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'Wacht am Rhein' 21.Dec.1944 1.SS Panzerkorps (intro)
According to SS-Gruppenführer Preiss, by the time the I.SS-Panzerkorps had already envisaged the possibility of the Kampfgruppe having to break its way out of the impasse. From the information it had...
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La Gleize The Kampfgruppe, no longer in a position to counteract the American’s response, found itself trapped, without adequate supplies, in a narrow pocket around La Gleize. Peiper knew that if...
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Small pockets of resistance are mopped up with the help of a...
Small pockets of resistance are mopped up with the help of a Flakpanzer IV/3 “Wirbelwind” crew belonging to SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. in the Stavelot area.
View Article'Wacht am Rhein' 20.Dec.1944 1. SS-Panzerkorps: Trois Ponts
Trois Ponts The morning of December 21 saw the bulk of 1.SS-Panzer-Division other than Kampfgruppe Peiper massed on the heights between Trois-Ponts and Wanne. Heavy equipment began to move down hill...
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rossmcbitchface: A drawing by David Kenyon Webster
rossmcbitchface: A drawing by David Kenyon Webster
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kampfgruppe: Tiger 334 rests beside a destroyed Sherman from...
kampfgruppe: Tiger 334 rests beside a destroyed Sherman from TF McGeorge on the road from La Gleize to Bourgomont. In the midst of these hardships on 22 December the 3rd Armoured Division launched its...
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"I sit, huddled in this mass of earth, writing to you. The look of...
“I sit, huddled in this mass of earth, writing to you. The look of apprehension on our faces during the Soviet shelling is not to be believed. Never call me a hero again. Never in this war have I seen...
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