U.S. 3rd Armored Division

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U.S. Army division armored division

The U.S. 3rd Armored Division was a famed World War II American armored formation that played a key role in the European theater, including the Normandy campaign and the drive into Germany.

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Label Occurrences
U.S. 3rd Armored Division canonical 2
3rd Armored Division 1
3rd Armored Division (United States) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army division ⓘ
armored division ⓘ
activatedAt Camp Beauregard, Louisiana ⓘ
advancedTo Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
awarded Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Fourragère

Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: French Croix de Guerre

Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
branch United States Army ⓘ
campaign Alsace campaign ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes-Alsace campaign

Central Europe campaign ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northern France campaign

Rhineland campaign ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deactivated 17 October 1992 ⓘ
distinctiveUnitInsignia triangular shield with tank tread and thunderbolt ⓘ
entered Cologne, Germany in March 1945 ⓘ
equipment M1 Abrams tanks ⓘ
surface form: M1 Abrams tank

M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
M26 Pershing tank ⓘ
M4 Sherman tank ⓘ
formed 15 April 1941 ⓘ
garrisonDuringColdWar Hesse, Germany ⓘ
surface form: Frankfurt area, West Germany
higherCommand First United States Army ⓘ
VII Corps ⓘ
laterStationedAt Fort Cavazos ⓘ
surface form: Fort Hood, Texas

Fort Knox installation ⓘ
surface form: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Friedberg, Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Friedberg, West Germany
liberated Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
surface form: Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp area

towns and camps in central Germany in 1945 ⓘ
motto Spearhead ⓘ
nickname Spearhead ⓘ
notableBattle Capture of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Battle for Cologne

Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
notableCommander Major General Leroy H. Watson ⓘ
Major General Maurice Rose ⓘ
Major General Paul Funk ⓘ
notableEvent death of division commander Maurice Rose near Paderborn in 1945 ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings follow‑on operations

Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
drive into Germany in 1944–1945 ⓘ
role armored spearhead in European operations ⓘ
roleInGulfWar armored spearhead of VII Corps ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
type heavy armored division ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Lüttich → involvedUnit → U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
Capture of Cologne → commanderSide → U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
U.S. XIX Corps → subordinateUnit → U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 3rd Armored Division
Battle of Medina Ridge → involvedUnit → U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 3rd Armored Division (United States)