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The same day, the 75th Division made diversionary attacks to cover the Allied drive on the city of Colmar, adjacent to the division's western sector. On 3 February, the 75th Division cleared the Forêt Domaniale ( 48°03′18″N 07°27′36″E / 48.05500°N 7.46000°E / 48.05500; 7.46000 ( Forêt Domaniale ) ) and consolidated ...
On 25 January 1945, the 969th attached to the 5th French Armored Division, and later to the 75th Division and the 2d French Armored Division. The 969th, joined by the African American 999th Artillery Division and the 686th Artillery Division fired support for XII Corp's run along the Saar River and the Rhine. By 28 April 1945, the battalion had ...
The division went into defensive positions on the Rhine after reaching Strasbourg on 26 November, and saw heavy fighting early in 1945 during the clearing of the Colmar Pocket. It crossed the Rhine on 26 March, where its DD tanks were used as part of an amphibious assault, and then pushed into southern Germany with the 3rd Infantry.
75th Division or 75th Infantry Division may refer to: 75th Reserve Division (German Empire) 75th Division (People's Republic of China)
Inactivated 31 January 1955 at College Station, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division Redesignated 1 October 1993 as the 289th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Exercise)
2 South of Strasbourg (Colmar Pocket) 3 Notes. 4 References. 5 Sources. ... [ Battle History of the United States 44th Infantry Division, ETO 1944 - 1945].
He then went back into the 75th Infantry and fought until the war's end. He was discharged in 1946 and met his wife one week after he returned. They have been married for 76 years and have 11 ...
It finally embarked on 22 March from Karachi for Egypt. It arrived at Suez on 4 April, to join a new 75th Division that was being assembled for the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) largely from TF battalions sent from India. The battalion joined 232nd Brigade on 14 April, which in turn joined 75th Division on 25 June. [43] [45] [46] [50] [51 ...