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Battle Of Arracourt
The Battle of Arracourt took place between U.S. and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France between 18 and 29 September 1944, during the Lorraine Campaign of World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances in France, the German 5th Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the elimination of the XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard.Gabel, 1986 With local superiority in troops and tanks, the Germans anticipated quick defeat of the defending Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 4th Armored Division. With better intelligence, tactics and use of terrain, CCA and the XIX Tactical Air Command defeated two panzer brigades and elements of two panzer divisions over eleven days of battle. Opposing forces For the battle, German units assembled 262 tanks and assault guns. The German force initially comprised two panzer corps headquarters, the 11th Panzer Division and the 111th and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moselle River
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our. Its lower course "twists and turns its way between Trier and Koblenz along one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys."''Moselle: Holidays in one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys'' at www.romantic-germany.info. Retrieved 23 Jan 2016. In this section the land to the north is the Eifel which stretches into |
35th Armored Regiment
The 35th Armored Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army first established in 1941. The lineage of the regiment is carried on by the 1st Battalion 35th Armored Regiment, currently attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Distinctive unit insignia * Description A Silver color and metal enamel device in height overall blazoned as follows: Vert, an armadillo passant Argent, langued Gules. Attached above from a wreath Argent and Vert, a fleur-de-lis Gules in front of palm branch of the first. Attached below a tripartite Silver scroll inscribed "VINCERE" "VEL" "MORI" in Green letters. * Symbolism The shield is green, the color of the Armored Force. The armadillo, being characterized by the qualities of invulnerability, ferociousness, protection, and cunning endurance, alludes to the elements which are vital if the organization is to pursue successfully its duties. The palm is for military victory. The fleur-de-lis commemorates World War II service in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
94th Field Artillery Regiment
The 94th Field Artillery was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 October 1933. History It was redesignated as Battery A, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 1 January 1942. Five days later it was assigned to the 4th Armored Division at Pine Camp, New York. During the Second World War, the 94th Field Artillery earned six campaign streamers. The unit fought with distinction spanning from Normandy though the Ardennes-Alsace region into the Rhineland. After World War II, the 94th Field Artillery converted and redesignated on 1 May 1964 as the 94th Constabulary Squadron and was concurrently relieved from their assignment to the 4th Armored Division and reassigned to the 11th Constabulary Regiment. On 6 January 1948, they were subsequently converted and redesignated again as the 94th Field Artillery Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 11th Constabulary regiment. The 94th Field Artillery was inactivated on 20 May 1949 and later reactivated on 15 June 1954 at For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th Armor Regiment
The 37th Armor is an armor (tank) regiment of the United States Army. It is the successor to the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division (United States), 4th Armored Division, commanded by then Lieutenant colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams (the namesake of the M1 Abrams) during World War II. World War II The 37th Armored Regiment (37th Armor) was constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 7th Armored Regiment (7th Armor) and assigned to the 4th Armored Division (4th Armored) when the Armored Division was activated on 15 April 1941 at Fort Drum, New York#History, Pine Camp (now Fort Drum, New York, Fort Drum), New York. The 7th Armor Regiment was redesignated the 37th Armored Regiment on 8 May 1941. The first filler personnel arrived at Pine Camp four days later, and two weeks after that a thirteen-week basic training cycle was begun. Training in the fundamentals of armor began, despite the fact that there were only twenty one tanks in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manton S
Manton may refer to: Places ;Australia * Manton, New South Wales * Manton, Northern Territory * Manton, Queensland, a neighbourhood in the City of Townsville ;Myanmar * Manton Township in North Shan State * Mantong, Myanmar, the principal town of Manton Township ;United Kingdom * Manton, Lincolnshire * Manton, Nottinghamshire * Manton, Rutland *Manton, Wiltshire ;United States *Manton, California * Manton, Kentucky *Manton, Michigan * Manton, Providence, Rhode Island Other * Manton (name) *Baron Manton, a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom **Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton (1873-1922), industrialist and philanthropist ** George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton (1899-1968), racehorse breeder ** Rupert Watson, 3rd Baron Manton (1924-2003) * ''The Mad Miss Manton'' is an American film that premiered in the year 1938 See also * Normanton (other) * Menton Menton (; in classical norm or in Mistralian norm, , ; ; or depending on the orthography) is a Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shirley Wood
Major general (United States), Major General John Shirley Wood (January 11, 1888 – July 2, 1966) was a United States Army officer who served in World War I and World War II. He is most notable for training and commanding the 4th Armored Division (United States), 4th Armored Division, which spearheaded General George S. Patton's United States Army Central, Third Army Operation Overlord, drive across France in 1944 during World War II. Early life John Shirley Wood was born in Monticello, Arkansas, on January 11, 1888, and was the son of Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Carroll D. Wood and Reola (Thompson) Wood. John Wood graduated from the University of Arkansas in three years, in 1907, was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and was quarterback and Captain (sports), captain of the American football, football team. In 1908, he began attendance at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York; he graduated in 1912, and lettered in football, wrestling and boxing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panther Tank
The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated Pz.Kpfw. V) with Sonderkraftfahrzeug, ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used in most European theatre of World War II, European theatres of World War II from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945. The Panther was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the end of the war. While having essentially the same Maybach V12 petrol (690 hp) engine as the Tiger I, the Panther had better gun penetration, was lighter and faster, and could traverse rough terrain better than the Tiger I. The trade-off was weaker side armour, which made it vulnerable to flanking fire, and a weaker high explosive shell. The Panther proved to be effective in open country and long-range engagements. The Panther had excellent firepower, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
113th Panzer Brigade
The 113th Panzer Brigade was a tank formation of the German Army in World War II. As a tank formation, it was part of the Panzer Arm (Panzerwaffe). History The 113th Panzer Brigade was formed on 4 September 1944. Unlike earlier Panzer Brigades, it was equipped with two battalions of Panzer IV and Panther tanks, with two mechanized panzergrenadier battalions, instead of one battalion each. On paper, it was a strong formation. However, it lacked sufficient supporting units such as reconnaissance, artillery and engineers, which made a Panzer Division a lethal combination of armor and infantry. On 6 September the brigade was sent to Colmar and on 16 September sent to Saarburg. Assigned to the 5th Panzer Army, it participated in the Battle of Arracourt, as the Germans attempted to stop the US Third Army's penetrations in Lorraine. By that time, the brigade had 42 Panther tanks. During the battle for Hill 318 at Arracourt, an ad-hoc Kampfgruppe was formed from the remnants of the 113th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 11th Panzer Division () was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II, established in 1940. The division saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during the Second World War. The 11th Panzer Division did not participate in the war until the invasion of Yugoslavia. It fought in the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944 and, in the last year of the war, in southern France and Germany. The formation's emblem was a ghost. History Formation The 11th Panzer Division was formed on 1 August 1940 from the 11th ''Schützen-Brigade'' and the ''Panzer Regiment 15'' removed from the 5th Panzer Division and elements of the 231st Infantry Division, 311th Infantry Division and 209th Infantry Division. Most of its members were from Silesia ( Wehrkreis VIII).Mitcham (2000), p. 104. The 11th Panzer Division saw action for the first time in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Passing through Bulgaria, it arrived in Belgrade and assisted in the capture of that c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assault Gun
An assault gun (from , , meaning "assault gun") is a type of armored infantry support vehicle and self-propelled artillery, mounting an infantry support gun on a protected self-propelled chassis, intended for providing infantry with heavy direct fire support during engagement, especially against other infantry or fortified positions, secondarily also giving some armored protection and anti-armor capability. Assault guns were pioneered by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during the 1930s, initially being self-propelled guns with direct fire in mind (such as the Soviet SU-5-1), with Germany introducing the first purpose-built (and purpose-named) assault gun, the , in 1940. Concept, doctrine and design The concept of the assault gun can be simplified into: a protected self propelled infantry gun, intended for the infantry brigades, in order to give infantry: mobile heavy direct fire capability against protected enemy positions and threats, which can move with infantr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panzer Brigade
Panzer Brigades were formations in the Nazi Germany, German German Army (Wehrmacht), Army during World War II. Concept The 1st Panzer Brigade (Wehrmacht), 1st Panzer Brigade was organized in 1934, followed by others during Germany's rearmament. Before the war, a Panzer Brigade was composed of a staff and two panzer regiments. From the beginning of the war in 1939 Panzer Brigades were present and operational in the German Order of Battle until at least the summer of 1943. Apart from the official Order of Battle, Panzerwaffe, German tank forces often operated in kampfgruppen, ad hoc formations, especially after the reverse of fortunes on the battlefield required makeshift units to tackle crisis situations more often. The philosophy behind these brigades was that smaller but stronger tank units could manoeuvre and counteract more swiftly than cumbersome panzer divisions, which can be easily detected by enemy intelligence. Nevertheless, when Hitler ordered the creation of the Panzer Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
