Description

70th Tank Battalion
Independent Tank Battalion, U.S. Army • World War II •

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Document Overview

Compiled from combat veterans’ recollections, official reports, and personnel and award files, this history traces the 70th Tank Battalion from its activation on 5 June 1940 through North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, the drive across France and Germany, the Battle of the Bulge, and inactivation on 22 May 1946. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original unit history, delivered instantly as a PDF.

Campaigns: Invasion of North Africa • Sicily • England • The Invasion (D-Day) • St. Lo Breakthrough • Siegfried Line and Hurtgen Forest • Battle of the Bulge • Spearheading the 63rd Infantry Division • Race to the Redoubt • Battle of the “Points” and Deactivation

Commanders: Lt. Col. Stephen G. Henry • Maj. Thomas N. Stark • Lt. Col. John C. Welborn • Lt. Col. Henry E. Davidson Jr. • Lt. Col. Caesar Fiore • Maj. Harry J. Kenny

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

● Dedication
● Foreword
● Battalion Shield
● Commanding Officers
● Chapter I: Activation
● Chapter II: Invasion of North Africa
● Chapter III: Sicily
● Chapter IV: England
● Chapter V: The Invasion
● Chapter VI: St. Lo Breakthrough
● Chapter VII: Siegfried Line and Hurtgen Forest
● Chapter VIII: Battle of the Bulge
● Chapter IX: Spearheading the 63rd Infantry Division
● Chapter X: Race to the Redoubt
● Chapter XI: Battle of the “Points” and Deactivation
● Chapter XII: The Reactivation of the 70th Tank Battalion
● Historical Data
● Appendices

“The 70th Tank Battalion never lost a key point. It never failed to capture an assigned objective.”
— Foreword, 70th Tank Battalion Unit History