Battle of Reipertswiller, France, January 1945

This map is 16 Jan 1945. The Americans manage to reinforce their toehold but the Germans have placed blocks around the south side.

 

This map is 17 Jan 1945. The Americans attempt to reach their isolated companies but lack the strength from three days of fighting.

 

This map is 18 Jan 1945. Reinforced, the Americans continue the attempts to reach their isolated companies. The Germans launch a successful attack on the hilltop perimeter and drive G Company from their positions.

 

hello,
That's what you can still find today in the sector Reipertswiller.
Found this afternoon.
Eric

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My Dad was with F company, could you tell me more about thier part in this action?

 

HI,

Here are the harvest of the week ...

Eric

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Would like to put this thread up again. Any News? Gonna visit the hills maybe tomorrow, so if im gonna be lucky, i´ll have some new pictures to post.

 

Helo Pabstat,

You go visit the hills at Reipertswiller ? If I may, where do you come from ?
Can you tell me more about you ?

Thanks !

Eric

 

hi!

Did not work out getting to 410 & 400 unfortunately :-( .

@Eric: I´m from Sarrebruck ;-) originally but i live now in Austria, so i will visit the vosges du nord less often, if art any time at all. 3-4 years ago, i spent a lot of time there, following the "Nord" and the american units aroudn phillipsbourg, baerehnthal and of course reipertswiller. Before i focused on the "Nord", i researched action of the "Götz v. Berlichingen" in the Bliesgau area, since around 2003. But later on, i shifted towards the Nord actions and even Hatten-Rittershoff-Gambsheim, but mainly Nord.

If you got any questions, feel free to ask, got a lot of stuff. If you want, you are welcome to write an email to "Bliesgau1944-45@web.de" , even in french. But i think i lack some training, so dont wonder if there gonna be some funny phrases

 

@Pabstat
thank you very much for these explanations.
Myself very passionate about everything that relates "Nordwind" (Reipertswiller, Philippsbourg, Little Wingen, Hatten, Rittershoffen, etc ...)
I live a few miles from Reipertswiller and go there from time to time on the trail of the fighting from January 1945
regards,

Eric

 

Managed to go on 410 last wednesday, but only for about 2 hours....no special items found, except a lot of ammunition and 2 francs of 1943.

Do you own a detector? Could be quite interesting if one lives more or less on top of the battlefields. I´d say that there is still a lot of stuff to explore if one is familiar with the area and can easily and often go there. Not to mention the less known events.

 

Hi,in the first page report,what does the 6 numbers between the brackets or parenthesis mean?

 

Those are map coordinates. Are you familiar with the Modified British System?

http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-translator.php


Dave

 

Hi dave,

No..not at all...

 

Hi again,

Ok i found out how to convert..thx for your help..

 

Hi Bast,

Do you have a particular interest in Reipertswiller ?
I have not found your presentation when you registered.

Regards,

Eric

 

Hi eric,
Sorry for that late reply..i will introduce myself as soon as i can...

Today's a detecting day in reipertswiller....Hope we'll find something interesting

 

Let us know what you you have found this time guys!

 

ABSOLUTLY NOTHING...... today.....we're really disapointed!!!!! except the same m34 mortar tail as" alsa.se" in the earlier post..

Bad day this time.

 

Too bad bast, you can't find the "Graal every day can you? I'm sure you'll find more the next time, there is still so much to be found.