WWII US ARMORED DIVISIONS

[speagle]

Can anyone tell me where I might find a TOTAL listing of all WW II Armored Divisions? I have seen patches with numbers in the high 700s.

Thanks

[Dave Danner]

The highest numbered armored division in World War II was the 20th. The ones in the 600s and 700s are separate tank battalions, typically attached to an infantry division. I have a hardcover reference (by Shelby L. Stanton), but I do not know of an online resource that has them all.

[speagle]

Thanks Dave

[GRA]

Can anyone tell me where I might find a TOTAL listing of all WW II Armored Divisions? I have seen patches with numbers in the high 700s.

Thanks

Hello Ed!

I'm sure Dave has a better reference library than me, however, a quick look into "US Armor-Cavalry - A Short History 1917-1967" (Duncan Crow) yield the following:

Armoured divisions; 1st-14th, 16th, 20th

Separate tank battalions (non-divisional); 44th, 46th, 70th, 191st-194th, 701st, 702nd, 707th-714th, 716th, 717th, 735th-741st, 743rd-763rd, 766th, 767th, 771st-778th, 780th-782nd, 784th, 786th, 787th, 798th

Tank destroyer battalions were numbered in the 600, 700 and 800 series with the exception of the 85th Bn.

Expect renumbering from original numbers in some cases...

Do you want to know to which armoured division the divisional tank battalions belonged?

/Jonas

Edited August 5, 2013 by GRA

[arb]

I have a table of the WWII armored divisions, but it will not copy well into this posting. If you send me a PM with an e-mail address, I'll be happy to send it to you as a WORD document.

ndu

Edited August 5, 2013 by arb

[Dave Danner]

There is an order of battle for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) here: http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/ETOOB-TOC.htm

For each division, it lists the attached units and when they were attached. Note that this is only for the ETO, not the Pacific or Mediterranean theaters. Also, for units such as the 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions, it only covers when they were in the ETO. So nothing on the 1st in North Africa or the 3rd in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Anzio.

At one time I hoped to create a database with the information here so you could pick any date and get a detailed order of battle for that date. I made one for divisions on up, but I lacked the technical knowhow to make it easy to use or to add in the sub-divisional attachments.

[speagle]

Thanks to all who responded. Gives a real "challenge" now to do more research

REF #5: arb

I sent you a message with my email.

Thanks again

Ed