Command Posts
Nov 27, 1943, Winchester – Hampshire – England
Jun 3, 1944, Hursley Camp – Hampshire – England
Jun 7, 1944, Southampton – Hampshire – England
Jun 10, 1944, Utah Beach (Tare Green) – Manche – France
Jun 11, 1944, Flauville (vic) – Manche – France
Jun 13, 1944, Plaux (vic) – Manche – France
Jun 16, 1944, Le Honet (vic) – Manche – France
Jun 17, 1944, St-Sauver-le-Vicomte (vic) – Manche – France
Jun 18, 1944, St-Jacques-de-Néhou (vic) – Manche – France
Jun 20, 1944, Quetto – Manche – France
Jun 22, 1944, Benoiville – Manche – France
Jun 24, 1944, Vasteville – Manche – France
Jul 2, 1944, Flamanville – Manche – France
Jul 9, 1944, Carentan – Manche – France
Jul 13, 1944, St-Jean-de-Daye – Manche – France
Jul 21, 1944, Le Champs-de-Losque – Manche – France
Jul 28, 1944, La Chapelle-en-Juger – Manche – France
Jul 30, 1944, Marigny – Manche – France
Aug 2, 1944, La Vanterie – Manche – France
Aug 5, 1944, St-Aubin-des-Bois – Calvados – France
Aug 8, 1944, La Tuilerie – Calvados – France
Aug 9, 1944, Forien – Manche – France
Aug 13, 1944, hatillon-sur-Colmomt – Mayenne – France
Aug 15, 1944, Couptrain – Mayenne – France
Aug 17, 1944, Le Grais – Orne – France
Aug 21, 1944, Mortange-au-Pèrche – Orne – France
Aug 24, 1944, La Ferté Vidame – Eure-et-Loire – France
Aug 25, 1944, Arpajon – Seine-et-Oise – France
Aug 26, 1944, Brinville – Seine-et-Marne – France
Aug 27, 1944, Guignes – Seine-et-Marne – France
Aug 28, 1944, St-Augustin – Seine-et-Marne – France
Aug 29, 1944, Marigny-en-Orxois – Aisne – France
Aug 30, 1944, Cerseuil – Aisne – France
Aug 31, 1944, Hannogne – Ardennes – France
Sept 1, 1944, Plomion – Ardennes – France
Sept 3, 1944, Cerfontaine – Belgium
Sept 4, 1944, Anthée – Belgium
Sept 8, 1944, St-Fontaine – Belgium
Sept 9, 1944, Esneux – Belgium
Sept 11, 1944, Verviers – Belgium
Sept 13, 1944, Eupen – Belgium
Sept 14, 1944, Roetgen – Germany
Oct 4, 1944, Zweifall – Germany
Oct 26, 1944, Elsenborn – Belgium
Nov 5, 1944, Butgenbach – Belgium
Nov 11, 1944, Elsenborn – Belgium
Dec 5, 1944, Nothberg – Germany
Dec 19, 1944, Sourbrodt – Belgium
Dec 21, 1944, Eupen – Belgium
Dec 26, 1944, Eupen – Belgium
Jan 28, 1945, Kalterherberg – Germany
Feb 4, 1945, Hofen – Germany
Feb 5, 1945, Einruhr – Germany
Feb 8, 1945, Strauch – Germany
Feb 12, 1945, Einruhr – Germany
Feb 18, 1945, Hurtgen – Germany
Feb 28, 1945, Rath – Germany
Mar 1, 1945, Leversbach – Germany
Mar 2, 1945, Muddersheim – Germany
Mar 6, 1945, Lommeraum – Germany
Mar 7, 1945, Niel – Germany
Mar 8, 1945, Erpel – Germany
Mar 20, 1945, Kretzhaus – Germany
Mar 26, 1945, Obersteinbach – Germany
Mar 27, 1945, Mittlehofen – Germany
Mar 28, 1945, Kirchvers – Germany
Mar 31, 1945, Schwarzenau – Germany
Apr 2, 1945, Hallenberg – Germany
Apr 6 1945, Niedersfeld – Germany
Apr 13, 1945, Uftrungen – Germany
Apr 17, 1945, Wippra – Germany
Apr 19, 1945, Pansfelde – Germany
Apr 24, 1945, Kothen – Germany
Narrative
The 9th Infantry Division landed in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the 39th Infantry Regiment landed east of Algiers near Cap Matifou, the 47th Infantry Regiment taking Safi, and the 60th Infantry Regiment landing at Mehdia and encountering heavy resistance in its attempt to take Port-Lyautey Airfield. Upon the sudden collapse of French opposition, the division took its objectives on November 11, 1942, and then patrolled along the Moroccan Borders. It then returned to Tunisia during the month of February 1943, engaging in small defensive actions and patrols. On March 12, 1943, it attached its 60-IR to the 1-AD which took Sened Station on March 21, 1943. The division entered the action as a whole for the first time on March 28, 1943, in southern Tunisia. The 47-IR attempted to attack from Djebel Berdi which had been abandoned by the 1-ID, to try to force a gap for the passage of the 1-AD, but the assault was repulsed with heavy losses.
The division failed to take Hill 772 and on April 11, was moved north and took over the British 46th Division sector. Reinforced by the Corps Français d’Afrique, the 9-ID attacked the Jefna positions on April 23, and the 60-IR took Djebel Dardyss the next day. After sustained combat, the 39-IR seized Hill 382 north of Jefna at the end of the month, and the 60-IR occupied Kef en Nsour on May 2, as the Germans withdrew to Bizerte. The 47-IR cleared the hills north of Djebel Cheniti and on May 8, entered Bizerte itself. The 39-IR was sent to Sicily on July 15, and the entire division arrived at Palermo on August 1. It assembled at Nicosia on August 4, and replaced 1-ID on August 7 then began the drive on Randazzo. Next, it took part in the offensive toward Messina, and afterward moved to England on November 25, to prepare for the invasion of France.
The division landed across Utah Beach (France), on June 10, 1944, (D+4) and the 39-IR forced the Germans back to the Quineville Ridge on June 12. On June 14 the 60-IR initiated its attack toward St Colombe and the following day the 47-IR was committed to take high ground west of Orglandes. The division, reinforced with the 359-IR, attacked with four regiments to establish a bridgehead across the Douve on June 16. Advancing against disorganized opposition, the division reached the west coast of the Cotentin Peninsula and sealed it off on June 17, blocking German flight south and inflicting heavy losses. The division started the final assault on Cherbourg on June 19, with the 39-IR and the 60-IR which attacked the semicircular fortification belt on June 21.
The 39-IR captured the German fortress commander and Octeville on June 26, while the 47-IR cracked the arsenal the next day, ending resistance in the city. On June 29, the 47-IR and 60-IR attacked the Cap de la Hague Peninsula and secured it quickly. The division arrived in the Taute sector from Cherbourg on July 9, and was hit by German armor which penetrated its lines in the Le Dézert region on July 11. The division pushed slowly against determined opposition as it approached St Lô. reaching the Periers – St Lô road on July 18. The 1-ID then passed through its lines into the attack on Marigny on July 26. The division followed the 3-AD to occupy positions on the Fromental – Briouze area of highway links on August 17 and helped close the Falaise Gap. On August 21, it was committed in a defensive role at Mortagne. The division crossed the Marne in the Mieux area on August 27, and continued pursuit with the 3-AD east to the Namur – Dinant region. It crossed at Dinant against strong German opposition and established a bridgehead on September 6. The 47-IR mopped up Liège while the division displaced to the Huy – Faimes vicinity on September 8. The division assembled near Verviers in reserve on September 11, and the 14, the 47-IR was sent to the Roetgen Forest while the 60-IR drove north across Germany’s border to secure Kalterherberg and the 39-IR assaulted the Scharnhorst Line past Lammersdorf.
By September 17, the 47-IR had battered through the second band of the West Wall and taken Vicht and Shevenhütte. The 60-ID cleared Höffen on the Höffen–Alzen Ridge and the 39-IR reduced a strong point after a three-day pitched battle. The 60-IR engaged in close-quarters fighting in the Huertgen Forest vicinity, and the 39-IR took Hill 554 in the West Wall after heavy combat on September 29. Severe weather hampered continued fighting by the 60-IR, which was reinforced by the 39-IR, in the Huertgen area. Road Junction 471 in the forest was finally secured on October 14, but the division had been halted far short of its objective of Schmidt. The 28-ID relieved it, but the 47-IR attached to the 1-ID pushed through the Huertgen Forest on November 16.
On December 7, the division relieved the 1-ID in the Luchem–Langerwehe–Juengersdorf–Merode region. It returned to the offensive on December 10 with the 3-AD and went forward to the Roer. When the German Ardennes counter-offensive struck, the division contained attacks on December 16, toward Mariaweiler and Gürzenich then relieved the 2-ID and the 99-ID and defended the Monschau area, restoring the Monschau Forest line by December 23. It held the defensive sector from Kalterherberg to Elsenborn through January 1945.
The division opened its next attack on the West Wall on January 30, 1945, and had reached Röhren and the edge of the Monschauer Forest when it was sent to resume the Roer and Urft River dam offensive on February 1. The 39-IR and 60-IR reached the high ground southwest of Dreiborn while the 47-IR cleared heights near Hammer. After house-to-house fighting through several towns, the 47-IR seized Wollseifen and reached the Urft Lake and took the Dam on February 7, the 9-ID consolidated and was reinforced by both the 309-IR and 311-IR for the attack on the Schwammenauel Dam which was captured by the former on February 9, as the 60-IR reached the Roer River’s banks. The division then switched to the Huertgen Forest sector again and crossed the Roer near Broich on February 26. The reinforced 39-IR pushed toward Thurn and Berg, followed by the 60-IR. The 47-IR crossed the Roer on February 28, and the division attacked toward the Rhine with the 9-AD. on March 7, the division reached the Remagen bridgehead where the latter had seized the Ludendorf Railroad Bridge intact, and took over the site’s defense. The division then crossed the Rhine with the 60-IR in the lead, and crossed the Wied River on March 22, moving rapidly behind the 9-AD. It reached the Lahn River on March 28 and established defensive positions.
On April 1, the division was moved to block German escape from the Ruhr Pocket, and next attacked with the 39-IR to clear the eastern portion of the Harz Mountains on April 14. On April 18, the 60-ID overran Maegdesprung and Friedrichsbrunn while the 47-IR cleared Opperode and the motorized 39-ID reached Quedlinburg. Organized German resistance in the division’s sector ended on April 19. On April 25, the division relieved the 3-AD along the Mulde River near Dessau and held that line until hostilities were declared ended on May 7, 1945.
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