Narrative
The 13th Armored Division landed at Le Havre (France) on January 30, 1945, and was initially employed in occupation duty. It was deployed to Homberg (Germany) near Kassel (Germany) on April 5, where it departed to participate in operations against the Ruhr Pocket (Germany) on April 8. The division attacked across the Sieg River in the Siegburg (Germany) area and CCA reached the town of Siegburg as CCB established a bridgehead over the Agger River. CCB bypassed Troisdorf (Germany) and reorganized in the Dunnwald Area April 11/12 as CCA cleared Lohmar (Germany) and Altenrath (Germany).
The division attacked north on April 13 and advanced
against strong opposition to the Wupper River in the Opladen area on April 15, which it crossed the next day. CCB contacted the Ninth Army at Duisburg (Germany) on April 17 and CCA pushed through Ratingen (Germany) to the Rhine River on April 18. There, the division was relieved by the 8-ID and assembled at Eschenau (Germany) on April 20/22 and prepared for operations in Bavaria. It moved to Parsberg (Germany) on April 26 and attacked the following day, advancing rapidly along the Danube River to the Isar River at Platting on April 28. CCB, assisted by artillery fire and smoke, crossed there as a bridge was being constructed on April 29, which CCR then also used due to its unsuccessful attempts to cross in the Landau area. CCB reached the Inn River in Eisenfelden region but was unable to take the Marktl Bridge intact on May 1. As the division closed along the Inn CCA received the surrender of Braunau the next day. The division then reassembled north of Inn on May 3, 1945, and was in that capacity when hostilities were declared ended on May 7, 1945.
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