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Title
The Breaking Wave
Description
The German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-12-19
Scenario#
W97
Scenario Description
The German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They hoped to do this by attacking North from the breakthrough area. Standing firmly on a ridgeline forward of Dom Butgenbach the Gls of 2nd Battalion. 26th Infantry Regiment, most of them recent replacements, were squarely in the way of any German movement onto the Elsenborn Ridge. Thus on December 19th the full power of 1st SS Panzer Corps was turned on this veteran American unit.
Location
Dom Butengenbach, 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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