The 11th Military Police Battalion (CID) "Southwestern Peacemakers" supports commanders and conducts criminal investigations of serious, sensitive, or special incidents in order to bring criminals to justice, prevent crime, and preserve the force and Army resources during peacetime, combat operations, and other contingency operations throughout the Battalion’s designated area of responsibility - Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma or their designated areas of responsibility when deployed in support of overseas contingency operations.
Description
(Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.
