Bizory Loves Company

Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment had been repulsing repeated German attacks on their dug-in position in the woods near the small city of Bizory. Mid-morning on January 3rd, found them under attack by elements of the 26th SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment of the 12th SS-Panzer Division. …

1945-01-03

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Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment had been repulsing repeated German attacks on their dug-in position in the woods near the small city of Bizory. Mid-morning on January 3rd, found them under attack by elements of the 26th SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment of the 12th SS-Panzer Division. The grenadiers, accompanied by tanks and captured American halftracks, were actually passing the woods on an angle, intent on driving toward Bastogne. They overran two or three listening posts positioned on the open snowy ground in front of the tree line, but were forced to pivot toward E Company’s position when a torrent of bullets pelted them from the right flank.

Bizory, 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.

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