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Title
Rush to Contact
Description
After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for reinforcements.
Source
Publisher
Date
1945-04-06
Scenario#
9
Scenario Description
After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for reinforcements.
Location
Outskirts of Hitdorf, Germany
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops were taken prisoner along with 24 generals. The Americans suffered 10,000 casualties including 2,000 killed or missing.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Ruhr Pocket
Combatants
German
Americans

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