What would Market-Garden have achieved, would in my opinion be a more correct question. It certainly would not have shortened the war. Given the...
IIRC the German offensive had already been stopped by late December 1944 and the German armoured divisions of Fifth Panzer Army in the apex of the...
When interrogated by his captors after the war, Alfred Jodl, head of the Wehrmachtsfuehrungstab (WFstab), who was responsible for working out the...
This is what I thusfar could find on the internet: Lexikon der Wehrmacht
While the 12th SS Pz Div, after the debacle at Krinkelt-Rocherath, was sent south on Dec 19th, 44, in an attempt to get the advance rolling, by...
On 14 January 1945 a first contact was made by the 51st Highland Division with the Third U.S. Army. It was a patrol of the Scout Platoon of the...
Hotton 24 Dec Hotton. Men of the 3rd U.S. Arm Div inspecting two knocked out German tanks of the 116th Pz Div, in front of the Fme Verdin, on the...
For those who are interested, I started a new thread on the operations of the British troops in the 'Battle of the Bulge' over on the ww2talk...
This is a picture taken from the woodsline, just to the northwest of Lanzerath, where the I&R platoon was located. The picture is probably...
When I was at Manderfeld, some years ago, the farmer where I stayed was replacing his wooden shed. To my surprise the shed was entirely...
No, Slipdigit I don't think so. The photograph was taken, facing east.... that's the direction the POW were heading. The hill of the I&R...
Excellent comparison, 272VGD, but for the snow, which is plenty around now. I'm not certain about this photo, which was taken around 26...
This is a picture taken near Poteau, south of Malmedy, around 18/19 (?) December 44, also no snow: [IMG] Whereas, in the so-called...
Martin Thank you for your reply. I've been studying the British involvement in the battle of the Ardennes for a while. British units moved...
Slipdigit. You are certainly right. The Malmedy area is on the edge of the "Hautes Fagnes" plateau, which forms the highest part of the...
The Battle of the Bulge often is associated with a scenery shrouded in snow. However, remember that there was no snow in the initial phase of...
Hello, Just want to let you know that I have joined the site. I'm interested in the battle in the Ardennes 44/45, especially in the involvement...
