Penny Packets

By the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were Volksgrenadier-Division 26 and Panzer-Division 2. …

1944-12-21

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By the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were Volksgrenadier-Division 26 and Panzer-Division 2. They would comprise the initial assault of the Bastogne perimeter, and attempt to annihilate the American units there before they could dig in or reinforce. A kampfgruppe led by Major Kunkel attacked the weakened southern flank juts as U.S. artillery was firing in support of the 101st Airborne attacks in the north and east. The scratch forces of rear-area troops and “penny packets” of armored platoons had to form roadblocks to buy some time for the big guns to displace to safer firing positions.

Senonchamps, 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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