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How one must attire one’s self when prepping for...
How one must attire one’s self when prepping for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein research!
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Fallschirmjager Gefreiter Klopper, Jager Meyer and Gefreiter...
Fallschirmjager Gefreiter Klopper, Jager Meyer and Gefreiter Kalb during Wacht am Rhein.
View ArticleUnternehmen Wacht Am Rhein (prelude)
Unternehmen Strösser The 6. Panzer-Armee were informed on 10 December 1944 of another special mission, this time of a more orthodox nature, intended to facilitate its advances. This was Unternehmen...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (Introduction)
The order of battle for “Wacht am Rhein’ appears in the ‘Gliederung der Heersgrupe B fur den Befohlenen Angriff’ compiled by Ob.West and dated December 16. The descriptions of the German formations...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 1)
OKW RESERVE Nine units appear in the Order of Battle of Heeresgruppe B as being in OKW reserve, of which five were being commited to ‘Wacht am Rhein’ by Heeresgruppe B and the other four by...
View ArticleWhat are you, some sort of maniac? Why are you even bothering us with all...
What are you, some sort of maniac?I am an information freak, and I hate speaking on a subject I an not equipped enough on, write that off to academic vanity. Why are you even bothering us with all this...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 2)
HEERESGRUPPE B RESERVE AND OTHER UNITS The single division in reserve on the eve of the Ardennes offensive over which Heeresgruppe B had direct control over was 79. Volks-Grenadier-Division. 79....
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 3)
15. Armee As the opening of the attack failed to create the conditions for the follow-up operation in the north 15. Armee was not involved as planned, and on December 18 the two mobile divisions...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 4)
6. Panzer Armee The army staff only had recently been formed, on September 24, around the remnants of XII. Armeekorps destroyed in July near Minsk, with the addition of members of the staff of the...
View ArticleUnternehmen 'Wacht Am Rhein' Begins!
6. PANZER-ARMEE When ‘Wacht am Rhein” began early on 16 December 1944 there were eight hours and six minutes of daylight ahead, from sunrise at 8.29 a.m. to sunset at 4.35 p.m. CET (taking Bastogne as...
View ArticleUnternehmen Wacht Am Rhein Begins
On 15 Dec., the eve of the historic offensive, code-named Wacht Am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) Hitler held a final conference with his staff at his new temporary headquarters, the Führerhauptquartier...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 5)
5.Panzer-Armee The first 5. Panzer-Armee had fought in Africa and disappeared with the capitulation of Tunisia in May 1943. A new one originated from France as Panzer Gruppen Kommando West on January...
View ArticleGerman Order of Battle for Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (part 6)
7.Armee The Army was created August 25, 1939, and in 1940 took part in the Battle of France. It remained as army of occupation in Brittany and Normandy and in June 1944 found itself facing the allied...
View ArticleCHRIST ALMIGHTY I HAVE MANAGED TO LIST EVERY F**KING GERMAN UNIT IN THE...
CHRIST ALMIGHTY I HAVE MANAGED TO LIST EVERY F**KING GERMAN UNIT IN THE ARDENNES!
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The German plan for the bulk of units in ‘Wacht am...
The German plan for the bulk of units in ‘Wacht am Rhein’.
View ArticleArdennes December 16 LXVII. Armeekorps Stopped
LXVII. Armeekorps stopped on the northern flank On the right wing, Generalleutnant Otto Hirtzfeld’s LXVII. Armeekorps (sometimes called Korps Monschau), commanding 272. and 326....
View ArticleArdennes December 16 & and the planned German situation for December 17
The German attack began with a massive hour-long artillery barrage that devastated the American lines, creating panic and confusion. All except von Mantuffle’s V.Panzer-Armee, where he had ordered a...
View ArticleFor my peers who cheered me on during this rather insane load of words and...
For my peers who cheered me on during this rather insane load of words and information, it is much appreciated. I hope folks keen on their WWII History to read these ‘Wacht am Rhein’ and ‘Nordwind’...
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I know it looks very narcissistic of me to reblog this, but...
I know it looks very narcissistic of me to reblog this, but please hear me out. This is one of the most solid things that a person could have ever done for me on the ole Tumb-screws. Kamfgruppe, I owe...
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