83rd Infantry Division Campaign Map

This campaign map shows the route of the 83rd Infantry Division throughout Europe during World War II. The division fought in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns.

The 83rd Infantry Division fought in Normandy in the hedgerow country around Periers. After the Cobra breakout, the Thunderbolt Division moved west into Brittany, where its route centered on the fortified port of Saint-Malo. The division fought through Dinard, the Citadel, and the island position at Cezembre, helping eliminate one of the major German holdouts on the Breton coast.

After Brittany, the 83rd screened along the Loire and then shifted east to the Moselle and Sauer. It fought near Grevenmacher, Echternach, and the West Wall before being pulled into the winter battles connected to the Ardennes. In late 1944 and early 1945, the division fought in the Roer and Rochefort sectors, then helped reduce the German salient as the front stabilized.

The final phase carried the 83rd across the Rhine and deep into Germany. Moving with unusual speed, it crossed the Weser, Leine, and Elbe and continued beyond the Elbe before being ordered to halt. Its route combines several different kinds of war: hedgerow fighting, a fortress-port battle, frontier operations, Ardennes fighting, and a rapid drive into northern Germany.

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