Line In The Sand WTO (id:#65899)

(Wacht Am Rhein Second Edition Volume 2 ID: WaR 10)   [next]   [previous]

Wardin, Belgium 1944-12-20 (38 others)

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Overview:

After helping Oberst Heinz Kokott’s Volksgrenadier in their final assault against Holtzthum, Oberst Paul von Hauser’s Kampfgruppe 901 followed the rest of Panzer Lehr, which had already crossed the Clerf at Drauffet. The division’s reinforced Aufklärungs-Abteilung, Kampfgruppe von Fallois and the following Kampfgruppe 902 had had a brief skirmish at Eschweiler just north of Wiltz but Bayerlein left the subjugation to this thorn in the division’s flank to the following Volksgrenadiers and Fallschirmjägers. However the Bastogne defenses, which a day earlier had lain wide open were now being rapidly reinforced as the 101st Airborne Division deployed. Company I, III/501st Parachute Infantry Regiment started entering the village of Wardin from the northwest, unseen in thick morning mist. Part of Panzer Lehr’s Aufklärungs-Abteilung moved into Wardin from the northeast at the same time and the two groups inevitably collided in the middle.

Defender: American (Company I, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division)  

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