Tiger in the Pen

Four days into the Ardennes Offensive, Kampfgruppe Peiper had split its forces and was pushing desperately towards Stoumont and Cheneux. Peiper had left a garrison behind in La Gleize to protect his rear and cover the crucial road back to …

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Four days into the Ardennes Offensive, Kampfgruppe Peiper had split its forces and was pushing desperately towards Stoumont and Cheneux. Peiper had left a garrison behind in La Gleize to protect his rear and cover the crucial road back to Trois Points. Overlooking La Gleize was the small Werimont Farm, where Obersturmführer Helmut Dollinger had deployed his Tiger and supporting infantry. Early on December 21st, the Americans saw an opportunity to isolate Peipers' spearhead. Elements of Third Armored Task Force McGeorge and Task Force Lovelady organized a combined arms response, and in the early afternoon attacked the vulnerable German garrison.

La Gleize, 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.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Bulge

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