his 101st Infantry Regiment to assist Wood’s 4th Armored Division in an all-out assault on Sarre-Union. The plan of attack was for Wood’s Combat Command B to attack from the east while the infantry attacked from th...
The 10th Armored Division served under the following commands in the ETO: 5 September 1944: III Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. 10 October 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group. 23 October 1944: XX Corps. 7 December 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
To compensate for the earlier transfer of the 7th Armored Division, Walker received Maj. Gen. William Morris’s 10th Armored Division, which did not take up its place on Walker’s left flank until November 2. House-to-House Fighting in Metz. On October 14, Patton and his corps commanders began to draft the Third Army’s plan of attack.
2 days ago · Contributed records of the 10th Armored Division. Related Publications. US, Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1942–1978; Unit History - US, 304th Bombardment Wing, 1944-1946
10th Armored Division Veterans. 10th Armored Division Historical Resources. Where to research and learn more about the 10th Armored Division. Websites. 10th Armored Division web page – www.tigerdivision.com. 10th Armored Division web page – www.10tharmored.com. 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion – www.419th.com.
