The Final Counter-Attack

Constant pressure from Hitler to capture Bastogne led Generalleutnant Karl Decker, a prudent but determined and highly experienced officer, to launch a pincer operation in an attempt to isolate the town. While XXXIX Panzerkorps attacked from the east, the Führer …

1944-12-30

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Constant pressure from Hitler to capture Bastogne led Generalleutnant Karl Decker, a prudent but determined and highly experienced officer, to launch a pincer operation in an attempt to isolate the town. While XXXIX Panzerkorps attacked from the east, the Führer Begleit Brigade was to assault from the northwest; but finding itself short of fuel and ammunition, the Germans never got off the starting line. Unaware, Decker's Korps moved forward through the woods on the morning of the 30th, with the infantry following the Panzers. They moved through Lutremange and onto Villers-La-Bonne-Eau while the German infantry attacked Lutrebois. Allied artillery was ordered into position and started to shell the Germans advance, forcing Decker to order a retreat. The last major counter-attack during the Ardennes operation had ceased.

Lutremange, Belgium

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Bulge

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