I frequently see it written that the German soldier of WW2 was less than effective fighting in small units or when they were cut off from the direction of higher leadership. But even in the very battle being discussed small groups of fallschirmjaegers raised Cain behind American lines, To say nothing of the Eastern Front where German troops were almost always outnumbered, out supplied and outgunned by the Russians in the second phase of the war but nonetheless inflicted disproportionate casualties. Throughout the Bocage, the Bastogne, into Germany, the Germans were on the ropes logistically, having been bled of a huge portion of their male population, they had to be able to fight effectively in smaller groups, with less weaponry and equipment.
“I frequently see it written that the German soldier of WW2 was less than effective fighting in small units or when they were cut off from the direction of higher leadership.”
Yeah I don’t know that I’d believe that either. In my dad’s opinion the Germans were extremely capable and he saw plenty of them, from north Africa through the end of the war.