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When the German army launched its offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, the "Tiger" division was diverted to the north, where it provided support to Allied forces in the town of Bastogne, Belgium. The 10th returned in early 1945 to the Moselle-Saar region to continue its drive into Germany. On March 2, 1945, the unit captured the city of Trier.
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Campaigns
1. Ardennes 2. Rhineland 3. Central Europe
Individual Awards
Prisoners of War Taken 43,208
COMPOSITION
1. Headquarters Company 2. Combat Command A 3. Combat Command B 4. Reserve Command 5. 3d Tank Battalion 6. 11th Tank Battalion 7. 21st Tank Battalion 8. 20th Armored Infantry Battalion 9. 54th Armored Infantry Battalion 10. 61st Armored Infantry Battalion 11. 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 12. 55th Armored Engineer Battalion 13. 150th Armored Signal Company 14. 10th Armored Division Artillery 15. 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 16. 420th Armored Field Artillery Batt...
- 15 July 1942
- 23 September 1944
- 23 September 1944
- 1944
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Dec 17, 2010 · 26 Dec 1944. US Third Army under George Patton relieved the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium. 27 Dec 1944. US troops began pushing German troops back in the Ardennes region, thus ending the German offensive. 28 Dec 1944. American troops began gaining ground in their counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge.
The 10th Armored Division entered France through the port of Cherbourg, 23 September 1944, and put in a month of training at Teurtheville, France, before entering combat. Leaving Teurtheville, 25 October, the Division moved to Mars-la-Tour, where it entered combat, 1 November, in support of the XX Corps, containing enemy troops in the area.
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.
10th Armored Div. stop. mute. 10th Armored Div, WW II - US ARMY PHOTO: A half track of the 10th Armd Div, crosses a pontoon bridge over the Saar River at Taben, in the 3rd Army sector, 25 Feb 1945.
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. Originally assigned to the Third United States Army under General ...
