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Histories for 1st Infantry Division




745th Tank Bn Order of Operation
Best Known Order of Approximate Locations for the 745th Tank Battalion 1944-1945 Company ?C? (from first sight of the beach at Omaha to first sight of the Rhine at Bonn) Bold Indicates Major Engagement BEACH FIGHTING 1) Omaha, Pt Du Hoc France-the ?Landing? (June 6, 1944 7:00am, 2nd wave) HEDGEROW FIGHTING 2) Colleville, France (June 7, 1944) 3) Formigny, France (June 7-8, 1944) 4) Tour en Bessin, France (June 8-9, 1944) 5) Caumont, France (June 13-17, 1944) 6) Saint Anne-Vire, France (late June 1944) CITY FIGHTING 7) Saint Lo, France-the ?Breakout? (July 3-20 1944) HEDGEROW FIGHTING 8) Marigny, France (July 27-28, 1944) 9) Coutances, France (July 29-30, 1944) 10) Falaise, France (Sept 1-2, 1944) CITY FIGHTING 11) Mons, Belgium (Sept 3-7, 1944) 12) Liege, Belgium (Sept 8-9, 1944) 13) Aachen, Germany-the ?Siegfried Line? (Sept 11-Oct 22, 1944 FORREST FIGHTING 14) Gressenich, Germany-the ?Hurtgen Forest? (Nov 7, 1944) 15) Mausbach, Germany-the ?Hurtgen Forest? (Nov 15, 1944) 16) Schevnenhutte-Roer River, Germany (Nov 16, 1944) 17) Hergenrath-Ardennes, Belgium (Dec 3-16, 1944-rest period) 18) Eupen-Ardennes Forrest, Belgium-?the Bulge? (Dec 18, 1944-Jan 16, 1945) 19) Houffalize-Ardennes Forrest, Belgium (late Jan 1945) 20) Schevenhutte-Roer River, Germany, (Feb 25, 1944) OPEN FIELD FARM COUNTRY FIGHTING 21) Stockheim, Germany (Feb 27, 1945) 22) Frauwullesheim, Germany (Feb 28, 1945) 23) Gladbach, Germany (Mar 1, 1945) 24) Weisserscheim, Germany (Mar 2, 1944) 25) Weilerswist, Germany (Mar 5, 1945) CITY FIGHTING 26) Bonn-Rhein River, Germany (Mar 11-12, 1945)

Posted by Alfred Young
Jul 02 2008 07:52:20:000PM




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