- 10th Armored Division (United States)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=10th Armored Division
caption=10th Armored Division shoulder sleeve insignia
dates=1942 -1957
country=United States of America
status=Inactive
branch=AUS
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size=Division
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nickname= "Tiger"
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colors=Red, Blue and Yellow
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battles=World War II *Battle of the Bulge
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anniversaries=US Armor
previous=9th Armored Division ("Inactive")
next=11th Armored Division ("Inactive")The 10th Armored Division (nicknamed "Tiger Division") was an armored division of the
United States Army inWorld War II .History
The division, which served under General George S. Patton's
Third Army , was activated on15 July 1942 , atFort Benning , Georgia. The 10th Armored Division enteredFrance through the port ofCherbourg ,23 September 1944 , and put in a month of training atTeurtheville , France, before entering combat. Leaving Teurtheville,25 October , the Division moved toMars-la-Tour , where it entered combat,1 November , in support of the XX Corps, containing enemy troops in the area. In mid-November it went on the offensive, crossed theMoselle atMailing , and drove to theSaar River , north ofMetz . The Division was making preparations for the Third Army drive to theRhine when it was ordered north to stop the German winter offensive,17 December . The 10th held defensive positions against heavy opposition nearBastogne ,Noville , andBras . Resting briefly in early January, the 10th moved out again to defensive positions east of the Saar, south of theMaginot Line . On20 February 1945 the Division returned to the attack, and took part in the clearing of the Saar-Moselle triangle. The Division then attacked north and capturedTrier ,15 March . Driving through Kaiserlautern, it advanced to the Rhine, crossed the river atMannheim ,28 March , turned south, captured Oehringen and Heilbronn, crossed theRems andFils River s, and reachedKirchheim , meeting waning resistance. The Division crossed theDanube , 23-25 April , and tookOberammergau . OnApril 27 , the 10th Armored Division, along with the 103rd Infantry Division, liberated the Landsberg-Dachauconcentration subcamp. In May, the 10th drove into the famed "Redoubt," and had reachedInnsbruck when the war in Europe ended.The division was inactivated on
13 October 1945 , atCamp Patrick Henry ,Virginia . It was reactivated as a reserve unit in 1946, and deactivated for the final time in 1957.External links
* [http://www.tigerdivision.com/ TigerDivision.com]
* [http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/10tharmored/index.html Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division]
* [http://10tharmoredwest.com/10thstory.html 10th Armored Division Veterans Western Chapter: The Story of the 10th Armored Division]
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