2nd Armored Division (United States)

2nd Armored Division
2nd Armored Division
	2nd AD Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1940–1995
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Armor
Role	Armored warfare
Size	Division
Nickname	"Hell on Wheels"
Engagements	World War II Operation Torch; Allied invasion of Sicily; Operation Overlord; Northern France; Siegfried Line campaign; Battle of the Bulge; Central Europe; ; Persian Gulf War Battle of Kuwait International Airport; Battle of 73 Easting; Battle of Norfolk; ;
Decorations	Belgian fourragère
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Charles L. Scott; George S. Patton; George Patton IV; Ernest N. Harmon; Edward H. Brooks; Oliver W. Dillard
Insignia
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The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels") was an armored division of the United States Army. The division played important roles during World War II in the invasions of Germany, North Africa, and Sicily and in the liberation of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. During the Cold War, the division was primarily based at Fort Hood, Texas, and had a reinforced brigade forward stationed in Garlstedt, West Germany. After participation in the Persian Gulf War, the division was deactivated in 1995.