Ryan - There is a sequel: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/51307-bft-2013-ardennes/
Ah, the Ardennes. The last desperate sally from the starving fortress. The Germans on 16 Dec 44 were seeking a quick breakthrough of the thin US...
On the map the road straight on indeed looks like a short distance. But in reality the short-cut was, and is, nearly impossible to drive...
I've run out of pictures - so this is about THE END I guess.
The outbuiling next to the driveway: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Some pictures of the outbuilding of the Froidcour Castle - which housed the CP Peiper for some time. [ATTACH] The avenue leading to the Castle
For those interested in the sequel of the Airborne battle, the counterattack of II. SS Pz Korp against the Nijmegen Bridgehead:...
For those interested, I've added the text of my presentation on the 393rd and 394th Infantry, 99th US Infantry Division ('Checkerboard'), to post...
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South of Cheneux: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On the left, clearly visible across the Amblève valley the Chateau de Froidcour, situated between La Gleize and Stoumont [ATTACH] ... and the...
Battle for Cheneux Picture of the fields through which the 1st Bn/504th Parachute Infantry attacked Cheneux on 20/21Dec: [ATTACH]
KB - I agree, but according to the tank officers in our group, who did inspect both river banks, it would have been fordable for tanks, even in...
The streambed at Les Forges, looking north from the bridge. Again tanks could have waded through the riverbed at this spot with ease.Nevertheless...
Another view of the bridge, looking to the east: [ATTACH]
Les Forges On the evening of 18 Dec Peiper despatched strong recce patrols, consisting of his 10th and 11th SS-Pz Gren companies in halftracks,...
The passage from the Op Order of the Fifth Pz Army implicates that Peiper at least must have consulted with division HQ before deviating from his...
Here is an excerpt from the Operation order from Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army regarding the nature of the Panzer Rollbahnen. The Sixth Panzer...
KB - Good info. Re the route of advance: I cannot help it, but the map belonging to the final version of Model's Herbstnebel Op Order, of 9 Dec...
