The 11th Armored Division was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on 24 June 1943 for the Louisiana Maneuvers und
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Forward elements of the 11th Armored Division advance into Wernberg in Germany on 22 April 1945 (U.S. Army photo).
An M8 Greyhound armored car of the 11th Division entering the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on 6 May 1945.
Chenogne massacre
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The Chenogne massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 11th Armored Division, an American combat unit, near Chenogne, Belgium, on January 1, 1945, during the American counteroffensive at Ba
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…of B Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion of the 11th Armored Division, describes the killing of 80 German prisoners by American soldiers at the Chenogne massacre "Machine guns were being set up. These boys were to be machine gunned and murdered. We were committing the same crimes we were now accusing the Japanese…
Half-tracks and soldiers of the 11th Armored Division massed on the outskirts of Bastogne
George S. Patton's war diary entry from January 4, 1945. Regarding the Chenogne massacre on January 1, 1945, Patton noted: "Also murdered 50 odd German med [sic]. I hope we can conceal this."