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11th Armored Division ( Inactive) The 10th Armored Division (nicknamed "Tiger Division") was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In the European Theater of Operations the 10th Armored Division was part of both the Twelfth United States Army Group and Sixth United States Army Group.
11th Tank Battalion. 21st Tank Battalion. 20th Armored Infantry Battalion. 54th Armored Infantry Battalion. 61st Armored Infantry Battalion. 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance...
- 15 July 1942
- 23 September 1944
- 23 September 1944
- 1944
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Key Facts. 1. US, British, Soviet, and Canadian troops encountered concentration camps and other sites of Nazi crimes as they advanced across Europe in 1944 and 1945. 2. The Allied soldiers liberated sick and starving camp prisoners from Nazi tyranny. They also provided them with food, clothing, and medical aid. 3.
On November 16, Corporal Bob Weber, the company clerk in A Company, 54th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division, wrote in his diary, “Crossed the flooded Moselle River on pontoon bridge with the 11th Tank Battalion in the morning at Malling. Cold and snow. Saw first Germans—dead and alive—and took 34 prisoners that day.
The mixture of insignia and distinctive colors of several arms incorporated in the Armored Force symbolize integrity and esprit. It is an interlocked ornament, found in Nordic monuments, composed of three torques: red for Artillery; blue for Infantry; and yellow for Cavalry.
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