11th Armored Division

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United States Army division armored division

The 11th Armored Division was a U.S. Army World War II tank division that fought in the European Theater, noted for its rapid advances and role in liberating concentration camps.

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Label Occurrences
11th Armored Division canonical 2
11th Armored Division (United States) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army division ⓘ
armored division ⓘ
activatedAt Fort Polk ⓘ
surface form: Camp Polk, Louisiana
activatedOn 15 August 1942 ⓘ
advancedInto Austria ⓘ
advancedThrough Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
assignedTo Patton's Third Army ⓘ
surface form: Third Army under General George S. Patton
awarded campaign participation credit for Ardennes-Alsace ⓘ
campaign participation credit for Central Europe ⓘ
campaign participation credit for Rhineland ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
commander Major General Charles S. Kilburn ⓘ
Major General Holmes E. Dager ⓘ
component combat division ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crossedRiver Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
deactivatedOn 15 August 1945 ⓘ
engagement Alsace campaign ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes-Alsace campaign

Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Central Europe campaign ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
surface form: Relief of Bastogne

Rhineland campaign ⓘ
enteredCombatIn 1944 ⓘ
formedIn 1942 ⓘ
garrisonAfterWar Camp Cooke, California ⓘ
landedIn France ⓘ
landedVia Normandy ⓘ
liberated Gusen concentration camp ⓘ
Linz area subcamps ⓘ
Mauthausen concentration camp ⓘ
surface form: Mauthausen concentration camp complex
nickname Thunderbolt Division ⓘ
notableFor liberation of Nazi concentration camps ⓘ
rapid armored advances in Europe ⓘ
partOf Third United States Army ⓘ
role breakthrough and exploitation operations ⓘ
subunit 11th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) ⓘ
21st Armored Infantry Battalion ⓘ
41st Tank Battalion ⓘ
42nd Tank Battalion ⓘ
490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
491st Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
55th Armored Engineer Battalion ⓘ
575th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
type armored ⓘ

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Patton's Third Army → component → 11th Armored Division ⓘ
VIII Corps (United States) → subordinateUnit → 11th Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 11th Armored Division (United States)
Mauthausen concentration camp → liberatedBy → 11th Armored Division ⓘ