Fred - I don't know if you have already know this one, but here's a great source of info on the ground combats on a day-to-day bases:...
A chronology of the First US & British 30 Corps attack in the north, up to January 14,1945 3 January 21 Army Group: In Br Second Army area, Br...
Attached a small map I drew of the operations of the British Divisions under 30 Corps in the Ardennes from Jan 3 to Jan 14, 1945. On the latter...
Map of Allied counterattack in the Ardennes, Jan 45 (including British 30 Corps) [IMG]
Kodiak Beer: good point - though it's not my intention to blame anyone, nor shove credit to one or the other side within the Allied team. IMO the...
Carronade - I'm not saying that the US should not have defended Bastogne :). It's defence was instrumental in slowing down and weakening the...
War Diary British 30 Corps, Jan 45 For the operations of British 30 Corps in the Ardennes, Dec 1944 - Jan 1945, see the special study and the War...
Map of dispositions British 30 Corps, Dec 1944 The attached map from Orde's History of the Second Household Cavalry gives information on the...
The Arnhem road bridge actually was knocked out by Allied bombers on 7 Oct 1944, so as to cut off the German units under II SS Pz Corps that were...
Skyline drive - That's exactly what I mentioned. The British attack coincided with the general offensive of First U.S. Army against the northern...
Film reel from Pathe - first part of houses under fire looks as though it was taken at Rittershoffen: EUROPE INVASION SCENES - US TROOPS - British...
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Very much like this kind of research - the bullet holes in the gable, though, could also stem from the later fighting in the area in January 1945...
M Kenny - I agree. Instead of Montgomery, you should blame Eisenhower or SHAEF for allowing the execution of Market-Garden. Eisenhower and SHAEF...
I assume you know this volume from the U.S. Official Military History: HyperWar: Riviera to the Rhine Unfortunately the book does not give much...
Found this (French) chronology of liberation of French towns; there were some small pockets in western France that held out until April (La...
The ones that could not escape to the east (Dijon) were trapped along the French western coast - around Bordeaux I believe. It took some time...
Instead of launching Market-Garden, it would have been far more effective if the Allied command had focused on clearing the Scheldt Estuary in...
You should read Charles B.MacDonald's "The Siegfried Line Campaign" as well as his monograph "The Battle of the Hürtgen Forest". Both are...
Were they? The Germans had accumulated adequate fuel reserves, but these were located east of the Rhine - for reasons of secrecy and security....
