[AU72]

When Patton did his big shift to the north why didn’t the Germans counter attack in his southern sector?

They probably had no reserves to follow up as everything was in the Ardennes Offensive. It was a Hail Mary, a violent but narrow push to cut off the Americans from the British and take Antwerp ruining the Spring push into Germany.

[central_va]

Patton was described as being already in a “pretty big fight” at the time of Ardennes offensive.