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ARRACOURT 1944

ARRACOURT 1944

TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN ARMOR

MIKE GUARDIA

CIS0023

Print Edition: ISBN 978-1-63624-032-9

Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-63624-033-6

2022 Mike Guardia

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any

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All photos contained in this book are derived from archival sources, including the

US National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress,

Bundesarchiv, and the US Military History Institute, unless otherwise noted.

Title page: 4th Armored Division Jeeps drive through the town of Dieuze.

Contents page map: The battle of Arracourt, September 2529, 1944. (From

the U.S. Army ofcial history,

The Lorraine Campaign

)

Contents page image: A knocked-out Panther near La Chapelle on August

2, 1944. Throughout August, there were several small-scale reghts

between German and American tanks.

For Mom, Dad, Marie, and Melanie

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Timeline of Events

e battle of Arracourt was nearly ve years in the making. Aer

hostilities began in the fall of 1939, Nazi Germany occupied France and

the Low Countries within a matter of months. America entered the war

in December 1941 following the attack on Pearl Harbor, but American

forces did not arrive in Europe until 1943 with the invasion of Italy. As

Allied forces closed in on the borders of the Reich, Hitler put the best of

his remaining panzer forces along the Franco-German border, ready to

stop the incoming Allied armor at any cost.

Arracourt 1944

December 11, 1941:

Germany

declares war on the United

States. U.S. ofcially enters

World War II on the side of

the Allied powers.

December 8, 1941:

U.S. declares war

on the Empire of

Japan.

December 1941:

First

incarnation of 5th Panzer

Army, a command

formation for the panzer

units in North Africa.

June 30, 1943:

First

incarnation of 5th Panzer

Army is disbanded after

its defeat in North Africa.

July 10, 1943:

U.S. Army

invades Italy, gaining

its rst foothold on

European mainland.

January 24, 1944:

5th Panzer Army

is reconstituted on

mainland Europe.

June 6, 1944:

Allied forces invade

Normandy: D-Day.

June/July 1944:

German

1st Army retreats from

Atlantic coast, moves

across France to occupy

positions in Lorraine.

July 11, 1944:

U.S.

4th Armored Division

arrives at Utah Beach

and is assigned to

U.S. Third Army.

April 15, 1941:

U.S.

4th Armored Division

is activated at Pine

Camp, New York.

December 7, 1941:

Imperial Japanese forces

attack the U.S. naval base

at Pearl Harbor.

September 1, 1939:

Nazi Germany invades

Poland. World War II

ofcially begins.

An M4 Sherman

res on an enemy

stronghold near

Arracourt.

September 8,

1944:

First tank

skirmishes in

Lorraine begin.

September 1944:

111th and

113th Panzer Brigades are

activated as the Allies close

in on Arracourt.

September 1014, 1944:

4th Armored Division

begins drive into Moselle

River region.

September 15, 1944:

4th Armored Division

makes contact with 15th

Panzergrenadier Division

at Lunville.

September 1518,

1944:

4th Armored

Division ghts through

German positions in

and around Lunville.

September 19, 1944:

American forces

enter Arracourt.

September 27/28, 1944:

German panzergrenadiers

clash with 10th Armored

Infantry Battalion over

control of Hill 265.

September 20, 1944:

111th Panzer Brigade

attacks Combat

Command A of 4th

Armored Division.

September 22, 1944:

111th and 113th Panzer

Brigades, assisted by

panzergrenadiers, attack

37th Tank Battalion.

September 29, 1944:

German

5th Panzer Army makes one

nal attempt towards Arracourt

before being decimated by the

4th Armored Division.

September 30, 1944:

The

battered 5th Panzer Army

suspends its operations at

Arracourt, begins withdrawal

towards the German frontier.

August 15, 1944:

Operation

Dragoon

,

the invasion of

southern France,

begins.

September 1944:

Hitler devises

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