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Title
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper
Description
The key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-12-21
Scenario#
H
Scenario Description
The key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had taken Peiper's Kampfgruppe so close to the Meuse bridges also left it in a position of danger. The Kampfgruppe had outraced most of its follow up units and had almost completely run out of fuel. The back door to Peiper had not been kept open. On the morning of the 21st Mohnke, the commander of the 1st SS Panzer Division, collected the remaining assault elements and launched an attack in an effort to reach Peiper's Kampfgruppe. The main German effort came at a point south of Trois Ponts on the Salm River. There a company of the 505th Parachute Regiment had set up a small bridgehead on the cliffs across the river
Location
the Ardennes, Belgium
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
American

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