20th Armored Division (United States)

20th Armored Division
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 20th Armored Division.
Active1943–1946
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Of America
Branch United States Army
TypeArmored
RoleArmor and Infantry tactics
SizeDivision
Motto(s)Beware the Ides of March
ColorsRed Yellow Blue
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Orlando Ward
Roderick R. Allen
Insignia
NicknamesArmoraiders
Liberators

The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.

The division had no official name although it did associate itself with the nickname "Armoraiders" while in training at Camp Campbell.[1] After certification as a liberating division by the US Army Center of Military History on 28 October 1988, and the awarding of a Liberation Certificate by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, veterans of the division adopted the name Liberators."[2]

  1. ^ Nickname information taken from 18 March 1944 issue of the Camp Campbell Newspaper, Retreat to Taps.)
  2. ^ 20th Armored Division in World War II, 1993 Edition, Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc.