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kampfgruppe: The 5th Panzer Army attackes the US 28th Infantry...
kampfgruppe: The 5th Panzer Army attackes the US 28th Infantry Division. The chain reaction during the early hours of the attack followed two paths, one via Gerow’s V Corps and the other via...
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In this photograph taken a few miles from the German-Belgian...
In this photograph taken a few miles from the German-Belgian border, a Brückebgerät-J* carried the main road over the Malmédy-Stadtkyll railway after it had been blown by the retreating Germans. 1.SS...
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kampfgruppe: Robert, pictured during the Ardennes...
kampfgruppe: Robert, pictured during the Ardennes Offensive. Robert Wulff, born on August 9, 1919 in Oberlarg (today’s Alsace) became a German Paratrooper with the age of 21 while attending the Jump...
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Break from ‘Battle of the Bulge’ posts…of...
Break from ‘Battle of the Bulge’ posts…of sorts From the reenactment last weekend…that we did in ‘Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein’, since this was a mixed event (Russians and Ami-Joe) We decided to do a...
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Recon elements of 12.SS-Panzer-Division in the approaches to...
Recon elements of 12.SS-Panzer-Division in the approaches to Krinkelt, Belgium December 18.The Americans were quick to take advantage of the fog of the morning hours, dragging the German operational...
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After getting past the slowing advance into the...
After getting past the slowing advance into the Krinkelt-Rocherath area, the 1.SS-Panzer-Division ‘LSSAH’ managed to take hundreds of prisoners.Here Panzertruppe over-watch the seemingly endless stream...
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Two American soldiers inspect a Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J from 6....
Two American soldiers inspect a Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.J from 6. Kompanie/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 knocked out by M10 tank destroyers of the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion near Wirtzfeld on December 17.
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I had to deal with a computer going south on me, all my future posts for the Ardennes were on it. But worry not I am already hard at work to replace those.Looks like my initiative had been stalled like...
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kampfgruppe: The fields of fire of six Königstiger tanks,...
kampfgruppe: The fields of fire of six Königstiger tanks, belonging to Kampfgruppe Peiper, in the La Gleize area.
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blutundschonheit: Frohe Weihnachten für mich! (Taken with...
blutundschonheit: Frohe Weihnachten für mich! (Taken with instagram)
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 19.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps: Kampfgruppe Peiper
December 19 By morning, Preiss had brought his I.SS-Panzerkorps headquarters forward to Holzheim and Mohnke his SS-Panzer-Division headquarters to Wanne. Preiss could see now his best chance at moving...
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 19.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps Stavelot (1)
December 19-Stavelot Keeping hold of Stavelot, the 1st Battalion of the 117th Regiment, well supported by artillery and tank-destroyers, barred all progress across the Amblève there. With...
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 19.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps Stavelot (2)
Leaving I. Battalion in position facing across the river towards Stavelot, Sandig thereupon sent II.Battalion, under the command of SS-Sturmbannführer Herbert Schnelle, through Wanne towards...
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 19.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps Stoumount (Dec. 19-20)
After rapidly assembling at first light, reinforced by reconnaissance battalion, Peiper opened the attack on Stoumount as 9.00 a.m. (CET). To the left of the road leading to the village was a steep...
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Positions of SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 during the hours between 8 and...
Positions of SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 during the hours between 8 and 9 a.m. CET.
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Tiger 222, last seen at Deidenberg, has now reached a small...
Tiger 222, last seen at Deidenberg, has now reached a small crossroads on the N23 mid-way between St. Vith and Malmédy called Kaiserbaracke. Both the still and move cameraman on hand to record the...
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 20.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps
For I.SS-Panzerkorps the situation was a turning point as it struggled to supply and to support for the formidable, if stationary Kampfgruppe which had achieved the deepest penetration yet. Would it be...
View Articlebaronvonehren replied to your post: ‘Wacht am Rhein’ 20.Dec.1944 1.SS...
baronvonehren replied to your post: ‘Wacht am Rhein’ 20.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps god these posts are amazing—at the same time I look over and see your icon and just die EVERY TIME christ your blog is...
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 19.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps: Stavelot
In the early hours, the now-reduced Kampfgruppe Sandig launched another to take the vital bridge and town of Stavelot. The grenadiers made a brave attempt to wade across the icy waters of the Ambléve,...
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A Henschel Tiger II ‘223’ belonging to...
A Henschel Tiger II ‘223’ belonging to SS.Panzer-Abteilung 501 abandoned just outside of La Gleize on 19.Dec. 1944. It still has brackets on the rear hull for mounting the jack but has no coat...
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