Mageret Mixer

Fearing a counterattack, Lehr commander Bayerlein pulled back his tanks and let Volksgrenadier-Division 26 secure Mageret during the night of 18-19 December. Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division the next morning launched an attack to reopen the road to Longvilly. After the initial assault with 18 armored infantrymen …

1944-12-19

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Fearing a counterattack, Lehr commander Bayerlein pulled back his tanks and let Volksgrenadier-Division 26 secure Mageret during the night of 18-19 December. Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division the next morning launched an attack to reopen the road to Longvilly. After the initial assault with 18 armored infantrymen and three tanks was deemed insufficient to hold any gains, Lt. Ed Hyduke commandeered nearly 200 men retreating down the road from Longvilly and ordered a follow-up attack from the west side of Mageret. A confusing action followed throughout most of the day that involved vehicles of all types coming and going through Mageret. The chaos was epitomized by a panzer, thought to be knocked out, that miraculously started up in the middle of a counterattack and re-joined the battle.

Mageret, 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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