11th Armored Division, US Army, after action poster reporting battle events of March 1945
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) | Width: 28.875 inches (73.343 cm)
Creator(s)
- United States Army, 673rd Engineers (Author)
- United States Army, 11th Armored Division Headquarters, G-2 Section (Publisher)
Archival History
The report poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Howard S. Kaplan.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard S. Kaplan
Scope and Content
After action report poster of the 11th Armored Division, US Army, for southwestern Germany from March 3 - 31, 1945. The top section depicts a map with three green arrows outlining the advance of the 11th Armored through southwestern Germany. The left arrow tracks northeastern movements from March 3 at Prum to March 9 at the Rhine River and Andernach. The center shows the southern push on March 10 from Bullay to the eastward shift ending in Worms on March 21. The right arrow tracks northeastern movement from Oppenheim on March 28 to the attack at Fulda on March 31. The Division continued south and was in Amstetten, Austria, when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. The Division landed in Normandy, France, on December 16, 1944, and took heavy losses in the Battle of the Bulge that month. In February 1945, the Division attacked the German defensive line near Belgium, and, in March, pressed into Germany. After the war, the 11th was placed on occupation duty until it was inactivated in August 1945.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Discolored offwhite paper poster with a graphic depiction of troop movement across Germany in the upper two thirds of poster, with 5 columns of text below. The upper section has a map on a light green background enclosed within a rectangle with a thin black border. Blue lines for the Rhine and its tributaries are in the center; several cities are named and marked with black dots. In the upper center is a red outlined circle with the title, G - 2 After Action Report, and the 11th Armored insignia, a blue, red, and yellow triange with an Arabic numeral, 11, a black tank tread, and a red lightning bolt. Below, 3 large green outlined arrows cross the map. The arrows are divided by green lines with dates and troop locations; outlined black arrows indicate the movement of smaller units. The left green arrow runs from Prum to Andernach, the center, from Bullay to Worms, and the right from Oppenheim to Fulda. On the left is a red outlined rectangle enclosing 2 paragraphs of English text, under the heading, Prior to Contact. It summarizes a March 2, 1945, after action report on the 5 Paratrooper and 4 Infantry Divisions, describing actions, enemy resistance, morale, and the weather. On the right side of the map is a red outlined rectangle with a paragraph and the heading, Exit Army Group G, that eulogizes and exults over the decimation of the German Southern Army Group. The scale measure is three-quarters of an inch for 5 miles and is printed in the lower left corner. Below the map are 5 columns of text with short paragraphs describing military actions: entries in column one: March 3, 4, 5; column 2: March 6,7,8; column 3: March 9, 9-11, 11-16, 17, 18; column 4: March 19, 20, 21, 29; column 5: March 30, 31, and officer's names. Publication information is in the lower left corner of the poster. The reverse is blank. The poster is creased from folding.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Posters.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front--Posters.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany--Posters.
Genre
- Object
- Posters