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Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Roderick Random Allen (January 29, 1894 – February 1, 1970) was a senior
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, who commanded the 20th and 12th Armored Divisions during
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. Under his command of the 12th AD, the division defended Strasbourg from recapture; it provided the armored contingent in the closure of the
Colmar Pocket The Colmar Pocket (french: Poche de Colmar; de , Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II ...
and the liberation of
Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), ...
; it spearheaded
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George Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General (United States), general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Mediterranean Theater ...
's drive to the
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; captured intact the remaining bridge over the
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and broke the German defense line; and played a major part in blocking the
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, thereby trapping over a million German soldiers in Italy as the war ended. En route to the Brenner Pass it overran eleven
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at Landsberg, Germany. During the
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, he served on General Douglas MacArthur's general staff, was Director of Intelligence for the
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and commanded XVI Corps and the 9th Infantry Division.


Early life

Roderick Random Allen was born on 29 January 1894 as a son of Jefferson Buffington and Emma (Albers) Allen in
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, and spent his childhood in
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. He graduated from
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in 1915 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture.


Military career

He entered the army, and in 1916 he was commissioned as a
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with the
16th Cavalry Regiment The 16th Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1916. Currently the regiment includes three squadrons (1st, 2nd, and 3rd), all assigned to the 316th Cavalry Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, supporting the U ...
on 29 November 1916, and subsequently promoted to
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. He was stationed at
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, on the Mexican border. He was transferred to the Third Cavalry in June 1917, was promoted to
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on 17 October 1917.


World War I

Allen was sent to France with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment with the American Expeditionary Force under command of General John J. Pershing. From November 1917 to January 1918, Allen was an aerial observer with the First Observation Squadron, Aviation Section, Signal Corps.


Interwar period

During the spring of 1919, he attended the
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in France. In July 1919, he returned to the United States with the Third Cavalry to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. In 1923, he attended the Cavalry School at
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and was then was assigned to command Company A, 7th Cavalry,
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and served as the regimental
adjutant Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commission ...
. In 1928, he graduated from the
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at
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, Kansas. Allen was then appointed a battalion commander of the
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. He was promoted to Major on June 20, and was assigned to the Personnel Section (of which he later became chief in 1930), Office of the Chief of Cavalry, in Washington, D.C. From 1932 to 1934, Allen was appointed an Instructor at the Command and General Staff School. He graduated from the Chemical Warfare School in 1934, the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1935, and the
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in
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in 1936. Allen was a staff officer, with the Plans and Training Division, Office of the Chief of Staff, G-3 Division at the
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in Washington, DC, from 1936 to 1940. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 1 August 1938. In July 1940, he was made
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, First Armored Regiment, Fort Knox, Kentucky. In April 1940, he was transferred to the 3rd Armored Division, at
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, Louisiana. On 14 October, he was promoted to
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, and took command of the 32rd Armored Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division.


World War II

In January 1942, Allen became Chief of Staff for the
6th Armored Division The 6th Armored Division ("Super Sixth") was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II. It was formed with a cadre from the 2nd Armored Division. History The division was activated on 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox o ...
under command of Major General William H. H. Morris Jr. He was promoted to
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, on May 23 and given command of Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division, and participated in maneuvers at the
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in
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in 1942 and at the California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), California (1942–43). From October 1943 to September 1944 he was the inaugural commander the 20th Armored Division at
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, Kentucky after its initial activation. He was promoted to
Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
, Army of the United States, on February 23, 1944. On 20 September 1944, Major General Allen was given command of the 12th Armored Division (12th AD) immediately prior to the division being sent to the
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, taking over command from Major General Douglass T. Greene., commanding the division in Europe from September 1944 through August 1945. The division was attached to the 7th Army, commanded by Lieutenant General
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, which had landed in the south of France in August 1944 as part of
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. On September 15, 1944 the 7th Army including the 12th AD was put under the field control of the
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, commanded by Gen.
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, which also included the French First Army under French General
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. In November 1944, the 12th AD under Allen joined up with the 7th Army at
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.


Alsace and ''Operation Nordwind''

The division under Gen. Allen moved against the
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fortifications in
Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it ha ...
, and met unexpectedly heavy resistance from German Wehrmacht and SS Panzer Divisions. In January 1945, the 12th AD engaged in pitched battle seeking to regain ground along the southern Rhine lost during Germany's ''
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'', which was an attempt by German forces to recapture Strasbourg. On 5 January 1945, the German ''XIV Corps'' under General Otto von dem Bach established a bridgehead across the Rhine at Gambsheim with the ''553rd
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Division'' and German ''405th Infantry Division'', along the southern flank of the Allied VI Corps, while the
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attempted unsuccessfully to contain the bridgehead. The Germans sent the '' Eighth Mountain Division'' across the Rhine further north on the following day, attempting to split the American defenses of the XV Corps and VI Corps, now fighting both to its northern and southern flanks. In response, the Seventh Army's Gen. Patch released the 12th Armored Division Company Command B (CCB), commanded by Col. Charles B. Bromley, to VI Corp to join the 79th ID. Unable to advance through
Herrlisheim Herrlisheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The town dates from the 8th century. Herrlisheim was the scene of very heavy fighting during '' Operation Nordwind'', an offensive launched by the German ...
, CCB withdrew to a complex known as la Breymuehl, (Fr: "the Waterworks"), at the intersection of an intact bridge over the
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River. Company B suffered a 50% casualty rate. The 714th Tank Battalion reached the Zorn and attempted to provide cover, but well-directed anti-tank artillery decimated the Medium Sherman M4A3 tanks, which withdrew from Herrlisheim after taking heavy losses. On 10 January, tanks of Company C, 714th Tank Battalion of the 12th AD reached the Zorn and prepared a combined attack with the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion (AIB). However an artillery barrage from the German defenders knocked out the CCB Command Center and the attack was canceled. The 56th AIB, normally consisting of a complement of 995 officers and enlisted men was down to a strength of only 150 men. Late in the afternoon of 10 January, Gen. Allen ordered CCB to renew its attack to reduce the bridgehead, but Col. Bromley recommended attempting to contain the bridgehead and let the Germans wear themselves out trying to sustain it. Gen. Allen then relieved Col. Bromley of command, but later restored him to his position and ordered the evacuation of Herrlisheim. The 12th Armored Division again attacked Herrlisheim directly on January 16. On the following day of fighting, elements of ''
10th SS Panzer Division The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (german: 10. SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg") was a German Waffen-SS armoured division during World War II. The division's first battles were in Ukraine in April 1944. Afterwards, the unit was then trans ...
'' joined the attack and inflicted very heavy casualties, virtually wiping out the 714th Tank Battalion and the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 12th Armored Division. During the 11 days of fighting around Herrlisheim, the 12th AD suffered 1,250 casualties out of a total division strength of 10,000 men, and lost 70 combat vehicles. The next day as 10th SS Panzer Division attempted to exploit its victory to the west of the town, however they sustained heavy losses as the US forces slowly withdrew and was replaced by the 36th Infantry Division. The town of Herrlisheim was finally liberated on January 31 as the Germans retired after the overall failure of their offensive. On January 22 the division passed to the control of the French First Army for operations south of Strasbourg and assigned to the command of Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny of the French First Army in February 1945 to close the
Colmar Pocket The Colmar Pocket (french: Poche de Colmar; de , Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II ...
.


Crossing The Rhine – The Mystery Division

The division then assaulted the
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, and reached the
Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...
during the first week of March 1945. At that time, the division under Gen. Allen was again detached from the 7th Army and assigned to the 3rd Army under Gen. George Patton, the 12th were told to remove all of their Divisional markings and insignias, to conceal the strength of the forces Patton had under his direct command as they spearheaded the crossing of the Rhine during
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, thus earning the moniker "The Mystery Division". Under Gen. Allen's command, the 12th AD accompanied the XXI Corps into Austria, capturing
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and then
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, ending the war around the area of
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.


Post-World War II and Korean War

Following cessation of hostilities in the European Theater Operations in May 1945, from August 1945 to February 1946 Allen commanded the First Armored Division in Germany, then was director of operations, plans, and training at European Theater headquarters. He was promoted to Colonel in the Regular Army on November 1, 1945 and to Brigadier General on January 24, 1948. From 1947 to 1948, he was Director of Intelligence for U.S Army Ground Forces. From April 1948 until June 1950, he was the commanding General, 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox. In 1950, he was assigned to be the Deputy Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Command & UN Command, Japan & Chief of Staff, Korean Operations, based in Japan. The following year, he was given command of the XVI Corps in Japan, and in 1952, he was made Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division. His final command post was as Commanding General, New England Subarea & Boston Army Base &
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, MA from 1952 until his retirement in 1954. Major General Roderick R. Allen retired from the Army on May 31, 1954 and lived in Washington, D.C., where he died at the age of 76 on February 1, 1970. He is buried together with his wife, Maydelle Campbell Allen (1891–1967) at
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.


Personal life

On April 25, 1917, Allen married Maydelle Campbell; the couple had two daughters. During his Army career, Roderick Allen was considered an outstanding marksman. In 1921-22, he was a member of the national Cavalry-Engineering Rifle Team. In 1923 he won the Distinguished Marksmanship Medal as a member of the national Cavalry Rifle Team. In 1929, he was the Captain of the Cavalry Rifle and Pistol Team.


Decorations

Major General Allen´s ribbon bar:


See also

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12th Armored Division (United States) The 12th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. It fought in the European Theater of Operations in France, Germany and Austria, between November 1944 and May 1945. The German Army called the 12th ...
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20th Armored Division (United States) 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 t ...
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Sixth United States Army Group The 6th United States Army Group was an Allied Army Group that fought in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Made up of field armies from both the United States Army and the French Army, it fought in France, Germany, Au ...
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XVI Corps (United States) The XVI Corps was a corps-sized formation of the United States Army. History The XVI Corps was initially constituted on 1 October 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, and was activated on 7 December 1943 at Fort Riley, Kansas. During World ...


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