Excerpts from The Super Sixth:
Maps by R. Crossett

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One of the outstanding features of The Super Sixth: The History of the Sixth Armored Division is a series of maps researched and drawn by Richard M. Crossett, who also provided heraldry designs for units of the division.

These maps highlight the major engagements of the division, and clarify actions that are sometimes hard to visualize from the dry descriptions found in the 1945 Combat Record of the Sixth Armored Division.

Of particular interest, perhaps, are certain maps such as Map 4, which illustrates the Super Sixth's highly unusual 180 turn to attack the German 266th Division at their rear, and Maps 14 through 17 which show the Super Sixth's major but often-overlooked battles in the Ardennes campaign.

1. Allied Troop Disposition, 25 July 1944
2. Breakout and Commitment of 6th Armored Division, 27-31 July 1944
3. Advance Across Brittany, 1-8 August 1944
4. Turn Around to Attack German 266th Division, 9-10 August 1944
5. Containment of Lorient and Daoulas Peninsula Attack, 21-29 August 1944
6. 460 Miles of Front, 10-13 September 1944
7. Combat Command B Attacks in Vicinity of Lanfroicourt, 22 September 1944
8. Division Attack at Gremecey Forest, 1 October 1944
9. Seille Valley Attack, 8-9 October 1944
10. Nied River Crossing, 8-12 November 1944
11. Attack Toward Falquemont, 12-16 November 1944
12. Attack to the Mutterbach River, 19-30 November 1944
13. Le Mont de Cadenbronn Attack, 4-6 December 1944
14. Movement to The Bulge, 23-31 December 1944
15. Attack at Bastogne, 31 December 1944
16. Division Reforms Line and Attacks to Northeast, 3-5 & 13-15 January 1945
17. Advance to Skyline Drive, 15-26 January 1945
18. Our River Crossing - Siegfried Line Breakthrough, 6-8 & 19-23 February 1945
19. Prum River Bridgehead and Attack Across Nims River, 25 February - 3 March 1945
20. Drive to the Rhine River, 20-21 March 1945
21. Rhine River Crossing and Attack on Frankfurt, 25-26 March 1945
22. Advance to the Fulda River, 28-31 March 1945
23. Crossing the Fulda and Werra Rivers, 1-3 April 1945
24. The Capture of Muhlhausen, 4 April 1945
25. Eliminating the German Pocket, 7-10 April 1945
26. Exploitation to the Saale River, 11-12 April 1945
27. Farthest Advance to the East, 12-17 April 1945

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