U.S. 11th Armored Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._11th_Armored_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activatedBy 15 August 1942
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Central_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 August 1945
gptkbp:enteredCombat December 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. 11th Armored Division
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:Mauthausen_concentration_camp
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Thunderbolt
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Thunderbolt_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_General_Charles_S._Kilburn
Major General Holmes E. Dager
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:liberated_prisoners_at_Gusen_concentration_camp
crossed the Rhine River
helped encircle German forces in the Ruhr Pocket
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Third_United_States_Army
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia black, yellow, and red triangle with tank tread and cannon
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ardennes_Counteroffensive
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6