The Crusader states of the Levant had been created shortly after the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE), and they were the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the County of Tripoli, and the Principality of Antioch. tried to defend Hatten. The 94th Cavalry Recon Squadron was increased in size to include an HQ troop, four line troops, an assault gun troop (with four platoons) and a light tank company. With the failure of his attack in the Vosges, the enemy attempted to break through to As the fighting in the VI Corps sector intensified, the Germans committed the The resupply of the division was becoming very difficult due to the constant reorganizing of forces, the evacuation of the wounded and the shrinking perimeter. It was located in the rugged Vosges Mountains in the area of Bannstein in France, southeast of TF Hudelson consisted of the division's 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, the 94th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and Company A of the 125th Armored Engineer Battalion. Between 10 and 20 January General Smith's 14th Armored Division, which assumed operational control of assorted infantry units of the 242d and 315th Infantry above the Haguenau forest and was supported by most of its own artillery plus that of the 79th Division, fought a sustained action with Decker's panzers.The German commanders, in turn, reinforced the attacking troops on the night of 13-14 January with the 20th Parachute Regiment (7th Parachute Division), and on the 16th with the 104th Infantry Regiment (47th Volksgrenadier Division), thereby steadily raising the stakes of the contest. It was organized initially as a heavy division with two armored regiments (the 47th and 48th) and one armored infantry regiment, the 62nd Infantry Regiment. The initial task of CCB was to break through the Spessart Forest and into the rear of the German forces. The 47th lost three tanks due to the Clearing the town, CCB continued its advance along the Elements of the 47th Tank battalion and the 94th Armored Reconnaissance battalion continued to the south and liberated During the divisions' advance into southern Germany, on 2 and 3 May, the 14th liberated several sub-camps of the As a result of the shortage of infantry replacements which the European Theater was facing in late 1944, a call for volunteers was distributed throughout the communication zone for those willing to retrain as infantry replacements.
In order to alleviate the shortage a convoy of twenty 2 1/2 ton trucks were sent to Marseilles and returned loaded with ammunition dug out of the surf and the landing sites for the invasion of Southern France. “Suddenly, with the commitment of the 21st Panzer and 25th Panzer Grenadier Divisions in the north, the entire American defensive effort appeared to be in grave danger. James Derry came into Hatten with the daisy chains of mines, and started to lay them. This call was accepted by over 4,000 African American soldiers serving in support units. For the initial thrust into Hatten, the German allocated men from the 25th Panzergrenadier Division, a unit whose combat strength was little more than a brigade but did contain a strong armored component. Initially, the company was attached to the 19th Armored Infantry Battalion but it was then reassigned to CCR where it became known as the CCR Rifle Company.
Early in 1943, the Army Ground Force began a series of studies to reorganize the various divisions within the Army. Hatten and Rittershoffen are neighbouring villages in the French province of Alsace, near the German border. By 1 February 1945, 2,800 of these volunteers received orders to report to a retraining center where they received basic instruction in infantry skills and tactics. In the center of the Lauterbourg salient, the heterogeneous collection of American units occupying old Maginot Line fortifications put up an energetic defense against somewhat listless German armor.Lack of proper reconnaissance as well as 79th Division minefields and artillery stalled the German tanks as did the weather, icy terrain, and the unexpected presence of Task Force Linden (42d Division) units.“The battleground now began to resemble a general melee. Caringola had gotten the last mine and man placed, an enemy tank rolled down the street and commenced firing at the building where the men of the Mine Platoon were deployed. Artillery ammunition was strictly rationed after 15 January when 6,247 rounds of ammunition were expended out of a total of nearly 40,000 rounds for the entire seven days. But along the entire front of the VI Corps, division and regimental commanders gradually lost control over the battle, and the struggle devolved into a fierce tactical conflict between opposing battalions, companies, platoons, and smaller combat units. The 14th Armored Division was inactivated on 16 September 1945 at The division was organized and activated as a heavy division in 1942. Here is the description of what he contributed.Seeing that tank support was badly needed to fight against the oncoming german tanks….The division began to organize a mine field and series of roadblocks in Hatten.At 1055 Cpl.
However, after July 1940, the village had survived the invasion of France undamaged; therefore, the residents were able to return to Hatten, since the … As the infantry dismounted to clear the resistance, they and the tanks of the 47th Tank battalion experienced heavy antitank fire. The 242 US ID.