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	The 6th Armored Division
		"Super Sixth" became the nickname of the 6th Armored Division while the division was training in the United States, apparently to symbolize the division's spirit.
		The "Super Sixth" was subsequently assigned to General George S. Patton's Third Army, and took part in the Allied counteroffensive to stop the German advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
		The 6th Armored Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006136 (313 words)

	British 6th Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From June to August the Division successfully defended the area to the east of the Orne river.
		The 6th Airborne was rushed to Belgium shortly afterward to assist in repulsing the attack.
		Thus, the Division's move was halted and the 5th Brigade was employed in operations in Malaya and Singapore to assist in the disarmament of the Japanese occupation forces there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/6th_Airborne_Division (917 words)

	PLAAF 6th Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 6th Division consists of three regiments, two from the original 6th Division (16th and 18th Regiments) and one from the now deactivated 47th Division (139th Regiment).
		The 47th Division was formed and headquartered at Yinchuan while the 6th Division was in Gansu Province.
		The air station at Tianshui was kept but the one at Lintao, the former HQ for the 6th Division, is longer being used.
	www.china-military.org /units/lanzhou/6div.htm (194 words)

	Station Information - Finnish 6th Division
		The 6th Division (6.Divisioona) was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Winter War it's name was later changed to the 3rd Division (3.Divisioona).
		The 6th and 1st Divisionss were to attack the advancing Soviet forces near Summa.
		In January 1940 the division replaced the 5th Division at the Summa front.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/finnish_6th_division.html (259 words)

	Australians at War
		The 6th Division was the first division formed for the Second AIF in the Second World War.
		The division was originally composed of the 16th, 17th and 18th Brigades, but the diversion of the 18th Brigade to the United Kingdom in June 1940, meant that the 19th became its third infantry brigade.
		As a formation, the 6th Division fought in the campaigns in Libya, Greece, and the Aitape-Wewak region of New Guinea.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13039.asp (170 words)

	British 6th Airborne on D-Day.htm
		H.Q. Headquarters 6 Airborne Division landed by glider on the main landing zone in the Ranville area at 0335 hours, though a few gliders were scattered, and moved to the Le Bas de Ranville area.
		While the attack by 6 Airborne Division had been proceeding east of the River Orne, at the other end of the long front, near the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, the American airborne assaults had been taking place with much the same difficulties from the weather as those of their British comrades.
		The Division went into action at an approximate strength of only 6,600 and was scattered over an area some 25 by 15 miles as a result of which 60 per cent of their equipment was lost.
	www.warchronicle.com /dday/pegasus/pegasus.htm (3791 words)

	6th Airborne Division In Palestine
		The 6th were tasked for operations in the Far East but with the surrender of Japan, these arrangements were revised.
		On September 21st 1945, divisional and tactical HQs of the 6th Airborne Division flew out to Egypt and established themselves near Gaza, to be followed by the rest of the Division between September and November.
		Of all the burdens cast on British soldiers by politicians, Palestine was one of those heavy burdens and into this situation came the 6th Airborne Division, as open minded a body of troops as any in the world, who had many Jews in their ranks in the battles against Nazi Germany.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Palestine/6TH.htm (1332 words)

	Super Sixth: The 6th Armored Division in WW II
		Fans of the 6th Armored Division know that Dr. George Hofmann is the authority on the Division's history, as well as on armor topics in general.
		The 6th Armored was deactivated September 18, 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.
		In 1947 the Sixth Armored Division Association was organized to perpetuate the memory of 1,274 fallen comrades, to assist in promoting an everlasting peace, and to serve as a medium of contact among the men who served in the division.
	www.super6th.org (2224 words)

	6TH ARMORED DIVISION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 6th Armored Division ("Super Sixth") is the armored unit comprising the XII Corps.
		The 6th AD (Armored Division) is comprised of three combat commands (Combat Commands A, B, and R) each lead by a Colonel usually.
		It is the policy of this unit that anybody that commands a Division or higher is to take the name of the person that commanded that unit.
	www.angelfire.com /rpg/ThirdArmy/6.html (228 words)

	9th Division AIF; Tobruk and El Alamein
		The first two, the 6th Division (formed in September 1939) and the 7th (March 1940) were dispatched to Palestine, in the Middle-East, to complete their training before joining the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France.
		The 9th Division was first formed in the United Kingdom during 1940, using one of the 6th Division units, the 18th Brigade, as its core.
		The 9th Division, along with a New Zealand, a South African, an Indian and a British division, grouped as the 30th Corps, formed the main attack in the north.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/pages-2aif-cmf/9-div-aif.htm (1202 words)

	2nd Division AIF
		Today, the 2nd Division memorial is located at the side of the Bapaume-Peronne road in the village of Mont St. Quentin.
		The Division was formed in Egypt July 1915 and moved to Gallipoli in August, serving there until the withdrawal to Egypt in December 1915.
		In March 1918 the Second Division helped halt the German offensive in the Somme region and fought in the Battle of Hamel in July and the Battle of Amiens in August.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/1aif/2div/2nd_division.htm (1012 words)

	6th Division (Finland): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 6th Division (Finland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the mobilization[?] prior to the Winter War, the 6th Division was placed in the reserve of the Commander-in-Chief Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.
		The 6th and 1st Divisions[?] were to attack the advancing Soviet forces near Summa[?].
		The attack began on 23 December but was a failure.
	www.encyclopedian.com /6t/6th-Division-(Finland).html (89 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 6th Armored Division
		After continuing its training in England, the 6th Armored Division landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, 18 July 1944, and went on the offensive in the Cotentin Peninsula, driving through Avranches, and moving on to take part in the liberation of Brest and the clearing of the Brittany Peninsula.
		On 23 December the Division was ordered north of Metz to take part in the Battle of the Bulge, and took over a sector along the south bank of the Sauer River.
		The 6th crossed the Rhine at Oppenheim 25 March, drove on to Frankfurt, crossed the Main, captured BadNauheim, and continued to advance eastward, and surrounded and captured Muhlhausen 4-5 April 1945.
	www.army.mil /CMH/lineage/cc/006ad.htm (527 words)

	7TH BATTALION 11TH FIELD ARTILLERY
		Assigned to 6th Division in November 1917 and equipped with 155mm-howitzers.
		The crest is a fl lion rampant taken from the arms of Stenay in commemoration of the principal action of the regiment, which was in support of the 89th Division during the crossing of the Meuse near Stenay.
		The insignia of the 6th Division is in the lion's paw.
	cybersarges.tripod.com /711arty.html (749 words)

	3rd Brigade WW2 Reenactors - Tour of Pegasus Bridge
		To the east of Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge, on a gently rising plain, is a large flat cultivated area cleared of trees.
		Around 1am on the morning of June 6th, the 5th Parachute Brigade commanded by Brigadier Nigel Poett landed at DZ/LZ 'N', after the area was marked by pathfinders of the 22nd Independent Parachute Company.
		Behind the bust of Gen. Gale is a plaque dedicated to the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion, and commemorating the liberation of the village in the early morning of June 6th.
	www.6th-airborne.org /tour_ranville.html (871 words)

	6th Marine Division Official Web Site. WWII U.S. Marines.
		The decorations for valor that a Sixth Division Marine or Corpsman could be awarded ranged from the Medal of Honor down to the Navy Letter of Commendation.
		One of the officers in the Sixth Marine Division, Lt. Col.
		The HISTORY OF THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION, the book with a green cover that was published in 1948, lists about 700 awards for valor, from the Medal of Honor on down, to men of the Sixth Marine Division for the battle of Okinawa.
	www.sixthmarinedivision.com (1699 words)

	The 51st (Highland) Division, War Sketches by Fred. A. Farrell, Text
		In September 1918 the 7th Gordons were broken up, and the personnel was distributed between the 6th Gordons of the 152nd Brigade and the 4th Gordons of the 154th Brigade, while the 7th Gordons were replaced in the 153rd Brigade by the 6th Argylls from the 5th Division.
		The 51st Division, which was in the XVII Corps under Sir Charles Fergusson, and part of Allenby's Third Army, was opposite Thélus and facing the outer spurs of Vimy Ridge, in front of which, to the Division's left, lay four Canadian divisions, while on its right was the 34th Division.
		In the first phase of the battle of the 20th November the Division had severe losses in its assault upon the strongly organized village of Flesquières, the approach to which was a long slope swept by machine-gun fire, which rendered the cooperation of the tanks unsatisfactory.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/memoir/docs/51st/51st1.htm (4195 words)

	Super Sixth: The 6th Armored Division in WW II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 6th Armored was deactivated September 18, 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.
		In 1947 the Sixth Armored Division Association was organized to perpetuate the memory of 1,274 fallen comrades, to assist in promoting an everlasting peace, and to serve as a medium of contact among the men who served in the division.
		Sadly, the alumni association for the division formally disbanded at its 53rd and final reunion in September 2000.
	members.aol.com /super6th (2575 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2002514225
		The division was commanded by Generalmajor Kempf, one of the pioneers of Germany's panzer arm.
		On 9 May the 6th Panzer Division's 11th Panzer Regiment was moved forward into the Mayen area; the main body of the division was still in the Westerwald, east of the Rhine.
		The rest of the division's tanks, those which were unable to ford the Meuse, had to wait for the bridging of the river to be completed.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random042/2002514225.html (2449 words)

	6th Gebirgsjager Division
		The 6th Gebirgsjager Division was formed on June 1st, 1940 when the the remaining men from 139th Gebirgsjager Regiment of the 3rd Gebirgsjager Division that did not take part in the Invasion of Norway were supplied to form the 141st Gebirgsjager Regiment.
		The 2nd Regiment of the 6th Gebirgsjager Division was the 143rd Regiment, which was originally intended to be used in the formation of the 4th Gebirgsjager Division, but was stood down after the Campaign in France.
		Interestingly, the 6th Gebirgsjager Division was raised and formed before the the 4th and 5th Gebirgsjager Divsions.
	www.feldgrau.com /6hg.html (268 words)

	D-Day Fact Sheet, 6 June 1944 Normandy, France: Ike: General Dwight D. Eisenhower Center: Operation Overlord, Omaha ...
		Meanwhile, the nine army divisions (three airborne and six infantry) from the United States, Britain and Canada trained and rehearsed their roles in the carefully choreographed operation.
		Allied air forces carried three airborne divisions into battle, protected the force as it crossed the English Channel, and attacked targets throughout the invasion area before and after the landing in support of the assault forces.
		In the predawn darkness of June 6, the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were air dropped behind UTAH Beach to secure four causeways across a flooded area directly behind the beach and to protect the invasion's western flank.
	www.ku.edu /heritage/abilene/ikedday.html (1050 words)

	AEF, World War I, 6th through 10th Divisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The shoulder insignia of the division is a six pointed star of red with the numeral "6" in blue superimposed on the center of the star.
		On October 27th the division was moved from Gerardmer by rail to the vicinity of Les Islettes and established headquarters at Beauchamp Farm.
		This division was not sent to France but just previous to the armistice had received orders to prepare for movement overseas and advanced school detachment had been sent to the port of embarkation.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/ww1/6div.htm (1140 words)

	Brest to Bastogne: The Story of the 6th Armored Division - WWII G.I. Stories Booklet (Lone Sentry)
		Major General R. Grow, commanding the 6th Armored Division, lent his cooperation to the preparation of the pamphlet, and basic material was supplied to the editors by his staff.
		The 6th was greatly outnumbered ht elements of six enemy divisions which constantly applied pressure against its entire front.
		The 6th had received the best unit and maneuver training AGF could dish out at Camp Chaffee, Ark., in Louisiana, the California desert and at Camp Cooke, Calif. After arriving in the United Kingdom, the division sharpened up for the big show with five months of dress rehearsal.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/6tharmored (5556 words)

	The Bristol Press - News - 12/03/2004 - Lepore elected director 6th USMC Division HQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BRISTOL -- Augustine "Augie" Lepore of Morris Avenue was recently elected director of the 6th USMC Division Headquarters BN for 2004-05 at the group’s anual reunion held in Nashville.
		The 6th Marine Division is unique in that it formed up on foreign soil -- serving in World War IIfrom September 1944 to April 1946 - and then was disbanded on foreign soil never having served together in the continental United States.
		The division fought admirably on Okinawa, in the Ryukus Islands from April 1 to June 21, 1945 and concluded with service in Japan and China following the signing of the Japanese surrender.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13484477&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6 (206 words)

	us 6th infantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S. was formed late in...
		The 6th Infantry Division (Light) was inactivated in July 1994 and replaced by the US Army, Alaska, with...
		The 6th Regiment of United States Infantry is one of four Regiments that participate in...
	www.baby-galaxy.com /articles/36/us-6th-infantry.html (485 words)

	Australian 6th Division
		The most well-known 6th Division in the Australian Army was a unit in the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) during World War Two.
		In 1941, the division took part in the ill-fated Allied expedition to Greece, including the defence of Crete.
		More than 3000 members of the Division could not be evacuated and were taken prisoner in this campaign.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/au/australian_6th_division.html (427 words)

	6th Marine Division Home Page
		The cadre was drawn from the older 6th Marines, who had occupied Iceland during the early part of the war.
		Read Chapter 2, Origins of The Division Units, and trace their movements through the Pacific Area as depicted in the Pacific Area Map that is printed as a frontispiece on the inside cover.
		The point that this writer is trying to make is that while the Sixth Marine Division, as a Division, made only one operation, Okinawa, its command structure and indeed, the bulk of its rank and file, were combat veterans, tested under fire.
	www.sixthmarinedivision.com /introduction.html (872 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 6th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Division moved to Hawaii in July and August 1943 to assume defensive positions on Oahu, training meanwhile in jungle warfare.
		The 6th secured the coast from Cape Waimak to the Mega River and garrisoned the area until December 1944.
		The Division shifted to the Shimbu Line northeast of Manila, 24 February, took Mount Mataba, 17 April, Mount Pacawagan, 29 April, Bolog, 29 June, Lane's Ridge of Mount Santo Domingo, 10 July, and Kiangan, 12 July.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/006id.htm (408 words)

	Sword Beach -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the British 3rd Division, with French and British commandos attached.
		It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, who took heavy casualties in the first wave but by the end of the day succeeded in wresting control of the area from defending German troops.
		Hitler was initially unwilling to release the armoured divisions for a counterattack.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389938 (1036 words)

	Cavalry Trains ‘Defenders of the Green Zone’ - DefendAmerica News Article
		The unit’s mission is to train the Iraqi Army’s 1st and 3rd battalions, and Headquarters Company of the 5th Brigade, 6th Division.
		When all is said and done, 5th Brigade, 6th Division, will becapable of protecting the Green Zone and its surrounding areas without assistance from the U.S. military.
		Michael Harris, 6th Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, commander, led the way as his cavalrymen were introduced to the Iraqi soldiers they will work with for the next eight weeks.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/apr2005/a042505ms3.html (415 words)

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