Throughout AprilĪnd the first few days of May the 101st continued to screen the advance of the German’s advanced jet aircraft made their first appearance strafing andīombing units all over the 7th Army front including the 101st. The month of April, the 101st Cavalry Group screened the advance of the XXI corp.ĭeeper into Germany against rapidly stiffening resistance. Theġ01st noting signs of enemy withdraw on their front launched an advance on theĢ0th and broke through German lines, capturing the town of St. Regiment and took its place opposite the formidable German Siegfried Line. On the 17th of March the group relieved the 253rd Infantry Following this successful assault, the 101st was relieved and attached Group launched an attack that eliminated all enemy resistance south of the Saar The 101st was kept in line until the 14th of March when the Cavalry Line from February 11th to the 28th, the 101st Cavalry Group was assigned to the was a short one however for after holding a defensive The relief took place from the 9th to the 11th of FebruaryĪnd the 101st found itself stationed in Wadgassen Germany along the line Emmersweiller. of the American 7th Army and sent up to relieve From there the unit moved to Camp Twenty Grand, forty-four milesįrom the debarkation point, arriving in total by February 2nd. On January 30th, 1945 the 101st Cavalry crossed the English Channel and landed In England where they arrived on the 12th of November. On October 31st, 1944 the 101st embarked at New York City bound for Liverpool York soldiers were strengthened by the addition of troopers from other states. The 101st Cavalry Regiment was redesignated the 101st Cavalry Group and the New For the latter half of 1943 and most of 1944 theġ01st served within mobile groups in Virginia and Maryland. The regiment trained at Fort Devens MA with a few brief periods of maneuvers and
From February 2nd, 1941 to March 10th, 1943 On January 21st, 1941 the 101st Cavalry Regiment was inducted intoįor the majority of the war, the 101st Cavalry Regiment trained and served at The unit was furtherĪugmented by the addition of the 101st and 116th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Of men from other upstate communities thrown in as well. The unit drew its strength from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Geneseo with a smattering Initially the 101st had a number of Squadrons with purely New York State membership. Horse-mechanized format that had existed before the U.S. In World War II the 101st Cavalry was fully mechanized, changing over from a mixed In 1922 the 1st New York Cavalry officially became the 101st Cavalry. In 1920 the regiment was reequiped for cavalry duty and Into machine gun battalions and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division where they The regiment participated in the Mexicanīorder dispute of 1916 and in World War I the regiment was temporarily converted Originally the 1st New YorkĬavalry Regiment, elements of the 101st Cavalry first saw action in Puerto Rico It was photographed almost immediately afterwards by a photographer attached to XIX Corps.The 101st Cavalry Regiment was a New York State National Guard Regiment withĪ long history of service in the United States Army. The Museum’s Jagdtiger was abandoned and captured by the Americans the next day. By the 5 th April it was clear that the forces left had to withdraw or risk being cut off. Although the German forces in and around the training area put up heavy resistance, most American units simply bypassed them to the north or south. One of these was an improvised unit called Panzergruppe Paderborn manned by instructors and equipped with an assortment of vehicles from test units, including Tiger Is, Tiger IIs, Panthers and even an old Panzer III. It is unclear whether the Jagdtiger was also a part of this force, or whether it took any part in the fighting.įighting around Paderborn and Sennelager continued for around a week. Towards the end of March 1945 units of the American XIX Corps, including 3 rd Armored Division and the 703 rd Tank Destroyer Battalion were advancing towards Paderborn. The Germans assembled as many armoured units as they could to try and fend off their attack.
It was built in July 1944 and sent to the Sennelager testing ground just north of the city of Paderborn, where it was used for trials.