6th Armored Division

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U.S. Army division armored division

The 6th Armored Division was a U.S. Army tank division in World War II that played a key role in the Allied advance across Western Europe, including the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.

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Label Occurrences
6th Armored Division canonical 19
6th Armored Division (United States) 1
6th Armored Division organization 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army division ⓘ
armored division ⓘ
advancedThrough Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
awarded Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
branch United States Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
surface form: Relief of Bastogne
equipment M4 Sherman tank ⓘ
Stuart light tank ⓘ
surface form: M5 Stuart light tank

self-propelled artillery ⓘ
formedIn 1942 ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII various locations in the European Theater ⓘ
liberated Buchenwald ⓘ
surface form: Buchenwald concentration camp (complex area)

Buchenwald subcamp system ⓘ
surface form: Buchenwald subcamps

concentration camp prisoners ⓘ
nickname Super Sixth ⓘ
notableCommander George S. Patton ⓘ
notableFor exploitation operations after breakthroughs ⓘ
rapid armored advances ⓘ
role in Allied advance across Western Europe ⓘ
participatedIn 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 ⓘ
partOf Third United States Army ⓘ
surface form: United States Third Army
role armored warfare ⓘ
mechanized warfare ⓘ
subunit 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
146th Armored Signal Company ⓘ
212th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
231st Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ
25th Armored Engineer Battalion ⓘ
44th Armored Infantry Battalion ⓘ
50th Armored Infantry Battalion ⓘ
68th Tank Battalion ⓘ
69th Tank Battalion ⓘ
6th Tank Battalion ⓘ
2nd Cavalry Group ⓘ
surface form: 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)

9th Armored Infantry Battalion ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
type armored ⓘ

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Buchenwald → liberatedBy → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
Patton's Third Army → component → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
VIII Corps (United States) → subordinateUnit → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6th Armored Division (United States)
Liberation of Brittany → involvedMilitaryUnit → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. 6th Armored Division
69th Tank Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
Super Sixth → officialName → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
6th Tank Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
6th Tank Battalion → higherFormation → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
146th Armored Signal Company → parentUnit → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
146th Armored Signal Company → subordinateTo → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
9th Armored Infantry Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
9th Armored Infantry Battalion → formedAsPartOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6th Armored Division organization
44th Armored Infantry Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
44th Armored Infantry Battalion → notableAssociation → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
44th Armored Infantry Battalion → subordinateTo → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
50th Armored Infantry Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
50th Armored Infantry Battalion → higherFormation → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion → subunitOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Division Artillery of 6th Armored Division
212th Armored Field Artillery Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
231st Armored Field Artillery Battalion → partOf → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
25th Armored Engineer Battalion → parentUnit → 6th Armored Division ⓘ
25th Armored Engineer Battalion → supportedUnit → 6th Armored Division ⓘ