Ian_Allan_-_Spearhead_10_-_2nd_Armored_Division_-_Hell_on_Wheels.pdf

---SPEARHEAD .......

2nd

ORED DIVISION

'Hell on Wheels'

An MI0 Tank Destroyer along with troops of the 30th

Infantry Division prepare for the final assault on

Magdeburg on April I?, 1945.

US. Army via Real War Photos

Right: 2nd Armored Division's war: from Northwest

Africa to Berlin. The maps and all other artwork

were produced by Mark Franklin ofFlatt Art!

First published 2003

ISBN 0711029768

Acknowledgements

The author would like to express gratitude a number of

individuals who made this work possible. First thanks

go to Simon Forty for his organisational brilliance.

Samuel Southworth likewise provided excellent

assistance and expertise, as did Mark Bando, whose

knowledge of the 2nd Armored matches his well known

expertise on the lOlst Airborne. Dr. Robert Cameron,

Armored Historian at Ft. Knox, generously provided

advice, as did historian Richard Killblane and Tim

Renick, head of the U.S. Army Transportation School

Info Center. Donald Sommerville has lent his excellent

editing skill to the manuscript. Sincerest thanks go to

CMH-winner James Burt, Roscoe ('Rockie') Blunt, Brett

Vinson, Kal Isaacs and James Provens, via his son

Timothy, who has carefully preserved his dad's

experiences in WWII for the benefit of future

generations. On the illustrative side, thanks to Mark

Bando, Chris Ellis, Mark Franklin, George Forty and

Tim Hawkins.

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Published by Ian Allan Ltd

an imprint of Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, Hersham, Surrey KT 12 4RG

Printed by Ian Allan Printing Ltd, Hersham, Surrey KT 12 4RG

Code: 0306/B

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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Abbreviations

Commanding

Mot Inf

Motorised infantry

2AD

2nd Armored

officer

Military Police

Division

(o(s)

Company (companies)

Olive drab

AAA

Anti-aircraft

Col

Column

Quartermaster

artillery

·CP

Command post

Pfc/Pvt

Private (first class)

Airborne

Coy

Company

Platoon

AEF

American

Det

Detachment

RCT

Regimental

Expeditionary

each

Combat Team

Force

Engr

Engineer

Recce/Recon

Reconnaissance

AF in G

American Forces

ETO

European Theater

Regt

Regiment

in Germany

of Operations

RHQ

Regimental HQ

Amb

Ambulance

Fd Arty

Field artillery

Sect

Section

Armd

Armored

HBT

Herringbone twill

(T or Sf) Sgt

(Technical or

Arty

Artillery

HMG

Heavy MG

Staff/) Sergeant

asst

Assistant

(.50 cal)

SHAEF

Supreme HQ Allied

A/tk

Anti-tank

Heavy

Powers in Europe

Battalion

Inf

Infantry

Sig

Signals

British

LMG

Light MG (.30 cal)

Self-propelled

Brig

Brigade

LST

Landing Ship Tank

Tac

Tactical

Bty

Battery

Light

Tank

camo

camouflage

(1-/2-) Lt

(First/Second)

USAAF

U.S. Army Air

cal

caliber

Lieutenant

Force

Cav

Cavalry

Maint

Maintenance

USMC

U.S. Marine Corps

CC (A/B)

Combat Command

Motorcycle

Veh

Vehicle

(A/B)

(GIH)MC

(GunIhowitzer) motor

C-in-C

Commander-in-Chief

caniage

Commanding

Med

Medium or

general

Medical

Cml

Chemical

Machine gun

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