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13th Armored Division (United States)

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The 13th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. [1]

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician, demagogue, and revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

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Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine

The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine was a phase in the Western European Campaign of World War II.

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Altenkirchen

Altenkirchen is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen.

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Armor Branch

The Armor Branch of the United States Army is an active combat arms branch.

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Armoured warfare

Armoured warfare, mechanised warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare.

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Bad Abbach

Bad Abbach is a municipality in the district Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany.

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Beale Air Force Base

Beale Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California.

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Bergisch Gladbach

Bergisch Gladbach, is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district).

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Braunau am Inn

(German for Braunau on the Inn) is a town in Upper Austria.

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Bronze Star Medal

The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

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Danube

The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.

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Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously the United States Air Force), for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Duisburg

Duisburg (locally) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Eschenau

Eschenau is a town in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

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Homberg (Efze)

Homberg is a small town in the northern part of Hesse, a state in central Germany, with about 15,000 inhabitants.

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Inn (river)

The Inn (Aenus; En) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

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Isar

The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany.

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John B. Wogan

John Beugnot Wogan (January 1, 1890 – September 30, 1968) was a decorated United States Army officer with the rank of Major General.

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John Millikin

Major General John Millikin (January 7, 1888 – November 6, 1970) was a senior United States Army officer who, during World War II, commanded the III Corps' counterattack toward Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.

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Kassel

Kassel (spelled Cassel until 1928) is a city located at the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany.

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Le Havre

Le Havre, historically called Newhaven in English, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

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Marktl

Marktl, or often unofficially called Marktl am Inn ("Little market on the river Inn"), is a village and historic market municipality in the state of Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian border, in the Altötting district of Upper Bavaria.

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Marysville, California

Marysville is the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States.

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Mettmann

Mettmann is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II.

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Parsberg

Parsberg is a town in the county of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany.

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Pentling

Pentling is a municipality in the Regensburg district of Bavaria in Germany.

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Plattling

Plattling is a town in the district of Deggendorf, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Regen (river)

The Regen is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a left tributary of the Danube, at Regensburg, Germany.

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Ruhr Pocket

The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany.

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Sieg

The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany named after the Sigambrer.

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Siegburg

Siegburg (i.e. fort on the Sieg river) is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Silver Star

The Silver Star Medal, unofficially the Silver Star, is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat.

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Sixth United States Army

Sixth Army is a field army of the United States Army.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Center of Military History

The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.

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United States Army Central

The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT is a military formation of the United States Army, which saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the coalition occupation of Iraq.

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Western Allied invasion of Germany

The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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XVIII Airborne Corps

The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II.

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12th Armored Division (United States)

The 12th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.

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14th Armored Division (United States)

The 14th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army assigned to the Seventh Army of the Sixth Army Group during World War II.

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63rd Infantry Division (United States)

The 63d Infantry Division ("Blood and Fire") was an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in Europe during World War II.

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Redirects here:

13th Armored, 19th Armored Division (United States), U.S. 13th Armored Division, U.S. 19th Armored Division, US 13th Armored Division, US 19th Armored Division.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Armored_Division_(United_States)

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