7th Armored Division Campaign Map

The 7th Armored Division’s World War II route is defined by one of the critical delaying actions of the Ardennes campaign. After landing on Omaha and Utah Beaches in August 1944, the “Lucky Seventh” joined the Allied pursuit across France, moving through Chartres, across the Seine, and east toward Verdun and the Moselle.

Its campaign soon shifted north. In the Netherlands, the division supported operations connected to the clearing of the Antwerp approaches before returning to the front near the Roer. When the German Ardennes offensive began in December 1944, the 7th Armored was rushed to St. Vith, a vital road center in the path of the German advance. There, the division absorbed heavy pressure and conducted a fighting withdrawal that delayed the German timetable during the opening phase of the Battle of the Bulge.

After returning to the St. Vith area in early 1945, the division moved back toward the Rhine. From the Remagen bridgehead, it helped reduce the Ruhr Pocket, then drove east across Germany, crossed the Elbe, and moved into Mecklenburg, where it linked up with Soviet forces near the end of the war. The map presents the division’s campaign as a movement from pursuit, to defensive crisis, to the final Allied advance.

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