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The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels" [1]) was an armored division of the United States Army.The division played important roles during World War II in the invasions of Germany, North Africa, and Sicily and in the liberation of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was a part of the 2nd Armored Division, and was activated July 15, 1940, at Fort Benning, Georgia, for World War II. The organization was made up of trained men, from cavalry and reconnaissance units. The reconnaissance battalion was known as the "eyes and ears", of the 2nd Armored Division.
The 2nd Armoured Division progressed through northern France to liberate Paris on 20 August and Strasbourg, near the German border, on 23 November. [3] The formation afterwards crossed into Germany where it was involved in the capture of Berchtesgaden , towards the end of the war.
2nd Armored Division (France) 2nd Armored Division (Syria) 2nd Light Mechanized Division (France) 2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Germany; 2nd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich; 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Armored Division (United States) 2nd Guards Tank Division (Soviet Union)
The 2nd Armored Division was transferred from Morocco to Great Britain, only arriving in Normandy at the beginning of August 1944. The 9th Company landed on Utah Beach during the night of 31 July – 1 August 1944. The 2nd Armored Division was at that point integrated into the Third United States Army, led by General George Patton.
The 2nd Armored Division, part of the U.S. V Corps, had advanced off Omaha Beach to support the drive of the 175th Infantry Regiment (29th Division) to Isigny. Its Combat Command A (CCA), consisting of M4 Sherman tanks of the 2nd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment and mechanized infantry of the 3rd Battalion, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment , was ...
assigned to 2nd Armored Division 4 November 1949; Relieved from 2nd Armor 20 October 1950. redesignated as the 62nd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 1 October 1953; Inactivated 15 September 1958 in Germany; Consolidated 24 June 1964 with 62nd Artillery a Parent Regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.
The 69th Armor is an armored regiment of the United States Army.The 69th Armor Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System with only two battalions, the 2nd and 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, existing in separate brigades and representing the regiment as a whole. 2–69 AR is currently stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia as part of the 2nd Armor Brigade Combat Team ("Spartans ...