4th US Armored Division "Breakthrough"

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#Divisional information

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Specials
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History
Activated

15.04.1941

Call sign

Olimpic

Campaigns
Normany

in WWII

Northern France

in WWII

Rhineland

in WWII

Ardennes-Alsace

in WWII

Central Europe

in WWII

Commanding General (CG)

00.04.1941

Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Baird

00.05.1942

Maj.-Gen. John S. Wood

00.12.1944

Maj.-Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey

00.03.1945

Maj.-Gen. William M. Hoge

00.06.1945

Brig.-Gen. B.L. Clarke

00.07.1945

Brig.-Gen. W. Lyn Roberts

00.09.1945

Maj.-Gen. Fay B. Prickett

#Divisional troops

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Armor

8th Tank Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

35th Tank Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

37th Tank Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Field Artillery (FA)

22nd Armored FA Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

66th Armored FA Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

94th Armored FA Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Infantry
10th Armored Infantry Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

51st Armored Infantry Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

53rd Armored Infantry Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Other troops
Division Hq & Hq Company, Division

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Hq & Hq Battery, Division Artillery

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Hq & Hq Company, Division Trains

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command A

(CCA)

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command B

(CCB)

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

144th Armored Signal Company

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

(Mechanized)

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

24th Armored Engineer Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

4th Armored Medical Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

126th Armored Ordnance Battalion

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Military Police Platoon, 4th Armored

Division

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Band, 4th Armored Division

00.00.0000-00.00.0000

#Attachments

Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)

489th AAA AW Battalion (SP)

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19.06.1944-19.05.1945

Armor
CC A, 9th Armored Division
Chemical
A Company, 86th Chemical Mortar
Battalion

26.12.1944-30.12.1944

26.09.1944-29.09.1944

Engineers
995th Engineers Treadway Br Company
C Company, 314th Engineers C Battalion,
89th Infantry Division

15.08.1944-11.04.1945
03.04.1945-06.04.1945

Field Artillery (FA)

28th FA Battalion, 8th Infantry Division
(105mm Howitzer)

27.07.1944-03.08.1944

177th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer)

03.08.1944-04.08.1944 & 22.12.194431.12.1944 & 10.04.1945-17.04.1945

696th Armored FA Battalion

03.08.1944-06.10.1944

5th FA Group

07.08.1944-16.08.1944 & 07.04.194519.04.1945

695th Armored FA Battalion

07.08.1944-16.08.1944

219th FA Battalion, 35th Infantry Division

(105mm Howitzer)

20.08.1944-24.08.1944

177th FA Group

20.08.1944-15.10.1944 & 08.11.194407.12.1944 & 25.02.1945-13.03.1945 &

15.03.1945-21.03.1945 & 24.03.194526.03.1945 & 28.03.1945-06.04.1945 &
01.05.1945-08.05.1945

191st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

20.08.1944-21.10.1944 & 22.10.194430.10.1944 & 09.11.1944-21.11.1944 &

13.03.1945-07.04.1945

253rd Armored FA Battalion

22.08.1944-07.10.1944 & 09.11.194417.11.1944 & 19.11.1944-07.12.1944 &

20.12.1944-31.12.1944

179th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

23.08.1944-17.12.1944 & 24.02.194506.04.1945 & 01.05.1945-08.05.1945

216th FA Battalion, 35th Infantry Division

(105mm Howitzer)

19.09.1944-24.09.1944

255th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer)

15.10.1944-23.10.1944

945th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

24.11.1944-05.12.1944

274th Armored FA Battalion

20.12.1944-31.12.1944

776th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

22.12.1944-31.12.1944

276th Armored FA Battalion

07.02.1945-06.04.1945 & 03.05.194508.05.1945

974th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

24.02.1945-13.03.1945

914th FA Battalion, 89th Infantry Division

(105mm Howitzer)

03.04.1945-06.04.1945

943rd FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

07.04.1945-17.04.1945

158th Armored FA Battalion

09.04.1945-17.04.1945

Infantry
13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry
Division

27.07.1944-03.08.1944

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry

Division

20.08.1944-24.08.1944

319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry

Division

11.09.1944-15.09.1944 & 30.01.194504.02.1945

1st Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th

Infantry Division

12.09.1944-15.09.1944

2nd Battalion, 320th Infantry Regiment,

35th Infantry Division

12.09.1944-16.09.1944

320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry

Division

19.09.1944-24.09.1944

1st Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment,

26th Infantry Division

06.12.1944-08.12.1944

1st Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th

Infantry Division

24.12.1944-28.12.1944

2nd Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment,

80th Infantry Division

24.12.1944-29.12.1944

3rd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment,

35th Infantry Division

28.12.1944-31.12.1944

11th CT, 5th Infantry Division

09.03.1945-11.03.1945

359th CT, 90th Infantry Division

16.03.1945-19.03.1945

104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry

Division

24.03.1945-26.03.1945

328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry

Division

27.03.1945-28.03.1945

359th CT, 90th Infantry Division (less 3rd

Battalion)

29.03.1945-03.04.1945

355th CT, 89th Infantry Division

03.04.1945-06.04.1945

Tank Destroyer (TD)

811th TD Battalion (SP)

03.03.1945-11.03.1945

704th TD Battalion (SP)

25.04.1945-20.07.1945

#Assignments

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18.12.1943

1st
Arm
y

ETOUSA

22.01.1944

VIII
Corp
s

1st
Arm
y

01.02.1944

VII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

09.03.1944

XX
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

20.04.1944

XV
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

15.07.1944

VIII
Corp
s

1st
Arm
y

01.08.1944

VIII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

13.08.1944

XII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

19.12.1944

III
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

02.01.1945

VIII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

12.01.1945

XII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

04.04.1945

VIII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

09.04.1945

X
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

17.04.1945

VIII
Corp
s

3rd
Arm
y

12th Army Group

22.04.1945

VIII
Corp
s

1st
Arm
y

12th Army Group

30.04.1945

XII
Corp
s

1st
Arm
y

12th Army Group

#Detachments

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Unit

Attached to

CC A

35th Infantry Division

15.08.1944-19.08.1944

37th Tank Battalion

26th Infantry Division

17.10.1944-26.10.1944

51st Armored Infantry

Battalion

26th Infantry Division

19.11.1944-29.11.1944

25th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Squadron
(Mech.)

XII Corps

14.12.1944-18.12.1944

37th Tank Battalion

87th Infantry Division

14.12.1944-19.12.1944

CC B

VIII Corps

19.12.1944-20.12.1944

CC B

101st Airborne Division

08.01.1945-09.01.1945

94th Armored FA Battalion

2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance

Squadron

12.01.1945-18.01.1945

66th Armored FA Battalion

4th Infantry Division

12.01.1945-30.01.1945

22nd Armored FA Battalion

2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance

Squadron

18.01.1945-23.02.1945

CC B

80th Infantry Division

29.01.1945-04.02.1945 &
22.02.1945-25.02.1945

94th Armored FA Battalion

2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance

Squadron

30.01.1945-21.02.1945

53rd Armored Infantry

Battalion

80th Infantry Division

04.02.1945-09.02.1945 &
20.02.1945-21.02.1945

51st Armored Infantry

Battalion

80th Infantry Division

04.02.1945-18.02.1945

66th Armored FA Battalion

4th Infantry Division

05.02.1945-23.02.1945