Military Snapshot - French Armored Division Preps for Battle

A French armored division manning American M4A2 Sherman medium tanks fills an assembly area. The XX Corps of Patton's Third Army included the 5th and 6th Infantry Divisions, as well as the Free French 2nd Armored Division, which had been trained and equipped by the U.S. Army. Photo courtesy of National Archives, from Patton's Third Army in World War II by Michael Green & James D. Brown.